Sentences with phrase «embodied energy issues»

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Lynnea Smith and John Fogarty represented the group at a news conference at the National Press Club where the U.S. Public Interest Research Group issued a report critical of the billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies to the energy industry embodied in the House Energyenergy industry embodied in the House EnergyEnergy Bill.

The increasing awareness of sustainability issues and the embodied energy within existing buildings (and the drawbacks involved in demolition and replacement) together with the ongoing surge in

Throw in the issues of embodied energy, labor and durability, and the balance can tilt in their favor.

In the overall scheme of things, I think that if one is going to build genuinely sustainably, using low carbon, low embodied energy materials sourced fairly close to the site, the issue of excess consumption I would argue is potentially less important, particularly when space isn't an issue.

Issues of sustainability, energy efficiency / renewable technology, and climate change have now merged with environmental resource stewardship embodied by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).