Sentences with phrase «green building elements»

Green building elements added about 2 % to the overall building cost of the $ 500 million Hearst Tower in New York.

Meyers was editor and site director of Green Building Elements, a contributing writer for CleanTechnica, and is founder of Green Streets MediaTrain, a communications connection and eLearning hub.

Hopefully, you made the trip to Green Building Elements last week for edition # 12 of the Carnival (and, of course, you still can)... and now's the time to mark your calendars for next week's stop at Planetsave.

We have previously noted the six sins of greenwashing; Joel Bittle over at Green Building Elements does a terrific job in coming up with the seven sins of greenwashing in the building business.

The people at Green Building Elements do their usual thorough explanation of GSHPs, or ground source heat pumps (which I still refuse to call geothermal) saying that:

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Green Building Elements: (green building, energy efficiency, LEED, green products) Solar Love: (love for all things solar power) EdenKeeper: (spiritual sustainability)

Nicholas Brown writes on CleanTechnica, Gas2, Kleef & Co, and Green Building Elements.

Our friends at Green Building Elements did a very nice job of wrapping up the news you can use from the green business blogosphere...

Originally published on Green Building Elements.

Susan Kraemer of Green Building Elements nails what's wrong with home design today.

The green building elements will reduce upkeep costs by at least 75 percent, Mr. Pitt said, and reduce some of the problems that devastated the Lower Ninth Ward during Katrina, when multiple levee breaks forced thousands of people from their homes.

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These include dozens of activities, among them re-use of historic materials, landscape restoration with native plants, and use of green building elements.

Not exact matches

Another element is the building's stunning beauty — Celtic art runs through the statue of St. Patrick in the front and across gorgeous green and gold walls, in mazelike patterns that flow even under the water of the baptismal font.

-- The Secretary may not guarantee any eligible mortgage under this section unless the mortgagor has demonstrated, in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish, the amount of savings attributable to incorporation of the sustainable building elements to be financed with the green portion of the mortgage, as measured by the National Green Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonsbuilding elements to be financed with the green portion of the mortgage, as measured by the National Green Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstragreen portion of the mortgage, as measured by the National Green Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstraGreen Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonsBuilding Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstraGreen Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonsBuilding Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstration.

Starwood launched the Element brand in 2008 with the mandate that all properties follow the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

Built green from the ground up, Element Orlando North is scheduled to open in July 2015 as part of the redevelopment of Orlando Fashion Square on Colonial Drive.

One of the most important areas of interest at Rancho Delicioso is green sustainable building which has been built by using living trees as building elements, using recycled materials such as glass and plastic etc..

Although, a very simple building, displaying a flat facade to the road, the Registry is an object lesson in the harmonious use of materials (a smooth faced ashlar, a rough sandstone and grey - green slate), and the careful composition and subtle arrangement of the different elements to produce an eye - catching yet superbly refined building.

One major element of the new tripartite program is to build border - crossing power lines able to carry 5,000 gigawatts, to make it easier to ship green electricity back and forth.

-- The Secretary may not guarantee any eligible mortgage under this section unless the mortgagor has demonstrated, in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish, the amount of savings attributable to incorporation of the sustainable building elements to be financed with the green portion of the mortgage, as measured by the National Green Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonsbuilding elements to be financed with the green portion of the mortgage, as measured by the National Green Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstragreen portion of the mortgage, as measured by the National Green Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstraGreen Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonsBuilding Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstraGreen Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonsBuilding Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstration.

It would do you well to check up on why wet - lands need to be dried and flooded on a regular basis... the inflow of sediments and the build - up of toxic algaes and nitrous and associated elements in wetlands demand attention be paid to flush these systems out at regular intervals... you may remember the damaging blooms of blue - green algae back some years ago because of a sudden release into the river system of infected stored - water.

Description: Designing with green roofs affords design professionals opportunities to plan projects with exciting new elements, added value, and significant, tangible benefits, thereby enhancing the built environment with newly - created landscapes.

The design team, the installer, and rooflite technical team worked closely to ensure that the maximum saturated bulk densities of the green roof soil would be appropriate for the client's healthcare building, with careful consideration of dynamic loads and seismic safety elements.

We are honored that upon surveying the potential acquisition candidates or the option of building internally, Discovery elected to pursue making us a core element in their overall green strategy.

«He was interacting with current residents and seemed very interested in the building's eco-friendly and green design elements,» says the insider.

GREEN BUILDING ELEMENTS is about the construction of green buildings, both in terms of the pieces that go together to make them, and in terms of the ideas and the design behind them.

I think Alex is simply pointing out that targeting transportation energy reduction in green design may be more effective than targeting building elements with respectively lower percentages of total energy intensity.

The New York Times is highlighting efforts to build greener skateparks in the Pacific Northwest: The thing here isn't greener materials used in building the skate elements in the park, but of incorporating better landscaping to control rainwater runoff.

Mel Harris, ABR, GRI, Green, owner of Elements Realty Group, LLC and commercial practitioner with Keller Williams Fort Worth, Texas, says he does his best to encourage the development of such programs, but «at the end of the day, most commercial building decisions are still about the bottom - line dollar.»

«It is no longer a niche business; our members recognize the value of building green and are incorporating these elements into their standard business practices.»

The USGBC compiles the rankings using «per - capita figures as a measure of the human element of green building, allowing for a fair comparison of the level of green building taking place among states with significant differences in population and, accordingly, number of overall buildings.»

Green elements are increasingly used in newly built homes and are topping the list of those remodeling their existing home.

A peppy yellow - green puts the spotlight on built - ins and architectural elements in this knockout Florida kitchen.