Sentences with phrase «use of renewable heating»

«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.»

Not exact matches

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.

The blend of carefully selected wood fibres and renewable, non-fossil based biopolymer can be heat pressed to take on any rigid form, or used as a sheet where there is a requirement for high tearing and bend tolerance or air permeability.

The draft North Country Regional Sustainability Plan's major goals include generating and exporting renewable energy from the northern tier, energy efficiency improvements, development of alternative heating fuels from within the region, sustainable use of natural resources to enhance jobs and business development and environmental stewardship.

But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

If all those pig feces were collected in lined ponds to let anaerobic bacteria thrive, they could become a renewable source of 1600 tons of biogas, which can be used to generate heat and electricity on site while simultaneously reducing Israel's greenhouse - gas emissions.

The Army used a number of methods to curb energy use, but made a great deal of efficiency progress partnering with energy providers using ESPCs and utility energy service contracts (UESCs) to pay for renewable power generation as well as heat -, water - and electricity - saving upgrades.

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The SMU Geothermal Lab is an active research facility with a variety of ongoing geothermal resource projects which strive to broaden the understanding and use of geothermal energy, from the simplest form - geothermal heat pumps for buildings, to the large - scale deployment of geothermal power plants providing energy for our cities while also exploring opportunities to integrate renewable geothermal projects in an oil & gas setting.

These were used to assess a variety of renewable energy sources — including solar photovoltaic panels that generate electricity and solar hot water systems used to heat water.

Also, installed in places of education, heat pumps will provide a valuable learning tool for students who will gain awareness of the use of low carbon and renewable heating systems and see this as the norm in their future careers.

Despite the demise of the Building Schools for the Future programme, the use of heat pumps in schools offer a number of advantages: • a simple and cost effective installation compared to some alternative technologies • ongoing schools building programmes can benefit from heat pump systems that improve the environmental footprint and reduce running and operational costs • a low carbon technology that helps to reduce CO2 emissions • a renewable heat technology to satisfy the UK's renewable obligation.

These cover everything from good management and communication, to efficient lighting and heating, as well as things like nature conservation, training practices, use of local crafts and produce, renewable energy and community support and involvement.

A minimum of 80 % of the electricity purchased for the building is required to come from renewable sources, solar panels are used for heating water in the complex and the building employs a computerised management system which senses the temperature in different parts of the Parliament, and automatically opens windows to keep the building cool especially during the summer when, because of the high level of insulation used to keep the building warm during the winter months, there can be potential problem of overheating.

Some of those elements include: - Light - colored roofing that reflects heat and saves energy; - 70 percent ENERGY STAR ® certified appliances including refrigerators, TVs, computers and kitchen equipment; - Water - efficient toilets and aerated bathroom faucets; - 10 percent of the building materials used contain recycled content; - «On Demand» ventilation that provides fresh air for occupied spaces without wasting energy on unoccupied areas of the property; - LED lighting - controls that turn off the lights; - Incorporates high - tech daylight sensors to reduce electrical lighting with natural sunlight and - Uses renewable energy sources such as solar or wind.

However, I've never seen a single media article in any U.S. press outlet that covered these issues — the large - scale evidence for global warming (melting glaciers, warming poles, shrinking sea ice, ocean temperatures) to the local scale (more intense hurricanes, more intense precipitation, more frequent droughts and heat waves) while also discussing the real causes (fossil fuels and deforestation) and the real solutions (replacement of fossil fuels with renewables, limiting deforestation, and halting the use of fossil fuels, especially coal and oil.)

Of this energy used, around 85 % still comes from fossil fuels, with the heat sector lagging way behind electricity in the integration of renewableOf this energy used, around 85 % still comes from fossil fuels, with the heat sector lagging way behind electricity in the integration of renewableof renewables.

Earth has an abundance of clean, renewable energy resources that can be used to generate electricity, provide heat, and power vehicles, all while emitting little to no CO2.

These allow the integration of a range of options, including coupling with the electricity sector through heat pumps and power to heat, using the generation from variable renewable power sources at times of low demand to heat water for the district heating system.

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).

As noted earlier, such a reduction in energy use, combined with the use of renewable electricity to heat, cool, and light the building, means that it will be easier to create carbon - neutral buildings than we may have thought.

Billions of people use traditional renewable energy (wood, charcoal and dung) to cook in and heat their homes.

(Sec. 133) Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations establishing a program to distribute allowances to Indian tribes on a competitive basis for: (1) cost - effective energy efficiency programs for end - use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane; and (2) deployment of technologies to generate electricity from renewable energy resources.

[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.»

Looking at the 6 US cents a kilowatt - hour concentrated solar thermal power can now apparently cost under good conditions, solar thermal heat may be competitive and if the cost of renewable electricity falls low enough at times that can be used.

Each dollar spent on a new reactor buys about two to ten times less carbon savings and is 20 to 40 times slower, than spending that dollar on the cheaper, faster, safer solutions that make nuclear power unnecessary and uneconomic: efficient use of electricity, making heat and power together in factories or buildings («cogeneration»), and renewable energy.

A combination of building - shell measures, heat pumps, solar heating and highly efficient appliances and lighting reduces energy needs in buildings as well as shifting fuel use to renewables and low - carbon electricity.

In late 2013, GM joined with Detroit Renewable Energy to announce a renewable energy project to turn solid municipal waste from the metropolitan Detroit area into process steam that will be used to heat and cool portions of Detroit - Hamtramck assembly plant, home of the ChevroRenewable Energy to announce a renewable energy project to turn solid municipal waste from the metropolitan Detroit area into process steam that will be used to heat and cool portions of Detroit - Hamtramck assembly plant, home of the Chevrorenewable energy project to turn solid municipal waste from the metropolitan Detroit area into process steam that will be used to heat and cool portions of Detroit - Hamtramck assembly plant, home of the Chevrolet Volt.

However, in 2011, an additional subsidy was added in the form of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), to incentivise its use for heat as wHeat Incentive (RHI), to incentivise its use for heat as wheat as well.

A heat pump is one of the most effective ways to heat or cool a building using renewable energy.

These include making renewable energy carriers available on - site by using more electricity and district heating instead of fossil fuels for processes, using more environmentally - friendly materials for lower emissions in production (e.g. recycled steel, and solid wood), better thinking around transport of surplus masses (soil / rock / gravel), and improved waste management and recycling.

When transportation and heating are included, 9 percent of Germany's energy comes from renewables, triple the U.S. level and six time what the U.K. uses, according to BP Plc..

Surplus renewable electricity can be stored in a fleet of electric vehicle batteries, or as heat in water heaters, or as ice in air conditioners, and used when wind and solar production has slowed.

With the inclusion of traditional biomass, heating and cooking will remain the principal uses of renewable fuels over the next 25 years.

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Energy storage will advance the State's efforts to have 50 percent of its electricity come from renewable sources by 2030, as it can save power generated from solar, wind and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems for later use.

In one report, Generation and Use of Thermal Energy in the US Industrial Sector and Opportunities to Reduce its Carbon Emissions, researchers from INL and the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) identify key greenhouse gas (GHG) emission sources in the industrial sector and propose low - emitting alternatives using targeted, process - level analysis of industrial heat requirements.

By diversifying the thermal energy sector to increase use of low - carbon renewable heating and cooling technologies (e.g., air source heat pumps, ground source heat pumps, wood pellet heating, solar thermal), Rhode Island can make significant strides toward achieving greenhouse gas emission reduction goals while producing substantial economic benefits for the state.

This feat, according to the calculator, would require a series of massive changes to how we use energy, such as a shift from fossil fuels towards nuclear and renewables, and much wider use of electric heat and transport.

[3] Each state has interim targets it must meet beginning in 2020, and the EPA proposed that states use a combination of four «building blocks» to achieve the emissions reductions: (1) improving the efficiency (heat rate) of existing coal - fired power plants; (2) switching from coal - fired power by increasing the use and capacity factor, or efficiency, of natural - gas combined - cycle power plants; (3) using less carbon - intensive generating power, such as renewable energy or nuclear power; and (4) increasing demand - side energy - efficiency measures.

With the addition of the battery storage facility and ground source heat pumps which will also be used on site, Trent Basin is intended to provide a new way to use renewable energy sources by generating, storing and distributing all at a neighbourhood level.

Cut down on your power use - while efforts are being made to introduce renewable energy (and you can opt to pay a little more to use them with some providers) to western societies, the vast majority of our heating, light and power comes from carbon emitting production methods

With technology already available, renewable energy sources like wind, solar, and geothermal can provide 96 percent of our electricity and 98 percent of heating demand — the vast majority of U.S. energy use.

«New Zealand is a world - class success story for renewables and has excellent opportunities for using even more renewable energy in heat, but also in power supply and for the electrification of transport.»

Hydrogen has the potential to increase the proportion of renewable energies used, particularly in the transport and heating sectors.

The calculation is based on the following criteria: • size, geometry and exposure of the dwelling • materials used for construction • thermal insulation of the different elements of the building fabric • ventilation characteristics of the dwelling and ventilation equipment • efficiency, responsiveness and control characteristics of the heating system • solar gains through glazed openings of the dwelling • thermal storage (mass) capacity of the dwelling • the fuel used to provide space and water heating, ventilation and lighting • renewable energy generation In this article we look at some of the principal factors that impact on the BER.

Proposals by Copenhagen City Council member Claus Bondam are supposed to up renewable energy use (although plenty of wind turbines can already be seen spinning in the city harbor), reduce cars in the city center (pretty bike - amenable now) and green up district heating systems by tapping into a warm water reservoir 2.5 kilometers beneath the city.

The five renewable sources used most often are: biomass (such as wood and biogas), the movement of water, geothermal (heat from within the earth), wind, and solar.

Paolo Frankl, Head of IEA's Renewable Energy Division, commented: «Given that global energy demand for heat represents almost half of the world's final energy use - more than the combined global demand for electricity and transport - solar heat can make a significant contribution in both tackling climate change and strengthening energy security, The IEA's Solar Heating and Cooling Roadmap outlines how best to advance the global uptake of solar heating and cooling (SHC) technologies, which, it notes, involve very low levels of greenhouse - gas emiHeating and Cooling Roadmap outlines how best to advance the global uptake of solar heating and cooling (SHC) technologies, which, it notes, involve very low levels of greenhouse - gas emiheating and cooling (SHC) technologies, which, it notes, involve very low levels of greenhouse - gas emissions.

The UNIDO assessment of the 2050 potential of renewables in industry says that by 2050 conventional solar heat collectors could be providing 5.6 EJ of process heat globally, while Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) using focused sunlight for high temperature heat, could add a further 2.4 EJ - making 8EJ in all, nearly 8 % of total process heat needs.