On other fronts, there is no one solution to improving energy security or the demand for energy.
In the face of such intense pressure from many different directions, few CIOs attempt to argue against improving energy management practices.
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Smart software systems can analyze building information for trends and comparisons, and feed the results back into ever-improving energy reduction strategies.
On the plus side, the foundation acknowledged that substantial progress had been made in improving energy efficiency in both new and existing homes and reducing fuel poverty among vulnerable groups.
Yet, despite the real energy cost savings and environmental benefits associated with improving home energy efficiency, a series of barriers have prevented a self-sustaining retrofit market from forming.
It also warned that the rising cost of government energy policies, including boosting renewable energy, improving households' energy efficiency and helping the poorest customers, was likely to add even more to household bills next year.
My recommendation is to spend half your money improving the energy efficiency of your house.
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Applied research solves practical problems, such as improving the energy efficiency of vehicles.
Most of the challenge, as we often see for solar cells, is just a matter of improving the energy conversion rate.
"The Nissan LEAF has an advantage in that braking force is used to re-power the battery, thereby improving its energy efficiency, " said Castignetti.
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This leaves "green" industries reduced to largely improving the energy footprint of existing structures, an effort that will no doubt be further undermined by the deteriorating picture for many commercial mortgages.
The 2010 National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Rakesh Agrawal, Purdue University, for an extraordinary record of innovations in improving the energy efficiency and reducing the cost of gas liquifaction and separation.
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Dr Magris said the plan proposed developing and extending this service and the role renewable energy could be play in improving Jersey's future energy security.
The line-up this year: Credit and housing markets, export growth, health care, tax policy, infrastructure, alternative energy and improving economic statistics.
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His top three: education, energy and improving America's infrastructure.
That would come from reducing energy costs, improving bottom lines and bolstering their competitive positions.
Medivation believes that dimebon helps brain cells work better by improving the function of cellular energy factories called mitochondria.
Other sets of recommendations will cover improving the nation's energy infrastructure -- likely through building new refineries and pipelines.
Can we spur economic growth in this country while at the same time improving the efficiency of our energy infrastructure?
There was special emphasis on reducing energy consumption, improving conservation and solving the country's serious air, soil and water pollution.
Our ability to store electricity in batteries is improving, but current low energy density makes batteries an inefficient choice for large-scale storage.
AMD's server technology combined with SeaMicro technology provides customers with a range of processor choices and platforms that can help significantly reduce data center complexity, cost and energy consumption while improving performance.
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The Renewable Energy Commission has also been looking at the potential for offshore tidal and wind power, which Deputy Duhamel said could play a significant role in improving the island's energy security in the future.
At the rolling campus on Raleigh's west side 800 undergraduate and graduate students work with companies, helping to solve everyday problems like reducing energy use, improving supply-chain management, using eco-friendly dyes and developing better fibers.
Investing in clean energy technology and improving the efficiency of buildings, cars and transportation system will create whole new industries, and as these flourish, there will be new demand for professions and skills of all types, producing new jobs that will drive our economic recovery.
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Solid state storage has become a permanent part of the storage hierarchy, improving the overall performance and reducing energy use in a growing number of storage-intensive applications and systems.
There is broad support within the Council and the business and labor communities for investing in our nation's aviation, broadband, surface and energy systems, including improving existing financing mechanisms for our critical infrastructure needs.
Exelon should benefit from an improving economy, which will drive up energy demand, and robust cost-cutting.
Improving visibility, the first step toward energy management, is easier said than done.
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These include improving public transport, establishing a national energy agency, creating a publicly-owned Bank of Wales, devolving the welfare system and ensuring more public-sector contracts go to local businesses.
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