The president's order gives federal agencies 30 days to recommend ways to reduce energy consumption.
Buildings will need to be better insulated as part of a drive to reduce energy consumption.
If you really want to reduce energy consumption, extreme social pressure is the way to do it, says Prof Anderson.
Maybe it's time you talked to a motor company -- Ford is on the warpath to reduce energy consumption.
Other new services are designed to reduce energy consumption and increase security.
Even if it were necessary to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions (and it is not), CAFE would be the wrong approach.
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He said recent innovations included using renewable energy sources and LED and digital lighting while also re-wiring heritage displays to reduce energy consumption.
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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In a further move designed to reduce energy consumption, Panasonic has also provided the raceway with a low-energy LED video board, replacing the current installation on Highway 37.
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The California Energy Commission (CEC) is charged with implementing AB 758, which authorizes the commission to develop a comprehensive program to reduce energy consumption in existing buildings.
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Despite the involvement of nearly a dozen partners, Duke Energy is the principal catalyst behind Envision Charlotte, which aims to reduce energy consumption by 20% in commercial office buildings in uptown Charlotte.
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.
Environmentalists like the idea because they believe it has the potential to reduce total energy consumption and thus help to curb carbon emissions and stop global warming.
What is being done to reduce the energy consumption of electronic devices?
You are doing all you can to help reduce your energy consumption, right?
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For Interface, the EPD process has encouraged it to reduce energy and material consumption (particularly oil), waste generation and emissions.
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Officials conceded that goal may be too ambitious, but the White House wanted to set a high bar to reduce as much energy consumption as possible.
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.
Incentives to promote energy efficiency and clean energy manufacturing don't automatically create jobs or lower carbon emissions -- but these steps provide a framework in which companies can compete and innovate to create those jobs and reduce energy consumption.
Available with a 6-cell battery, the Gateway EC14D notebook line provides battery life of up to eight hours, so customers can use it nearly all day to stay in touch.(1) As a result, customers reduce their energy consumption since they go longer without having to recharge.
The Executive Order commits Federal agencies to lead by example toward a clean energy economy, and sets targets to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, increase energy efficiency, reduce fleet petroleum consumption, conserve water, reduce waste, support sustainable communities, and leverage Federal purchasing power to promote environmentally-responsible products and technologies.
Yet, many organizations have a poor understanding of their energy consumption and how to reduce it.
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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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.
Further, the firm will also try to control costs by trying to improve contract management, expand a globally coordinated supply chain initiative and reduce energy consumption, among other targets, Rollinson said.
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Also on the chopping block is PowerMeter, a free energy monitoring tool that pairs with smart power meters and other energy monitoring devices to help users better understand consumption habits and ultimately reduce costs.
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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.
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.
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.
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