CO2 takes a hit as program kicks in.Public Energy Solutions (PES pes (pes) pl. pe´des [L.] 1. foot. 2. any footlike part. pes n. pl. pe·des 1. The foot. 2. ), a lighting and energy services management company, reports that it has officially saved an annual 122,500,000 kilowatt hours Kil´o`watt` hour 1. (Elec.) A unit of work or energy equal to that done by one kilowatt acting for one hour; - approximately equal to 1.34 horse-power hour. Noun 1. in the New York/New Jersey region in the last five years, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. company data released in celebration of Earth Day on April 22. Nearly 25% of the total energy saved was in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. in the past year, totaling 28,350,000 annual kilowatt hours. As a result, city businesses retained over $5 million in energy costs annually--an excess of $60 million saved over the life of the measures. The total amount of energy saved is the equivalent of 185,347,826 pounds of CO2 emission removed--showing an overall improvement in becoming more environmentally responsible over a relatively short amount of time. This energy can also be converted into 16,751 passenger cars taken off of the road for one year and is equal to 634 acres of forest preserved from deforestation deforestation Process of clearing forests. Rates of deforestation are particularly high in the tropics, where the poor quality of the soil has led to the practice of routine clear-cutting to make new soil available for agricultural use. . In New York City in 2006, the annual kilowatt hours saved is the equivalent to 42,894,783 pounds of CO2 emission removed. |
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