Sentences with phrase «housing heating issues»

NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye is under fire for the citywide public housing heating issues.

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While NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was at a Texas music festival peddling his national agenda, Cuomo was quick to jump in on some Big Apple issues that critics say the mayor has sorely neglected — agreeing to meet with public - housing tenants over their heat, mold and lead - paint woes.

A New York City Housing Authority spokesperson says, «staff visited each apartment and confirmed there are no heat issues, but they did schedule all other repair needs.»

They will make a simultaneous request for a judge to issue an order requiring the housing authority to restore heat, which must be on through May 31, and hot water to anyone whose apartments still have outages.

Digi spoke about the recent issues at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), which has had heating, mold, and lead paint issues in the past few years.

In a heated Commons debate on the issue last night, the party's shadow communities secretary Andrew Gwynne admitted that Labour need to do «much more work» to tackle anti-Semitism and vowed: «No political party has the monopoly on vice or virtue but we will put our house in order.»

If you're a writer, you may have seen the internet heat up this past week over issues taken up with a few Random House e-book imprints which several high - profile writing organizations called foul.

Purchased a lemon house with multiple major issues, which left my family (2 parents, 5 kids and 4 dogs) with no heat through the winter, no electric downstairs, and have been dealing with fixes after fixes from wrongful disclosure or poor inspection.

The house is built with FSC lumber and they have tried to deal with the issues of PVC, Radon, and green heating systems.

But once one gets past the issue of style, Stuart Rue and Sarah Evans have built a great demonstration of how Passive House design really can work to make a comfortable, healthy home that runs virtually on body heat.

But another issue was the internal heat gain assumptions — two people in a 45 sqm house at standard occupancy would provide an average of 2 W / m2 just with body heat.

As reported in issue 24 of Passive House Plus, data from SEAI's National BER Research Tool indicates that 37 % of all new homes built in 2017 featured heat pumps — a figure which may be conservative, given the signs that thousands of self - builders may not be obtaining BERs before occupying homes, and the fact that heat pumps are the dominant heating system in self - build houses, with over 67 % of detached homes where the owner had obtained a BER prior to occupancy opting for a heat pump.

For instance, ground source heat pumps tend to have higher efficiencies than air source units during the heating season due to the relative stability of ground temperatures below certain depths, though air source units — which involve much lower capital costs — have closed the gap in recent years as manufacturers have refined their design, and there is evidence to indicate that space heating demand in many Irish buildings may be peaking in Ireland's frequently relatively mild but windy weather, as the guide to air source heat pumps in Issue 24 of Passive House Plus discussed.

Architect John Morehead has shown how the West Cork passive house featured in this issue sees its space heating demand go from under 11.5 kWh / m2 / yr to over 19.5 kWh / m2 / yr when moved to Donegal.

Basic Passive House concepts Passive House criteria Principals of thermal insulation Airtight building design and construction Glazing system issues including thermal transfer mechanisms, solar heat gain, and installation thermal bridges Basic ventilation concepts as well as issues related to mechanical and passive ventilation and system design.

Following the efforts of passive house consultants Nick Grant and Alan Clarke to prove that PHPP, the passive house design software, may have previously underestimated the benefits from internal heat gains in smaller buildings, the latest version of PHPP has been updated to address the issue.

I know I lose a lot of heat through the floor of this single story house, and multiple issues have to be resolved in order to insulate the crawlspace below, but I anticipate I should be able to reduce the heat loss through the floor by at least half.

Ask to see disclosure forms around any issues with the house and check the age / condition of major home systems, like heating, plumbing, electrical and air conditioning.

Never being particularly handy around the house, I like to know that when I move that dial on the thermostat, heat will stream effortlessly through the vents and the dog won't keel over due to carbon monoxide issues.

For instance, there was an issue about the industry standard on the definition of square footage and how brokers report this information on the MLS; Does square footage include the total area of the premises (the total enclosed or covered area of a house) or does it just include the heated and cooled area of the home.

Basements and basement moisture Condominium Issues Construction Decks Heating and Cooling Home Inspections House Hunting Tips Kitchens Passive Solar Heating and Cooling Roofing Siding Soundproofing Tub and Shower Walls Window Replacement Wood Decks and much more.

When the owner's daughter hung a towel over the heated radiator and received an electric shock that fused the whole house, they discovered that the rail wasn't earthed and was a major safety issue.

Apparently there were issues with the electricity, water and heating in the house and workers had to to completely rewire the property adding yet more work to the massive project.

And although we live in Northern Ohio — I have never felt that we have had an issue heating the house — it is a well built house (custom builder) so maybe that is why.

This issue is caused by a change in humidity in the house when the winter heating season starts.