So, left to their own devices, builders are inclined to give short shrift to efficiency.
The knowledge they carry with them over the years adds to efficiency and productivity.
Previously, the City managed three separate email systems internally, providing challenges to efficiency and security.
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Proof of this commitment to efficiency shows in its operating margins, which are consistently higher than its competitors.
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He contends that the freedom to tinker with and improve tools essentially without restriction is the best route to efficiency.
Mr Llewellyn also questions the theory that building-society conversions will herald a wave of takeovers, leading to efficiency gains as overcapacity is cut.
Suppliers that can be relatively creative when it comes to efficiency and product innovation, while maintaining quality, can benefit through increased market share, he said.
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Due to efficiency improvements, the 2013 Nissan LEAF is expected to offer improved range, with testing on the EPA test cycle to be announced closer the vehicle's on-sale date.
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If you, like me, believe that current high oil prices are not just a blip, you should also believe that shipping companies with a proven commitment to efficiency will outperform their peers in the years to come.
According to Bob Bauer, group vice president of Emerson Electric and head of its Liebert business, which makes cooling devices for data centers, the key to efficiency is focusing on the whole system rather than a single component.
One way to boost efficiency is to collect more money at a time.
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California was able to achieve this efficiency by establishing building codes that require energy efficiency in new construction, and by stimulating private companies to improve the efficiency of their own operations.
Nothing Chrysler has done to boost efficiency so far compares to the roll of the dice in Toledo.
The Commission will need to ensure that the move towards diesel vehicles to improve efficiency does not lead to increased local air pollution from particulates.
To maximize efficiency, carriers aim to eliminate the dedicated voice channels needed by older technology and clear the airwaves for the latest, long-term evolution, technology.
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To maximize efficiency, carriers aim to eliminate the dedicated voice channels needed by older technology and clear the airwaves for the latest standard, called long-term evolution, or LTE.
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Armed with this information, corporations can take action to increase efficiency and find alternative solutions to current arrangements with law firms.
Other cleantech businesses that continue to look like good investments to venture capitalists include those producing products or software related to energy efficiency and those making improvements to existing businesses or products (making a better LED lighting system, for example).
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Competition should also spur domestic companies to greater efficiency because they will not be able to pass on the costs of slackness in higher prices.
The world is less dependent on oil than it was, thanks to improved efficiency in the use of energy and to a shift away from heavy industry.
Because of this line of reasoning, managers or technical leads sometimes over-correct and attempt to maximize efficiency by staffing single-person projects to reduce the communication overhead down to zero.
Thank you all for being here, and I want to thank all the people involved in the tour that we just received for their commitment to energy efficiency and all the people they put to work.
In a very uncomfortable way, Sandy points out the dangers of our devotion to economic efficiency: when you engineer your economy to cut out waste, you design with lowest costs in mind, and redundancy is eliminated.
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Further, officials said the FAA would take other steps to increase efficiency such as rerouting airspace, using technology to fill unused space in the air and on the ground, and using more precise routes for takeoffs and landings.
It is thought the Dreamliner's claim to fuel efficiency will be an advantage as oil prices continue to soar.
NOte that 23% reduction in fuel consumption is due to the efficiency increase and another 5% reduction is due to the replacement of 5% of the gas by the ethanol (EDIE uses 5% ethanol).
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.
It also needs to introduce measures to help improve energy efficiency to reduce demand.
Drivers might like to have it to find out how to maximize gas efficiency or to improve their driving.
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