Sentences with phrase «targeted at the efficiency»

The changes have been targeted at the efficiency and effectiveness of the system.

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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.

The Ishida Micro multihead weigher has been designed to handle high - value, ultra-low target weight applications (down to half a gram target weight) with accuracy and efficiency levels close to 100 % at a top speed of 120wpm.

«At a local level we are providing farmers with support to understand their emissions and how to identify efficiency opportunities, as we work towards a target of climate neutral growth to 2030 for on farm emissions from a 2015 baseline.»

Of the 54 FBS players targeted at least 100 times last year, Brown was one of only five to produce both a marginal efficiency of plus - 13 percent or higher and a marginal explosiveness of at least plus - 0.4 points per successful play.

With a passion for sustainability and extensive commercial experience working for companies such as RWE npower, Carillion and BskyB, Claire will lead Warm Zones in delivering energy efficiency and related services targeted at low income and vulnerable households.

The Warm Homes Campaign is NEA and Energy Action Scotland's annual campaign targeted at the public and the country's decision makers to raise awareness of fuel poverty and the benefits of improved energy efficiency.

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The premise is to put all stakeholders at the table with a target savings number and to develop the reforms and efficiencies to reach that cost.»

New York and other states are taking action to reach energy - efficiency targets despite shifts away from efficiency initiatives at the federal level.

Speaking at the second edition of the Ghana Renewable Energy fair themed, «Energy and Energy Efficiency, Accelerating Energy Access and Security,» Mr. Terkper, whose speech was read on his behalf by Deputy Minister of Finance, Mona Quartey, said the government is well aware of the important role renewable energy can play in accelerating and catalyzing the country's socio - economic development and the achievement of universal access ahead of the target date of the UN Sustainable Energy for All Initiative.

The pledge unanimously passed and signed by the Town Board at its April 11 meeting went on to ask «the New York State Legislature to commit to these same clean energy goals, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the current New York State Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.»

At a time when painful measures in October's Strategic Defence and Security Reviewv - such as scrapping the Harrier fleet, along with service personnel and civilian job losses and other efficiency gains - are reported to fall # 1 billion short of the MOD's # 8 billion budget reduction target, a public row over savings already assumed would be bad news for the department.

Because a number of trials suggested that vaccination efficiency is higher in people who had some previous exposure to dengue, the researchers considered routine vaccination of children at different ages (2, 9, or 16 years), with and without a one - time catch - up campaign targeting individuals up to age 30 who had missed routine vaccinations.

Andrew Warren, of the European Association for the Conservation of Energy, says member states will now not be able to meet CO2 targets pledged at last year's Earth Summit, because these required Community - wide efficiency standards, as originally planned in SAVE, and a Community - wide energy tax.

This new work, described in a study published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, is the first to successfully demonstrate the approach of going from carbon dioxide directly to target products, namely ethanol and ethylene, at energy conversion efficiencies rivaling natural counterparts.

In a new paper published this week in PNAS, researchers describe a potential new class of anti-cancer drugs that inhibit two or more molecular targets at once, maximizing therapeutic efficiency and sa...

Cell growth was monitored every 48 hours post-stimulation for approximately two weeks and the efficiency of CXCR4 disruption was assessed at day five post-transduction by both the Surveyor nuclease assay and by deep - sequencing of the CXCR4 target site.

The plasmids targeting each gene were respectively transfected into goat fibroblasts, and their genome modification efficiency was determined at day 3 using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay (see Methods).

There are also certain exercises that can target them both at once, which is good for the sake of both time and efficiency.

Ford's targeting the new vehicle to achieve AT - PZEV (Advanced Technology Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle) status in the U.S., though it's hushed right now on the exact powertrain plans (except to say it will use in - house developed lithium - ion batteries and a high - efficiency Atkinson - cycle gasoline engine).

The Japanese internal combustion - enthusiasts at Mazda are targeting vast leaps in petrol engine efficiency for future generations

Targeted to achieve AT - PZEV (Advanced Technology Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle) status, C - MAX Energi pairs a high - voltage lithium - ion battery and electric traction motor with a high - efficiency Atkinson - cycle gasoline engine.

t Today, the Ford Transit Connect is targeted at taxi and delivery business where fuel efficiency is a top priority.

Roll into AR, plant your body, and focus fire at heavily guarded targets for maximum efficiency.

In January, the governor announced a «comprehensive agenda to combat climate change» that called for aggressive increases in energy storage, development of at least 800 MW of offshore wind resources and new energy efficiency targets.

But if we can continue to reduce NOx — by targeting industrial emissions and improving agricultural efficiencies — then at some point the effect of temperature won't matter, because high O3 levels can not occur in the absence of substantial NOx concentrations.

[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.]

At an industry roundtable hosted by the U.S. - India Business Council (USIBC) in New York, Piyush Goyal, Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy discussed India's ambitious target of achieving 175 GW of renewable generation capacity and innovative ways of mainstreaming energy efficiency.

During the twelve month performance period, projects must perform at an established efficiency target.

In 2006, the European Union (EU), which consists of 27 members, committed to reducing its global warming emissions by at least 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2020, to consuming 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, and to reducing its primary energy use by 20 percent from projected levels through increased energy efficiency.1 The EU has also committed to spending $ 375 billion a year to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050 compared to 1990 levels.2 The EU is meeting these goals through binding national commitments which vary depending on the unique situation of a given country but which average out to the overall targets.

At its firs global supply - chain summit in Beijing, Walmart, the world's largest retailer, launched an ambitious program dubbed the «Global Sourcing Responsibility Initiative» that will require its Chinese suppliers (which may number up to 20,000 according to China Daily) to abide to potentially costly energy efficiency targets, to be verified by third party audits, among other environmental and social goals.

First is regulation that could strand assets in several ways: direct regulation on carbon led by authorities at the local, national, regional, or global level; indirect regulation through increased pollution controls, constraints on water usage, or policies targeting health concerns; and mandates on renewable energy adoption and efficiency standards.

A comprehensive approach to transportation energy efficiency at the federal, state, and local level must include a combination of strategies targeted at both vehicle fuel efficiency and travel behavior.

In a decisive vote, 341 to 263, the European Parliament called for three binding targets for 2030: a 40 % cut in greenhouse gases from 1990 levels; at least 30 % of energy to come from renewable sources; and a 40 % improvement in energy efficiency.

7 7 Energy Efficiency in the Tourism Industry (EETI) EXPECTED RESULTS Energy benchmark tool, handbook on energy investments, best practices guides At least 800 hotels use EETI materials and invest in energy efficiency measures Campaign in 25 + destinations and involving 25 + hotel associations 8,000 + hotels and organisations reached Hotels consume too much energy — and Europe has half of the worlds hotel rooms TARGET GROUPS SME hotel managers & associations national tourism bodies tourEfficiency in the Tourism Industry (EETI) EXPECTED RESULTS Energy benchmark tool, handbook on energy investments, best practices guides At least 800 hotels use EETI materials and invest in energy efficiency measures Campaign in 25 + destinations and involving 25 + hotel associations 8,000 + hotels and organisations reached Hotels consume too much energy — and Europe has half of the worlds hotel rooms TARGET GROUPS SME hotel managers & associations national tourism bodies tourefficiency measures Campaign in 25 + destinations and involving 25 + hotel associations 8,000 + hotels and organisations reached Hotels consume too much energy — and Europe has half of the worlds hotel rooms TARGET GROUPS SME hotel managers & associations national tourism bodies tour operators

In the year of global climate talks in Paris, much bigger increases in efficiency and renewables are possible and would allow much steeper emissions cuts than the EU's current «at least 40 % by 2030» target.

The lion's share of IFC's $ 2.5 - billion commitment was targeted at mitigation with renewable energy and energy - efficiency accounting for 89 percent of total commitment.

He added: «Areas for improvement include a closer look at the cost of achieving national targets, a more pro-active climate change strategy, greater energy efficiency and further pursuit of competitive gas and electricity markets.»

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.

This includes the «aspirational» target of improving fuel efficiency by 2 % every year, limiting emissions at 2020 levels and then reducing them to half of 2005 levels by 2050 — all non-binding.

MEPs raised the ambition of the future clean energy laws, by voting in favour of increasing the EU's 2030 renewable energy and energy efficiency targets to at least 35 percent and raising its long - term target to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the latest.

The European Parliament will determine its final position on energy efficiency and renewables targets at a plenary vote in early 2018.

EU Ministers have agreed to the European Commission's proposed target of 30 % energy efficiency by 2030, when climate action requires at least 40 %.

In the proposed Clean Power Plan, savings from energy efficiency and at - risk and under construction nuclear generation are included in EPA's calculation of state rate and mass targets.

This new work, described in a study published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, is the first to successfully demonstrate the approach of going from carbon dioxide directly to target products, namely ethanol and ethylene, at energy conversion efficiencies rivaling natural counterparts.

At the Summit, EU Heads of State and Government must agree on three headline targets covering greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy and energy efficiency.

It is calling for binding EU climate and energy targets for 2030, at least 60 % cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and ambitious energy efficiency and renewables targets.

«This approach targets reductions achieved at a sectoral level — for example in renewable energy, energy efficiency, fuel switching and other areas — and is a key complement to more traditional CDM projects as a way to mobilize capital, scale up reductions and deliver benefits to households and small and medium enterprises.»

State - level actions to boost efficiency and ramp up clean energy will play a central role at reining in power sector emissions and helping the United States meet its climate target to reduce emissions 26 - 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.