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Record 1 2003-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Environmental Economics
CONT

In the early 1990s a study was completed for the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy to determine the extent of the energy efficiency potential in the province and the associated economic and environmental benefits.

OBS

The potential for improving energy efficiency may be described in several ways. The technical potential consists of all commercially available energy efficiency technologies. The economic potential is a sub-set of the technical potential that passes a cost effectiveness criterion, often, by convention, a simple payback time 4 to 5 years.

OBS

energy efficiency potential: term used at the Office of Energy Efficiency, Natural Resources Canada, and extracted from its 2001 Annual Report.

Key term(s)
  • energy-efficiency potential
  • potential for improving energy efficiency

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Économie environnementale
OBS

Les termes possibilités et potentiel d'efficacité énergétique ne sont pas interchangeables. En effet, le potentiel représente une capacité d'action, de travail ou de production alors que les possibilités sont les moyens dont on peut disposer; ce qu'on peut attendre ou tirer d'une chose ou d'une situation. L'expression possibilité d'efficacité énergétique est généralement au pluriel.

OBS

potentiel d'efficacité énergétique : terme en usage à l'Office de l'efficacité énergétique, Ressources naturelles Canada.

Key term(s)
  • possibilité d'efficacité énergétique

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Record 2 1997-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims
CONT

In metals the time frame is shorter, but instant riches do not beckon. At Alcan, they look for a four-to five-year period of financial drain with payback after seven to eight years.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons
CONT

Dans l'industrie des métaux, même si les délais sont plus courts, les fortunes instantanées ne courent pas les rues. Chez Alcan, les dirigeants s'attendent à des périodes de déboursés pendant quatre ou cinq années, et des retours après sept ou huit années.

Spanish

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