Question
Improvement in this metric is organized in a hierarchy of four kinds of potential: technical, economic, achievable, and program. Robert Stavins and Adam Jaffe have described the inability of consumers and society to optimize this metric, despite its cost-benefit, as its namesake “gap.” Improvements in this metric counterintuitively cause increases in total usage according to the Jevons (“JEV-ins”) paradox, which is a form of the rebound effect. Improvements in this metric, described by the (*) IEA as the “first fuel,” may make upwards of 40 percent of progress toward net zero by 2050. For homes and buildings, this metric can be improved with continuous insulation, heat pumps, and products approved by the DoE’s Energy Star. For 10 points, name this metric defined as the amount of energy services provided per unit of energy consumed. ■END■
Summary
2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 67% | 106.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 117.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 83% | 130.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 109.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 107.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 8 | 100% | 13% | 50% | 113.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 75% | 0% | 100% | 132.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 100% | 20% | 40% | 102.40 |
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 73.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 118.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 132.00 |
2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 5 | 60% | 40% | 20% | 74.00 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Cranmer MGinn | McMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii | Toronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha | 42 | -5 |
Liam Kusalik | Waterloo Aspidistra | Carleton A | 57 | -5 |
Ethen Sun | Toronto B | Ottawa Absolomabsolomabsolom | 65 | -5 |
James Tang | Waterloo Cloze | Waterloo Basic | 77 | -5 |
Ishan Joshi | Toronto Metropolitan A | Toronto A | 99 | -5 |
Raymond Chen | Toronto Disband the Club 2k24 | McGill A | 121 | 10 |
James Wang | Ottawa Absolomabsolomabsolom | Toronto B | 131 | 10 |
Kevin Le | Carleton A | Waterloo Aspidistra | 132 | 10 |
Benjamin Chapman | Toronto A | Toronto Metropolitan A | 132 | 10 |
Franklin Wu | Toronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha | McMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii | 132 | 10 |
Micah Colman | Waterloo Basic | Waterloo Cloze | 132 | 10 |