Question

during the past few decades, dallas population has nearly doubled - growing from 679,000 in 1980 to more than 1.2 million people today. to support this rapid growth, develop a sustainable community and reduce dallas impact on the electrical grid, the city created the green dallas initiative with support from the energy departments energy efficiency and conservation block grant (eecbg) program. using some of its eecbg funds, dallas focused on improving the energy efficiency of 248 city - owned buildings, totaling 3.3 million square feet. following energy audits, the city made energy efficiency improvements that included upgrading to energy - efficient indoor lighting at more than 160 buildings and installing digital hvac controls - technology that allows the city to monitor energy use and continuously adjust the systems to increase efficiencies and reduce energy consumption - in 100 city - owned facilities. according to the passage, how has dallas adapted its energy consumption in response to its changing population? as dallas population has grown, its energy use has increased at a similar rate. as dallas population has grown, it has found ways to use energy more efficiently. as dallas population has grown, its energy use and costs have declined dramatically. as dallas population has grown, its energy use has not changed, straining the grid.

Explanation:

The passage states that Dallas created the Green Dallas Initiative and used EECBG funds to improve energy - efficiency of city - owned buildings, upgrade lighting, and install digital HVAC controls to increase efficiencies and reduce energy consumption. This shows that as the population grew, Dallas found ways to use energy more efficiently.

Answer:

As Dallas' population has grown, it has found ways to use energy more efficiently.