Working through grantees, it has had significant impact on promoting adoption of state and federal vehicle efficiency standards, more stringent residential and commercial building codes to reduce energy consumption, and development of renewable energy technology.
So all of these things will have a cumulative effect to reduce the portion of our energy consumption that comes from foreign sources, and by doing that, reduce the impact of fluctuations in the global oil market on average Americans.
What is being done to reduce the energy consumption of electronic devices?
Buildings will need to be better insulated as part of a drive to reduce energy consumption.
Oppressive regulations will do little to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels as our economy will continue to be reliant on traditional energy sources for the foreseeable future.
This is on top of another goal to reduce energy consumption per employee 40% by 2013, which CA Technologies is on track to accomplish.
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If the billion poorest people are to have adequate access to food, water and energy, the academies say, developed countries will have to reduce their own consumption of natural resources.
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Blanco plans to turn the case study into a Web-based tool to help other companies calculate and potentially reduce the energy consumption of products moved over long distances by multiple means of transport.
Yet, many organizations have a poor understanding of their energy consumption and how to reduce it.
It takes many resources to produce some foods, especially meat, so minimizing consumption of high-energy input foods is a great way to reduce your ecological footprint.
More investment is flowing to technologies such as upgraded power grids with smart meters that allow users to better manage their consumption of electricity, and energy-efficient buildings that reduce the cost of operations and improve human health through better air quality.
Deploying advanced power electronics could reduce electricity consumption up to 30%, or 12% of total U.S. energy use.
The Disney investment is also noteworthy because it fits within a broader portfolio of actions by the company to cut energy and water consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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