Further improvement is needed in energyefficiency and reducing carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP, with carbon taxation preferable to emissions trading.
The 2010 National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Rakesh Agrawal, Purdue University, for an extraordinary record of innovations in improving the energyefficiency and reducing the cost of gas liquifaction and separation.
The design aims to increase efficiency by reducing the amount of energy lost when sunlight is reflected off the solar cell or absorbed into the material before reaching the contact wires.
Broadly speaking, this means carbon footprint reporting and building energyefficiency and monitoring, analyzing, reporting and reducingenergy consumption.
On the plus side, the foundation acknowledged that substantial progress had been made in improving energyefficiency in both new and existing homes and reducing fuel poverty among vulnerable groups.