The three-floor emporium combines tasty meals with industrial efficiency.
Unlike any of the 19 other competitors, whose style rarely deviated from the conventional method of starting at one end and finishing at the other, Mr Kobayashi brought a sense of industrial efficiency to the task.
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It is also closing inefficient industrial facilities, tightened efficiency standards for buildings and appliances, and is expanding forest coverage.
They want certainty, and GE in particular wants to sell windmills, heat-capture devices, and all sorts of other industrial gear to enhance efficiency.
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.
While industrial countries are striving towards increased energy efficiency, there are areas in the world where life is characterized by energy poverty.
The industrial revolution placed a premium on worker efficiency and productivity and those who were able to successfully overcome the deficiency of their machines.
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He says this will create regional jobs, increase resource security, reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, increase material efficiency and prevent carbon emissions and industrial waste - all on a big scale.
They also want people with a good mix of industrial engineering knowledge and command of supply chains for efficiency, cost savings and risk reduction.
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Before the business machines of the industrial age, technology was all about more comfort and efficiency in the home.
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Efficiency is now an important metric across most industrial segments.
Between 2006 and 2010, according to official targets, emissions of big industrial pollutants are supposed to drop by 10%, and energy efficiency is supposed to rise sharply in the same period.
Some of the new industrial policies of China, such as in the high-fuel-efficiency automobile arena, should be of major concern to the U.S., European, Japanese, South Korean, and Indian automobile companies.
EnerNOC provides demand response services, energy efficiency and energy procurement services to end-users in the commercial, institutional and industrial sectors.
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