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The combination of solar and energy efficiency is at the heart of what the Department of Energy calls «Zero Energy Buildings» or ZEBs, defined as «an energy - efficient building where, on a source energy basis, the actual annual delivered energy is less than or equal to the on - site renewable exported energy.»

Not exact matches

An energy audit or assessment will illustrate where building improvements can save energy and water consumption, reduce greenhouse gases and save money through more efficient energy use.

«We are efficient to the point where we build a really impressive restaurant at an affordable investment level,» he says.

A leading expert on sustainable buildings, Brown directs the University of Oregon's Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, where researchers test ways to make structures, including hospitals, radically more energy ebuildings, Brown directs the University of Oregon's Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, where researchers test ways to make structures, including hospitals, radically more energy eBuildings Laboratory, where researchers test ways to make structures, including hospitals, radically more energy efficient.

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.

Cap - and - trade rewards for energy misers In public buildings especially, where users don't pay for electricity bills, it isn't unusual to see energy - saving light bulbs lighting up unattended classrooms, or efficient air conditioners chilling down empty office buildings overnight.

Refurbishment of building fabric and installing new energy efficient equipment also makes a lot of sense, particularly since there a number of financing options available for schools where the repayments can be entirely offset by the savings on bills.

DECs provide an energy rating of a building from A to G, where A is very efficient and G is the least efficient.

NORWOOD, Ohio — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today visited the Siemens USA, Norwood Motors Manufacturing Facility where workers are building traction motors and gears for 70 energy - efficient, electric locomotives as part of Amtrak's equipment modernization effort.

«If a customer builds a deal on a dealership website and then comes into the store, they should be able to pick up where they left off and have the same efficient experience in the showroom as they would have had from home.»

Toyota Canada Managing Director, Steven Beatty, calls the Yaris sedan a win - win for both companies: Mazda gets to make better use of the Salamanca, Mexico factory where it builds the car, and Toyota gets to take advantage of Mazda's efficient drivetrains and sweet chassis tuning.

Understand the fundamentals for building a fast - performing, efficient game engine on Direct3D 12 and where to find the best resources for diving deeper.

The fresh space is small but very efficient and in the same building where I live which is ideal.

Although I think su bs idi es, l o a n gu ar ant e es (I'm not taking chances on the spam filter), and building codes, etc, shouldn't be avoided, an across - the - board global - constant emissions tax should tend to be an efficient, fair solution and perhaps make all the rest run more smoothly (as well as provide funds where necessary).

But I also know where I want the fuel - efficient cars of tomorrow to be built — not in Japan, not in China, but right here in the United States of America.

Where does Mr. Barnes stand on the role of laws that require more carbon efficiency, such as better CAFE and appliance efficiency standards as well as building and electrical codes that would create a generation of much more carbon efficient buildings?

The report outlines areas where USCA states will focus collective efforts, including to expand clean energy finance tools, modernize the power sector, design energy efficient buildings, develop a green transportation system, build climate resilient infrastructure, and protect natural resources.

In Germany, where tax credits support the construction of energy efficient buildings, 47 percent of all 7 - year old children are suffering from allergies, largely due to the poor quality of indoor air.

But on Wednesday, GM said it had delayed construction on a $ 370 million factory where it planned to build the engine for the Chevy Volt and another fuel - efficient model, the Chevy Cruze.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced the launch of a new social media challenge, the How #irev4NY Challenge, where New Yorkers can share via Twitter what they are doing to be more energy efficient or promote clean energy in support of Reforming the Energy Vision (REV), the State's strategy to build a clean, resilient and affordable energy system for all New Yorkers.

And the key thing is that once a building is highly energy efficient, the energy needs are very small so can more easily be met by renewable generation, which where appropriate could be on the building or on the site.

Where Boeing is making 10 aircraft per month — allowing everyone involved to become more efficient and produce planes faster — it takes nuclear plant construction companies up to 10 years to build one plant.

For office buildings, commercial outlets, and factories, where linear (tubular) fluorescents are widely used, the key to cutting electricity use is shifting to the most advanced models, which are even more efficient than CFLs.

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.»

In a country where the roads are the major public works projects in most places, upgrading bus lines to BRT technology could prove to be a more efficient transit solution than building light rails and subways, which require new and expensive infrastructures of their own.

One of the most intriguing sessions was a three - part case - study presentation focused on projects in cold climates, such as those of Wisconsin and Ontario — and even the Alaskan interior, where Thorsten Chlupp builds highly energy - efficient homes with his firm REINA, LLC.

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.

Our familiarity with construction and development issues makes us effective and efficient in handling build - to - suit leases and other transactional documentation where design and construction provisions are a central focus.

Could there be a mutual meeting of minds where landlords and tenants may try to impose energy obligations on each other by way of «green leases»; where tenants might want their landlord to run the building in as energy efficient a manner as possible in line with their corporate and social responsibility reporting?

In the slow growth law firm industry, where competition for work and talent has intensified and pricing pressure is high, building a differentiated brand and a more efficient business model have become more important than ever before.

This shift in demographics is the impetus for the National Building Museum's current exhibit, «Making Room: Housing for a Changing America,» where they have a 1,000 - square - foot dwelling on display featuring a hyper - efficient layout, complete with movable walls and multifunctional furniture.

The Rental Fairness Act includes: no rent increases for any residential rental unit to exceed the provincially legislated annual maximum of 1.5 per cent for 2017, enables a standard lease to help both tenants and landlords know their rights and responsibilities, while reducing the number of disputes, protects tenants from eviction due to abuse of the «landlord's own use» provision, ensures landlords can't pursue former tenants for unauthorized charges, prohibits above - guideline rent increases in buildings where elevator maintenance orders have not been addressed and removes above - guideline rent increases for utilities, to protect tenants from carbon costs and encourage landlords to make their buildings more energy efficient.