So despite the fact that our homes have become remarkably more energy efficient with a nearly one-third drop in total energy per square foot, residential energy demand didn't go down--it went up about a third over the two-decade period.
The 12, 700-square-foot Energy Star-certified house was crafted from low-toxic materials, withstood air tightness tests on the insulation, and has a water furnace geothermal system that provides hot water, radiant floor heat and air conditioning.
Its second-generation Ankle Mimicking Prosthetic Foot (AMP-Foot 2.0) uses a pair of force sensors to determine the leg's relative position and let an actuator build energy when the foot bends, locking the power away to use only when the owner pushes off.
ENGADGET: AMP-Foot 2.0 prosthesis gives the power of real feet, keeps a light step (video)
Since 1980, absolute energy use in commercial buildings alone has increased two-thirds to nearly 20 percent of U.S. energy consumption, with relative energy use per square foot increasing nearly 12 percent over the same period.
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Even homes-away-from-home--new college dorms--have gone four-star upscale with things like (energy hogging) 10-foot ceilings, granite tabletops, bigger common rooms, etc.
And although champions of the legislation will go to lengthens to make it appear as though those evil fossil-fuel energy suppliers and energy-gobbling corporations will foot the bill, Americans have enough economic sense to know that ultimately those costs find their way to consumers and workers.
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That leaves Cowgill, a 5-foot-9 bundle of energy who swings hard and runs even harder, drawing comparisons to Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia.
She was brimming with energy a floor pacer, a foot jiggler, a finger drummer while he was slow and plodding and secretly somewhat lazy.
Once enriched, one pencil-thin, 14-foot rod of uranium has enough energy to provide 56 years of electricity use by a typical American.
The government's measure is popular with many Hungarians who are struggling to pay their bills, but energy companies have complained that they have to foot the bill.
The split and several recent deaths of people close to him sent Linklater, a 6-foot-3-inch slender man with nervous energy and a remarkably thick thatch of brown hair, into a dark period that fueled his first play.
It is time to take our foot off the gas and develop a cleaner, safer energy system we can all afford.
It was five years ago that prosthetics took a very literal step forward when Arizona State University's SPARKy foot offered a more natural walk, capturing the inherent kinetic energy that previously needed a big motor to replicate.
ENGADGET: AMP-Foot 2.0 prosthesis gives the power of real feet, keeps a light step (video)
Completed in 2011, the other end of the structure is a four-story, 4, 000-square-foot house with under-floor heating, solar panels, low-energy appliances and the latest in triple-glazed windows.
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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Sonny had broken his foot and was lying on the floor, but he finished the set with so much energy and passion, the audience didn't notice.
The treatment ends with a shiatsu foot massage where pressure is applied to acupuncture points that allow for the better flow of energy throughout the body.
While Mrs Thatcher was carrying all before her, the Opposition Leader Neil Kinnock was fighting energy-sapping battles on separate fronts: rebuilding Labour's electoral support after their crushing defeat under Michael Foot while also rooting-out Militant, which he believed was becoming a cancerous "party within a party".
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