He also wants to speed up sales of home appliances that use efficient heat pumps--made, of course, by domestic manufacturers.
Electric companies say that electric heat is 100% efficient compared to natural gas which is about 90% efficient.
The new regulations in Massachusetts, which will take effect in June, will promote smaller and more efficient combined-heat-and-power biomass facilities that require less fuel and have lower net carbon dioxide emissions over time.
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Among the energy-saving options, two promising technology switches are the electrification of transportation (electric vehicles can be about four times as energy-efficient as standard fossil-fuel vehicles) and the use of electric-powered heat pumps to deliver winter heating and hot water (heat pumps can be four times as energy-efficient as standard heaters).
We are constantly innovating, figuring out new more efficient ways to remove heat from machines while reducing pollution.
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As a result, researchers around the world are engaged in a search for the most efficient way to take the heat off the chip industry.
Water is much more efficient than air at absorbing heat and so even with tiny amounts of liquid flowing through the system the researchers saw a significant effect.
It allows the creation of parts in shapes that conventional techniques cannot achieve, resulting in new, much more efficient designs in aircraft wings or heat exchangers, for example.
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The real world range has also been improved with the introduction of a new heating system which is 70 per cent more efficient through the use of a heat pump in the system.
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It's also more energy-efficient: The Twenty generates little heat and, in our tests, drew less than 1.5 watts on standby (the AirPort Express pulled more than twice that), which means you can in good conscience leave the Twenty plugged in and turned on, ready to play on a whim.
Gamers do not have to worry about excess heat while having all of their settings cranked up, keeping the laptop cool is accomplished by an efficient and quiet design using a larger, single omni-directional blower fan and dual heat pipe and heat sink system, minimizing the noise and increasing the efficiency over other designs that utilize two smaller and louder blowers.
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Much more representative is the 1994 line-up, an efficient, well-organised side which in conditions of intense heat managed to press the opposition without leaving itself open at the back.
And fuel cells are more efficient than internal combustion engines because they do not create as much unused heat.
Mr Russill said LED light bulbs are more efficient than traditional, incandescent ones because there is less energy loss through heat.
In the context of hospitals, the heat is usually used to provide hot water, reducing the need to operate less efficient boilers.
The potential efficiency savings from such projects are immense, says Neal Elliott, an expert on combined heat and power (CHP) systems with the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
The energy-efficient glass is not cheap and, without curtains, loses twice as much heat as a standard 6-inch fiberglass-filled wall.
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