Executives came to use measures of efficiency that focused on the short term, investing in quick wins in sustaining and efficiency innovations instead of funding empowering innovations that pay off in five years, or often even longer.
Most recently, he presented research at the National Baseball Hall of Fame that addresses the need to revise the current definition of a quality start and recommends creating a new statistic that incorporates pitch counts as well as measures the efficiency and effectiveness of a starting pitcher.
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Similar to geologists evaluating how to produce a reservoir, the efficiency engineers use this comprehensive data to calibrate simulation models that predict the financial impact of a range of efficiency measures over the building life.
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He said the university had cut the number of courses as part of efficiency measures and last year over-enrolled, going over its student number limit, so always planned to reduce its numbers, and that it is still recruiting.
Boeing actually offered the Army options for scaling back features a year ago that were rebuffed, but with the budgetary walls closing in the service is now moving out on a series of efficiency measures that could unravel the whole effort.
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Household energy consumption has been on a downward trend since 2005, partly as a result of energy efficiency measures already in place, according to the report.
In a wide-ranging package of green energy measures the EU has set itself the target of increasing energy efficiency by 20% by 2020.
Fundraising efficiency measures the share of donations left after the cost of soliciting them.
And while it provides a relatively good snapshot of state energy efficiency measures, it has a few drawbacks.
Fundraising efficiency measures the slice of donations left after solicitation costs.
These planned reductions are expected to be driven by aligning the company's workforce with its new strategy as well as through a range of productivity and efficiency measures.
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Syria will reach the limit of food self-sufficiency in 10-35 years, depending on the effectiveness of its measures to improve irrigation efficiency and agricultural yields, and to control population growth.
The fund gives a grant for a package of energy efficiency and heating measures ranging from insulation to, in some cases, a central heating system if you do not have one at the moment.
What ensures the relevance of the program for companies and the students is the warning that they be prepared to ask questions regarding the business case for sustainability and the ROI of the recommended energy efficiency measures.
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Clean renewables can meet at least 99% of our energy needs (especially when combined with conservation and efficiency measures to bring wasteful U.S. consumption down to levels of other first-world countries that use half as much energy per capita).
It also said "great uncertainty" remained over the planned transition at the end of the year from Cert (Carbon Emission Reduction Target) to the UK government's "Green Deal" - a scheme which aims to improve the energy efficiency of homes by eliminating the need for householders to pay upfront for efficiency measures.
Mr Meisen goes on to make his case that the climate challenge is so daunting that it requires innovation breakthroughs in addition to the expansion of energy efficiency and other ready measures.
The report insists that, in hand with a combination of energy efficiency and fuel-switching measures, this growth in electricity production would be enough to supplant all fossil fuel use (coal, gas and oil), including that for transport and space-heating.
"A commander should use nonpunitive measures to the fullest extent to further the efficiency of the command before resorting to nonjudicial punishment, " according to a revision of the U.S. Army regulations that went into effect on Dec. 16, 2005.
The combination of that consumer resilience and the efficiency-increasing measures many retailers implemented during the financial crisis has led to some surprisingly strong performance by retail companies.
Along with full-body scanners, modern-day air travellers are already used to other security measures that impede speed and efficiency, such as the removal of shoes, laptops and liquids at security checkpoints.
In a bid to maintain operational efficiency, the company is undertaking several cost cutting measures including a number of lay-offs.
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The spokesman said the cost of protecting the schools, health and police budgets would be covered by the government efficiency measures, public sector pay and pension caps and tax rises announced in the PBR.
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