But for hybrid owners who demonstrate exuberant efforts to find more energy efficiency, "we really appreciate the fact that the Prius is the vehicle of choice, " said Jana Hartline, environmental communications manager for Toyota.
So I want to give a special shout-out to all of the young people who participated, who focused their attention on how to harness cleaner forms of energy and how to create more energy efficiency.
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Cavaney's remarks came at an API meeting Tuesday in Washington, where the group announced its new policies for energy security, calling for more energy efficiency, investment in new technologies and a diversity of fuel types.
Long-dominant incandescent technology started to change in the 1970s when higher oil prices led businesses to think more about energy efficiency.
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Everybody would benefit from more energy-efficiency in their home.
On this analysis, they may adopt even more ambitious energy-efficiency targets, if not emissions limits.
Dutch MEP Kartika Liotard, from the far-left GUE group, wanted more focus on energy efficiency and rainforests.
So we're working to create jobs by all means necessary, be it by cutting taxes for small businesses that create them, to investing more in infrastructure and in energy efficiency, or giving you more help to close budget shortfalls.
The more efficient we are in our energy use, the more energy we will use because efficiency makes it cheaper to consume.
We believe in a strategy of more production, more efficiency, and more incentives for clean energy.
It says the initiative will promote energy efficiency and more environmentally friendly products, and help the EU meet its targets on energy and climate change.
Chu, a 60-year-old Nobel prize winning physicist from Stanford University, came to Washington with a mandate from the president to increase the nation's production of clean, renewable power, make the electric grid more intelligent and improve overall energy efficiency.
Aron Cramer: Looking back over the last 20 years we see very positive developments: poverty has been reduced, more and more companies have stated commitments to sustainability, energy efficiency has improved, and consumers have access to a lot more information.
But to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives.
Greater energy efficiency comes from more highly developed technology and better energy management and conservation practices.
This powertrain will achieve class-leading energy efficiency, with more than 2 hp produced per gram of CO2.
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McKinsey and Co. found that profits from U.S. energy efficiency can probably more than pay for other climate-protecting measures.
Mr Turmes says energy efficiency will be more important in the next round of EU Cohesion funding, for 2013-2020.
As a way of keeping their pulses steady, some investors have favoured more prosaic businesses, such as energy efficiency.
This money was specifically targeted for rehabilitation, energy conservation, and creating more efficiency and then, of course, ADA accessibility issues.
Improvement in energy efficiency will also drive more usage.
We funded and awarded more than 1, 800 of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants that you conceived -- flexible products that reduce energy use, put people back to work and save taxpayers' money.
But projects such as the Bahnstadt show the energy revolution and European efficiency goals "have put very low energy buildings much more strongly in investors' focus, " said Stephan Sperl, a spokesman for German state lender KfW Bankengruppe, which offers low-interest construction loans for energy-efficient residential buildings.
It's ironic, given that rising energy prices automatically make efficiency gains more valuable, and cheaper to attain.
When more people and companies get their heads around energy efficiency and sustainable living, price volatility will ease off, he says.
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The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is adopting changes to its standard lease language to enhance energy and water efficiency in the more than 190 million square feet of office space the federal agency leases across the United States.
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Utilities will have to be ready for more complex conversations with customers once they become suppliers of energy efficiency services.
Less-sexy energy efficiency efforts, though, are far more economic.
It also involves the deployment of low concentrating solar technology at a new scale, providing an indication of more such projects and efficiency improvements to come as solar energy marches towards grid parity.
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Dubbed "NEMA Premium"--a standard created last year by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association for motors between 1 hp and 200 hp--these motors offer a few extra percentage points of energy efficiency and sell for roughly 25% more than motors meeting minimum federal standards.
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