Service businesses, too, are wringing efficiency improvements from new technology.
This makes efficiency improvements an attractive starting point for reducing carbon emissions.
The report included only efficiency improvements whose long-term savings would outweigh the initial costs.
They vary from hydropower and wind energy projects, to fuel switching and industrial efficiency improvements.
Efficiency improvements and, briefly, the fruits of its more aggressive trading and principal investments strategy drove shares higher.
The money will go toward a new press shop and assembly line for future products, as well as efficiency improvements.
Furthermore, most tenancy agreements see the tenant footing the energy bills, leaving landlords unmotivated to make energy-efficiency improvements.
This does not necessarily mean proportionally higher average energy bills, as households will naturally invest in energy efficiency improvements.
But he said that it did not change his overall findings about Armstrong's gross muscle efficiency improvements.
The US Green Building Council reports that owners of existing buildings enjoyed a 19.2% return on investment for efficiency improvements.
