Sentences with phrase «building envelope which»

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All of the minimum building envelope code requirements (insulation) were exceeded which reduces heating and cooling loads

The building envelope is mostly made of large glass windows in order to create a relationship between artworks and landscape; a dialogue further reinforced by the addition of a narrow winter garden which borders the exhibition galleries.

Happily, the expansion takes place within the building envelope at the lower level, wholly preserving the appearance of the original structure, which is widely admired for its sublime proportions, the quality of light that permeates the interior spaces, and for the experience navigating through.

A Major Renovation is any renovation of a building where (a) the total cost of the renovation related to the building envelope or the technical building systems is higher than 25 % of the value of the building, excluding the value of the land upon which the building is situated, or (b) more than 25 % of the surface of the building envelope undergoes renovation.

He says careful design, integrated with a detailed building energy model creates a simple, high quality building envelope, which does most of the work.

More than 80 Ukrainian energy efficiency stakeholders contributed to the findings in this report, which recommends the widespread rollout of residential building envelope refurbishments, installation of building energy control systems and meters, replacement of inefficient appliances and equipment (including motors), information campaigns to reduce wasteful energy consumption and other programmes across sectors.

We should continue to strive for buildings that don't require mechanical cooling — which usually means starting with an exceptional building envelope — but we need to be realistic also.

We may otherwise be giving back some of the benefits via: leaky chimney dampers; low R value masonry and metal chimneys which penetrate the building envelope (both heating and cooling penalties depending on the season); convective air currents arising from temperature differentials inside large chimneys; metal pipe air intakes which can be quite difficult to insulate, channeling cold into the envelope 24/7 during heating season; backdrafting through leaky woodstove doors; and so forth.

From an exergy efficiency perspective, building technologies which rely on solar, wind and biomass energy sources, coupled to thermally efficient envelopes, appropriate fenestration strategies [where we put what kind and size of windows] and natural ventilation / cooling are truly more elegant than «cutting butter with a chainsaw.»

House - framing techniques in which lumber use is optimized, saving material and improving the energy performance of the building envelope.

His expertise stretches from construction waste management and advanced framingHouse - framing techniques in which lumber use is optimized, saving material and improving the energy performance of the building envelope.

The air - tight building envelope is paired with an energy recovery ventilation system, which ensures a flow of clean air for improved ventilation, energy - efficient heating and cooling, and prevents a build - up of condensation.

Separately, the lighting solutions (commercial only) took a similar approach, starting with smart glass (an envelope solution) to discount the impact of LED lighting (commercial), which was subtracted to factor a discounting of the impact on lighting energy of building automation.

«Water - tight envelopes,» for instance, which are basically membranes that keep rain and sea spray from soaking through a building's walls, should probably be a basic requirement, he says.

Their continuing education courses deal with strata property law, which is not the same as learning how to identify buildings in the throes of building envelope failure.

The Cozy's sensors generate real time data, which can identify heating system and building envelope issues, allowing for improved overall building efficiency.

VR9999 is about to begin an expensive building envelope remediation project which its current management company feels unqualified to manage.