Sentences with phrase «reduce peak summer»

Shaded surfaces may be 20 to 45 degrees cooler, and evapotranspiration can reduce peak summer temperatures by two to nine degrees, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Incorporating useful thermal mass can help reduce the peak summer temperature but it might not reduce the total number of hours above 25 °C.

Not exact matches

Aadvantage reduces the cost to 20k / way during off peak times (anytime that is not the summer) to Europe.

These long range pursuits slightly reduce the whale watching success on our kayak day trips in August when compared to the peak killer whale watching months in spring and early summer.

I.e. solar activity was high in most of the 20th centiry and then peaked in about 1985, together with a 20 - 30 year heat lag (since it remained high until 1996 as well), and oceans take a few decades to equilbrate, (the same as summer takes about 6 weeks to reach maximum temperature after the summer solstice, and every day it takes a few hours after noon to reach maximum temperature), so the earth has taken a few decades to reach maximum temperature after the long high in solar activity during the 20th century, and will now go down in temperature over the next few decades, with now both a negative PDO, and reduced solar activity.

Distributed solar power — solar panels on homes and businesses — reduce this peak demand on hot summer days and can reduce these high prices.

Solar can help shave peak daily generation and thus reduce the need for traditional peaking generation for the summer peak when it is hot and usually sunny.

These prices have been influenced by mild summer temperatures (with fewer and shorter high - price peak periods), reduced demand and the growing deployment of rooftop solar PV, and the increasing capacity of connected wind farms, «the lower operating costs of which put downwards pressure on spot prices.»

The study also found that energy efficiency and demand response can reduce peak demand, which occurs during those days in the summer when electricity use is highest.

But peak water flow is typically a seasonal event driven by snowpack melt, so the price - reducing effect of hydropower normally lasts only a few months each year, typically in the spring and early summer.

the combination of the solar array and new cooling system will significantly reduce the facility $ ™ s peak power demand during the summer air conditioning season