European washing machines, Jobs discovered, used less detergent and less water than their American counterparts, and were easier on the clothes.
For the environment this means far less air emissions, far less water usage and disposal needs, and far less land impacted to produce a similar amount of oil and natural gas.
In 2008, Zhang began experimenting with prefab construction that he says makes for buildings that are cheaper to build and consume less concrete and water.
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In all, the district will emit 70 percent less carbon dioxide and consume 30 percent less water than an equivalent conventional community.
People are going to have to find ways to grow food with less fertilizer and water, and use less energy to store and transport food, he says.
Environmentalists say the project will make Southern California less dependent on imported water and lead to less destruction of wildlife habitats.
The stomata stay closed for longer, and less water is lost to the atmosphere.
The practice encourages crops to grow deeper roots, and less water means a fuller flavor.
Its domestic fields are said to be declining, spewing up less oil and more water.
When the fish migrate, they swim into bays where the current is less strong and the water too shallow for predators.
New York state is currently insisting that Indian Point switch to closed-cycle cooling, which uses much less water and is safer for fish.
It figures that using less water and energy to execute a basic household function, while looking cool doing it, works pretty well for consumers.
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"The process also uses less water and energy - we simply use coloured bottles to avoid using dye, " says Alex Lo, the company's managing director.
You can still have the green, but using other types of ground covers and plants could create a much more interesting look and use less water.
Among the improvements is a new 450, 000 square-foot state-of the-art paint shop that will consume dramatically less energy and water, resulting in an estimated 50 percent reduction in energy use per vehicle, GM said.
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Given the looming crisis of water scarcity, we badly need more efficient and less costly methods to desalinate ocean water.
"The earthquake today was different from that in 2004 off Aceh and in Japan" last year, and less likely to create massive water displacement, she said.
Very short sleepers drank less tap water and consumed fewer total carbohydrates and lycopene, found in red and orange-colored fruits and vegetables and high in cancer-fighting antioxidants, than people with other sleep patterns.
According to Thames Water, in the south and east of England there is less water per person in an average year than in Ethiopia or Sudan, although tapping that resource in Africa has always proved a problem.
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They decided to introduce Bell's bialys--flatter than a bagel and hole-less, they're made with water, flour, yeast, salt and ground onions--to Japan.
When loggers cut trees in the Amazon, both local and global farmers have less easily accessible water for crops.
The rationale, according to course superintendent Charlie Costello, is partly to reduce the club's carbon footprint by using less fertilizer, fuel and water.
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If you add that to drought situations, and there's less water, so you're growing less of less nutritious food, then you're really in trouble.
Louisiana's--and America's--energy logistics depend heavily on humble Louisiana Highway 1, which is the only land-based way to access the coastal port and runs less than two feet above water under normal conditions.
First, the cultivation of genetically engineered crops has drastically reduced the use of chemical pesticides, resulting in less runoff into waterways and ground water and fewer poisonings of farmers and their families.
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Today, this efficient method is used in more than 100 countries to grow crops using less water, energy and fewer chemicals, including projects in South Africa, China, India and even for growing tea in Tanzania.
Treatments such as diuretics (which speed up the elimination of water and salt), beta-blockers (which cause the heart to beat more slowly and less forcefully) and ACE inhibitors (which stop the production of water-attracting chemicals) have long been available.
Most of this burden was carried as an implicit subsidy to domestic energy consumers, with the price of diesel fuel, for example, set at the equivalent of two American cents a litre, and petrol selling for less than bottled water.
Put into place short- and long-term efforts to support folks to deal with the root cause of their resistance fear and navigating the white water of change becomes a less harrowing experience, for the pilots and the passengers.
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