How are your own energy-savings efforts going?
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In exchange for a more substantial energy-bill savings (5-10% of the summer's air-conditioning tariff), participating customers agree to an "Auto-Tune" of their Nest, a three-week adjustment period where the algorithms plan a regime that routinely rejiggers air-conditioning use during the day.
For now, though, the smart money is on energy savings--meaning smart buildings and hybrids.
When you count these kinds of side benefits, you double the cost-effective energy savings in a typical steel mill.
The energy savings created by energy-efficiency investment generates the cash flow for the lease payments.
Energy conservation, efficiency, savings--whatever you want to call it is--is a very large resource in itself.
We also heard from two inspiring high school students who have already set up their own non-profit to promote energy savings in schools.
Panasonic is promoting the energy savings associated with internet-enabled appliances.
With energy savings of 50%-60% leading to lower greenhouse gas emissions and a much higher lifespan compared to conventional technologies, LEDs offer a cost effective option to lower global electricity consumption.
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The recently released guidance for Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds (QECBs) explains what constitutes a "green community program, " and provides guidance on how to measure and certify the 20 percent energy savings provision for publicly-owned buildings.
Glaringly absent from the press conference was any mention of how many (or how few) airplane flights it would take to wipe out all the carbon dioxide savings achieved in the energy-efficient new terminal.
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Its patented fumes-to-fuel technology, co-developed with the Detroit Edison unit of DTE Energy (nyse: DTE - news - people ), could be worth millions in energy savings and licensing fees, Ford says.
The fellows came from Israel, India and the U.S. (text-to-video service Wibbitz, wireless energy savings device Wifinity Tech and lifestyle brand Holstee, to name a few).
Ford and its business associates worked with researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology to create a computer model that calculates the electricity usage of a typical single family in their home for one year and the associated savings with moving to an energy-efficient lifestyle.
Besides, greens often claim that the American economy is so energy-inefficient that it is littered with cheap carbon savings.
One item that's dropped off the agenda is the Report and Third Reading stages of the Energy Bill - the "green deal" which will allow people to fund energy saving home improvements from the savings to their gas and electricity bills.
Yet, despite the real energy cost savings and environmental benefits associated with improving home energy efficiency, a series of barriers have prevented a self-sustaining retrofit market from forming.
Energy cost savings could be substantially realized once the lower power-consuming power supplies became available.
That along with a high-efficiency cooling system resulted in a 34% energy savings compared to a typical building.
They're ready to go. (Applause.) So we were just talking about how they are geared up and they've got the capacity to guarantee a homeowner that if they're willing to do this work on their house, they will get their money back -- not just through the rebate but in the energy savings that you're seeing each year.
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Secondly, smaller one kilowatt models -- which are often the only option for many urban households -- just can't deliver the requisite cost and energy savings at the moment.
In other words, customers who make money by agreeing to avoid the use grid-supplied electricity are more likely to chase more challenging energy savings opportunities that those who are not.
Those new features include advanced stain-fighting power, of course, but they also deliver energy savings and a reduction in the use of potentially toxic chemicals.
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Sadly, California citizens suffer with higher taxes, outrageous electric bills, and false claims of energy savings, while they are denied the cheap power next door from better-run Nevada utilities.
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Separate from the energy savings achieved by the solar panel arrays, Panasonic's new full-color, dual-sided LED video board will use less energy than the previous sign, which was powered by 7, 000 traditional light bulbs.
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Or, envision an easy-to-use software package that lets a building owner perform virtual energy audits at a fraction of the cost of in-person audits, so real savings are calculated instantly, building upgrades launched sooner, and construction jobs created faster.
Now, that will have a tremendous impact not just on Americans and their pocketbooks and wallets in terms of the cost of fuel and how much they spend on it, and that will be significant savings for the American people -- it will also enhance our energy independence by reducing our demand on oil and, therefore, demands for foreign oil imports.
The Instant Away feature allows homeowners to balance comfort and energy savings: on your way out the door, simply tell the Honeywell Wi-Fi thermostat when you will be back and it can start saving energy instantly while you are gone.
Smart communities should become their own REITS: asset-backed smart domicile securities that comport, for example, with all those gated communities around the world where locally-produced energy can be amortized, quantified, and the carbon footprints micromanaged for cost savings and greater energy efficiency.
Visual feats aside, Fuller, 47, has managed to pull off something of an economic miracle -- at least in the world of hydraulics: He claims his technology allows for energy savings of 80% or more and brings down project costs by 50%.
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