Sentences with phrase «set efficiency targets»

States will need to set efficiency targets through Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS), increase public benefits spending, or take other measures to acquire the efficiency resources needed to make RGGI the most effective and affordable program it can be.

The new standards would set an efficiency target for 2025, and presumably set out incentives and state assistance to help energy companies, businesses and residents reach the goal.

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DesRosiers also believes the federal government is failing to invest sufficiently in research and development, and this at a time when the U.S. has set highly aggressive fuel efficiency targets that demand much more innovation.

In addition, a set of booster hoppers directly underneath the weigh hoppers means the machine has 28 hoppers from which to choose the combination that most closely matches the required target weight, thereby increasing accuracy, speed and efficiency.

Processing companies often set water efficiency targets.

The European Union set «20-20-20» targets — a 20 per cent reduction in carbon emissions from 1990 levels; increasing energy generation from renewable sources by 20 per cent and a 20 per cent improvement in the EU's energy efficiency — and it is expected that public sector buildings lead the way.

The trouble is that drivers don't always see the same efficiency in real - world driving that the EPA testers manage, so Mazda set all of its consumption targets according to driving habits of actual customers who don't drive on a dynamometer in a lab.

Through applications of the new technology first in the mini-vehicle N BOX — the first model of the new mini-vehicle N Series — and gradually in other vehicle models, Honda is targeting top - of - industry fuel efficiency for every category within three years, while simultaneously setting a timeline of 2020 to reduce by 30 % CO2 emissions for all products sold worldwide, relative to emission figures for 2000.

(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) In times of affection towards productive efficiency of managers, entrepreneurs and target plans, «Transperformance 3 — Corpo Estranho» festival presents a set of works that questions this culture of efficiency, in which healthy bodies live with botox injections.

And we will continue to do so, by investing in renewable energy, promoting greater efficiency, and slashing our emissions to reach the targets we set for 2020 and our long - term goal for 2050.

The scoop on energy efficiency standards Federal attempts to regulate consumer appliance efficiency started with the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, which established appliance efficiency targets, but did not set efficiency standards.

«We strongly urge the government to set such a target, using cost - effective energy efficiency gains to help meet its goal,» Mr. Mandil emphasised.

The GLC is an initiative to promote energy efficient lighting and had set the target of reaching 10 billion high - efficiency, high - quality and affordable advanced lighting products such as LEDs around the world.

Such ambitions are lofty but not the first time water efficiency goals has been made official policy; in 2007, it set the target of reducing «water intensity» by 20 % for the five year period ending 2010.

Save the average American family nearly $ 85 on their annual energy bill in 2030, reducing enough energy to power 30 million homes, and save consumers a total of $ 155 billion from 2020 - 2030; Give a head start to wind and solar deployment and prioritize the deployment of energy efficiency improvements in low - income communities that need it most early in the program through a Clean Energy Incentive Program; and Continue American leadership on climate change by keeping us on track to meet the economy - wide emissions targets we have set, including the goal of reducing emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and to 26 - 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.»

[In 2001, scientists at Princeton's Carbon Mitigation Initiative became famous for proposing a set of «climate stabilization wedges» — efficiency, wind, solar, etc. — to bring emissions down beneath global targets.]

During the second Climate Leaders Summit in Poznan, the signatories of the Montreal Declaration reported on their progress and agreed a new «action statement» presented to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer, in which they committed to setting targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency to accelerate low carbon policies prior to the climate change meeting in Copenhagen.

Some states also have an energy efficiency resource standard (EERS), which sets long - term energy efficiency targets.

Strengthen the provisions on setting and assessing the national contributions for renewable energy and energy efficiency to ensure that the EU targets will be met

A federal EERS would complement existing state - level energy efficiency standards by setting a national goal for energy savings with targets for utilities in every state.

The French government needs to realise the importance of setting three targets — for renewables, greenhouse gas reduction and energy efficiency — simultaneously, so that they can work together and mutually reinforce each other.

Energy efficiency plays a unique role as building block # 4 in the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) proposed Clean Power Plan, which sets carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rate targets for existing power plants by state.

According to Power Forward 3.0, nearly half of the companies in the 2016 Fortune 500 have set targets to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG), improve energy efficiency, and / or increase renewable energy sourcing — this stat is up five percentage points from 2014.

In order to reach the global targets set into the ACT and BLUE scenarios, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has identified seventeen key technologies for energy efficiency, power generation and transport and, for each, has drawn a roadmap that describes the actions required to deliver their potential.

In order to achieve the target set by the Paris Agreement --- to limit the rise in global average temperature to below the 2 degree C threshold — all new construction must be designed to high energy efficiency standards and use no CO2 - emitting fossil fuel energy to operate; by 2050 the entire built environment must be carbon neutral.

To achieve this goal, SB 350 sets ambitious 2030 targets for energy efficiency and renewable electricity, among other actions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the energy and transportation sectors.

The European Union has come here to Lima claiming to have set very ambitious emission reduction, renewable energy and energy efficiency targets, but in reality they are far from what science and equity tell us is needed.

For states that choose rate - based compliance approaches (see Synapse's previous blog posts about rate - and mass - based compliance), the final Clean Power Plan explicitly allows energy efficiency measures to produce Emission Rate Credits (ERCs) despite energy efficiency not being one of the building blocks used in target setting.

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Based on decades of experience, ExxonMobil believes this rigorous bottom - up approach is a more effective and meaningful way to drive efficiency improvement and greenhouse gas emissions reduction than simply setting high - level corporate targets.

«The EU has to redo its homework and set out a pathway to meet stricter energy efficiency and renewables targets,» said Greenpeace EU's climate policy adviser, Bram Claeys.

Companies and organizations are setting science - based targets, committing to purchasing and generating 100 % renewable energy, steering their investment portfolios towards low - carbon assets and enhancing the efficiency of their processes.

Nearly a dozen states have already implemented or are implementing their own market - based programs to reduce carbon pollution, the EPA reported, and 25 states have set energy efficiency targets with 35 having set renewable energy targets.

Now that the emissions targets are set, energy efficiency plays a prominent role as a proven strategy that states can use to reduce energy, cut emissions, and boost the economy.

Companies that set ambitious greenhouse gas reduction efforts today will gain a competitive advantage in the years to come, for a few reasons: Gains in efficiency lead to cost savings; credible targets bolster a company's reputation; ambitious goals spur innovation and transformational change, which can unlock opportunities for growth; and science - based targets will help companies stay ahead of shifting public policies.

But while the IEA correctly identifies the need to advance the renewable energy sector and set higher targets for energy efficiency, it has so far not offered workable ways to make this happen.

Environmental groups are also concerned that the EU is prioritizing access to U.S. fossil fuels instead of maximizing the potential of renewables and efficiency, despite having set targets to reduce climate emissions by 2020.

It has set ambitious renewable energy targets and has promoted energy efficiency.

The country can get on this pathway by setting strong interim emission reduction targets for major carbon - emitting sectors, implementing complementary renewable energy and energy efficiency policies, and through state or regional measures.

The new energy efficiency target will not only save substantial heating fuels but will set New York State on a path to achieve annual electric efficiency savings of 3 percent of investor - owned utility sales in 2025.

• Government failure to provide a comprehensive and costed plan of action for meeting its targets; • Government failure to set a minimum standard of energy efficiency to be applied to affected households; • Repeated criticism of the Government from the independent Fuel Poverty Advisory Group; • That the Government itself has admitted that targets to reduce and eventually eliminate fuel poverty will be missed.

Implemented target goals by setting and enforcing standards for speed, efficiency, sales and quality

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