The energy efficiency concerns the building envelope design, the use of efficient HVAC systems, adoption of renewable energy on-site.
Kleiner Perkins has a green ventures fund with nearly $1 billion invested in renewable energy and efficiency concerns.
A separation of Microsoft's Operating Systems and Applications Businesses does not raise the efficiency concerns that a division of Microsoft's operating system business might entail.
Ever since the rise of the "law and economics" movement, conservatives like Roberts have elevated efficiency concerns to a potentially decisive role.
But environmental groups waging nationwide campaigns against S.U.V.'s because of safety and fuel efficiency concerns said none approached the scope or scale of the California proposal.
Scholars of this stream view institutional rules, norms, and structures not as inherently rational or dictated by efficiency concerns but instead as culturally constructed.
This means matching efficiency concerns with the staff's personal needs when setting work schedules, tempering continual demands for overtime, upgrading supervisory skills and redesigning jobs to improve the quality of work.
While he again trumpeted Nissan's accessible vehicle, he cited fuel efficiency concerns, inevitable industry resistance and the price of the accessible taxi — likely to cost buyers about $14,000 more than the NV200, he estimated.
So the final score is: Permits get a moderate edge on political economy/public choice issues; taxes have a big advantage on institutional/governance issues; and taxes deliver a big can of whipass on traditional economic efficiency concerns.
