Sentences with phrase «usage during peak times»

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According to Nest, powering air conditioners during peak times accounts for just 1 percent of all energy usage — but can often take up the lion's share of an individual energy bill.

During peak hours, when the grid experiences a surge in usage, it's forced to use energy from outdated power plants that release far more carbon emissions than regular plants (sometimes up to 10 times more).

EPA also set basic criteria to highlight on the ENERGY STAR product finder products capable of supporting demand response; this «connected» functionality allows products to reduce their electricity usage during peak periods and shift charging to non-peak times.

For instance, if the customer is billed under Time of Use rates, in order to understand how much a solar installation will reduce their utility bill, it is essential to understand how much energy they consume during peak demand times when energy is more expensive, and how those usage patterns intersect with the amount of energy their solar array is likely to be producing at different times.

The project has reduced household energy consumption by up to 15.2 % and office building consumption by up to 22.8 % through demand response (DR) testing during peak times of electricity usage.

Some of them are also capable of reducing their electricity usage during peak periods and shift charging to non-peak times as part of utilities» demand response programs.

The latter, on the other hand, only means that you'll experience slowdown when the network is congested — during times of peak usage, your speeds will technically be throttled (again, only after you've used a certain amount of data).

French consumer fraud group DGCCRF, part of the country's economy ministry, last week launched a preliminary investigation into Apple over «alleged deception» and «planned obsolescence» of Apple products, reports Reuters.The investigation follows Apple's admission that it slows down some older iPhones with degraded batteries during times of peak power usage in order to prevent unexpected shutdowns.Apple introduced the power management feature in iOS 10.2.1 following complaints of unexpected shutdowns in the iPhone 6s, but Apple did not make it clear to consumers that it was due to battery deterioration nor did Apple inform customers that it could cause occasional performance slowdowns.Apple has since apologized for its lack of communication and introduced a new policy that

But the systems will reduce the amount of electricity buildings buy from utilities during peak usage times.