Sentences with phrase «resource consumption reporting»

Ecova is a total energy and sustainability management company, offering clients a full portfolio of resource consumption reporting and efficiency consulting services.

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The report concludes, «Most economic models show that military spending diverts resources from productive uses, such as consumption and investment, and ultimately slows economic growth and reduces employment.»

The IRP's reports have been used by and referred to by international organizations, national governments, think - tanks and research organizations, academia, industry and civil society, in their discussions and planning for new policies that take into consideration resource efficient and sustainable consumption and production.

Using the material footprint (MF), a consumption - based indicator of resource use, we find the contrary: Achievements in decoupling in advanced economies are smaller than reported or even nonexistent.

Brussels, Belgium — Reforming energy and agriculture should be top priorities in moving toward sustainable patterns of consumption, according to a new report from the United Nations Environmental Programme's (UNEP) International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management, which is co-chaired by former Bren School dean Ernst von Weizsäcker.

This first report of the International Resource Panel presents basic facts and figures on natural resource flows worldwide, as well as four country studies, which show that consumption of natural resources is still rising Resource Panel presents basic facts and figures on natural resource flows worldwide, as well as four country studies, which show that consumption of natural resources is still rising resource flows worldwide, as well as four country studies, which show that consumption of natural resources is still rising rapidly.

The dataset the team used contained energy consumption and production quantities reported monthly to the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER, formerly Energy Resources Conservation Board).

Kelly Sims Gallagher, who directs the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at Tufts University's Fletcher School, said to Mashable: «Obviously it is not good news that China's coal consumption was much higher than previously thought, but it is heartening that China corrected the data and reported it transparently.»

In the second report, The World Bank found four key reasons why deforestation in Central Africa is comparatively low: Road transport networks are sparse and poorly maintained; abundant mining resources remain largely untapped; wood - based energy is the largest share of the energy portfolio, but per capita charcoal consumption is low; and the agricultural sector has been neglected and underfunded.

EcoBUDGET was developed for local governments, to help them plan, monitor and report natural resource consumption within the municipal territory.

The report's rather cumbersome full name is «Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production: Priority Products and Materials, A Report of the Working Group on the Environmental Impacts of Products and Materials to the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management.&report's rather cumbersome full name is «Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production: Priority Products and Materials, A Report of the Working Group on the Environmental Impacts of Products and Materials to the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management.&Report of the Working Group on the Environmental Impacts of Products and Materials to the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management.»

In the 2009 report Juice from Concentrate, the World Resources Institute reports that the reduction in water consumption adds 2 - 10 percent to levelized costs and reduces the power plant's efficiency by up to 5 percent.

The Pew Internet report, in conjunction with Elon University, found that 51 percent of survey participants agreed that by 2020, the connected household will have «become a model of efficiency, as people are able to manage consumption of resources (electricity, water, food, even bandwidth) in ways that place less of a burden on the environment while saving households money.»