Sentences with phrase «house standard as»

The table at the start of the buildings chapter which summarizes the chapter's main findings organized by major mitigation strategies lists the passive house standard as the first option in terms of system (infrastructure) efficiency.

A Certified Passive House building is one that meets the International Passive House standard as defined by the Passive House Institute in Darmstadt, Germany.»

«Passive House» means a building that meets the Passive House standards as developed by the Passive House Institute, Germany, providing cost effective energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and comfort through modeling using the PHPP energy - modeling program.

Not exact matches

However, he said he was concerned about the «disconnect» between the standard of proof required for designating a flight as a «White House support mission,» and the proof that was actually given to back up Mnuchin's travels.

I would tend to give more credence to the competency of their views than those of housing bears who post analyses and charts at the click of a mouse, all the while unconstrained by due - diligence standards or even such things as the peer - review process that serves academia so well.

In Gatsby, the Rumsey estate appears in slightly modified form, as Gatsby's own house: «a colossal affair by any standard — it was a factual imitation of some Hôtel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden.»

The result is a 400 - square - foot house that's around as big as a standard hotel room.

The housing boom was fueled by optimistic expectations for house price appreciation, combined with lax underwriting standards embodied in such practices as no - doc mortgages and widespread speculative activity by investors.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called the move «standard operating procedure» and said records were being transferred «as requested.»

Are you using a standard real estate purchase agreement (same as if you were purchasing a house off of the MLS), or some other document?

President Donald Trump's former New York doctor says Trump's lawyer and private head of security «raided» his office and took the medical files relating to Trump, an act described by White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders as «standard operating procedure.»

Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Donald Trump's medical records were taken from Dr. Harold Bornstein as part of standard White House procedure.

These widely used measures of house prices are all less than fully satisfactory in that the quarterly movements are influenced by compositional changes and contain significant lags in recording transactions; the lags arise because most standard indices record prices as at the date a transaction is settled, which is well after the price was determined by agreement on a contract.

Turning to look at the small sub-prime market in Australia, non-conforming housing loans are the closest equivalent to sub-prime loans in the US, being provided to borrowers who do not satisfy the standard lending criteria of mainstream lenders such as those with impaired or incomplete credit histories.

House prices reported by the Standard and Poor's / Case - Shiller show the same dynamics as the FHFA index, sharply rising prices during the boom followed by steep declines and finally recovery beginning in 2012.

Well, other than the real Manhattan where Fortune 500 and the world elites must have a presence there for whatever reason, most likely egoistic, or perhaps hangout of the world biggest tech lunatics such as the case of Silicon Valley, most cities in the states are actually ghettos — Detroit is one and Canadians have been buying up their rundown houses as if they're free (almost, going by Canadian standard) just when Americans are avoiding them like the plague.

As federal agencies like FEMA and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development were waiting for final approval, Trump nixed the standards.

Also with deductions such as standard deduction, house interest deduction etc. it will come down further.

There is no doubt that work, an adequate standard of living, health care, food, clothing, housing, and education are all human goods that are, as the Declaration says, «indispensable for [a person's] dignity and the free development of his personality» (Article 22).

As New Urbanists came to realize that existing zoning ordinances, street design manuals and housing industry practices were all impediments to making traditional towns and neighborhoods, they began developing new kinds of zoning ordinances; found sympathetic traffic engineers to help write a different set of street design standards; renewed the practice of creating high - quality pattern books to guide home - builders; and learned how to persuade lending institutions of the economic advantages of financing traditional neighborhoods.

«Myself and the other executives are in the restaurants evaluating their front and back - of house operations as well as testing the final product to ensure it meets our standards.»

Merely adds more butter (causing them to run slightly) and more sugar (causing the edges to burn slightly) to the standard Toll House recipe, which is too sweet to begin with and has as much butter as will make a proper cookie.

Hydro - Thermal's equipment is designed and manufactured in - house to exacting standards such as ISO 9001:2008, CRN, CE and ASME B31.1 piping, and is ASME B31.3 welding certified.

New hot - embossing technology and an in - house engineered calander are used to create a film that has a higher seal integrity than standard polyethylene and weighs up to 30 % less, while still having the same thickness as standard packaging.

Ranging from a «5 - egg» to a «1 - egg» rating, the producer's score is dependent on the quality of hen laying housing conditions, compliance in meeting USDA expectations and organic standards, as well as the organization's transparency in releasing information surrounding their egg production practices.

As the oldest of the major Cognac houses, Martell has continued to set the standard for excellence and quality by perfecting its approach to producing superior products as result of using Borderies grapes, aging in fine grain Tronçais oak and distilling its cognacs clear of impuritieAs the oldest of the major Cognac houses, Martell has continued to set the standard for excellence and quality by perfecting its approach to producing superior products as result of using Borderies grapes, aging in fine grain Tronçais oak and distilling its cognacs clear of impuritieas result of using Borderies grapes, aging in fine grain Tronçais oak and distilling its cognacs clear of impurities.

Hashem plans to serve all of the standard menu options at his Atlanta, GA store, which includes delicious burgers, cooked to order and made from 100 percent ground beef, available as a single, classic double, triple and triple - triple (nine) patty; Wayback Burger's famously rich, thick milkshakes, crispy and grilled chicken sandwiches; veggie burgers, turkey burgers, fresh salads; and freshly made sides including fries, onion rings and House - Made Chips.

The merits of third party sustainability standards (such as organic and fairtrade) and in - house schemes (such as Cocoa Life and Harmony of Mondelez Foods) are frequently debated at the Sustainable Foods Summit.

55 percent of you don't see a mild cold as reason enough to keep your kids away from other children, noting that by that standard, they may never leave the house.

So instead of worrying about DeVos, we really should be focusing on: (1) Congressional Republicans, who've already shown great enthusiasm for weakening the nutrition standards for school meals and limiting their accessibility to low - income kids (see my Civil Eats piece, «3 Things You Need to Know About the House School Food Bill «-RRB-; (2) the as - yet - unscheduled confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, during which we're likely to get more information on how he views the NSLP; and (3) whoever eventually is appointed Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, the USDA official directly in charge of child nutrition programs.

The responses by corporations and government are just the latest examples of consumer pressure leading to changes in standard practices in the food industry, such as housing hens and pregnant sows in cramped cages and feeding antibiotics to livestock.

Also, just as parents set standards for self - care, sleep, eating habits and helping around the house for children of all ages, they need to not only set standards for time spent with electronics but encourage healthy alternatives as well.

Lower your cleaning standards dramatically and try to spread the house cleaning over several days, tackling just one main job, such as the kitchen or bathroom per day.

As I outlined in a piece for Civil Eats, the House CNR bill would have seriously undermined key school food provisions, including taking a decidedly anti-science approach to school nutrition standards, significantly limiting the Community Eligibility Provision (which provides free meals to students in low - income areas without paperwork or stigma) and opening the junk food floodgates on school campuses by gutting the Smart Snacks rules for competitive food.

They only have one standard size closet, as my house, built in 1940, came with some seriously teeny closets.

In fact, the issue has become such a concern that the White House, NFL, the NCCA, and other similar entities have recently taken steps to better understand the risks of concussions, enhance safety standards, and improve existing practices so as to ensure player safety.

Now granted, Donovan is not your standard sort of Republican, as far as the conservative - leaning House GOP is concerned.

As SLF Director Dr Buch makes clear, not only is the recovery itself incomplete and built on unsustainable debt and rising house prices, the amendments seek to boost the commitments on jobs, housing and living standards made elsewhere by our party.

Yesterday, Michael Howard set a high standard for his successor during his last appearance as leader, receiving cheers from both sides of the house as he questioned Mr Blair on when he, too, would step down.

«Last November, I mentioned to the Government chief whip and the parliamentary commissioner for standards my concern, on behalf of the House, about what many might regard as an inherent incompatibility between chairing a select committee and having commercial interests, even though fully transparently registered, in the sector covered by that committee,» the Speaker wrote.

«The standard of the House of Commons is falling as every day goes by,» he lamented.

Appearing at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, the House minority leader praised Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) push for new standards applied to all state campuses as a «bold and vital action» that should be mirrored nationwide.

The facility, when completed, will house an 8 - lane athletic track, a FIFA standard pitch, career counseling center, basketball and handball courts as well as a multi-purpose sports hall, a restaurant and an ICT center.

The Labour leader fails to defeat the PM in today's questions on living standards, as well as the House's high spirits on high horses

«The mayor made his position clear, as well, that he wasn't in favor of wage standards because of the belief that wage standards would reduce the production of affordable housing.

The House of Representatives spokesman while addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday said that the constituency projects funds, also known as zonal intervention funds, were standard international practice.

While House Speaker Paul Ryan says he has no intention of becoming the GOP nominee this year, he is deep into a parallel national operation to counter Trump and help House and Senate candidates navigate the political headwinds that the frontrunner would generate as the party's standard - bearer — or, for that matter, Sen. Ted Cruz, who is only slightly more popular.

A new bipartisan House bill would require members of Congress, as opposed to taxpayers, to pay for settling sexual harassment claims against them, the latest legislative response to the #MeToo movement that's sparked a national debate over workplace standards of conduct.

The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), which as part of its mission seeks to raise judicial standards and reform the legal system, will discuss the issue at its upcoming House of Delegates meeting on June 17, and consider voting on whether to take a position on the ballot measure, a spokesperson has confirmed.

As part of his expanded Lead Primary Prevention initiative, Picente recently announced a series of free training courses dealing with lead - safe work practices and designed for area contractors to meet new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards involving work done on pre-1978 housing.