Sentences with phrase «build small households»

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The founder of Adafruit Industries offers insights into how she managed to build a small empire from castaway Altoid tins and other common household items — and secure the title of Entrepreneur of 20...

Kamprad built the company from a small household goods business into the world's largest furniture retailer.

The British are living in smaller households, and houses are being built — and altered — accordingly.

Traders stared in grief and disbelief as the 14 - building plazas housing 368 units of shops, 144 open stores and 129 small units stores for meat sellers, household items traders among others, became rubbles in a hail of dust.

They control everything — from the small (toys, household appliances, and medical devices), to the big (cars, planes, and buildings), and the huge (transport networks, industrial plants and the internet).

Remaking our built environment in the face of changing demographics that trends towards smaller households, fewer marrieds, and more empty - nesters will be one of the great challenges of our time.

This is especially the case in residential buildings, where participating in demand - side response programs may require behaviour change while offering limited economic benefits to households due to the small size of residential loads.

They provide discounts for eco buildings; are the only insurer in the UK to cover small renewable energy systems as a standard part of household policy; and offer cover to alternative houses that might usually struggle to get insured, for example timber - framed and straw bale housing.

The idea is to «diminish money's influence over the building process,» with Kloehn and his collaborators collecting whatever they can find from illegal dumps, household and commercial waste that can be reused to create small, habitable spaces.

Most notably, the changes may herald a new era for small private investors who own some 43 percent of the renewables generation capacity: Households with solar panels and farmers with windmills on their properties may have to compete with utilities and funds for the right to build renewable power plants from 2017 onwards.

We helped build new homes, completed small household projects, helped families prepare their homes for a move in or out, and also participated in neighborhood cleanups so communities would feel cared for.