Sentences with phrase «use of renewable energy technologies»

«Gish Apartments is a groundbreaking development both for its architectural design and in its use of renewable energy technologies and other green building features.

The report identifies key capacity issues for developing countries and proposes concrete recommendations for the wider use of renewable energy technologies to promote sustainable development and poverty reduction.

The project will assist China in stimulating future use of renewable energy technologies to replace coal - dominated power generation.

The use of renewable energy technologies, such as photovoltaic and wind power, is expected to result in an increased demand for both bulk metals (e.g., iron, copper) and specialty metals (e.g., rare earths) when compared to today's largely fossil - based systems [4], [5].

To lead by example, we are actively reducing our energy usage and demonstrating the use of renewable energy technologies.

Not exact matches

The book begins with an overview of the renewable energy technologies we have now, and then moves on to discuss food, women and girls, buildings and cities, land use, transport, and materials.

For example, generating efficient, renewable energy is a priority of the federal government, so businesses involving Cogeneration (using one fuel to simultaneously produce heat and electricity) or renewable energy technologies will find more government grant opportunities than others.

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A. Is beneficial, safe & healthy for individuals and communities throughout its life cycle; B. Meets market criteria for performance and cost; C. Is sourced, manufactured, transported, and recycled using renewable energy; D. Optimizes the use of renewable or recycled source materials; E. Is manufactured using clean production technologies and best practices; F. Is made from materials healthy in all probable end - of - life scenarios; G. Is physically designed to optimize materials and energy; H. Is effectively recovered and utilized in biological and / or industrial closed loop cycles.

The lives and livelyhoods of New Yorkers I envision a new technology for energy creation in the 21ist century using renewable energies.

The comprehensive redesign and reconstruction will incorporate the latest hands - on interactive technologies and reflect the transformative changes occurring in New York State's electric power industry under Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo from the increased use of clean renewable power resources, smart grid technologies and energy efficiency.

Cisco Systems San Jose, CA Information Technology 401 million green kWh, 46 % of total power used By switching nearly half its operations to renewable energy, Cisco has eliminated the carbon emissions equal to those of more than 31 million gallons of burned gasoline.

There is now adequate empirical evidence available around the world: Wherever people have brought about more efficient use of energy and greater use of renewable energy, you generate many more jobs than if you were to continue with conventional technologies and fossil fuels.

Webber and co-author Robert Fares, a Cockrell School alumnus who is now an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy, analyzed the impact of home energy storage using electricity data from almost 100 Texas households that are part of a smart grid test bed managed by Pecan Street Inc., a renewable energy and smart technology company housed at UT AEnergy, analyzed the impact of home energy storage using electricity data from almost 100 Texas households that are part of a smart grid test bed managed by Pecan Street Inc., a renewable energy and smart technology company housed at UT Aenergy storage using electricity data from almost 100 Texas households that are part of a smart grid test bed managed by Pecan Street Inc., a renewable energy and smart technology company housed at UT Aenergy and smart technology company housed at UT Austin.

The combined effect of the three, the scientists found, is that the global energy system could experience unprecedented changes in the growth of natural gas production and significant changes to the types of energy used, but without much reduction to projected climate change if new mitigation policies are not put in place to support the deployment of renewable energy technologies.

The use of renewable energy in the United States could take a significant leap forward with improved storage technologies or more efforts to «match» different forms of alternative energy systems that provide an overall more steady flow of electricity, researchers say in a new report.

«On the other hand, when technologies are economically available to harvest renewable energy, Japan can become one of the energy - rich countries in the world using the large resources of wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energies available among the Japanese islands.»

Nataliya Malyshkina and Deb Niemeier at the University of California, Davis, used the share prices of publicly traded oil and renewable - energy companies to predict when the new technologies are likely to be adopted.

Platinum is one of the costly metals used as catalysts in new technologies employed for industrial chemical processes, renewable energy sources, pollution control and many other purposes.

But Steve Cohen, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, said the increases in use of fossil fuels in China and India — which show few signs of abating — will push emissions in the opposite direction in 2015, and only the development of affordable renewable energy technology is likely to counter that trend.

PNNL will also play an important role in developing new technologies for stationary storage to enable widespread use of renewable energy.

I also worked on a team to design the Technology Applied Science for Sustainable Communities Academy in order to expose students to environmental science and renewable energy projects to maximize the use of our greenhouses and farms.

Interestingly, the company is also quite vocal about its commitment to sustainability, and their buildings, as well as many of their food packages, are created using green technologies and as much renewable energy as possible.

The Hotel Energy Solutions (HES) e-toolkit, the main output of the Hotel Energy Solutions project, provides hoteliers with a report which shows their current energy use and recommends appropriate renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and acEnergy Solutions (HES) e-toolkit, the main output of the Hotel Energy Solutions project, provides hoteliers with a report which shows their current energy use and recommends appropriate renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and acEnergy Solutions project, provides hoteliers with a report which shows their current energy use and recommends appropriate renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and acenergy use and recommends appropriate renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and acenergy and energy efficiency technologies and acenergy efficiency technologies and actions.

Participating hotels support this commitment through investment in environmentally friendly technology, use of renewable energy and achieving operational efficiencies.

The Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology and Public Utilities (MESTPU) hosted the launch of a consultancy funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to investigate the sources of usage of energy in Belize and plans to implement greater use of renewable eneEnergy, Science, Technology and Public Utilities (MESTPU) hosted the launch of a consultancy funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to investigate the sources of usage of energy in Belize and plans to implement greater use of renewable eneenergy in Belize and plans to implement greater use of renewable energyenergy...

What exactly is the technology that will allow us to use renewable energy sources that all seem to require a vast amount of space without putting up transmission lines?

The Council of the American Physical Society believes that the use of renewable energy sources, the adoption of new ways of producing and using fossil fuels, increased consideration of safe and cost effective uses of nuclear power, and the introduction of energy - efficient technologies can, over time, promote the United States» energy security and reduce stress on the world's environment.

There's no mention of nuclear power and a pretty simplified summary of how to end fossil fuel use with today's renewable - energy technologies.

Sultan Al Jaber, the chief executive officer of the overarching Masdar Initiative, told me that the goal is to use the wealth accrued over a half century of oil extraction to help shift the economy slowly toward exporting renewable or non-polluting energy technology.

The Environmental Security and Technology Certification Program uses military installations as a test bed to demonstrate and create a market for innovative energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies coming out of the private sector and DoD and Department of Energy laboratenergy efficiency and renewable energy technologies coming out of the private sector and DoD and Department of Energy laboratenergy technologies coming out of the private sector and DoD and Department of Energy laboratEnergy laboratories.

1) Energy conservation and energy efficiency 2) Renewable energy 3) Cleaner uses of coal, and carbon capture and storage 4) Sustainable transportation, including electric vehicles 5) Modernization of the electrical grid 6) Joint research and development of clean energy technologies 7) Clean air 8) Clean water 9) Natural resource conservation, e.g. protection of wetlands and nature reserves 10) Combating climate change and promoting low - carbon economic Energy conservation and energy efficiency 2) Renewable energy 3) Cleaner uses of coal, and carbon capture and storage 4) Sustainable transportation, including electric vehicles 5) Modernization of the electrical grid 6) Joint research and development of clean energy technologies 7) Clean air 8) Clean water 9) Natural resource conservation, e.g. protection of wetlands and nature reserves 10) Combating climate change and promoting low - carbon economic energy efficiency 2) Renewable energy 3) Cleaner uses of coal, and carbon capture and storage 4) Sustainable transportation, including electric vehicles 5) Modernization of the electrical grid 6) Joint research and development of clean energy technologies 7) Clean air 8) Clean water 9) Natural resource conservation, e.g. protection of wetlands and nature reserves 10) Combating climate change and promoting low - carbon economic energy 3) Cleaner uses of coal, and carbon capture and storage 4) Sustainable transportation, including electric vehicles 5) Modernization of the electrical grid 6) Joint research and development of clean energy technologies 7) Clean air 8) Clean water 9) Natural resource conservation, e.g. protection of wetlands and nature reserves 10) Combating climate change and promoting low - carbon economic energy technologies 7) Clean air 8) Clean water 9) Natural resource conservation, e.g. protection of wetlands and nature reserves 10) Combating climate change and promoting low - carbon economic growth

I am for more basic research on energy, but I am against any distraction from the task of converting to renewable energy using currently available technology.

The future expansion of renewable energy plants, the possibility of using an interregional system to balance fluctuating supply and demand in the electricity market, and the continued development of storage technologies are just some of the factors that come into play, it adds.

We have more tools available to make solar and other variable renewable technologies more reliable than ever, such as larger and more integrated grids, better resource forecasting, and more use of energy storage technologies.

Moreover, unlike other energy technologies, renewables require significant government involvement because of monetary payments to generators, land use conflicts / changes, and waste concerns from the procurement of needed materials.

We can reach that goal through immediate and sustained action to reduce our heat - trapping emissions like adopting technologies that increase energy efficiency, expanding our use of renewable energy, and slowing deforestation (among other solutions).

In our operations, we are improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions through behavioral or management changes, technology improvements and increasing our use of low - carbon, renewable energy, like solar and wind power.

Such policies should promote the use of non-combustion renewable energy, low carbon fuels (measured on a lifecycle basis), expanded transmission and smart grid technologies, alternative forms of transportation, and energy storage.

The American Lung Association supports additional research and development of advanced technologies that facilitate the expanded use of renewable energy, including improvements to energy storage capabilities.

Sierra Club Canada advocates a sensible mix of solutions: the highest possible energy efficiency, deployment of renewables (wind and solar), reduction in the use of fossil fuels, the phaseout of nuclear power and a shift to the new, innovative technologies.

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«The expanded use of renewable heating and cooling technologies is critical to helping New York reduce greenhouse gas emissions,» said Richard Kauffman, Chairman, Energy and Finance, New York State.»

The researchers examined the policies and technologies necessary to cut emissions, including a global carbon price and more extensive use of renewable energy.

Nick Molho identified the key issues as energy market reform, energy efficiency, increasing renewable technology, and better grid technology: both a «super» grid linking the various European national energy systems together so the fluctuations of alternative sources could be accommodated, and also a «smart» grid where individual users could use power wisely and cost - effectively by the use of smart metering at home and work.

With today's technology, it is possible to cater for all our energy needs with renewable sources by 2050, without the use of nuclear power plants.

For Europeans opposed to nuclear energy (the biggest source of low - carbon energy in the EU), the portmanteau places a huge bet on technologies such as wind and wave power, setting a target to triple Europe's overall use of renewable energies by 2020.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

A part of the new entrant reserve, amounting to 300 million allowances, will be made available to support the investments in up to 12 demonstration projects using the carbon capture and storage technology and demonstration projects using innovative renewable energy technologies.

Now that the US has greatly increased sources of oil and natural gas thanks to drilling using new technology (thus obviating the need for depending on the Middle East), renewable energy advocates have fallen back on their claims that fossil fuel use must be reduced to avoid catastrophic anthropogenic global warming.