As advances in construction practices and building components and systems are proven out, we can strengthen the building codes so that higher levels
of building efficiency become standard practice.
Experts say strong government support
for building efficiency, coupled with falling costs, means we will likely see more and more net - zero buildings.
We commit to advance appliance and equipment efficiency, including through comparable and transparent testing procedures, and to promote industrial and
building efficiency through energy management systems.
Moreover, the energy efficiency of our infrastructure for the coming years is determined by the construction and
building efficiency regulations in place today.
As such, we will provide any information our partner veterinarians need ahead of time in order to
build efficiency into a funding process where timing is often critical.
So, dramatic improvement
in building efficiency is an important part of a much larger transition that must include equivalent gains in transportation, agriculture, urban design, and manufacturing.
15 % renewable electricity + 5 % efficiency by 2020, 75 % new
building efficiency by 2030, appliance and lighting efficiency standards
Examples of
increased building efficiency included adding insulation, sealing and energy - efficient windows; increasing the efficiency of appliances, lighting and miscellaneous plug - load devices such as televisions and computers; and more efficient furnaces and water heaters.
Funding Will Advance Employees» Technical Skills to
Improve Building Efficiency, Reduce Energy Costs and Decrease Harmful Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Deep retrofits are one area of innovation and promise in driving
greater building efficiency in order to enable a sometimes better - than - new building — and even more important, foster a vibrant clean - energy economy.
Better buildings can also make significant contributions to addressing climate change, one of the other SDGs, a point that is further acknowledged in the more than 45 new national climate plans that
include building efficiency components.
«Beijing and other cities are quite good at installing insulation and other
building efficiency measures that reduce energy use and this reduce pollution,» says the Beijing - based expert.
That would include «intensity targets» (limiting emissions per unit of GDP), renewable energy requirements, emissions limits in specific sectors; or «policies and measures» like closing inefficient plants or adopting strong
building efficiency standards.
The resource set explores, in three units, why
commercial building efficiency matters, the barriers to it, strategies for overcoming those barriers — including detail on the ENERGY STAR program — and practical, applied learning for students on assessing a building's efficiency in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.
Johnson
Controls Building Efficiency delivers products, services and solutions that increase energy efficiency and lower operating costs in buildings for more than one million customers worldwide.
Kiwi architect Elrond Burell coined the phrase
Radical Building Efficiency as the target we need to reduce our carbon footprints; now Nick Grant proposes Radical Simplicity as the way to get there.
Cleaning out the inbox, checking voicemail, approving a request, all in brief openings in the schedule,
builds our efficiency muscles and gets the ball rolling for bigger tasks.
Tens of billions of devices and systems are connecting online, allowing revolutionary changes to how things are done, from improving traffic flows, to
boosting building efficiency and maximizing water use, to mention just a few.
A principal investigator on the Singapore research, Schiavon worked with fellow members of Singapore
Berkeley Building Efficiency and Sustainability in the Tropics (SinBerBEST), a wide - ranging group of researchers from UC Berkeley, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Multiple technologies from The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) have been recommended for use in projects supported by the U.S. -
China Building Efficiency and Green Development Fund.
AIDNet proposes strategically leveraging sub-systems from a variety of domains including instructional design, network theory, Agile Instructional Design, entrepreneurship, team dynamics / management, and information systems, and shifting to a networked organizational structure in which smaller (3 - 5 person)
teams build efficiencies through iterative micro-design cycles.
Benefits include assured levels of build quality, shorter build schedules, reduced working at height, reduced traffic to and from the site, and environmental gains all around, as well as
ongoing building efficiencies and low maintenance.
Technology - enabled learning solutions that offer memorable learning experiences and help organizations build efficiencies
The BEA global partnership is designed to complement existing networks of cities by facilitating access to global expertise in
building efficiency topics and providing a venue for engagement with private sector partners.
Imagine you work for a government agency or philanthropy that wants to support climate mitigation projects (e.g., solar energy installations,
building efficiency upgrades).
While the ZERO Code incorporates the latest ASHRAE Standard 90.1 - 2016 requirements for
minimum building efficiency, other existing or new prescriptive and performance standards can also be accommodated, such as the International Green Construction Code (IgCC), ASHRAE Standard 189.1 - 2017, or any building energy efficiency standards that are more stringent than ASHRAE Standard 90.1 - 2016.
Localities are in the best position to foster the innovation and new practices that will
achieve building efficiency, cleaner transportation choices, new green jobs and businesses, green infrastructure and more sustainable communities.
«China is Johnson Controls biggest growth market and this partnership highlights our commitment to creating a safe, comfortable and sustainable environment,» said Elvis Chan, vice president of business development, Johnson Controls
Building Efficiency Asia.
Among the most impactful policies, the study finds — those with reductions in excess of 20 MtCO2e each in some years — are the AB 1493 vehicle efficiency standards, the 33 percent RPS target,
building efficiency targets, phasing out imported coal electricity and phasing out hydrofluorocarbon gases.