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Record 1 1997-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Environment
CONT

Amory Lovins, director of research at the Rocky Mountain Institute coined the concept of "negawatts" - the idea that investment in the energy conservation will often yield higher returns than investment in new power stations.

CONT

Replacing incandescent bulbs with low-wattage fluorescent lamps would save companies millions of dollars. Here is where negawatts come in: the fluorescent lamps produced by a factory costing $8 million to build will save energy equivalent to the output of a $1 billion, 700 - megawatt power plant.

Key term(s)
  • negawat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Environnement
OBS

Construit selon le modèle "mégawatts" avec le sens opposé.

Spanish

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