Sentences with phrase «homes and buildings»

Gary, Ind., is using $ 6.6 million in Hardest Hit funds to demolish 700 of its 8,000 vacant homes and buildings.

Thousands of homes and buildings in foreclosure in New York City are being cited for building code violations due to banks and lenders failure to upkeep the properties, State Sen. Jeffrey Klein notes in a report released Monday.

Participants are encouraged to explore the town streets on a self guided tour, and to «look up» to see many heritage features of the homes and buildings.

Clark regularly uses Skype or FaceTime — both free video conferencing tools — to show clients homes and buildings.

But about 15 years ago, a Swiss architect developed and patented a wall system that provides passive solar heat gain for new homes and buildings.

According to 2017 predictions by market researchers at Frost & Sullivan, the global homes and buildings industry is undergoing an intense evolution.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries in America, a Gothic Revival style incorporated these pointed arches into homes and buildings.

Not only do these methods cool homes and buildings and reduce energy costs, they also offer the added luxury of beautifying properties, which naturally serves to increase property values.

It'll also include net - zero energy homes and buildings, community gardens, and agriculture.

You only need to be mildly aware of life outside of real estate to realize that a fiery battle may be heating up over the importance of the sun in how we heat, cool and light our homes and buildings.

It has burned over 230,000 acres and has destroyed at least 1,000 homes and buildings.

Like any major purchase, we need to consider the pros and cons when covering our homes and buildings.

But let's face it, in a world where we want to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the big prize is in existing energy - inefficient homes and buildings that will still be around 50 years from now.

Fast... Belvidere, IL Installed seamless gutter on new construction homes also existing homes and buildings.

A small town with big charm, Summerville, South Carolina, is well known for having more than 700 homes and buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.

Kettering has its own Property Maintenance Code that governs how homes and buildings should be maintained.

Unfortunately, while many of these homes and buildings boast storm - proofing, the fact that Southern Florida has been besieged so many times by so many different insane weather events means that you may face an uphill battling to get your Delray Beach insurance quotes down.

Your own neighborhood has unique sites, as well, such as homes and buildings designed by iconic architects and the fascinating Museum of Science and Industry.

Ontario will encourage the construction of near net zero and net zero energy and carbon emission homes and buildings to reduce emissions in the building sector.

The National Cancer Institute advises that asbestos is a mineral that is made up of bundles of fibers, and it was commonly used in the construction of older homes and buildings.

The building, built as a law office in 1978 by partner Jonathan Fitch, was designed to resemble the historic colonial homes and buildings that help make Sandwich a popular tourist destination.

With all that solar power installed on homes and buildings it's no surprise that there are hundreds if not thousands of solar installers in the state.

Government issued building codes create homes and buildings dependent on expensive air conditioning and heating.

For our homes and buildings, where we have a little more control than we do with iPhones, there are other lessons:

I think it's time to check out some green homes and buildings to see what works and what doesn't.

Grants are available to support the installation of green and cool roofs on Toronto homes and buildings.

Insulating and air sealing our new homes and buildings is important to reduce the increase in energy use and emissions, but to reduce the existing load we must retrofit our built environment with responsible energy efficiency measures.

Once we absorb that fact we need to acknowledge that our homes and buildings leak like sieves and that tremendous savings are sitting there waiting to be retrieved.

1) Strengthen energy efficiency standards for homes and buildings.

DOE leverages its network of research and industry partners to develop innovative, cost - effective, and energy - saving solutions for homes and buildings.

In order to achieve this, the city introduced a Community Energy Management System (CEMS) to achieve efficient energy management by linking each EMS, such as in homes and buildings, and stationary energy storage.

Massive flooding took the lives of 19 South Carolinians and 6 others, demolished homes and buildings,... Continue reading →

Over the last 24 years, he has designed dozens of homes and buildings which provide delightful living / working environments while requiring little or no purchased energy — the majority of which are powered by solar electricity.

«While we're very pleased and supportive of the building code... it really is zero net electricity, not net zero energy, because it doesn't take into account gas use in homes and buildings, and gas use makes up about 40 percent of a home's greenhouse gas emissions,» she said.

We are also committed to designing homes and buildings that use 50 % less energy than building code requires, in pursuit of energy independence.

WaterFurnace ground source systems provide heating, cooling, and hot water for homes and buildings all around the world.

ZeroEnergy Design (ZED) is an architecture and mechanical design firm specializing in high performance homes and buildings.

They can't insure their homes by the way) and build cyclone and earthquake proof homes and buildings.

The largest savings come from the industrial efficiency package, followed by ZNE new homes and buildings, vehicle fuel economy improvements, appliance and equipment efficiency, and home and commercial building retrofits.

South Florida would be largely uninhabitable; floods on the scale of Hurricane Sandy would strike twice a month in New York and New Jersey, as the tug of the moon alone would be enough to send tidewaters into homes and buildings.

In winter, the pumps draw on this renewable thermal energy from the ground to heat homes and buildings and in the summer the pump draws on cooler ground temperature to provide air conditioning.

These programs include energy efficiency in homes and buildings, renewable energy grants and rebates, and reducing emissions associated with transportation and solid waste.

The authors also examined a series of studies on how America's homes and buildings have become increasingly energy efficient thanks to state and local policies, improved technologies and a growing recognition among builders that using less energy can mean saving more money.

Today, scientists and engineers are taking on this challenge and seeking newer and smarter grids to power our homes and buildings.

While we're very pleased and supportive of the building code... it really is zero net electricity, not net zero energy, because it doesn't take into account gas use in homes and buildings, and gas use makes up about 40 percent of a home's greenhouse gas emissions.

Or will authorities finally beging to plan where homes and buildings are, tighten up on fuel and emissions regulations, and do all the things that make peoplpe more healthy AND, oh yes, also mean that factor of two or three lower carbon intensity?

Construct and upgrade homes and buildings for the island citizens and become the chief city planner of marvelous Islandshire.

Pass through Portland — a town steeped in history, to Port Fairy with its charming old homes and buildings from last century, to Warrnambool — home of the Fletcher Jones Garden and Tower Hill.

This is no dinky inn — the Cavallo Point encompasses an entire old army base, set in a sprawling park, of refurbished homes and buildings.

The rugged landscape features volcanoes and cliffs that make way to beautiful beaches, and the homes and buildings have an African feel to them.