But the energy consumed is much less than the energy delivered into the ductwork.
Flying from New York to Melbourne in 1958, on a propeller plane, consumed more energy per person than my 2010 flight did, but it was "greener" nevertheless.
Homes account for 22% of all of the energy consumed in the U.S., according to the Department of Energy, and heating and cooling account for 54% of the total.
"If it were less car-oriented, the energy consumed would be drastically reduced, " he says.
The Congressman has proposed to give equitable legislative treatment to the energy consumed by McMansions.
In 2003, 26% of all energy consumed came from renewables, compared with an EU average of 6%.
In the United States, artificial lighting accounts for roughly 40% of the energy consumed annually by commercial buildings.
Hong Kong's buildings account for 89 percent of all energy consumed in the city, according to the Hong Kong government.
The energy consumed to realize those colors varies from color to color.
The oil-equivalent metric represents all forms of energy consumed, including crude oil, nuclear power, coal, natural gas and renewable sources such as hydropower.
In 2006 China set a target of a 20% cut by 2010 of its energy intensity (the amount of energy consumed per unit of GDP).
Not only has the scope of electric equipment present in buildings expanded in recent years, the scale of energy consumed by plug loads has also grown.
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He hinted the proposals would be weighed toward usage, saying "84 percent" of the energy consumed in the United States comes from the burning of fossil fuels.
Energy consumed in searches is amortized across the entire operations.
Companies are starting to take a serious look at consumption ratios of compute power to energy consumed and then compare them against estimated productivity of applications and the equipment to deliver that application.
Wind is the fastest-growing renewable energy source for electricity generation in the U.S., and DOE estimates that 20 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. could come from wind power by 2030.
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El Hierro biosphere reserves aims to increase energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions further with a Sustainable Mobility Plan (PDMS), since 50% of the energy consumed on the island is used for transportation.
Currently the data center portion of the total energy consumed in developed countries is in the neighborhood of 2-3% but the rapid pace of on-line equipment growth will drive this to 10% or higher in a few years time.
Experts estimate that about 3 percent of the electrical energy consumed in the United States and other developed countries is used to treat wastewater, and a majority of that electricity is produced by fossil fuels that contribute to global warming.
To bring a little extra joy to every ride, the app uses this information to calculate statistics, such as how much money has been saved on gas, the unbelievably low cost of energy consumed per mile and how much CO2 has been prevented from being released into the atmosphere.
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Although some coffees may contain more caffeine than Monster's energy drinks, Herrera says that coffee is typically served hot and consumed more slowly than energy drinks.
In May 2010, Mr Buzek released a joint statement with former Commission president Jacques Delors saying that Europe needed a "shift" in the way in which energy is produced and consumed, and calling for the creation of a "European Energy Community".
The fuel pellets typically contain around 10 milligrams of fuel, and if all of that were consumed it would release the energy equivalent to that from burning a barrel of oil.
Benedict is a teaching pope, a man who prefers the life of the mind to the nuts and bolts of government, yet an enormous share of his time and energy has been consumed trying to put out internal fires.
Last year, commercial buildings consumed roughly 20 percent of all the energy used by the U.S. economy.
Overall, the team found, the organic systems used resources more efficiently, producing more for each unit of energy and other inputs they consumed.
During the accumulation season, sublimation is reduced because of a low gradient of vapour pressure and the energy supplied by radiation is directly consumed by melting, explaining why discharge is high.
Renewable energy can be generated, transported and consumed in America.
It is based on indirect calorimetry, which determines energy expenditure of a person by measuring both consumed oxygen and produced carbon dioxide rates.
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Coal is the third most consumed fossil fuel and will represent 28% of the world's energy consumption by 2035, according to a report by the Department of Energy.
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