Sentences with phrase «carbon built environment»

ZNC sets a clear direction for both new and existing buildings towards a zero - carbon built environment.

Improvements made in building efficiency and design have proven key to reducing energy consumption and GHG emissions in U.S. buildings: significant progress towards achieving a zero carbon built environment.

The quest for a more sustainable and low carbon built environment has turned a spotlight to the embodied impacts of construction products, especially embodied carbon.

The CII includes a group of building and construction firms interested in researching low - carbon built environments in Canada.

The CII includes a group of building and construction firms that plan to create long - term strategies that establish low - carbon built environments in Canada.

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Over lunch at a sushi bar, the two shaped an audacious goal: to drive 80 percent of carbon emissions out of the built environment.

We have a treasure trove of bright young minds that should be offered an opportunity to develop / build technology that does not increase our carbon foot print and put our province and environment at risk.

Earls restaurants are beautifully designed, casually elegant environments that incorporate green building construction techniques to reduce carbon footprints well as custom lighting that integrates energy - efficiency and style.

Comprised of carbon and hydrogen, in closed growing environments, like on a spacecraft or in a terrestrial greenhouse or a land - base perishable cooler, ethylene builds up rapidly and causes plants to mature too quickly.

Michael Brown CIOB Deputy Chief Executive said, «With 50 % of CO2 emissions being apportioned directly to the buildings we live and work in, the built environment is in the front line in the battle to cut carbon dioxide emissions.

An unprecedented study titled, «Lifecycle Assessments of Railway Bridge Transitions Exposed to Extreme Events,» published in Frontiers in Built Environment, benchmarks the costs and carbon emissions for the life cycle of eight mitigation measures and reviews these methods for their effectiveness in three types of extreme environmental conditions.

These complex carbon - containing molecules do not necessarily signal life — they float in the harsh environment of interstellar space, for example — but they do form the building blocks of life as we know it.

BEIS releases more detail about one of the first Sector Deals under the Industrial Strategy, revealing ambitions to cut carbon emissions in built environment by 50 per cent

Here is how carbon dating works and the assumptions it is Carbon is the building block of all organic molecules and is present in many other forms in the environment.

In the UK, the built environment sector needs to find a further 39 per cent reduction in carbon emissions from the 1990 baseline in order to meet the government's target to reduce carbon emissions in the sector by 50 per cent by 2025.

It's not just about learning the facts either, it's important to build the link between what is taught in the classroom to actual carbon reduction activities taking place either in the wider school environment or in pupils» homes; building momentum for change through pupil leadership and involvement, influencing others to do their bit to become more sustainable.

it seems you have eliminated most possibilities, the fact that the compression on that cylinder is so low would cause a misfire environment, low power, jerky and sluggish in low rpm, the wet test did not raise the compression, so we should be able to rule out the rings, may be carbon build up on either intake or exhaust valve, bent valve however unlikely, worn valves, broken or damaged valve spring / s.

We care passionately about the environment and our building will have as low a carbon footprint as we can achieve.

Hank Dittmar, the American - born chief executive of the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, has an op - ed in today's Guardian on a scheme to accommodate England's 3 million planned housing units in walkable, mixed - use, low - carbon neighborhoods where residents benefit from connectedness to city and community life.

Later this summer, RMI will publish the findings from Accelerating Campus Climate Initiatives online on its Built Environment Team site, outlining common barriers and targeted solutions for a whole - system approach to achieving low - carbon campus operations.

The 2030 Palette is Architecture 2030's innovative online resource for the design of low - carbon and adaptable built environments worldwide.

There are already many excellent volumes that capably expose the fraudulent theories about ozone depletion, global warming, pollution, pesticides, cancer risks, nuclear power, PCBs, asbestos, acid rain, deforestation, carbon dioxide, biodiversity, soil depletion, etc. 2 Rather, we hope to demonstrate convincingly that concerns about the environment (some overblown, others completely fabricated) are being cynically exploited by influential individuals and organizations whose goal includes building a global tyranny.

So what architects do well: realization of a built structure and environment by integrating different needs, desires, and constrains, can now be quantifiable into not just how many more apartment units they help to sell, but how many tons of carbon emission they help to reduce and how that brings in certain financial return.

On the demand side, a better planned city with reduced urban sprawl, greener buildings, and better public transport can reduce a city's carbon footprint while at the same time providing a better quality of life for its citizens and an environment that is more attractive for business.

Although Seattle gets nearly carbon - neutral electricity from municipally - run Seattle City Light, roughly a third of the city's carbon footprint comes from the built environment — primarily due to fossil gas use for heating and hot water.

Thornton Tomasetti Chairman and CEO Thomas Scarangello said, «For several years, we have been assisting clients in achieving carbon - neutral buildings as a key ingredient toward a sustainably built environment.

With the goal of achieving zero carbon standards for new homes by as soon as 2013, environment minister John Gormley has committed to introducing 60 per cent energy and carbon reductions under changes to part L of the building regulations next year.

This session will showcase global investment trends in the global low - carbon future, and the solutions — in the electricity grid, the built environment, transportation systems, and in homes and communities — that are reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing resilience, and at the same time creating jobs and growing economies.

The most effective — and certainly the most cost - effectve — means of taking carbon from the atmosphere is also the best means of feeding the world, conserving and building the soil resource, conserving water and conserving environments and biodiversity.

In order to achieve the target set by the Paris Agreement --- to limit the rise in global average temperature to below the 2 degree C threshold — all new construction must be designed to high energy efficiency standards and use no CO2 - emitting fossil fuel energy to operate; by 2050 the entire built environment must be carbon neutral.

We were founded 15 years ago to build carbon market experience in the U.S. and to demonstrate that transparent, well - designed markets can be the most efficient mechanism to improve the environment,» said John Kadyszewski, director of ACR.

Passive House brings depth, promising revolutionary reductions in the carbon footprint of our built environment.

The 2050 Imperative says, «Recognizing the architects» central role in planning and designing the built environment, and the need to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2050 and provide equal access to shelter, we commit to promote the following actions.»

The former Finnish Environment Minister Ville Niinistö said last year, «Through the Climate Change Act, Finland strives to be at the forefront of building a successful low - carbon society.

Section 433 puts the weight of the federal government behind the movement to a carbon neutral built environment, by requiring all new federal buildings, and major federal building renovations, to meet the incremental targets of the 2030 Challenge.

1 / CP.15 Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long - term Cooperative Action under the Convention 2 / CP.15 Copenhagen Accord 3 / CP.15 Amendment to Annex I to the Convention 4 / CP.15 Methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries 5 / CP.15 Work of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention 6 / CP.15 Fourth review of the financial mechanism 7 / CP.15 Additional guidance to the Global Environment Facility 8 / CP.15 Capacity - building under the Convention 9 / CP.15 Systematic climate observations 10 / CP.15 Updated training programme for greenhouse gas inventory review experts for the technical review of greenhouse gas inventories from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention 11 / CP.15 Administrative, financial and institutional matters 12 / CP.15 Programme budget for the biennium 2010 - 2011 13 / CP.15 Dates and venues of future sessions

«Today, we build on that progress by proposing common - sense standards that will begin to put an end to the limitless release of carbon pollution from our power plants, creating cleaner air and a healthier environment for our children and for future generations,» Mr. Obama said in a statement.

The 2010 Imperative offers students, faculty and administrators a historic opportunity to lead our nation in this time of crisis, and The 2030 Challenge offers professionals and policymakers a simple, achievable strategy to reduce fossil fuel consumption and the carbon emissions that are currently a by - product of the built environment.

For the fifth year in a row, the architecture and design community has again recognized the important role Architecture 2030 plays in transforming to a sustainable and carbon neutral built environment.

The environment ministry projects that if all the planned plants are built, by 2030 coal's carbon emissions would more than offset the cuts Japan wants to make elsewhere.

We were founded 15 years ago to build carbon market experience in the U.S. and to demonstrate that transparent, well - designed markets can be the most efficient mechanism to improve the environment,»

By establishing a net zero balance of carbon - free energy consumption, this ZNC definition can apply to all new and existing building types including those with limited on - site renewable energy capacity, such as buildings in dense urban environments.

According to Lucio Pedroni, CEO of Carbon Decisions, a Costa Rica - based consultancy working with Peru's Environment Ministry, the government is planning on building its REDD methodology upwards and downwards from the regions, potentially using the framework adopted by Madre de Dios» regional government or another region as the basis for the national carbon stocks and emissions accounting systems.

Wood products continue to benefit the environment by storing carbon long after the building has been constructed.»

Considering the impact on the planet that our love affair with cars has in terms of carbon emissions — leave aside the impact as we increasingly cater for cars in the built environment — should car advertisements carry climate change «health warnings»?

The two - day event at the iconic Stade de France, organised by both Climate Action and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), was developed to help accelerate the development of a low carbon, green economy by showcasing innovative technology solutions, sharing pioneering thinking, and building cross-sector partnerships.

For over a decade, in a concerted effort to combat the projected consequences of climate change, Architecture 2030 and collaborative colleagues have championed the cause of sustainable and carbon neutral planning and design in the built environment.

The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and the follow up measures that are trying to build market based incentives are indeed creating an enabling environment for a low carbon growth.

How buildings are used, in energy terms, is becoming a crucial issue: energy costs are rising; various policy drivers (such as display energy certificates) mean that there is increasing awareness of the environmental impact of the built environment; and the pricing and rationing from the CRC (carbon reduction commitment) will begin to bite over the next few years.

That means it's a thin and light chassis built with carbon fiber and engineered to meet the MIL - STD 810G standard for durability and protection from the environment.