Sentences with phrase «water usage by»

This includes making smart choices about water usage by taking short showers and only running full wash loads, recycling, composting, and carpooling.

(MCT)-- Q: Many hotels, both in the U.S. and abroad, announce that they are helping to preserve the environment and reduce water usage by offering guests the option of not having towels and sheets changed daily.

The recently - announced level 5 water restrictions require commercial buildings (including offices) to reduce water usage by 20 %, contributing to already - tight budgets and operating costs.

In the past, a project was awarded the same number of points for installing a commuter bike rack as it was for, say, optimizing energy by 10 % or reducing water usage by 20 %.

That the brewery has already reduced its energy usage by 16 % and water usage by 30 % per unit of production over the last six years.

The ACC allows Ivanpah to be «dry - cooled» versus wet - cooled, reducing water usage by more than 90 percent over conventional wet cooling systems.

Drastically reduce water usage by up to 85 %.

Fully offsetting water usage by mitigating impacts — especially those that are harmful to salmon.

Landscape irrigation that takes advantage of rainwater can reduce overall water usage by 30 % to 50 % per year.

The 2012 - 13 Annual Sustainability Report notes a more than 50 percent increase in renewable energy production over the prior year, a decrease water usage by 4 million gallons, and, in Dining Services, 44 percent of produce sourced locally and 39 percent of seafood purchases sustainable.

Drip irrigation can cut your water usage by up to 60 %.

I recently was able to purchase a new sprinkler controller and all new sprinklers for FREE after the rebate, and it decreased our water usage by about 10 % — or a $ 20 savings.

Founders Adam Lowry and Neil Renninger — of Method natural cleaning products and Amyris (a renewable biotech company), respectively — claim to have reduced water usage by 93 percent compared to traditional milk and 83 percent compared to almond milk.

An initial plumbing upgrade was calculated to reduce the daily water usage by 26.3 %.

They set a goal to reduce plant water usage by 1 million gallons, and by installing a reverse osmosis system, they achieved a savings of 1,264,323 gallons in 2014 and expect to achieve similar savings in subsequent years.

«With Governor Brown's recent mandate to cut water usage by 25 %, it is a great honor to be recognized for conservation and sustainable practices,» explains Founder and Managing Partner Claudio Ponte.

E & J Gallo reduces winery water usage by 25 percent: John Nagel, environmental manager for E & J Gallo in Healdsburg and guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers, shared how Gallo's Healdsburg winery reduced its water usage by more than 25 percent...

It reduced water usage by 40 per cent at manufacturing plants.

Not exact matches

They cut their usage by recycling waste water to fuel their boilers, checking for leaky equipment and using sensors to control irrigation on their farms.

Suncor is also looking to address the environmental issues by collaborating with General Electric (NYSE: GE) to develop technologies to will lower water usage in oil sands production and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

thredUP notes that if every garment was given a second life — retail industry waste, emissions and water usage would be reduced by 73 percent.

Central Waters reduced its power needs by 20 percent and reduced its water usage.

«We have a goal to hit a 25 percent decrease in paper use by 2013, and we are committed to installing technology that will decrease our water usage across facilities by 50 percent by 2014.»

In addition to freight savings, by phasing out the corner iron brackets Tosca has decreased the amount of steel component reconditioning needed by one third, resulting in reduced energy, chemical, water, and paint usage.

Since 2010, we have reduced our water usage rate by 11 % by improving maintenance practices and implementing more efficient wash down procedures.

The Carlsberg Group has committed to eliminating carbon emissions and halving water usage at its breweries by 2030 as part of its new sustainability programme — Together Towards ZERO.

By implementing Veolia's technologies at its plant in Wuxi, Danone Nutricia will be able to save on water consumption and improve water usage efficiency.

It could take up to two years to find a solution to Katherine's water supply woes, with authorities warning usage restrictions triggered by potentially toxic PFAS chemicals will remain in place until a new water source for the town is established.

A boycott on bottled water will in all likelihood not result in any reduction in water usage in California by Nestle.

All pumping equipment should be sterilized before first usage, thereafter it only requires washing with hot, soapy, water or by dishwasher.

Save on laundry - related bills by cutting down on your water and energy usage.

I've cut my «diaper» water usage in HALF by using flats!

Mr. Krupski also wants to further examine how farmers whose seasonal water usage is weather - and crop - dependant would be impacted by the proposal.

In California's complicated water rights system, some of which is managed by the federal government, groundwater usage has been largely unregulated.

«If we can reduce water usage on poplar - tree plantations by adding naturally occurring endophytes, then that could provide huge economic and environmental benefits.»

«The amount of energy stored by splitting two gallons of water in our device is able to support a Pasadena household's entire power usage for a week,» Xiang said.

Also, «water usage and water security are increasingly alarming problems,» especially considering approximately half of the cultivated surface of Earth is affected by drought, said Jocelyn Rose, the project's principal investigator (PI), a professor of plant biology and director of Cornell's Institute of Biotechnology.

It is powered by solar, and they have worked very hard to be smart about water usage and land preservation.

To offset the environmental detriments caused by consuming animal protein, I started switching over to nontoxic household and beauty products, being careful with water usage, using more public transportation, and making other small changes like swapping glass containers for my plastic ones.

Learning objectives: - To understand what drought is - To think about how drought can affect people, wildlife and the environment - To understand how we can all make a difference by reducing our water usage

Rotors are easily warped nowdays due to quality, usage, and even by hitting a puddle of water after or during braking because it shifts the rotors temperature so quickly from hot to cold that the steel warps.

Savings vary by supplier and usage, but the Energy Saving Trust estimates that replacing an inefficient shower head with a water efficient one could save a family of four # 75 on their gas bill and about # 120 on their water bill (if metered).

By not having to rinse out the conditioner, you're automatically reducing your water usage and giving your pooch extra time to get warm.

The entire property makes use of old and modern alternative technology incorporating re-cycled water systems, advanced LED lighting powered by batteries and inverters, and other unique energy systems designed specifically to meet our base criteria... use minimal power without sacrificing the luxury experience, significantly reduce our consumption of fuel, reduce water usage and recover and re-use the water we use.

You have to make one dive focusing on Underwater Navigation, expanding on the compass usage skills which you learned about in the Open water Course, and teaching you about «natural navigation'techniques so that you can find your way more effectively by simply paying attention to the environment around you.

Through these details, the art shifts from abstraction into portraiture, capturing seagoing vessels whose exterior surfaces are transformed by interactions with water, animal and plant life, weather and usage.

The plan by Nestle Waters North America would allow for the construction of a new bottling facility (to be opened by January 2010 in South Sacramento) plus an estimated usage of 30 million gallons of city water each year.

The latter isn't nearly as constrained by location, or impact to existing water usage.

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.

«Texas Decision Could Double Wind Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).