Sentences with phrase «high performance envelope»

The wall assembly at Madrona Passive House shows how Hammer & Hand's approach to high performance envelope construction is evolving.

Next we modelled our high performance envelope scenario to see what would be required for compliance if using a boiler and found that near passive house levels of insulation and airtightness would be needed for all three house types, with U-values of 0.13 for opaque elements, 1.2 for windows and doors and an airtightness of 1.0 m3 / h / m2).

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These workouts will allow you to push not only your endurance envelope but your performance envelope by expanding your fat burning aerobic envelope into higher intensity levels.

I have amost covered the performance envelope with the fuel consumption of 20 mpg or 13.8 L / 100 km ave.. The fuel burn rate was high to start with but with the brakes bedded in lowered considerably.

Premium - priced high - performance luxury cars tend to push the envelope in terms of braking system performance.

The NISMO RS ups the regular Juke and Juke NISMO's fairly modest performance envelopes by adding a higher - flow exhaust system, tweaked ECU settings and a beefed - up manual gearbox with a shorter final drive ratio.

To improve edge - of - the - envelope performance and responsiveness during spirited driving, the body employs high tensile - strength steel in approximately 60 % of its structural frame members.

It stretches the performance envelope for Corvette with unprecedented levels of aerodynamic downforce, at least 625 horsepower from an all - new supercharged engine, and an all - new, high - performance eight - speed automatic transmission — all building on the advanced driver technologies introduced on the Corvette Stingray.

This Japanese automaker will debut what it calls a Sports Sedan Concept which will push the envelope of high - performance combined with the lavish trappings of a luxury sedan.

«Mazda Australia, under the direction of Allan Horsley, has an excellent reputation of pushing the envelope in the design and modification of high - performance cars,» says Mazda Australia s managing director Doug Dickson.

To achieve net zero - energy status the building envelope of the Castaway III was created using high - performance spray - foam insulation and employing extreme air sealing techniques.

Energy consumption is reduced by the high performance building envelope, high efficiency mechanical systems, and then offset with renewable energy.

After being attracted to the natural, healthy feel of strawbale construction, Glenn now produces high performance homes with lots of insulation and airtight envelopes.

High performance, triple - glazed windows and doors round out the super-insulated building envelope.

«For example in 2012 our Group Headquarters in Kingscourt Ireland achieved Net Zero Energy through extensive retrofit of the existing building by incorporating our high performance building envelope, rooftop solar PV and LED lighting system.

A great ASHRAE Report No. 5085243.01 — Thermal Performance of Building Envelope Details for Mid and High Rise Buildings (1365 - RP) addresses this.

«Although the structure overlooks a busy street, the project's high performance windows and advanced building envelope shield the interior space from noise outside.

Here's what you'll find in each of these affordable green homes: A high - performance building envelope.

Its walls are constructed from prefabricated panels of rigid foam insulation sandwiched between sheets of oriented strand board (called «SIPs») and fitted with high - performance casement windows to create a tightly sealed envelope.

The reduction in energy use from a high performance thermal envelope will provide cost savings throughout the life of the building: a win for both the owners and the city as a whole.

The integrated design approach of the international Passivhaus Standard encompassing the thermal envelope, thermal bridge free construction, airtight construction, good ventilation and high - performance windows ensures a condensation - free indoor environment.

Previously in damp, run - down condition, this old alleyway house has now been updated with a high - performance building envelope and a well - lit, modern interior that a family of six, spanning three generations, can call home.

exceeding LEED standards, the perimeter envelope contains a special factory installed high - performance flash - n - batt insulation system, thus retaining heat longer and minimizing energy use, as well as keeping the house cool in the summer.

But conventional wisdom tells us to keep glazed areas to an absolute minimum on that elevation in order to maintain a high performance building envelope.

The Passivhaus Standard requires a fabric first approach and a high - performance thermal envelope.

Any modern JavaScript Engine must deliver on a performance envelope that goes beyond browser scenarios, encompassing everything from small - footprint devices for IoT applications, all the way up to high - throughput, massively parallel server applications based on cloud technologies.

It seems that HiSilicon has found a CPU power envelope that it's happy with for ARM's high performance cores at 16nm.

Some other Energy Star Features include: Home Envelope Air Sealing, properly installed insulation and high - performance windows, high - efficiency heating, cooling, and Ventilation System designed and installed for optimal performance, and high - efficiency heating.