Sentences with phrase «widely used appliances»

At the commercial and residential scales, widely used appliances comprise such things as space heaters, water heaters, and ovens.

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Used in everything from autos to appliances, copper is widely watched as an economic bellwether — and this same relationship makes it a good inflation hedge.

The new rules are widely expected to cut carbon emissions from existing power plants by about 25 percent from 2012 levels by 2020, in part by encouraging more customers to buy energy - efficient appliances and use weather stripping on buildings.

Such systems will power two, three, or four small appliances or lights and are widely used in homes and shops in lieu of polluting and increasingly costly kerosene lamps.

In addition to its use for lighting and for household appliances, electricity will be widely used in the new economy both in transport and to heat and cool buildings.

Relying on the purchase of large swaths of subsidized photovoltaic's or complex and expensive heating / cooling systems to reduce the energy signature of a building before using more economical strategies such as efficient appliances, good insulation, windows, and airtightness is widely accepted as a waste of resources (materials and money).

The «cheap - appliance - expensive - consumable» - business model is used widely: coffee machines and pods, consoles and games, cars and spare - parts, etc..