Sentences with phrase «embodied energy back»

So why would anyone develop such a tough standard that makes you pay all that embodied energy back?

Not exact matches

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That's the full embodied energy in all the materials and construction equipment and trucks doing deliveries for the construction of the building, paid back over the estimated 60 year life of the building, generated through self - produced solar, wind, and cooling from the sea, air or the ground via heat pump.

It is a lot easier pay back the loan if you don't use materials with high embodied energy like concrete, plastic or aluminum.

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This recyclable backing has less embodied energy than traditional PVC carpet tiles, while maintaining equal or greater performance.

So from back - up and embodied energy considerations alone it seems that the report's conclusions about the amount of excess capacity, and that total system capital cost, might be less than half the actual figures.

Especially important are a) No explanation has been given that sufficient back - up has been provided to deal with big gaps in the solar and wind resource, and there are good reasons to believe that the provision is quite inadequate (e.g., in Fig. 23), b) Embodied energy costs do not seem to have been taken into account, and c) There are several major cost factors that have not been included in the sum stated.

There are some annoying things about it (you can't go back, and the flash is slow), UK construction methods are different from north American so some items are less relevant, but they cover important concepts (like embodied energy) and the Scots accents are ever so cute.