Sentences with phrase «construction climate challenge»

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Given aging U.S. infrastructure, limited public resources and the challenges created by a changing climate, the need to understand the most cost - efficient approach to the design, construction and maintenance of structures is more important than ever.

Whereas, if left unaddressed, the consequences of a changing climate have the potential to adversely impact all Americans, hitting vulnerable populations hardest, harming productivity in key economic sectors such as construction, agriculture, and tourism, saddling future generations with costly economic and environmental burdens, and imposing additional costs on State and Federal budgets that will further add to the long - term fiscal challenges that we face as a Nation;

The specific challenges for energy efficient construction in regions with a warm climate will be presented based on these and other projects at the International Passive House Conference 2016 in Darmstadt this April.

Both cases exemplify the challenges of climate research and the construction of projections for the future.

Creative solutions that address extreme climates or other challenging conditions resulting from the location, the legal framework, financing or construction in general will also be examined.

The growing sense of climate urgency combined with the slow approval for financing and construction of new nuclear reactors makes for a daunting challenge.

Among them: consumer products giant Unilever; apparel company Kering; Chinese construction company Broad Group; African telecommunications carrier Econet; Brazilian cosmetics manufacturer Natura; and British - born investment group Virgin — a geographically diverse group that underscores the global nature of climate challenges.

They provide comfort, performance and safety while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and climate change.

R (An Taisce) v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change [2013] EWHC 4161 (Admin); [2014] EWCA Civ 1111 EU law; challenge to decision to permit construction of nuclear power station; whether decision contrary to EU law; consideration of provisions of the Aarhus Convention and the Espoo Convention.