Sentences with phrase «saving kilowatt»

It will be a way to truly get the masses on board since it doesn't revolve around saving a kilowatt hour here or there because it's green, but rather because it's useful to be able to turn on the washing machine when it is easiest and cheapest, even if that's at 11 am when you're away at the office.

In other words, the worst - case scenario for saving kilowatt - hours in an EV.

A large part of the electricity gap should be met by energy saving measures: the National Audit Office recently found that efficiency schemes cost 1.8 pence to save a kilowatt hour of electricity, cheaper than all known means of generating electricity.

They found that it's cheaper to save a kilowatt - hour than to generate a kilowatt - hour.

Not exact matches

Three years after it first hit the market, the $ 249 product has saved users an estimated 2 billion kilowatt - hours of energy, enough to power 180,000 American homes for a year.

Its goodness can be measured even in pounds: «If I turn off the lights during afternoon hours, I will save x kilowatts of electricity and z pounds of greenhouse gases, thus contributing y to the common good.»

Several of Lactalis» facilities have also recently received an overhaul in their lighting fixtures, which combined with the use of motion detectors and day / night timers has helped the company save more than 750,000 kilowatt hours annually.

He estimates the cooling effect of 100 000 mature urban trees — inner city Melbourne has around 70 000 — could save a city 3 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually.

A 2008 study by the American Physical Society found U.S. homes could save 600 million kilowatts per year by 2030.

The Bush administration and a consortium of tech companies Tuesday vowed to drive down government and corporate data center energy use by 10 percent by 2011, saving about 10 billion kilowatt - hours, or roughly the amount of energy consumed by one million U.S. households annually.

Specifically, the utilities have to be paid not for kilowatts sold but for watts saved.

Dan W. Reicher, a former assistant secretary of energy for conservation and renewables, has complained repeatedly that companies will invest in solar plants that produce electricity at 20 or 30 cents per kilowatt - hour, while ignoring fixes that would save comparable energy at a cost of four cents per kilowatt - hour.

Kilowatt hours saved annually at University of Hawaii — Hilo from an energy performance contract.

By updating to a new computer model that is Energy Star 5.2 certified, FMCSA saves 20,349 kilowatt hours per year, nearly enough to annually power two average American households.

Every kilowatt of stored energy saved is thus instantly available to power the electric motor.

It's a descriptive name in that an ultra-thin, 17.2 - kilowatt brushless electric motor / generator is «integrated» between the engine and transmission and only «assists» the gasoline engine during acceleration, which saves gas.

«This means that self - consumed power will save the retail cost of each kilowatt - hour,» Harrington said.

Solar Net Metering (the broader framework for Virtual Net Metering) ensures that each solar credit that you receive will reduce your power bill by 1 unit (kilowatt - hour, kWh), thus saving you money.

Since its inception in 1992, ENERGY STAR and its partners have saved American families and businesses $ 430 billion in energy costs and 4.6 trillion kilowatt - hours of energy, while achieving broad emission reductions and helping to protect the climate.

«By getting employees to turn off lights and close refrigerator doors, Publix saved 643 million kilowatt hours of energy last year alone.

Constructing more than 7,800 ENERGY STAR certified homes, for a total of more than 55,200 since joining the program and saving 71 million kilowatt hours of energy.

Other plans include efficient lighting which will save up to 100 billion kilowatt hours annually and the Standards and Labeling Program launched by the government to increase the energy efficiency of average refrigerators and / or air - conditioners.

«Saving a unit of electricity in China has even greater benefit than in the U.S. because they emit more pollution per kilowatt hour,» he said.

Estimated carbon savings are calculated using the estimated kilowatt hours («kWh»), gallons of fuel oil, million British thermal units («MMBtus») of natural gas and gallons of water saved as appropriate, for each project.

Creative Citizen estimates you'll save five pounds of waste, 1,000 pounds of emissions and 1,000 kilowatt hours if you forgo sending 50 cards or invites in a year.

· 30 billion kilowatt hours of electricity saved · 54 million metric tons of primary materials used in products · 3 million kilograms of toxic materials eliminated · 100 million kilograms of hazardous waste avoided · 3.9 million metric tons of greenhouse gases emissions avoided»

The plug - in hybrid's fuel - cost savings over traditional gasoline - powered vehicles would save these 4 million consumers approximately $ 4.2 billion a year at today's average gasoline price of $ 3 per gallon when compared to 15 cents per kilowatt - hour of electricity for 14,400 miles driven annually.

Alan Darlington, a professor of environmental biology at the University of Guelph estimates that they can save 0.3 to 3.5 kilowatts per person in heating and air conditioning in the height of summer and winter.

Another great example is Vermont's establishment of an energy - efficiency utility, which saved the state 207 million kilowatt - hours between 2000 and 2006.

For Rogers, REGEN estimated it could save the call centre 55,831 kilowatt - hours annually, reduce carbon emissions by 9,500 kilograms, and cut peak - power usage by 19.6 per cent.

According to Efficiency Vermont, from 2000 to 2006 it saved Vermont 207 million kilowatt - hours — enough to power about 30,000 North American homes.

Each ton of shredded recycled paper will save 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of water, 400 kilowatts of energy, 90 cubic feet of landfill space and 100 gallons of gasoline.Lerner and Rowe's mission to Go Green includes:

Such changes as greater use of electronic document transmission, switching completely to recycled paper, routine two - sided printing, water and energy conservation, and use of soy - based inks will save more than 250 mature trees, 24,000 gallons of water, 40,000 pounds of greenhouse gases, and 31,450 kilowatts of electricity.

Since then, Nest customers have saved more than 14 billion kilowatt - hours of energy — enough to power San Francisco for more than two years.

Switching out just the five most frequently used lights in your house can save as much as 0.3 kilowatts of energy a day, which translates into a savings of at least $ 30 per bulb over the lifetime of the CFLs.

The 196 - kilowatt SunPower system is expected to save 580 Executive Center $ 2.7 million in electric bills over the next 25 years.

A newly built home can save up to 3,449 kilowatt hours of electricity each year.