Sentences with phrase «than efficiency improvements»

The implications of these case studies are not that energy efficiency improvements will lead to backfire in every context, nor that other trends, such as rising incomes and population growth, were less important than efficiency improvements in the growth in energy consumption.

When asked for the most effective strategy they could implement to conserve energy, most participants mentioned curtailment (e.g., turning off lights, driving less) rather than efficiency improvements (e.g., installing more efficient light bulbs and appliances), in contrast to experts» recommendations.

«People may be focusing on curtailment or cutting back rather than efficiency improvements because of the upfront costs involved,» Attari said.

A survey finds that most people think cutting back on activities is better for energy savings than efficiency improvements.

Not exact matches

I learned more about increasing manufacturing efficiency from spending 30 minutes in a poultry processing plant than I learned from any formal process improvement program.

In addition, we have updated our 2016 CapEx guidance to cut more than $ 400 million in spending due to the improvement in our capital efficiency.

Other energy efficiency improvements include automatic shutoff of production machines if they run unattended for more than 10 minutes.

«Our investment in Matcon's equipment and expertise to - date has provided a 100 % improvement in efficiency due to being able to run our mixer and packing lines in parallel, rather than sequentially.

If China's use of renewable and nuclear energy grows at a plausible rate, and the country captures some of its emissions from coal - burning power stations and keeps making improvements in energy efficiency, by 2050 its total emissions could end up 4 per cent lower than today, says Zhou.

After more than a century of incremental improvements in the steam cycle, engineers have plucked most of the low - hanging fruit and are chasing diminishing returns, spending millions of dollars for every percentage point of efficiency improvement.

For a 1 gigawatt power plant, a 1 percent improvement in efficiency saves 17,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year, equivalent to removing more than 3,500 vehicles from the road.

A 2009 research paper published in the journal Energy Procedia predicts that even if China achieves its 2030 target of energy efficiency improvement and clean energy use, more than half of its power supply will still come from coal.

So too if demand for oil starts to fall sooner than supply, through improvements in efficiency and the electrification of vehicles.

-- Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to establish annual energy efficiency participation incentives to encourage participants in programs administered by the Secretary, including recipients under programs for which HUD assistance is provided, to achieve substantial improvements in energy efficiency.

These results imply a greater potential than previously thought for fossil fuel industry efficiency improvements to mitigate the effects of human activity on the climate.

Packham thinks public transport is a much better use of resources and it is easier to implement improvements and efficiencies to public transport than to individual cars.

Dr. Honig's research shows that improvements in teaching and learning across districts require fundamental changes in how central offices support schools — changes that are more profound than just revising organizational charts, adding or eliminating units or improving the efficiency of long - standing operations.

This setup yields a ten percent improvement in both fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions compared to a conventional automatic and, as with VW's system, it is much more fun to drive than most conventional slushboxes.

That's a 30 per cent improvement on its predecessor's efficiency, yet its 0 - 62mph sprint is also nearly half a second quicker than the outgoing SL350's, at 5.9 sec.

As previously tested in the S63 limousine, that's 40bhp more than the CL 63 model it directly replaces, and thanks to improvements in efficiency, it produces significantly less CO2 at 237g / km.

The authors argue that vehicle fuel economy may be improved through three primary methods: reducing vehicle weight and size; increased market share of alternative powertrains that show more efficiency than conventional gasoline engines; and, rather than continuing the historical trend of emphasis on vehicles that are heavier, larger, and more powerful, ensuring that improvements in vehicle technology's efficiency gains are directed toward increasing fuel economy.

As a result, the Optima PHEV has an expected engine efficiency improvement of more than 20 percent.

Chrysler Group LLC Begins Detailing Elements of Powertrain Strategy; More Than 25 % Fuel Efficiency Improvement During 2010 - 2014

Entry level pricing is marginally less than the outgoing 1er and BMW boasts improvements in efficiency and equipment across the range.

The cooling effect of the directly injected fuel also results in a higher compression ratio than on port injection engines, bringing further efficiency improvements.

By 2014, the new V - 6 is expected to account for more than a third of the powertrains in the vehicle line - up and substantially contribute to an overall corporate fuel efficiency improvement of more than 25 percent.

But not only is the Jeep's gearbox smoother than Land Rover's nine - speeder, it also contributes to a claimed 16 % improvement in efficiency versus the old Cherokee.

Thanks to improvements in the direct - injection system, an increase in the 2.5 - liter gasoline inline - four's stroke, a higher compression ratio, and changes to the cooling system, the new hybrid system dissipates thermal efficiencies better than the outgoing setup.

As aforementioned, in terms of fuel - efficiency, the Buick LaCrosse Hybrid comes with 4.7 liters for every 100 km / h, which is a 35 percent improvement than the LaCrosse with eAssist technology.

The major highlight of the diesel powered variant has to be the engine under the hood which, thanks to a newly developed combustion method, delivers 7 percent improvement in power and fuel efficiency than its predecessor.

Despite improvements in space, efficiency, performance and technology the new model range starts at around # 1,500 less than the outgoing car.

These engineering enhancements yield an expected engine efficiency improvement of more than 20 %.

Not only will house is in better shape, more attractive curb appeal, increased energy efficiency than when you purchased it, you may have instant equity due to the improvements therefore increased value of your home.

A more subtle benefit to home ownership is that if you invest in energy efficiency improvements (which you're more likely to do if you own your home than if you rent), you can get really great returns, as high as 40 percent after tax on some improvements.

Hotel are also required to track and complete improvement projects each year, enabling us to uncover and share learnings and best practices from more than 4,800 energy efficiency projects.»

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Today's mainstream wind, solar, geothermal and biomass energy technologies, combined with efficiency improvements, can do the job better, faster and cheaper than nuclear power, without the problems of nuclear power.

The potential for efficiency remains enormous, and given the likely improvements in technology and changes in societal norms over the next century which it will take us to do the right thing, we are likely to be able to cut fossil fuel use further than most people imagine possible, even if renewables don't become commercially competitive (which wind is already, and solar is in certain situations).

On that front, no one has better articulated the blunt reality of more than doubling the global energy supply (even with efficiency improvements) while deeply cutting emissions of greenhouse gases than Martin Hoffert of New York University and various colleagues.

With more than 13,000 taxis traveling a cumulative 500 million miles per year, the improvement in fuel efficiency and emissions, as well as the improved safety for the passengers and pedestrians & cyclists should make a pretty big difference to the impact that the fleet has.

Improvements in efficiency play a huge role in taking the strain off the supply side: without them, the projected rise in final energy use would more than double.

First, the challengers claim that the «best system of emission reduction» — a key statutory term — can mean nothing more than making minimal carbon pollution reductions through small improvements in generating efficiency at individual power plants.

Japan, for example, has already made considerable investments into energy efficiency improvements, so its marginal abatement cost is higher than in countries that have not done so.

The narrower rule would focus on obtaining efficiency improvements through better heat rates at coal plants — an «inside the fenceline» regulation, rather than a sweeping change to the national power mix.

paying for carbon reduction projects is often perceived favorably by green - minded consumers, and it's easier to tell a good story about innovative projects in disadvantaged communities than to focus on dry subjects such as incremental energy efficiency improvements or waste reduction strategies.

Within economics modelling, attempts to model the feedback mechanisms that occur in the real economy are also really difficult — we know, for example, that investment in new technologies will act as an incentive for the existing technologies it hopes to substitute to become more efficient (the sailing ship effect — i.e. in the 50 years after the introduction of the steam ship, sailing ships made more efficiency improvements than they had in the previous 3 centuries) but how to quantify something even as simple as this is not easy BUT we have learnt a few ways to give sensible (order of magnitude) figures with time lags, the learning by doing effect and phased - in substitution effects based on massive amounts of data.

[1] The Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 defines «clean» electricity as «electricity generated at a facility placed in service after 1991 using renewable energy, qualified renewable biomass, natural gas, hydropower, nuclear power, or qualified waste - to - energy; and electricity generated at a facility placed in service after enactment that uses qualified combined heat and power (CHP), [which] generates electricity with a carbon - intensity lower than 0.82 metric tons per megawatt - hour (the equivalent of new supercritical coal), or [electricity generated] as a result of qualified efficiency improvements or capacity additions at existing nuclear or hydropower facilities -LSB-; or] electricity generated at a facility that captures and stores its carbon dioxide emissions.»

For example, rooftop solar can now provide electricity to businesses and households at a lower cost than fossil fuels and improvements in vehicle efficiency can easily pay for themselves.

Their twin benefits make efficiency improvements politically more feasible than measures such as carbon taxes.

(I) support for a free or low - cost detailed building energy audit that prescribes, as part of a energy - reducing measures sufficient to achieve at least a 20 percent reduction in energy use, by providing an incentive equal to the documented cost of such audit, but not more than $ 500, in addition to any award earned by achieving a 20 percent or greater efficiency improvement;