Dan Reicher, a former Clinton administration Energy Department official and efficiency specialist at the World Resources Institute, said the Bush efficiency plan for California appeared to be similar to one enacted by Mr. Clinton last year.
For years, Chinese officials thought irrigation efficiency was the answer for reversing groundwater declines.
Government officials say energy efficiency, and electricity generation from wind and energy, while important, will not be enough to stem a shortfall beyond 15 years.
The passive-home standard, perhaps because it's unfamiliar to many officials who create efficiency stimulus programs, is eligible for few direct government subsidies, despite the fact that homes using it can be up to 80 percent more energy-efficient, over all, than standard new houses and consume just 10 percent of the heating and cooling energy.
Today, both city and state officials recognize the efficiency of Section 5 preclearance and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman supports the Voting Rights Act in this case.
Mr. Suozzi also vows to eliminate patronage abuses but says he forges alliances with union leaders and Republican officials to make efficiencies and create better programs.
The trust reckons that a typical family could save £300 a year; the work would pay for itself within five years.Yet despite official exhortations, energy efficiency has proved a tough sell.
Last month, Zi received a Chinese patent that protects a way to tap Chinese-language characters into a cellphone with greater ease and efficiency, company officials say.
It provides a 17percentt raise over 54 months; the union agreed to work-rule changes that city officials said would increase efficiency.
What Mark Twain said about the weather goes double for officials responsible for bringing efficiency and rationality to America's bulk-transportation systems.
Starting today, fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles with only one or two occupants will be allowed in the high-occupancy-vehicle lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike, to encourage fuel efficiency, state officials said.
