Automakers have been achieving incremental improvements in the efficiency of their conventional engines with new technologies like direct-injection, six-speed transmissions, turbo-chargers and start-stop systems.
Automakers have been achieving incremental improvements in the efficiency of their conventional engines with new technologies like direct-injection, six-speed transmissions, turbochargers and start-stop systems.
Growth in the world economy, increased fossil fuel emissions since 2000 and a decline in the efficiency of the ocean and land 'sinks' to absorb carbon emissions.
There will without doubt be improvements in the efficiency of the economy - more output from less electricity through better machines or ways of doing things or better materials.
This is a crucial point, for there are good reasons to believe that the growing income inequality in Britain during the past 20 years reflects improvements in the efficiency of the economy, especially the labour market.
Now, it's true that amazing gains are being made in the efficiency of internal combustion engines, both gas and diesel: direct injection, cylinder deactivation, stop-start, eco-mode throttle mapping, to name a few of the recent applied technologies.
Each agency shall establish a plan for reducing the combined costs associated with the activities covered by sections 3 through 7 of this order, as well as activities included in the Administrative Efficiency Initiative in the Fiscal Year 2012 Budget, by not less than 20 percent below Fiscal Year 2010 levels, in Fiscal Year 2013.
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When coupled with progress in the housing industry and resilient consumer demand these are key elements in shaping the profile of aggregate demand and supply in the US as well as pinpointing the improved efficiency in the allocation of resources.
Moreover, it would be instrumental in fostering the efficiency of the internal capital markets and market integration in retail and corporate banking (see Barba Navaretti et al. 2009).
Contrary to the widespread image of private equity as making money by slashing employee ranks and performing financial acrobatics with balance sheets, Monomoy is portrayed as constructively engaged in increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the companies that they invest in.
The real benefit here will turn out to be in improving the efficiency of the health care system, reducing waits and endlessly repeated forms.
The Knicks broke a league record for triples in a season and finished third in the NBA in offensive efficiency without Stoudemire taking a single three this past year.
My blog post came about after reading an article in the online edition of Fast Company in which the energy efficiency of LEED certified buildings was being questioned.
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They were third in the league in offensive efficiency in 2010 and sixth in 2011.
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Whether it is productivity in the workplace, efficiency in travel, staying in touch or enjoyment in our leisure time, computers, smart phones and networked systems make it possible.
In our research we aim to be able to emulate this approach in a new kind of software that can provide significant benefits in improving the efficiency of traffic flow, hence improving road space utilisation, reducing journey times and potentially, improving fuel efficiency.
The Ford Focus Electric has received a 110 MPG equivalent fuel efficiency rating in the city and a combined fuel efficiency of 105 MPGe, 6 MPGe more than the all-electric Nissan Leaf.
In the 1970s the efficiency peddlers prescribed an easy fix to a nation snarled in endless lines at the gas pump.
The company has established itself as a leader in deepwater exploration and production technology with among the highest safety and efficiency standards in the business.
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This would be done in the name of efficiency, since there are now some 30, 000 tax jurisdictions in the U.S. The receipts would then be remitted to various states according to some formula.
Currently, SunPower and Sanyo have the highest efficiency in the market, at almost 23%.
So it comes down to this: if half the increase in efficiency demanded by the new CAFE requirements is to come from further improvements in the power-train, then the other half will have to come from reductions in a vehicle's weight.
They also provide significant economy-wide benefits Indeed, the economic benefits created by investments in energy efficiency almost always exceed the costs of implementing efficiency programs.
As part of the next phase in its efficiency programme, the council also announced that residents would be able to call it in the evenings and on Saturdays for a larger range of services, and also seek advice and pay bills at its five town centre libraries.
All five clubs rank in the league's top half in either offensive or defensive efficiency, but neither rates in the top half of both categories.
Various techniques have been adopted in a bid to increase efficiency in the public sector and reduce costs by transferring management control to profit-motivated private firms.
Yes, one was embedded in each of the headrests, rear-facing for maximum efficiency in keeping the kids busy during a long cruise.
The Energy Bill that President Bush signed into law Wednesday mandates an increase in automotive fuel efficiency for the first time in 32 years.
And the U.S. Department of Energy has signed several agreements with the Chinese to promote energy efficiency in the industrial sector, biofuels development and more efficient autos.
"By failing to back the highest levels of energy efficiency in the homes of the fuel poor, the government has missed an opportunity to both end fuel poverty and bring down carbon emissions, " he said.
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