http://pasen.chat/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=What_Is_Energy_Efficiency What Is Energy Efficiency - Revision history 2026-05-02T20:19:43Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.1 http://pasen.chat/wiki/index.php?title=What_Is_Energy_Efficiency&diff=20275&oldid=prev MargaretE17 at 13:13, 13 May 2024 2024-05-13T13:13:49Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:13, 13 May 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">−</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Simply</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">put</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">means</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">using</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">less</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">get</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">same</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">job</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">done</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cutting</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bills</del> and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reducing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pollution.</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Declines</del> in<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">intensity</del> are <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">proxy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">improvements,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">provided</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">intensity</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">represented</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">appropriate</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">level</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">disaggregation</del> to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">provide</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">meaningful</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">interpretation,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">b)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">other</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">explanatory</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">behavioral</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">factors</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">isolated</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">accounted</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;51 Plug-in hybrids also have increased battery capacity, which makes it possible to drive for limited distances without burning any gasoline; 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text-decoration: none;">process</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">known</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">photovoltaic</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">effect</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Incoming</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sunlight</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">strikes</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">semiconductor</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">material</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(typically</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">silicon)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cells</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">knocks</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electrons</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">loose</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">setting</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">them</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">motion</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generating</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electric</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">current</del> that <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">captured</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wiring</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">compare</del> energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">prices</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">providing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">your</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">postcode</del> and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">details</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; 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text-decoration: none;">deals</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">available in your area along with</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">estimated savings based on</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">your</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">current</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</del>.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker">+</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">From</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy-saving refrigerators</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">low-consumption</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">automobiles,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; 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text-decoration: none;">market</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">will</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">either</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">see</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">price</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cap</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temporarily</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">suspended</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">so</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">suppliers</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">recover,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">would</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mean</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">consumers</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">end</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">up</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">paying</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cost</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">price</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cap</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remains</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">place</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and energy suppliers</ins> that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cannot</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">survive</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the competition</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">go</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bust</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Similarly,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> energy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">almost</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">always</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cheaper</ins> and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cleaner</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utilities</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">than</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">new</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resources—or</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fuel costs</ins> of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">existing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation—but</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">such</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investments</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lead</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reduced</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">earnings</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">potential</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">under</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">traditional</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utility</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">business</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">model</ins>.</div></td> </tr> </table> MargaretE17 http://pasen.chat/wiki/index.php?title=What_Is_Energy_Efficiency&diff=19834&oldid=prev AdelaidaLogue9 at 09:12, 13 May 2024 2024-05-13T09:12:26Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 09:12, 13 May 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">−</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Simply put, energy efficiency means using less energy to get the same job done - and in the process, cutting energy bills and reducing pollution. Declines in energy intensity are a proxy for efficiency improvements, provided a) energy intensity is represented at an appropriate level of disaggregation to provide meaningful interpretation, and b) other explanatory and behavioral factors are isolated and accounted for.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Typically</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">two</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">technologies</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">used</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">separately</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(or</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">only</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">placing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; 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text-decoration: none;">pros</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cons</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2023]</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thermal</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">panel</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">performs</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">function of the low temperature heat</del> source <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">heat produced is used to feed the heat pump's evaporator</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">essence,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">UK</del> energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">market</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">will</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">either</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">see</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">price</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cap</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temporarily</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">suspended</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">so</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">suppliers</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">recover,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">would</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mean</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">consumers</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">end</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">up</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">paying</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cost</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">price</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cap</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remains</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">place</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and energy suppliers</del> that <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cannot</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">survive</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">competition</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">go bust</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Similarly,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">almost</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">always</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cheaper</del> and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cleaner</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utilities</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">than</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">new</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resources—or</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fuel costs</del> of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">existing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation—but</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">such</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investments</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lead</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reduced</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">earnings</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">potential</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">under</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">traditional</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utility</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">business</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">model</del>.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker">+</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Simply put, energy efficiency means using less energy to get the same job done - and in the process, cutting energy bills and reducing pollution. Declines in energy intensity are a proxy for efficiency improvements, provided a) energy intensity is represented at an appropriate level of disaggregation to provide meaningful interpretation, and b) other explanatory and behavioral factors are isolated and accounted for.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">51</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Plug-in</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hybrids</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">have</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">increased</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">battery</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">capacity,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">makes</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">possible</ins> to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">drive</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">limited</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distances</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">without</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">burning</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">any</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gasoline;</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in this case,</ins> [https://<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">www.protopage</ins>.com/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">zardiaq5p5</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bookmarks]</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dictated</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">whatever</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(such</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">coal-burning,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hydroelectric,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">renewable</ins> source<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">created</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">power</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Solar</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">panels</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">convert</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</ins> energy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">into</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usable</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electricity</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">through</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">known</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">photovoltaic</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">effect</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Incoming</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sunlight</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">strikes</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">semiconductor</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">material</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(typically</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">silicon)</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cells</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">knocks</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electrons</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">loose</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">setting</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">them</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">motion</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generating</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electric</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">current</ins> that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">captured</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wiring</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">compare</ins> energy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">prices</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">providing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">your</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">postcode</ins> and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">details</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(starting</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">postcode</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entry</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">box at</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">top</ins> of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">page)</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">so</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">we</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">show</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">you</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deals</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">available in your area along with</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">estimated savings based on</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">your</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">current</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</ins>.</div></td> </tr> </table> AdelaidaLogue9 http://pasen.chat/wiki/index.php?title=What_Is_Energy_Efficiency&diff=19626&oldid=prev YFARamon42723 at 04:22, 13 May 2024 2024-05-13T04:22:06Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 04:22, 13 May 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">−</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Simply put, energy efficiency means using less energy to get the same job done - and in the process, cutting energy bills and reducing pollution. Declines in energy intensity are a proxy for efficiency improvements, provided a) energy intensity is represented at an appropriate level of disaggregation to provide meaningful interpretation, and b) other explanatory and behavioral factors are isolated and accounted for.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">51</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Plug-in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hybrids</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">have</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">increased</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">battery</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">capacity,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">makes</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">possible</del> to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">drive</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">limited</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distances</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">without</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">burning</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">any</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gasoline;</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in this case,</del> [https://<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">www.protopage</del>.com/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">raygarfm5i</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bookmarks]</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dictated</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">whatever</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(such</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">coal-burning,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hydroelectric,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">renewable</del> source<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">created</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">power</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In essence, the UK energy market will either see the energy price cap temporarily suspended so that energy suppliers can recover, which would mean that consumers end up paying the cost, or the energy price cap remains in place and energy suppliers that cannot survive the competition go bust.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">compare</del> energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">prices</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">providing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">your</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">postcode</del> and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">details</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(starting</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">postcode</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entry</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">box</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">top</del> of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">page)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">so</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">we</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">show</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">you</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deals</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">available in your area along with</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">estimated savings based on</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">your</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">current</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</del>.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker">+</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Simply put, energy efficiency means using less energy to get the same job done - and in the process, cutting energy bills and reducing pollution. Declines in energy intensity are a proxy for efficiency improvements, provided a) energy intensity is represented at an appropriate level of disaggregation to provide meaningful interpretation, and b) other explanatory and behavioral factors are isolated and accounted for.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Typically</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">two</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">technologies</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">used</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">separately</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(or</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">only</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">placing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">them</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in parallel)</ins> to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">produce</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hot</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">water</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">133</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">system</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</ins> [https://<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">atavi</ins>.com/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">share/wmrl17zp3qx1</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pros</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cons</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2023]</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thermal</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">panel</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">performs</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">function of the low temperature heat</ins> source <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">heat produced is used to feed the heat pump's evaporator</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In essence, the UK energy market will either see the energy price cap temporarily suspended so that energy suppliers can recover, which would mean that consumers end up paying the cost, or the energy price cap remains in place and energy suppliers that cannot survive the competition go bust.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Similarly,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> energy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">almost</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">always</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cheaper</ins> and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cleaner</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utilities</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">than</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">new</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resources—or</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fuel costs</ins> of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">existing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation—but</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">such</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investments</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lead</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reduced</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">earnings</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">potential</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">under</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">traditional</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utility</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">business</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">model</ins>.</div></td> </tr> </table> YFARamon42723 http://pasen.chat/wiki/index.php?title=What_Is_Energy_Efficiency&diff=19593&oldid=prev DelilahCribbs8 at 03:43, 13 May 2024 2024-05-13T03:43:48Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:43, 13 May 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">−</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">From</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy-saving refrigerators</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">low-consumption</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">automobiles,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">intelligent</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">building</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">management systems</del> to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resource-saving</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">production</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">processes</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">industry,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">versatile</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">topic</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is -</del> and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">will</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remain</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">- of great importance</del> in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">all areas of our everyday lives. Solar technologies</del> are <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">characterized</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">either</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">passive</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">active</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">depending</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">way</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">they</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">capture,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">convert</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distribute</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sunlight</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and enable solar energy</del> to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">harnessed</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">different</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">levels</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">around</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">world,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mostly</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">depending</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distance</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">from</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the equator</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Typically</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">two</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">technologies</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">used</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">separately</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(or</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">only</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">placing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">them</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in parallel)</del> to <del style="font-weight: bold; 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text-decoration: none;">of</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">low</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temperature</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">heat</del> source <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">heat produced is used to feed the heat pump's evaporator</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In essence, the UK energy market will either see the energy price cap temporarily suspended so that energy suppliers can recover, which would mean that consumers end up paying the cost, or the energy price cap remains in place and energy suppliers that cannot survive the competition go bust.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Similarly,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">almost</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">always</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cheaper</del> and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cleaner</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utilities</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">than</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">new</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resources—or</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fuel costs</del> of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">existing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation—but</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">such</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investments</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lead</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reduced</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">earnings</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">potential</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">under</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">traditional</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utility</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">business</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">model</del>.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker">+</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Simply</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">put</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">means</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">using</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">less</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</ins> to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">get</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">same</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">job</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">done</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cutting</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bills</ins> and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reducing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pollution.</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Declines</ins> in<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> energy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">intensity</ins> are <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">proxy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">improvements,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">provided</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a)</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">intensity</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">represented</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">appropriate</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">level</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">disaggregation</ins> to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">provide</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">meaningful</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">interpretation,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">b)</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">other</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">explanatory</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">behavioral</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">factors</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">isolated</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">accounted</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; 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text-decoration: none;">limited</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distances</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">without</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">burning</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">any</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gasoline;</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in this case,</ins> [https://www.protopage.com/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">raygarfm5i</ins> Bookmarks] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dictated</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">whatever</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(such</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">coal-burning,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hydroelectric,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or renewable</ins> source<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">created</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">power</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In essence, the UK energy market will either see the energy price cap temporarily suspended so that energy suppliers can recover, which would mean that consumers end up paying the cost, or the energy price cap remains in place and energy suppliers that cannot survive the competition go bust.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">compare</ins> energy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">prices</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">providing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">your</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">postcode</ins> and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">details</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(starting</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">postcode</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entry</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">box at</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">top</ins> of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">page)</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">so</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">we</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">show</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">you</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deals</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">available in your area along with</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">estimated savings based on</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">your</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">current</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</ins>.</div></td> </tr> </table> DelilahCribbs8 http://pasen.chat/wiki/index.php?title=What_Is_Energy_Efficiency&diff=19493&oldid=prev MichelineMacLaur at 00:59, 13 May 2024 2024-05-13T00:59:29Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:59, 13 May 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">−</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Simply</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">put</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">means</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">using</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">less</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">get</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">same</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">job</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">done</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cutting</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bills</del> and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reducing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pollution.</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Declines</del> in<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">intensity</del> are <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">proxy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">improvements,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">provided</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">intensity</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">represented</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">appropriate</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">level</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">disaggregation</del> to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">provide</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">meaningful</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">interpretation,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">b)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">other</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">explanatory</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">behavioral</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">factors</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">isolated</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">accounted</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">51</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Plug-in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hybrids</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">have</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">increased</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">battery</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">capacity,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">makes</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">possible</del> to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">drive</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">limited</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distances</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">without</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">burning</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">any</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gasoline;</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in this case,</del> [https://www.protopage.com/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bailirh6uv</del> Bookmarks] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dictated</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">whatever</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(such</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">coal-burning,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hydroelectric,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or renewable</del> source<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">created</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">power</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In essence, the UK energy market will either see the energy price cap temporarily suspended so that energy suppliers can recover, which would mean that consumers end up paying the cost, or the energy price cap remains in place and energy suppliers that cannot survive the competition go bust.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">compare</del> energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">prices</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">providing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">your</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">postcode</del> and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">details</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(starting</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">postcode</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entry</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">box at</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">top</del> of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">page)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">so</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">we</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">show</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">you</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deals</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">available in your area along with</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">estimated savings based on</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">your</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">current</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</del>.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker">+</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">From</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy-saving refrigerators</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">low-consumption</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">automobiles,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">intelligent</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">building</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">management systems</ins> to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resource-saving</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">production</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">processes</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">industry,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">versatile</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">topic</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is -</ins> and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">will</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remain</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">- of great importance</ins> in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">all areas of our everyday lives. 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text-decoration: none;">distribute</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sunlight</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and enable solar energy</ins> to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">harnessed</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">different</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">levels</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">around</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">world,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mostly</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">depending</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distance</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">from</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the equator</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Typically</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">two</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">technologies</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">used</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">separately</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(or</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">only</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">placing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">them</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in parallel)</ins> to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">produce</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hot</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">water</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">133</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">system</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</ins> [https://www.protopage.com/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">aspaidzhim</ins> Bookmarks] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thermal</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">panel</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">performs</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">function</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">low</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temperature</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">heat</ins> source <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">heat produced is used to feed the heat pump's evaporator</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In essence, the UK energy market will either see the energy price cap temporarily suspended so that energy suppliers can recover, which would mean that consumers end up paying the cost, or the energy price cap remains in place and energy suppliers that cannot survive the competition go bust.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Similarly,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> energy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">almost</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">always</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cheaper</ins> and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cleaner</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utilities</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">than</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">new</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resources—or</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fuel costs</ins> of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">existing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation—but</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">such</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investments</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lead</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reduced</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">earnings</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">potential</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">under</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">traditional</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utility</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">business</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">model</ins>.</div></td> </tr> </table> MichelineMacLaur http://pasen.chat/wiki/index.php?title=What_Is_Energy_Efficiency&diff=19447&oldid=prev JulieDore38602 at 23:55, 12 May 2024 2024-05-12T23:55:11Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:55, 12 May 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">−</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Simply put, energy efficiency means using less energy to get the same job done - and in the process, cutting energy bills and reducing pollution. Declines in energy intensity are a proxy for efficiency improvements, provided a) energy intensity is represented at an appropriate level of disaggregation to provide meaningful interpretation, and b) other explanatory and behavioral factors are isolated and accounted for.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Typically</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">two</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">technologies</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">used</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">separately</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(or</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">only</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">placing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">them</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in parallel)</del> to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">produce</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hot</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">water</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">133</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">system</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</del> [https://<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">raindrop</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">io</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rewardybd1/bookmarks-43780419 Solar Energy Pros And Cons What Are The Advantages And</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Disadvantages</del>] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thermal</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">panel</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">performs</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">function</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">low</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temperature</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">heat</del> source <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">heat produced is used to feed the heat pump's evaporator</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Solar</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">panels</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">convert</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</del> energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">into</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usable</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electricity</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">through</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">known</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">photovoltaic</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">effect</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Incoming</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sunlight</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">strikes</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">semiconductor</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">material</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(typically</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">silicon)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cells</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">knocks</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electrons</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">loose</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">setting</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">them</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">motion</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generating</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electric</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">current</del> that <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">captured</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wiring</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Similarly,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">almost</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">always</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cheaper</del> and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cleaner</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utilities</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">than</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">new</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resources—or</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fuel costs</del> of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">existing</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation—but</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">such</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investments</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lead</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reduced</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">earnings</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">potential</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">under</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">traditional</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utility</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">business</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">model</del>.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker">+</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Simply put, energy efficiency means using less energy to get the same job done - and in the process, cutting energy bills and reducing pollution. Declines in energy intensity are a proxy for efficiency improvements, provided a) energy intensity is represented at an appropriate level of disaggregation to provide meaningful interpretation, and b) other explanatory and behavioral factors are isolated and accounted for.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">51</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Plug-in</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hybrids</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">have</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">increased</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">battery</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">capacity,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">makes</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">possible</ins> to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">drive</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">limited</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distances</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">without</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">burning</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">any</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gasoline;</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in this case,</ins> [https://<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">www</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">protopage.com</ins>/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bailirh6uv</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bookmarks</ins>] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dictated</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">whatever</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(such</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">coal-burning,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hydroelectric,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or renewable</ins> source<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">created</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">power</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">essence,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">UK</ins> energy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">market</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">will</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">either</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">see</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">price</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cap</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temporarily</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">suspended</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">so</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">suppliers</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">recover,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">would</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mean</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">consumers</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">end</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">up</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">paying</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cost</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">price</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cap</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remains</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">place</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and energy suppliers</ins> that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cannot</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">survive</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">competition go</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bust</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">compare</ins> energy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">prices</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">providing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">your</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">postcode</ins> and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">details</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(starting</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">postcode</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entry</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">box at</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">top</ins> of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">page)</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">so</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">we</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">show</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">you</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deals</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">available in your area along with</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">estimated</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">savings</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">based on your current</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</ins>.</div></td> </tr> </table> JulieDore38602 http://pasen.chat/wiki/index.php?title=What_Is_Energy_Efficiency&diff=19397&oldid=prev MeiGallant0568 at 22:26, 12 May 2024 2024-05-12T22:26:46Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:26, 12 May 2024</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">−</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Simply put, energy efficiency means using less energy to get the same job done - and in the process, cutting energy bills and reducing pollution. Declines in energy intensity are a proxy for efficiency improvements, provided a) energy intensity is represented at an appropriate level of disaggregation to provide meaningful interpretation, and b) other explanatory and behavioral factors are isolated and accounted for.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">51</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Plug-in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hybrids</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">have</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">increased</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">battery</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">capacity,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">makes</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">possible</del> to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">drive</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">limited</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distances</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">without</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">burning</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">any</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gasoline;</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in this case,</del> [https://raindrop.io/rewardybd1/bookmarks-43780419 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">moving</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">house</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Electricity</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ireland</del>] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dictated</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">whatever</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(such</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">coal-burning,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hydroelectric, or</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">renewable</del> source<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">created</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">power</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">essence,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">UK</del> energy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">market</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">will</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">either</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">see</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">price</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cap</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temporarily</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">suspended</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">so</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">suppliers</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">recover,</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">would</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mean</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">consumers</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">end</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">up</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">paying</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cost</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">energy</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">price</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cap</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remains</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">place</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and energy suppliers</del> that <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cannot</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">survive</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">competition go</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bust</del>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; 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text-decoration: none;">this</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">page)</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">so</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">we</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">show</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">you</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deals</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">available in your area along with</del> the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">estimated</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">savings</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">based on your current</del> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usage</del>.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker">+</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Simply put, energy efficiency means using less energy to get the same job done - and in the process, cutting energy bills and reducing pollution. Declines in energy intensity are a proxy for efficiency improvements, provided a) energy intensity is represented at an appropriate level of disaggregation to provide meaningful interpretation, and b) other explanatory and behavioral factors are isolated and accounted for.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Typically</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">two</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">technologies</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">used</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">separately</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(or</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">only</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">placing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">them</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in parallel)</ins> to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">produce</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hot</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">water</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">133</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">system</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solar</ins> [https://raindrop.io/rewardybd1/bookmarks-43780419 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Solar Energy Pros And Cons</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">What</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Are</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; 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text-decoration: none;">them</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">motion</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generating</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">electric</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">current</ins> that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">captured</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wiring</ins>.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Similarly,</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">investing</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins> energy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efficiency</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">almost</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">always</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cheaper</ins> and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cleaner</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">utilities</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">than</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">new</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">generation</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resources—or</ins> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even</ins> the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fuel costs</ins> of <ins style="font-weight: bold; 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