Mainstream Chinese will continue to focus on aspirational purchases in the short to midterm, and will not begin focusing on green and sustainable consumption for many years to come.
The 21st century will be remembered as the resurgent coal and oil century, or as the century humanity transitioned to green technologies for energy consumption.
The newly-adopted green leasing provisions will reduce energy consumption and costs in these buildings and likely accelerate the adoption of green-leasing practices in mainstream real-estate markets.
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At the same time, the availability of a cheap and relatively green fuel may push up global energy consumption.
In addition to playing up the pixel count, Samsung touted its prototype as a "green panel, " claiming 30-percent lower power consumption than existing LCDs.
In the end staff had to interview applicants to check their green credentials, commitment to recycling and dedication to low energy consumption.
Green energy is desirable, but try telling China to limit its consumption, production, and acquisition of traditional oil, gas, and coal resources and see how far you get.
Some of his restaurants "use a percentage of green power to help offset some of our non-renewable energy consumption, and we are looking to do more in the future, " Batali spokeswoman Elizabeth Meltz wrote in an email.
Short sleepers tended to eat less vitamin C, tap water and selenium (found in nuts, meat and shellfish) consumption, but more lutein or zeaxanthin, which are found in green, leafy veggies.
Environmentally, Europe will become a "green" hero--because lower economic growth means a natural reduction in energy consumption and dreaded greenhouse gas emissions.
It is similar to the PUE rating (Power Use Effectiveness) developed by The Green Grid a few years ago, but it arguably is more targeted toward measuring power consumption and actual operations.
And cloud computing also gives organizations a green boost. 64% of organizations say that adopting cloud has helped them reduce waste and lower energy consumption.
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