Sentences with phrase «require less than a tenth»

After studying the Saskatchewan house and a handful of similar buildings, Dr. Wolfgang Feist wrote a mathematically precise — and elegantly simple — criterion for designing buildings that require less than a tenth of the energy of average buildings.

Not exact matches

But reaching orbit will require megawatt lasers; so far, the best commercial lasers used in experiments have less than one - tenth that power.

In terms of the box office goals it aimed for, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold clearly fell short, domestically netting less than half of the 250 - theater distribution and less than one - tenth of the $ 10 M worldwide gross that POM Wonderful required to pay their full million.

The investment required for clean cooking facilities is modest, amounting to less than one - tenth of what is needed for universal electricity access.