Sentences with phrase «including use of recycled materials»

UltraSteel studs can help earn LEED points in several categories, including use of recycled materials, use of regional materials, and minimizing construction waste.

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Other key trends include the growing use of sustainable packaging based on biodegradable polymers, bio-derived materials and recycled plastics, and down gauging films for cost reduction.»

The venue is committed to operating in a sustainable and environmentally - friendly way and has a number of initiatives in place to achieve this including serving Fairtrade teas and coffees, using recycled office materials and harvesting rain water to flush a proportion of the toilets.

The Food Recovery Challenge is part of the EPA's Sustainable Materials Management Program, which seeks to reduce the environmental impact of food and other widely - used everyday items through their entire life cycle, including how they are extracted, manufactured, distributed, used, reused, recycled, and disposed.

The goals include ending single use plastics, promoting alternatives to fossil fuel - based materials, promoting 100 percent recycling of plastics, corporate and government accountability, and changing human behavior concerning plastics.

Furthermore, since magnets containing rare earths are used in a wide range of technologies, including electric motors, wind turbines, and medical imaging devices, including MRI scanners — manufacturers would be able to improve the sustainability of their products by recycling these materials.

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.

Other sustainable design strategies include recycled content, natural ventilation and passive cooling, low - water landscaping, high - efficiency plumbing, sustainably harvested wood, and use of regional materials.

Teachers are encouraged to get their students thinking about the most innovative ways waste can be transformed in their lessons, including using recycled materials for activities such as arts and crafts and gardening during a week of their choice in March.

The all - encompassing approach of the BMW i brand also includes the extensive use of recycled materials, renewable raw materials and naturally treated materials, alongside extremely resource - efficient production methods.

The environmentally driven concept of the B - Class is clearly evident from its use of high - quality recycled plastics, for instance, or its components made from natural materials, including flax, cotton, coconut fibre, wood veneer and fibres from the abaca banana.

• The steel front - of - dash panel is sandwiched between two damping mats • Nylon baffles are used in various hollow portions of the body structure and filled with sound - absorbing foam that expands when the body enters the paint oven • The headliner comprises five layers of thermal fiber acoustic material, including a premium woven fabric on the visible outer layer • Patches of sound - damping material are applied strategically throughout the body structure and melt into place when the body passes through the paint oven, allowing the patches to follow the contours of the sheet metal below • Sound insulation material between rear - body structural components that is made from recycled denim • Triple - sealed doors that feature fiberglass «blankets» serve as water, airflow and noise barriers.

Examples of the positive steps we take include always buying locally if we can, using energy as efficiently as possible, reducing the CO2 emissions caused by transportation, using as much recycled material for packaging as we can and supporting local charities that promote education and support the wellbeing of both people and animals.

The project??? s green elements include its use of solar panels in its metal roofing; low - VOC glues, paints and carpets, and materials such as bamboo and recycled wood.

Richard Hassell speaks of this eco-friendly project...» We are very pleased that Alila Hotels have embraced the Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) principles, and we are using many ESD measures including local materials, water conservation with soaks and rain gardens and recycling with grey water systems, using local plants from the special Bali Savannah ecosystem on the Bukit, which are being raised in a nursery on site to encourage local bird and animal life, heat pumps for water heating, salt water pools — among many others.

Some of those elements include: - Light - colored roofing that reflects heat and saves energy; - 70 percent ENERGY STAR ® certified appliances including refrigerators, TVs, computers and kitchen equipment; - Water - efficient toilets and aerated bathroom faucets; - 10 percent of the building materials used contain recycled content; - «On Demand» ventilation that provides fresh air for occupied spaces without wasting energy on unoccupied areas of the property; - LED lighting - controls that turn off the lights; - Incorporates high - tech daylight sensors to reduce electrical lighting with natural sunlight and - Uses renewable energy sources such as solar or wind.

The hotel takes their responsibility towards the environment seriously and implement a range of eco-friendly initiatives throughout the hotel including, solar - powered water heating, online billing to reduce paper usage, recycled paper used for all sales and promotional material, energy - saving lightbulbs and natural spa products.

This celebration of creative, costumed, spirited performers has informed the artist's multimedia art practice, including the use of nontraditional recycled materials.

Electrical items contain a range of materials that can be separated for recycling and used in new products, such as plastics and precious metals including gold and copper.

Well, it includes, «more efficient design patterns that use less material and are easier to recycle, adhesives made from water instead of toxic chemicals, and sustainable items like cork and organic cotton.»

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.

Options for mitigation of GHG emissions from industry fall into the following categories: energy efficiency, emissions efficiency (including fuel and feedstock switching, carbon dioxide capture and storage), material efficiency (for example through reduced yield losses in production), re ‐ use of materials and recycling of products, more intensive and longer use of products, and reduced demand for product services.

These include making renewable energy carriers available on - site by using more electricity and district heating instead of fossil fuels for processes, using more environmentally - friendly materials for lower emissions in production (e.g. recycled steel, and solid wood), better thinking around transport of surplus masses (soil / rock / gravel), and improved waste management and recycling.

-- The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish generally applicable environmental standards for the protection of the public and the general environment from radioactive material released from facilities that use an advanced fuel recycling process, including facilities to fabricate fuel enriched with actinide elements other than uranium.

The home also draws inspiration from Star Wars gadgetry and features a degree of sustainable design, including passive cooling to reduce the use of air - conditioning and recycled building materials.

Ars Technica reports, «The research aims of the bill fall into three broad categories: to figure out how best to deal with the e-waste already out there, to «develop and demonstrate environmentally friendly alternatives to the use of hazardous and potentially hazardous materials in electronic devices and the production of such devices,» and to «reconsider product design and assembly to facilitate and improve refurbishment, reuse, and recycling of electronic devices, including an emphasis on design for recycling.»

The building is now eligible for LEED certification thanks to all of the upgrades, which include reducing water consumption by 30 %, using 15 % less electricity and using 20 % recycled content in building materials.

While the company has quietly been working on other initiatives as well — including an increase in the use of recycled materials in manufacturing their packaging, as well as transitioning away from non-recyclable packaging — the new cups seem worthy of a shout - out.

The new chain features a number of «green» features, including the use of recycled carpet squares and other recycled building materials, low - flow showers and dual flush toilets.