Sentences with phrase «including embodied energy»

According to the press release it will «demonstrate how to transform this challenging building stock into a prototype of ultra-efficiency that will use no HVAC system, no electric light use during the day, 100 % ventilation, almost zero energy, and produce zero carbon emissions, including embodied energy of materials.»

The source energy factor for PV including embodied energy is 0.7 according to the standards used by the Passive House Institute.

Q. To meet 2030 Challenge guidelines (in the strict sense) is it necessary to include the embodied energy / GHG emissions created during building material production?

If you want to do away with fossil fuels, then you have to imply some kind of energy storage - and thus ultimately include the embodied energy of this energy storage system in the whole picture.

Very interesting is also that the researchers include the embodied energy of the lead - acid battery in one of their scenario's, the stand - alone solar home system.

Not exact matches

The Torch Award, presented by The Food Shows and Ferdinand Metz Foodservice Forum, was created to honor outstanding restaurateurs who embody all the qualities and characteristics of the word Torch which symbolizes, including illumination, energy, joy, victory, enlightenment, hope and education.

Looking at the technologies over a span of 50 years, including manufacture, installation, use, and disposal / recycling, they found that the extra energy and emissions embodied in cool pavement materials usually exceed the expected energy and emissions savings from reduced space conditioning (cooling and heating) in buildings.

Over all, Obama's choices reflect his longstanding pattern of charting a pragmatic path reflecting the need for strong regulation, including of greenhouse gases (embodied in McCarthy), and the simultaneous need to advance responsible use of cleaner fossil fuels while also using policies and investments to advance non-polluting energy technologies for the long haul.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

Our review, for instance, finds that the embodied energy rebound for most cost - effective efficiency improvements is likely to be less than 15 percent but more significant for efficiency improvements with long payback periods, including some building efficiency measures.

But what really caught my eye was their environmental statement which includes a great explanation of embodied energy, and why they build in timber.

Intermittency has not been dealt with at all satisfactorily, embodied energy costs seem not to have been considered, and it is admitted that some major costs have not been included.

Especially important are a) No explanation has been given that sufficient back - up has been provided to deal with big gaps in the solar and wind resource, and there are good reasons to believe that the provision is quite inadequate (e.g., in Fig. 23), b) Embodied energy costs do not seem to have been taken into account, and c) There are several major cost factors that have not been included in the sum stated.