These include higher performance standards for vehicles and appliances, and economic incentives to reduce deforestation.
She's seen the financial problems, schools that repeatedly failed to meet performance standards, and the state stepping in.
By meeting specified EU performance standards, the scooter and its components are approved for production and sale within Europe.
He also is known to hold his executives to very high performance standards.
If firm does not have actual live results that follow Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS), then they cannot publish performance.
The only time Congress even considered imposing GHG performance standards on power plants was during the debate on the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill.
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The EPA sets performance standards for specific categories of industrial sources.
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Drucker pointed, admiringly, to some nonprofit organizations with strict performance standards.
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For example, the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act required all new federal buildings to meet the energy performance standards set forth in the 2030 challenge.
The center is meeting its performance standards, and its 77% retention rate is more than twice as good as Sprint's call center in the Kansas City suburbs.
Even before it has moved into full-scale production, the plane has already increased in price by 75%, and it has so far failed to meet basic performance standards.
The company, which provides water to 3.7 million homes and businesses in England and Wales, is already facing a fine from regulator Ofwat for missing earlier customer service performance standards.
In his address, the president appealed for all states to adopt a nationally established set of performance standards centered on skills evaluations that measure students' achievement in reading and math.
Seizing upon the data in the book to try to give some sort of pass to Obamanomics for failing the economic performance standards of American history is just political propaganda.
Beneath the haze of recrimination, it also seems clear that, as the inspectorate concluded, the contract did not contain adequate provision for resolving disagreements over performance standards, or for taking remedial action.
These new source performance standards for the existing electric portfolio might also be the only "executive action" that would mollify the environmental lobby if Mr. Obama does eventually approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
If the EPA and the DOE have the ability and the resources to apply meaningful energy performance standards to the likes of washing machines and refrigerators, why not to trail runners and waterproof jackets?
One or both of those measures might have passed had the EPA come clean about its agenda and stated in 2009 it would eventually propose GHG performance standards no affordable coal power plant can meet.
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For strategies that invest in a range of asset classes, such as bonds and commodities, investors and advisers should come up with a more-balanced benchmark, says Jonathan Boersma, executive director of Global Investment Performance Standards for the CFA Institute.
"Under their new professional structure and leadership team Cricket Ireland has embarked on an exciting strategic development phase and set high performance standards for all national teams and for the development of the sport as a whole, " he said.
The transportation bill, now in its ninth extension, is a critical piece of infrastructure legislation that consolidates more than 100 separate programs into just five major investment categories (for efficiency) and establishes performance standards for these investments (no more "Bridges to Nowhere").
One or both of those measures might have passed had McCarthy and the Air Office come clean about their agenda and acknowledged before votes were cast that the agency planned, in 2012-2013, to propose and adopt CO2 performance standards that effectively ban the construction of new coal generation.
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Opera's cross-platform web-browser technology is renowned for its performance, standards compliance and small size, while giving users a faster, safer and more dynamic online experience.
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Within a command-and-control regulatory program, performance-based standards may offer advantages over standards specifying design, behavior, or manner of compliance.
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Sabahy carried the two most populous cities, Cairo and Alexandria, without much organizational support -- a remarkable performance by any standards.
Symonds reached his half century off 72 balls, a subdued performance by his standards, but was caught by Jayantha with the total on 177.
This might include by mandating social performance through environmental standards in real estate, or by using tax credits to favor subsectors like affordable housing.
The old blast furnace was decommissioned in July last year before being completely rebuilt, incorporating the latest technology to improve energy efficiency, environmental performance, safety standards and capacity.
Of course, like other central banks, the Federal Reserve continues to monitor systemically important payment and settlement systems and to compare their performance with international standards for reliability, efficiency, and safety.
"It is particularly pleasing that, during this period of change, GWAS has been shown as one of the best ambulance trusts in terms of clinical performance and response standards, " he said.
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