Sentences with phrase «as building retrofits»

Offsets can be created when projects are undertaken to permanently reduce GHG emissions such as building retrofits, reduced consumption of fossil fuels, or the displacement of non-renewables into energy sources such as wind and solar.

Not exact matches

Retrofitting those for export purposes isn't exactly a piece of cake, but it's faster and cheaper than building new terminals from the ground up, as B.C. has to do.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared Saturday with Gary LaBarbera, president of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, to announce a memorandum of understanding between the city and the union to begin training as many as 3,000 workers to perform retrofits on city buildings.

One of GPIC's first goals is to make over a decaying facility at the Philadelphia Navy Yard — known as Building 661 — to prove energy retrofits can deliver.

As a result, most of the region's building stock and critical infrastructure in the area have yet to undergo seismic retrofits.

Although reducing funding to three government councils that provide grants to scientists, the budget includes $ 1.62 billion over 2 years to retrofit aging academic buildings as part of a $ 10 billion investment in all manner of infrastructure.

For one, in China, proposing such retrofitting projects often means enduring tedious negotiations, as residential buildings commonly accommodate dozens of families.

The hope is that the lessons of the Nepal disaster can also inspire prevention elsewhere, such as the retrofit programs Build Change is attempting in Colombia and Guatemala.

Updating building codes, such as requiring fire - resistant construction to match local hazard levels and encouraging retrofits to existing ignition - prone homes;

The researchers believe this model could be used for creating efficient building design and for retrofit analysis as it takes into account factors such as building orientation, building envelop material, shading and control on heating and cooling.

As the SEMA Show is the world's leading marketplace for automotive specialty equipment, we aim to work with the industry to build the leading marketplace for ADAS retrofit equipment during our industry week.

Now that BMW owns the John Cooper Works brand name they will be building on that by only releasing the hottest R56 Cooper S as an independent model line, akin to a BMW M3, and it won't be available as a retrofit kit option like the R53 model.

The Reachers, employees of the Reach Corp, were promised passage on this ship if they retrofitted for the long journey to New Eden, and as a reward for their role building the space elevators, stations, and ships that made the Paradisi Project possible, but when the time comes for their journey to New Eden, they face nothing but betrayal.

As Trathen Heckman of the Transition US movement wrote in a recent blog post: On a single weekend, May 14th & 15th, thousands of us will take to the streets, the garden, schoolyard, home, apartment and city hall to take action as part of the 350 Home & Garden Challenge... A multitude of organizations across the country will transform, retrofit and revitalize our landscapes and homes to grow food, conserve water, save energy and build communitAs Trathen Heckman of the Transition US movement wrote in a recent blog post: On a single weekend, May 14th & 15th, thousands of us will take to the streets, the garden, schoolyard, home, apartment and city hall to take action as part of the 350 Home & Garden Challenge... A multitude of organizations across the country will transform, retrofit and revitalize our landscapes and homes to grow food, conserve water, save energy and build communitas part of the 350 Home & Garden Challenge... A multitude of organizations across the country will transform, retrofit and revitalize our landscapes and homes to grow food, conserve water, save energy and build community.

Who puts up the money to retrofit buildings when, as New York City wrote in its energy plan, «Energy use in buildings accounts for 75 percent of New York City's greenhouse gas emissions, and 80 percent of the buildings that will exist in 2050 are already here today.»

As your administration found, for instance, 80 percent of the buildings in New York City today will still be in use in 2050, meaning that a push for energy thrift is largely one of retrofitting.

Despite the challenges imposed not only by the old and slightly ropey fabric, but also the conservation status of the buildings, the client wanted to carry as many of the benefits of passive house design as possible through to the retrofit.

Despite all these benefits, only a few cities in the U.S. provide incentives for developers and building owners to install green roofs, whether in new developments or as part of building retrofitting projects.

Achieving passive house airtightness is a huge challenge for any retrofit, and even more so when, as in this case, the structure is shared with neighbouring buildings.

As noted by the article, the project hopes to achieve multiple sustainability goals — including entirely natural lighting, ventilation, and zero emissions — and could provide a repeatable checklist for similar retrofits of small - scale, residential buildings throughout the United States.

She stressed that without the deep retrofit of our building stock, society would not be able to reach the 1.5 C limit on global warming envisioned in the Paris Agreement without looking at more controversial options, such as major geo - engineering projects.

As states and regions set targets for reducing building - sector energy consumption, it is increasingly critical to scale up deep energy retrofit work...

Declares that: (1) programs to implement such standards shall together be known as the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) program; and (2) the purpose of REEP is to facilitate the retrofitting of existing buildings to achieve maximum cost - effective energy efficiency improvements and significant improvements in water use and other environmental attributes.

Dr. Joseph Lstiburek will discuss building science principles (such as the control of heat, air and moisture and IAQ) and show you how to apply them to low - energy enclosure design, advanced HVAC systems, forensic investigations, and the repair and retrofit of existing buildings.

(A) rating or certifying retrofitted buildings as Energy Star buildings, or as green buildings under a recognized green building rating system;

-- The term «performance - based building retrofit program» means a program that determines building energy efficiency success based on actual measured savings after a retrofit is complete, as evidenced by energy invoices or evaluation protocols.

Indeed, there was little flexibility for adjustments or substitute materials, and little allowance could be made for factors such as internal gains in what is closer to a retrofit than new build in terms of building form and orientation.

We won't need new power plants, since we have enough off - peak electricity to recharge as many retrofits as we can build.

Just as we're retrofitting our buildings, it's an imperative.

The 1200 Buildings Program aims to overcome a major hurdle in retrofitting buildings: as the reduced energy costs resulting from retrofit activity flow to tenants (through reduced energy bills), there is often no financial incentive for buildings owners to undertake tBuildings Program aims to overcome a major hurdle in retrofitting buildings: as the reduced energy costs resulting from retrofit activity flow to tenants (through reduced energy bills), there is often no financial incentive for buildings owners to undertake tbuildings: as the reduced energy costs resulting from retrofit activity flow to tenants (through reduced energy bills), there is often no financial incentive for buildings owners to undertake tbuildings owners to undertake the works.

But the project was notable as well for what followed — RMI's subsequent work crafting a replicable methodology for deep energy retrofits, sharing lessons learned, building free tools for service providers and meeting with government officials about the economic benefit of promoting deep energy retrofits.

MosArt can design both new build and retrofits as nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB) principles.

He will retrofit as soon as possible as building gasification plants will require large up front expense.

Amid a more general makeover, the owners of the Empire State Building have spent the last couple of years burnishing the 80 - year - old landmark's green bona fides as well — chiefly though a series of efficiency upgrades and other energy retrofits.

Scenario 2 adds additional uncommitted policies, such as expanded building retrofits, waste diversion and biofuel usage.

ECAP, working alongside Pacific Ridge Electric, provided services such as energy auditing, economic modeling, and project management support, and connected the project with $ 3.2 million in financing — covering the full upfront cost of the building retrofit.

As a Passive House Consultant however, I will likely use tools and ideas derived from Passive House for your Deep Energy Reduction Retrofit project, which means that you will benefit from the knowledge of the arguably best building energy standard today, even if you are not building a house from scratch.

If you start with a building that needs new siding and windows, you can essentially eliminate this cost from the deep energy retrofit budget, as it is part of the ongoing maintenance the building needs anyways.

As part of a national effort to reduce energy intensity, Harbin in 2010 spent $ 1.1 million to retrofit 21 million square feet (2 million square meters) of residential buildings — adding five new layers of wall insulation, as well as better windows and roofinAs part of a national effort to reduce energy intensity, Harbin in 2010 spent $ 1.1 million to retrofit 21 million square feet (2 million square meters) of residential buildings — adding five new layers of wall insulation, as well as better windows and roofinas well as better windows and roofinas better windows and roofing.

Thus, the problem with the proposals currently being discussed in Congress: They will, for the foreseeable future, direct private investment toward the least expensive emissions reductions (such as burning methane from landfills, purchasing forest land for carbon sequestration, or retrofitting power plants and buildings so they operate more efficiently) rather than toward breakthrough technologies (like low - cost solar energy and carbon capture and storage), which are too expensive to become widely adopted today but which are vital for creating a new energy economy and thus drastically reducing emissions.

Offers examples of residential retrofit which can effectively address major issues raised by the UK existing housing stock, such as: major CO2 emissions; energy efficiency; ageing building fabric; uncomfortable internal environments; and fuel poverty.

The State will build on the initiatives underway in the CEF by working with stakeholders and others to advance innovative net zero energy retrofit prototypes for affordable housing, facilitating the adoption of energy efficiency improvements under Medicaid as a component of healthy homes interventions, and advancing the market for zero energy modular homes.

This can be achieved in many ways, such as retrofitting of a building, the reduction of fossil fuel consumption, or the displacement of a non-renewable energy source by a wind turbine.

And as the existing buildings have been retrofitted to conserve energy, the new ones will be even greener.

As I've shared before, even Lloyd — who has long championed insulation and proper building techniques over smart thermostats — did once concede to me (over several whiskies) that installing a smart thermostat is a whole lot easier than retrofitting an old building to be energy efficient.

Really, just as all of these 1984 vintage glass buildings need to have energy retrofits, perhaps it is time to demand bird retrofits as well.

Building from scratch permits a comprehensive, whole systems approach, and more degrees of freedom than adaptation of an existing city (just as new green buildings can generally deliver better ecological performance than retrofits).

«America is in the midst of a large experiment in which weatherization efforts, retrofits, and other initiatives that affect air exchange between the indoor and outdoor environments are taking place and new building materials and consumer products are being introduced indoors with relatively little consideration as to how they might affect the health of occupants,» said a statement from John Spengler, the chairman of the committee that wrote the report.

Buildings with solid or load - bearing masonry walls typically employ interior insulation retrofit strategies as these buildings often have heritage or historical significance that preclude work from the Buildings with solid or load - bearing masonry walls typically employ interior insulation retrofit strategies as these buildings often have heritage or historical significance that preclude work from the buildings often have heritage or historical significance that preclude work from the exterior.