Energy efficiency standards for appliances mandate that appliance manufacturers not manufacture or import models that … have a test energy efficiency below a specified level after the standard effective date. Thus, appliance standards set a …-standard efficiency of models on the market for three products: (1) Refrigerators (1990, 1993, and 2001 standards); (2) Room air …

Today's manufacturing systems and equipment must perform at levels thought impossible a decade ago. Companies must push … concerned with market shares, equity growth, market saturation, and profit. U.S. manufacturing is no exception and is a prime … term ''Agile Manufacturing''. The survival and ultimate success of the American Manufacturing economy may depend upon its …

the Department of Energy was analyzed to evaluate its cost effectiveness and relevance to the needs of the geothermal … quantitative analysis suggest that a benefit/cost ratio exceeding ten can be realized for the R and D expenditure by achieving a …

dryers. The impact of minimum efficiency standards on electricity use over the time period from 1995--2010 is estimated. The … energy efficiency standards that would take effect in 1995. The results of the study described above will be presented and …The European Community (EC) recently commissioned a study of the impact of potential appliance standards on electricity …

In support of the federal government's efforts to raise the minimum energy-efficiency standards for residential … impacts on individual consumers from revisions to the standards. LCC is the consumer's cost of purchasing and installing an … consumers that are either benefiting or being burdened by increased standards. Relative to the existing minimum efficiency …

This manual contains the Radiation Control Standards'' and Radiation Control Procedures'' at Hanford Operations which … personnel. The purpose of the standards is to establish firm radiological limits within which the Irradiation Processing … an objective within the limitations of the Radiation Control Standards. A procedure may be changed at any time provided …

either initiating and/or participating in an Least-Cost Utility Planning (LCUP) process in their state. Least cost utility … is to guide the reader through the LCUP maze so that meaningful, forward-looking, and cost minimizing electric utility …