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  2. Energy efficiency in transport - Wikipedia

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    On a percentage basis, if there is one occupant in an automobile, only about 0.5% of the total energy used is used to move the person in the car, while the remaining 99.5% (about 200 times more) is used to move the car itself. An important driver of energy consumption of cars per passenger is the occupancy rate of the vehicle.

  3. Home Depot - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 2025. American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company The Home Depot, Inc. An aerial view of a Home Depot in Onalaska, Wisconsin Company type Public Traded as NYSE: HD DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component Industry Retail (home improvement) Founded February 6 ...

  4. Cost of electricity by source - Wikipedia

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    The LCOE below is calculated based on a 30-year recovery period using a real after tax weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of 6.1%. For carbon intensive technologies 3 percentage points are added to the WACC. (This is approximately equivalent to a fee of $15 per metric ton of carbon dioxide CO 2.) Federal tax credits and various state and ...

  5. Air conditioning - Wikipedia

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    The units went on sale in 1932 at US$10,000 to $50,000 (the equivalent of $200,000 to $1,100,000 in 2023.) [20] A year later, the first air conditioning systems for cars were offered for sale. [34] Chrysler Motors introduced the first practical semi-portable air conditioning unit in 1935, [ 35 ] and Packard became the first automobile ...

  6. Power-to-weight ratio - Wikipedia

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    Toshiba 660 MVA water cooled 23 kV AC turbo generator: 1,342 t 2,959,000 lb 660 MW 890,000 hp 0.49 kW/kg 0.30 hp/lb Bayswater, Eraring coal-fired power stations: Canopy Tech. Cypress 32 MW 15 kV AC PM generator [29] 33,557 kg 73,981 lb 32 MW 43,000 hp 0.95 kW/kg 0.58 hp/lb Electric power stations: Turncircles AF24PM–S axial flux motor [30]

  7. Mains electricity - Wikipedia

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    Mains electricity or utility power, grid power, domestic power, and wall power, or, in some parts of Canada, hydro, is a general-purpose alternating-current (AC) electric power supply. It is the form of electrical power that is delivered to homes and businesses through the electrical grid in many parts of the world. People use this electricity ...

  8. Where home prices are forecast to increase most in the ... - AOL

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    The 88240 neighborhood in Hobbs, New Mexico, is projected to see the highest percent decline in average home prices at -7.4%, or a $12,054 decline on the average $162,908 home price.

  9. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning - Wikipedia

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    The first residential AC was installed by 1914, and by the 1950s there was "widespread adoption of residential AC". [ 13 ] The invention of the components of HVAC systems went hand-in-hand with the Industrial Revolution , and new methods of modernization, higher efficiency, and system control are constantly being introduced by companies and ...