Sentences with phrase «environmental advantage for»

He emphasises that the precise economic and environmental advantage for an individual household depends on the building's specific thermal conditions, but that the result of the study will under all circumstances have an impact on the construction industry.

Not exact matches

With so many U.S. corporations racing to the bottom — moving manufacturing to foreign countries for cheap labor and no environmental responsibility, taking advantage of the H1 - B Visa program to bring cheap workers in, lowering benefits and eliminating pension plans — it's refreshing to learn that some companies are taking the exact opposite approach.

Apart from development banks and frequent borrowers on the lookout for ways to tap new investors, most corporates saw neither the need nor the advantage of issuing bonds whose proceeds must be tied to environmental projects.

That, in fact, in many places, the operations of transnational capital — far from extending access to property, creating general prosperity, promoting democratic institutions, or advancing the causes of law and justice — destroy functioning local economies and communities, sustain and deepen poverty among those capital reduces to the commodity of cheap labor, exploit unjust labor systems, support despotisms, take advantage of conditions in regions too poor to impose or enforce environmental protections (for their ecosystems or their peoples), and are often complicit in the procedural abuse of persons who can hope for no legal redress?

Despite this consideration, the report, in the same chapter, recognizes the clear advantage of organic schemes in the educational role that they have played: «millions of consumers have been made aware of the way food markets work, and of the environmental impacts of food production, processing and distribution, and of the quality of the foods we eat» and it concludes that organic as well as fair trade and «short - chain strategies» are legitimate and valid options for both farmers and consumers and that policy can support these approaches by helping farmers to achieve higher yields.

Product protection, the renewability of our raw materials, and our outstanding 91 percent recovery rate, along with other health, environmental, and economic advantages, make corrugated boxes the right choice for food packaging.

Designed specifically for roasters, The Smoke Dog is an afterburner that offers roasters a clear environmental and economical advantage in the roasting process.

Material and cost savings combined with puncture resistance and environmental advantages are claims made by Bollore for its newly - launched range of ultra-thin polyolefin shrink films.

It is a model for other commercial operators seeking evidence of the advantages of combining private enterprise with environmental management and wetland conservation,» Mr Papps said.

Extensive research using improved epidemiologic methods and modern laboratory techniques documents diverse and compelling advantages for infants, mothers, families, and society from breastfeeding and use of human milk for infant feeding.1 These advantages include health, nutritional, immunologic, developmental, psychologic, social, economic, and environmental benefits.

In addition to specific health advantages for infants and mothers, economic, family, and environmental benefits have been described.

The use of alcohol as a fuel for internal combustion engines, either alone or in combination with other fuels, has been given much attention mostly because of its possible environmental and long - term economical advantages over fossil fuel.

This has implications for future oil spills and how we take advantage of the natural environmental response.»

Methane lawsuit threat hangs over EPA's head Research by the Environmental Defense Fund has found that leakage rates must remain below 3.2 percent for natural gas power plants to carry a climate advantage over coal plants.

«We have taken a first important step towards harnessing CO2 for the chemical industry, which would be a great economic and environmental advantage.»

Switching from diesel fuel to natural gas may hold advantages for the US heavy - duty trucking fleet, but more needs to be done to reach the full environmental benefits, according to a new white paper released by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, and Rice University....

Geography: International trade, including access to markets, inequality and «fair trade»; the nature of economic, political, social and environmental interdependence in the contemporary world; inequities of global systems and how they can result in unemployment, poverty and declining welfare standards for some people and localities, and advantages for other people and localities; food production, circulation and consumption.

Despite the demise of the Building Schools for the Future programme, the use of heat pumps in schools offer a number of advantages: • a simple and cost effective installation compared to some alternative technologies • ongoing schools building programmes can benefit from heat pump systems that improve the environmental footprint and reduce running and operational costs • a low carbon technology that helps to reduce CO2 emissions • a renewable heat technology to satisfy the UK's renewable obligation.

Tom Russo: I came upon value investing at the Stanford Business School in the early 1980s when Berkshire chairman, CEO Warren Buffett came to our class and it was a class taught by Jack McDonald, who is a lone voice in Palo Alto towards thinking about investing as though you are acquiring pieces of companies and then assessing whether you think that the company had competitive advantage that would endure and then coupling those two discoveries into the process of investing regardless of the environmental concerns or academic principles that might be in contradiction to the bold assertion that one might just identify a company with superior economics and a strong culture that could pose the investment for the lifetime of the investor.

Some of the many environmental friends and colleagues that took advantage of this opportunity were the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Student Conservation Association, Institute for the Future, and WildAid.

«We hope this greater range of fare options will allow travellers to make even more use of Europe's high - speed rail network and exploit the environmental advantages of train over plane for seamless rail journeys.»

In particular, we will continue to be the primary supporter of Turneffe Atoll Trust whose mission is to see that the Turneffe Atoll is managed sustainably for the economic, social and environmental advantage of Belize.

With the game coming to PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and the PC if we are to believe the earlier Amazon Listing on Amazon UK, From what I gathered from the trailer, we can look forward to using environments to our advantage which is a feature taken from Injustice: Gods Among Us and in the earlier Mortal Kombat games from the old days, we see the return of the X-Ray (poor Sub-Zero), we can also hope to expect dynamic stages and environmental assets at our disposal and hopefully level transitions, Along with all that we see that Scorpion and Sub-Zero have new moves to them and if the fatality at the end of the video is Scorpions new fatality then I am more than excited for this game!

Nice to see that we still have the same maps since storm 1, no environmental damage so much for «taking advantage of next gen system capabilities».

Static is a Decepticon map that thrusts players into a bevy of multi-level rooms riddled with environmental traps that can be used for their advantage.

Evasion will set the standard for environmental VR destruction and explosive real - time FX, taking full advantage of IKinema's state - of - the - art player avatars and the latest Unreal Engine 4 technology.

However, it does have advantages and disadvanatages: it takes supercomputers in climate science, genetics, environmental sciences, utilizing Markov Chain Monte Carlo integration methods among others to compute and solve for intractable integrals.

Lopata was awarded the Prize for creating an ecotourism program that promotes the environmental, economic and health advantages of small family farms over large - scale factory agriculture.

We have increased our preparedness for the consequences of environmental damage and continue to seek to mitigate these risks while taking advantage of opportunities.

He added that by aiming to restore the natural carbon cycle, we can take advantage of carbon for the benefit of humans, so that it can create positive environmental impacts, not harm in the end.

Logical arguments previously have been presented by others touting the environmental advantages of reduce, reuse, recycle and the creation of markets for the raw materials within the waste stream.

Again, if given a do - over, I would argue much more clearly that environmental policy should not be seen as a tool for enhancing the so - called Alberta Advantage through a race to the bottom.

The civil discord and environmental destruction that Knab and Kushner orchestrated here in Wyoming County, NY, is reminiscent of Native Americans who sold Manhattan for a bunch of beads, their naiveté taken advantage of by those who could not care less about them.

In the meantime take advantage of these tools to better prepare for going solar and truly taking control of your energy costs while reducing your environmental impact!

The U.S. model provides a blueprint for future energy policy, demonstrating that market - based solutions are the most effective path for achieving success in both energy production and our environmental goals, all while generating economic growth and delivering significant savings that provide relief to household budgets and competitive advantages to businesses.

We're excited to see such a service being offered in the Bay Area, and hope the concept catches on around the country as a way to both increase the demand for green real estate, and to educate consumers about the financial and environmental advantages of buying a green home.

The creators have also developed an app called WeatherSignal that takes advantage of more recent phones that come with built in environmental sensors for air temperature, humidity and pressure.

Switching from diesel fuel to natural gas may hold advantages for the US heavy - duty trucking fleet, but more needs to be done to reach the full environmental benefits, according to a new white paper released by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, and Rice University....

I already enjoy the environmental and social advantages of telecommuting, so cutting out morning rush hour isn't an advantage for me.

Climate impact concerns include environmental quality (e.g., more ozone, water - logging or salinisation), linkage systems (e.g., threats to water and power supplies), societal infrastructures (e.g., changed energy / water / health requirements, disruptive severe weather events, reductions in resources for other social needs and maintaining sustainable livelihoods, environmental migration (Box 7.2), placing blame for adverse effects, changes in local ecologies that undermine a sense of place), physical infrastructures (e.g., flooding, storm damage, changes in the rate of deterioration of materials, changed requirements for water or energy supply), and economic infrastructures and comparative advantages (e.g., costs and / or risks increased, markets or competitors affected).

The Dubai economy enjoys a competitive combination of cost, market and environmental advantages that create an ideal and attractive investment climate for local and expatriate businesses alike.

Although a dedicated cancer - specific insurance product has its own advantages, industry experts opine that such a product is most beneficial for those falling in the high - risk category — i.e. due to family health history, environmental, lifestyle (smoking / tobacco) or other such contributory reasons, he / she is at a greater risk of developing cancer.

Principles — provides a mission statement for smart growth, listing goals such as preserving open space, farmland, and critical environmental areas; providing a variety of transportation choices; taking advantage of compact building design; and ensuring predictable, fair, and cost effective development decisions.