Sentences with phrase «efficient buildings»

As a landlord, if you have the most energy efficient building in the neighbourhood, your turnover will be lower.

More efficient buildings result in lower operational costs and are more appealing as long - term assets.

The rule does not specify use of any particular certification system, but rather establishes criteria that promote energy efficient building designs and that focus on energy and water management.

We have also developed cheap and efficient waste water treatment methods, and several new energy efficient building materials and techniques.

The cottages are built using structural insulated panels for floor, walls and roof, creating an extremely energy efficient building envelope.

If, by 2030, we embrace the most efficient building technologies available, consumer savings will top $ 6.6 trillion.

It's also why we have to move forward with a comprehensive strategy: electric vehicle infrastructure, transit, clean energy standards, energy - efficient building codes, and more.

The real winners, however, are the building owners, for the results of this international competition demonstrate that it is possible to save money with highly efficient building components.

They can incorporate energy - efficient building practices from the beginning.

The savings are calculated by determining the energy savings associated with a more efficient building standard or appliance.

So, for energy efficiency, we proposed everything from advanced lighting, better motors, more efficient building construction — all those kinds of things.

This guide also gives a list of manufacturers of resource efficient building materials.

These designers have the best intentions of creating healthy and energy efficient buildings where people have direct control over their indoor environment and a close relationship with the outdoor environment.

Benefits can be vast, including reduced operations downtime, more efficient building performance, environmental sustainability improvements and lower operating costs.

In many markets, builders have little financial incentive to build energy efficient buildings because the subsequent owners or tenants will pay the energy bills and reap any benefits from lower costs.

However, the total energy consumption of an energy efficient large building might still exceed the total energy consumption of a smaller less efficient building.

Things like wind farms, solar panels, hybrid cars, mass transit and efficient buildings connected to a smart electricity grid.

For example, will energy - efficient buildings attract a premium, since they may command higher rents?

Studies have shown energy - efficient buildings also make for good investments.

The goal of good energy efficient building design is to minimize energy consumption while providing healthy indoor environments.

According to building professionals, the solution to achieving an energy efficient building envelope is to focus more on the roof.

Some districts are also looking at alternative fuel sources and energy - efficient building materials for longer - term savings.

They would say that the most efficient building would maximize the floor plate and minimize the perimeter, the size of windows and the amount of air change.

Building codes seek to address common barriers to energy efficient building design.

Home energy ratings will be introduced in 2008, which will create a favorable public statement for more efficient buildings.

This is achieved by means of highly efficient building systems, careful planning and highly efficienct components.

Jaeryon Ryu, Assistant Mayor, City of Seoul, presented some initiatives of the city including Building retrofit programs, Building Management Systems, replacing all lighting / lamps to LED by next year, in order to promote efficient building in Seoul.

The Passivhaus Standard delivers radically energy efficient buildings with excellent occupant comfort.

Perhaps I am naive, but I keep thinking that if we built walkable and cyclable cities out of radically efficient buildings, we wouldn't be having these problems.

The Heschong Mahone Group, a California - based consultancy that specialises in energy - efficient building technologies, found that sales were as much as 40 % higher in stores lit with skylights.

You have a very efficient building, so you need fewer renewables to get it carbon neutral.»

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Teaching future generations to be environmentally aware is an ever - growing benefit of the curriculum, but if children can be taught in a safe and energy efficient building then that provides a practical example too.

New York Passive House (NYPH) was founded in 2010 by a group of professionals who found the need for an energy efficient built environment.

«It is likely that the Philadelphia Energy Efficient Buildings Hub program administrators will seek continued input from the winning UCSB team.»

We love Passive House or Passivhaus, the incredibly efficient building standard that sets an absolute limit on how much energy one can use per square foot or how much air is allowed to leak.

We called for 100 % renewable energy and more efficient buildings across the state and regulations to force dirty industries to pay for the climate pollution they emit.

Energy Efficient Building Association, Minneapolis, MN

In hot - humid climates, constructing thermally efficient building envelopes with controlled mechanical ventilation provides unique challenges for controlling humidity levels2.

However, appeal more readily emanates from careful proportioning and quality materials, paired with simple, efficient building geometry.

Not only did Apple transform the area the park is on into a green space, the buildings will be some of the greenest most energy efficient buildings on Earth.

In our zeal to create air - tight efficient buildings, we've forgotten the detrimental effects of too much CO2.

Many of those efforts will be conducted at the Energy Innovation Hub for Energy Efficient Buildings at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

* In 1972, the American Institute of Architects published its study called: «A Nation of Energy - Efficient Buildings by 1990.»

The institute is researching efficient buildings and transport, testing them out on the eco-friendly population of Basel.

While the VuePod is certainly not the first immersive visualization system in academia, it may just be the most cost efficient built to date.

Rifkin says what Norway needs now is a national road map with provisions for the country's major urban areas to make the transition to a new, digital future where communities generate their own power, share their electric vehicles and live in super-insulated efficient buildings.

Washington, D.C. displaced San Francisco as the city with the second most - efficient building stock, with 301 buildings.

The system took off, having first being introduced in the East Midlands, the low cost and efficient build time meant that it was adopted nationally.

The UC Berkeley Center for Cities and Schools analyzed the state's K - 12 infrastructure policies, regulations and funding patterns and recommended more emphasis on modernization to support 21st Century education by making schools more sustainable through projects such as solar panels and other energy efficient building methods.