Sentences with phrase «designing more energy efficient buildings»

Gensler's work on designing more energy efficient buildings saves the equivalent of 3.2 years» worth of carbon emissions from an average coal power plant — the same as taking 2.34 million passenger vehicles off the road for one year.

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In our two new data centers in California we utilized a new more energy - efficient approach to data center design and also invested in building improvements to increase energy efficiency.

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With the nation's water infrastructure nearing the end of its design life, Stanford engineer Richard Luthy says now is the time to build a more energy - efficient system.

This comprehensive assessment provides new inspiration and understanding of design principles that may lead to more efficient synthetic approaches for advanced, lightweight structural materials for transportation, buildings, batteries, and energy conversion.

In some cases buildings are designed to maximize natural resources, like the sun, so they are more energy efficient.

In our two new data centers in California we utilized a new more energy - efficient approach to data center design and also invested in building improvements to increase energy efficiency.

ENERGY STAR certified homes are designed and constructed to be significantly more energy efficient than those built to code while lowering homeowner utility bills and providing superior comfort, quality, and durabENERGY STAR certified homes are designed and constructed to be significantly more energy efficient than those built to code while lowering homeowner utility bills and providing superior comfort, quality, and durabenergy efficient than those built to code while lowering homeowner utility bills and providing superior comfort, quality, and durability.

Along with Chicago's strong commitment to developing solar and wind power, the City is also building three libraries and a police station using LEED standards (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and spending more than $ 100 million to make existing city buildings more energy efficient and providing grants and incentives for others to do theEnergy and Environmental Design) and spending more than $ 100 million to make existing city buildings more energy efficient and providing grants and incentives for others to do theenergy efficient and providing grants and incentives for others to do the same.

Conquering the Energy Code prepares architects and engineers to comply with the many new requirements in the 2015 NYS Energy Conservation Construction Code and design more energy - efficient buildings in the prEnergy Code prepares architects and engineers to comply with the many new requirements in the 2015 NYS Energy Conservation Construction Code and design more energy - efficient buildings in the prEnergy Conservation Construction Code and design more energy - efficient buildings in the prenergy - efficient buildings in the process.

Conquering the Energy Code: Commercial prepares architects and engineers in New York State to comply with the many new requirements in the 2015 NYS Code and design more energy - efficient buildings in the prEnergy Code: Commercial prepares architects and engineers in New York State to comply with the many new requirements in the 2015 NYS Code and design more energy - efficient buildings in the prenergy - efficient buildings in the process.

Conquering the Energy Code: Residential prepares architects and engineers in New York State to comply with the many new requirements in the 2015 NYS Energy Conservation Construction Code and design more energy - efficient buildings in the prEnergy Code: Residential prepares architects and engineers in New York State to comply with the many new requirements in the 2015 NYS Energy Conservation Construction Code and design more energy - efficient buildings in the prEnergy Conservation Construction Code and design more energy - efficient buildings in the prenergy - efficient buildings in the process.

New homes, indeed new everything, from appliances and computers to automobiles and aircraft, are required to be more energy - efficient — the result of a hard - won societal decision to build efficiencies into product design rather than leave them to an energy marketplace whose prices don't fully reflect environmental costs.

This is not to argue that buildings should be designed as cubes or spheres so as to limit energy use, but rather to set targets that reward more energy efficient designs, and ensure less efficient designs compensate by meeting higher specs to achieve a similarly low energy result.

When built, Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR home plans will result in a home that is at least 15 percent more energy efficient than a home built to the 2009 International Residential Code (IRC), and include additional energy - saving features that typically make them 20 — 30 percent more efficient than standard ENERGY STAR home plans will result in a home that is at least 15 percent more energy efficient than a home built to the 2009 International Residential Code (IRC), and include additional energy - saving features that typically make them 20 — 30 percent more efficient than standard energy efficient than a home built to the 2009 International Residential Code (IRC), and include additional energy - saving features that typically make them 20 — 30 percent more efficient than standard energy - saving features that typically make them 20 — 30 percent more efficient than standard homes.

More than three decades ago, Craig was designing and building energy efficient homes that included features such as: low heat loss glazing packages, improved building envelope insulation packages, coupled thermal mass systems, and solar heating systems.

These plants are likely to be far more efficient than plants built in the past, and be high energy low emission (HELE) plants using ultra-supercritical designs.

As this report shows, however, the more cap - and - trade legislation is crafted to spur investments in energy - efficient devices, materials, and designs (such as energy - saving home appliances, better - insulated buildings, and more efficient industrial equipment and vehicles), the more it will lead to increases, not decreases, in the number of jobs in the U.S. economy.

Legislation will soon force us all to design and deliver significantly more energy efficient buildings.

Designed by Pieter Kromwijk and referred to as Autarkhome, the solar - powered project was built to the Passivhaus standard and is 10 times more energy efficient than the average dwelling of similar size.

Cutting edge data centers of the future will require less of a physical human presence, and are likely to: â $ cents Rely on a VIL to optimize equipment management and provide for virtual remote control capable of instant changes, switches and adds â $ cents Achieve LEED certification for the physical building â $ cents Rely on more efficient water cooling that potentially takes advantage of an on - site tower to chill water for cooling the system (thus reducing energy consumption by using nature's natural cooling power to chill water) â $ cents Use fluid dynamics models to precisely design the interior of the building to maximize the efficiency of the HV / AC system for air - cooled computing systems â $ cents Tap into a mixed energy grid that relies on green energy sources such as solar, wind or hydroelectric (depending on geographic feasibility), along with a reliable city grid thus avoiding the need for the standard back - up Uninterruptible Power Supply (which will reduce equipment costs, minimize floor space used, and increase energy efficiency because systems that employ a UPS convert AC to DC and back, incurring substantial energy losses).

We live in an era where many people are concerned about their carbon footprint and architects try to design buildings that are more energy efficient, even if it is heated by clean power like you get around the dams on the St. Lawrence River.

High - demand jobs within this field include construction workers building green homes and businesses, architects designing such buildings, PR specialists promoting green efforts, agricultural inspectors ensuring the quality of meat and produce, and electricians installing more energy efficient fixtures.