Sentences with phrase «spend on energy»

«Today what happens with energy efficiency is we recover dollar - for - dollar what we spend on energy efficiency.

How long will it take to recoup all the extra money you'll spend on energy efficient upgrades?

It will also drive up how much people spend on energy as air conditioning goes from being handy to being a necessity.

Currently, profits outweigh money spent on the energy needed to mine.

Also an increase in consumer spending on energy drinks and prevalent health awareness trends will drive growth.

Current annual spending on energy efficiency improvements in fuel poor homes in England is circa # 490m, a proportion of the GB wide Energy Company Obligation (ECO) programme.

Mr Darling said he was introducing a green stimulus, ensuring part of the fiscal stimulus supports low - carbon growth and jobs by accelerating # 535 million of capital spending on energy efficiency, rail transport and adaptive measures.

A recent study released by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory predicts annual spending on energy efficiency and conservation to quadruple to as much as $ 12 billion a year by 2020.

Previous studies have noted that LEDs reduce spending on energy over time and are a cost - effective alternative to other light bulbs.

Gates's call for increased spending on energy R&D echoed recommendations he made late last year as a member of a blue - ribbon panel of U.S. business leaders convened by the Washington - based American Energy Innovation Council.

In a report on human rights, China said its spending on energy saving and environmental protection in 2013 rose 14.2 percent year - on - year to 338 billion yuan ($ 54 billion).

Kerr said the state code contains a loophole that allows building owners making small - scale alternations to avoid spending on energy efficiency enhancements.

So we're doubling our spending on energy research with a major commitment to small modular nuclear reactors.

Obviously, the best power is the power you don't use, and one of the criticisms often levelled at solar projects is that the money should be spent on energy efficiency first.

Brown's Budget Expected to Aid Schools» Energy Efficiency When Gov. Jerry Brown releases his budget proposal Thursday, he will include his plans for $ 500 million in new spending on energy efficiency and related programs.

Others can even tell you how much you're spending on your energy bill.

On an onging basis, they also offer 1 FlyBuys point per dollar spent on energy.

If all the money wasted on the Iraq war / military had been spent on energy research instead, we might have already achieved cheaper than coal renewable generation.

White House officials told me that these are still early days in the jockeying over spending on energy innovation and education.

The irony is that if you actually look at the amount of money that's been spent on feed - in tariffs and you properly account for it — tax credits, feed - in credits in Spain, solar photovoltaic stuff in Germany — the world has spent a massive amount of money which, in terms of creating both jobs and knowledge, would have been far better spent on energy research.

I think every serious group that has looked at how much the United States is spending on energy technology and innovation ends up with the conclusion that we need to be spending somewhere between 2 and 10 times as much as we are now if we really want to get the pace of improvement in the energy portfolios we're going to need.

The report — Energy Darwinism II: Why a Low Carbon Future Doesn't Have to Cost the Earth — has forecast that spending on energy will hit around $ 200 trillion in the next 25 years.

As a result, federal spending on energy - related research and development, and on tax credits and other incentives, has dropped markedly.

In addition to his opposition to meaningful action to reduce global warming pollution, Paul Ryan's budget called for «drastic cuts in federal spending on energy research and development and for the outright elimination of subsidies and tax breaks for wind, solar power and other alternative energy technologies.»

The amount a home spends on energy depends on the type of fuels used (from electricity, to oil, to propane, to wood in a fireplace) and the rate price at which it sells for in your area.

Boosting US spending on energy innovation is only one step among many we need to take on climate change.

The Iowa bill would cap spending on energy efficiency at 2 percent of annual sales for electricity utilities and 1.5 percent of sales of natural gas utilities.

According to the International Energy Agency, a Paris - based think tank, government spending on energy R&D as a share of spending fell from an 11 % peak in 1981 to just under 7 % in 2013.

In an agreement announced on Feb. 26, 2007, TXU agreed to cancel 8 of its planned 11 new Texas coal - fired power plants as well as several new coal - fired plants in Pennsylvania and Virginia, back federal legislation to create a cap - and - trade system regulating CO2 emissions, and double spending on energy efficiency.

President Trump has proposed severe cuts to US government spending on energy research, development and demonstration, but Congress has the «power of the purse» and can rescue US energy innovation.

The millions wasted on climate science could be far better spent on energy research, where our real coming crisis lies.

About two - thirds of the $ 24 billion Washington spent on energy subsidies in 2011 went to support energy efficiency and renewable sources such as wind, solar and biofuels.

Nelson also said he is concerned that the bill would require Ameren to increase its spending on energy efficiency programs above the $ 89 million its already plans to spend in 2017.

Here's the New Scientist article: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527426.900-get-ready-for-chinas-domination-of-science.html Re: the $ 30 billion, may not seem big by itself but it is unclear from that official's statement if this is $ 30 billion on top of the dozens of billions they would have spent on energy efficiency projects and other clean energy infrastructure projects or not.

Households in fuel poverty are defined as those in which more than 10 % of income is spent on energy.

A long - term Republican budget plan released this week by Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin calls for drastic cuts in federal spending on energy research and development and for the outright elimination of subsidies and tax breaks for wind, solar power and other alternative energy technologies.

On the research side, the Commission has proposed an increase in annual spending on energy research of at least 50 % for the next seven years, along with a new European Energy Technology Plan, which will be put forward at the European Council in Spring 2008.

While news reports of Earth Day 2016 will likely depict dancing in the streets, those who can look past the headlines will see a dire picture — one in which more than 10 % of a household's income is spent on energy costs; one of «green energy poverty.»

Some is spent on energy - saving equipment, such as low - energy lightbulbs, for hospitals, for example.

The Clinton Global Initiative, about a year or so ago, their big challenge was to get spending on energy efficiency to reach $ 1.5 billion, total, in all of America.

And not only will this calculator help schools fight global warming by reducing their carbon footprint, but the cash schools can save through reduced spending on energy bills will help districts take action to improve the quality of education at the same time.

As part of the estimated US$ 45 million buyout, Luminant settled a series of lawsuits with Environmental Defense and the Natural Resources Defense Council and agreed to cancel 8 of its planned 11 new Texas coal - fired power plants as well as several new coal - fired plants in Pennsylvania and Virginia, back federal legislation to create a cap - and - trade system regulating CO2 emissions, and double spending on energy efficiency.

REALTORS ® should remind their clients that by hiring a home inspector, they'll be more informed about how energy efficient their dream home is and what they can anticipate spending on energy bills and annual maintenance.

Green homes also emphasize savings — less money is spent on energy and water, fewer building materials winding up in landfills, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and quality construction for a longer lasting home that's less expensive to maintain.

Not exact matches

It manages to turn a less - than - scintillating - sounding subject — our aging electricity grid — into compelling reading, he claims, writing that even those who have never spent a minute pondering how the lights come on will leave this one understanding «that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world» and «why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean - energy future.»

«This leads to spending way too much energy on conference calls, meetings and offsites, traveling to see each other, and wasting time with conference reports, PowerPoint presentations, dimming and ultimately extinguishing creativity,» he said at the ANA conference.

It's hard to focus on being creative when a good part of your creative energies are spent trying to figure out how to work within a system that doesn't tolerate dissent.

Here are three off the top of my head: Record levels of household debt threaten future spending, too many of our companies need a weaker currency to be competitive, and international energy companies are giving up on Canada as a place to invest.

I could have spent the same, if not more, amount of energy on looking at everyone in my industry and assessing how I can beat them, surpass them or solicit their business.

«The industry spends quite a bit of energy on traceability — the chain of custody,» he says.