Sentences with phrase «building occupants»

And more than half of building occupants (65 per cent) reported being dissatisfied with the temperature inside their school.

This systems approach aims to use a very low amount of energy to provide a comfortable environment for building occupants.

Maintain professional yet courteous manner with building occupants and visitors.

Residential energy efficiency has been shown to improve the overall mental and physical health, including asthma, of building occupants.

Maintain established programs of safety and security for building occupants and property.

Her most recent work has been focused on «working with building occupants to facilitate the adoption of behaviours that support organizational sustainability goals,» the company says.

The L8 Code of Practice on legionella prevention guides duty holders in protecting building occupants from outbreaks of Legionnaire's Disease.

Green building occupants in one study for instance reported lower absenteeism and fewer lost work hours because of asthma and allergies.

Furthermore, the bill directs DOEE and an advisory committee to identify and implement actions that provide building owners with incentives to reduce energy costs in master - metered buildings and share those cost savings with building occupants using a portion of the revenue that is dedicated toward making green investments in DC's clean energy economy.

Kaivac's focus is the development of «science - based hygienic cleaning systems that protect the health and safety of building occupants while raising the value of cleaning operations.»

The Institute has strongly encouraged the use of regularly updated user guides for building occupants as a means of tackling this gap and to advise users on how best to operate low carbon technologies in buildings.

Dominion Virginia Power has already installed half of the SmartGrid Charlottesville project's meters, which will enable commercial and residential building occupants to track and adjust their electricity consumption in real time.

All construction or renovation projects are subject to the provisions and requirements of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, which regulates the safety and welfare of school building occupants.

The EPA estimates green roofs start at about $ 10 per square foot for simple projects, or up to $ 25 per square foot for more ambitious designs (although they can also save building occupants money down the line).

Accrediting employees through the WELL AP program enhances our ability to deliver healthy buildings and reinforces our goal of putting building occupants at the heart of the design process.»

Building codes are construction labels to not necessarily guarantee efficient operation or use by building occupants.»

They provide green oases for people, plants and wildlife; improve air quality; and insulate building occupants from heat and sound.

Green roofs may also give building occupants the opportunity to enjoy green space where they live or work.

Risks also may apply to building occupants who may remain on - site during or re-enter shortly after application.

Preformed space planning according to building occupant count and existing interior architecture.

Architect Benjy Ward, who led the Gensler design team, notes that this design not only isolated building occupants, it impacted the neighborhood in a negative way.

Office building landlords are now outfitting lobbies with amenities and creating indoor and outdoor spaces where building occupants can...

I can't help but wonder whether the energy efficiency regulations in the UK are falling short on ensuring thermal comfort for building occupants.

Assisted Fire Director during this summer youth position with his role, including arranging fire drills for hospital employees, coordinating testing of fire alarm systems with building occupants, kept detailed fire safety records related to exit sign visibility and clear emergency egress.

Some proposed project ideas include installations of solar electric and solar hot water demonstration systems on a student housing complex; assessment of energy efficiency opportunities on a campus; installing energy metering to engage residents and building occupants in conservation; and construction of a small wind farm near campus that would generate electricity for the campus.

Overall, the interview responses detailed a wide variety of experiences, both positive and negative, and identified a number of potential issues surrounding the evacuation of building occupants with mobility impairments.

Cheaply produced drywall made in China can emit so much sulfur gas that it not only corrodes electrical wiring but also causes breathing problems, bloody noses and headaches for building occupants.

The gills» movement also acts as a visual warning to building occupants.

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) deals with the content of interior air that could affect health and comfort of building occupants.

The building occupants The most obvious difference in cleaning a school as opposed to any other business premises is of course its occupants.

This will involve an understanding of fire dynamics, smoke movement, and the likely impacts on the building occupants, requiring expertise in fire behaviour and fire risk management.

Building occupants, computers and other sources of heat cause the air to rise, which is then drawn north and exhausted by the solar chimney.

Buildings that are designed or refurbished to use little energy all too often fail to deliver the expected performance, if the building occupants aren't able to use the building as intended.

For example, ETA team members Arman Shehabi and Nicholas DeForest led an analysis of an electrochromic window glazing, which can switch between transmitting and blocking infrared shortwave solar radiation while allowing visible light to pass, so that the change is unnoticeable to the building occupants.

Defined energy consumption targets for heating / cooling (See point 9 below) and for complete energy consumption would bring clarity and certainty to the industry and building occupants.

Traditional and vernacular buildings, constructed before fossil fuels were in widespread use, required active participation of building occupants to manage and control their comfort, health and productivity.

In an ideal world every occupied building in Ireland would be energy upgraded to the highest standard, tapping into numerous benefits for the building occupant, the construction industry and society as a whole.

Respond to intrusion - detection systems and fire alarms; notify appropriate party and take measures to ensure safety of building occupants

Interviewing witnesses, building occupants and property owners to obtain information and sworn testimony.

Educate the building occupants on fire and life safety protocols as well as in - building areas in the event of an emergency.

As part of their duties, building managers oversee the safety of building occupants, ensuring emergency exit signs are visible and building is free of hazard.

Ensuring effective safety and health information is communicated to building occupants, and that safety and health training is provided in the requirements of their assignments.

Conducted daily elevator operation checks, testing of standpipe, and sprinklers systems and coordinated with building security, management, and building occupants.

Maintained effective communication with building manager, engineer, supervisor, building occupants, visitors, vendors and emergency personnel.

Briefly, the Registry longitudinally follows a cohort of 71,434 individuals, including rescue and recovery workers, lower Manhattan residents who lived south of Canal Street on 9/11, students and staff at schools South of Canal street on 9/11, building occupants, and passersby south of Chambers Street on 9/11 [1, 23].

Among the building's many green features, the innovative underfloor air distribution system (UFAD) offers the most tangible benefit to building occupants.

When real estate developers, real estate managers and individual companies align their business objectives with the core values of the WELL Building Standard ™, improved health and overall satisfaction of building occupants can be realized.