Sentences with phrase «green design techniques»

With BIM software, design and development professionals can get a better handle on the costs of green design techniques and materials, enabling them to make smarter decisions and maximize their profits, says Khemlani.

In the case of a large office, for example, the combination of green design techniques and clever technology can not only reduce energy consumption and environmental impact, but also reduce running costs, create a more pleasant working environment, improve employees» health and productivity, reduce legal liability, and boost property values and rental returns.

Not exact matches

California wineries use «green» building and materials - straw bales, rammed earth, earthen plaster, recycled lumber — techniques and designs that take energy conservation and long - term environmental impact into consideration.

Earls restaurants are beautifully designed, casually elegant environments that incorporate green building construction techniques to reduce carbon footprints well as custom lighting that integrates energy - efficiency and style.

This week, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to require that certain new buildings be built with a green roof — an eco-friendly design technique that sows plants above a roofline.

This company also sells household goods, but their focus is not only on design simplicity, but also on green techniques such as efficient construction, intelligent packaging and the use of responsible materials.

Tiny homes are all the rage but there is much more to the story including an understanding of sustainable living in an emerging green economy and ecological design and building techniques.

London Design Festival 2014: UK designer Sebastian Cox collaborated with Lorna Singleton — one of only four remaining experts in the UK in a wood working technique known as swilling — to form a collection of products from strips of softened green timber.

Green Building Store continues to fine tune passive house design and construction techniques with exacting attention to detail, as demonstrated by its latest superinsulated, stone - clad cavity wall house in West Yorkshire.

Romas Bubelis, architect for the Ontario Heritage Trust, did a presentation on how design and construction techniques from the 19th and early 20th century were naturally green, given that they didn't have much affordable artificial lighting or ventilation and had to develop zero - energy techiques.

But as a number of green building observers have noted before, times have changed, techniques and materials have evolved, and passive solar design principles probably need to be rewritten to reflect these advances.

As Lloyd pointed out in his earlier post, Home Depot Canada has embarked on a nation - wide publishing project targeting customers interested in the tools and techniques of green design and lifestyles; whilst, in the US, this week's focus is guilt redemption at corporate headquarters.

Effective green infrastructure tools and techniques include green roofs, permeable materials, alternative designs for streets and buildings, trees, rain gardens and rain harvesting systems.

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All of the units in the development will contain a safe room designed to protect families in a storm and will be built with green building materials and techniques;