Sentences with phrase «into green building materials»

The proposed plant would seek to capture a portion of carbon dioxide (CO2) and convert it into green building materials, advancing carbon capture technology.

Scientists in Australia are trialling a carbon capture system that turns emissions into green building materials, while a consortium led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland says it has created a more economical and ecological carbon capture system for use at power plants.

Not exact matches

California wineries use «green» building and materials - straw bales, rammed earth, earthen plaster, recycled lumber — techniques and designs that take energy conservation and long - term environmental impact into consideration.

Utility - scale solar power plants and second - generation biofuels such as algae have led the field in recent financing rounds, but funding is now branching into less developed technologies such as bioplastics, green building materials and water desalination.

Now, researchers from the University of Bristol, together with colleagues from the University of Oxford have created a polymer in which nickel (as «nickelocene» units) is built into the structure, affording a bright green, highly magnetic material.

The Australian CO2 mineral carbonation research pilot plant will be established at the University of Newcastle to trial a new technology that transforms captured CO2 emissions into forms of carbonate rock for potential use as new green building materials in the construction industry.

The eco ‑ friendly design and green building materials mean that modular buildings can blend into the school's natural environment; some can even be created with living green roofs.

Wood is perhaps the greenest building material; it is a renewable resource that absorbs carbon dioxide as it grows, which is sequestered in the wood when it is cut into building materials.

Serious Materials, a tech company that develops sustainable green building materials and that has its offices in the Empire State Building, turned the existing dual - pane windows into super-insulatingMaterials, a tech company that develops sustainable green building materials and that has its offices in the Empire State Building, turned the existing dual - pane windows into super-insulating building materials and that has its offices in the Empire State Building, turned the existing dual - pane windows into super-insulatingmaterials and that has its offices in the Empire State Building, turned the existing dual - pane windows into super-insulating Building, turned the existing dual - pane windows into super-insulating windows.

If the reduce, reuse, recycle mantra has a built embodiment, it's arguably the recently completed Rediscovery Centre in Ballymun, Dublin — a 1960s boiler house for a much maligned early district heating system that's been transformed into a sustainability education centre, and that makes use of a remarkably large palette of green materials and sustainable technologies.

You are right on with this comment, my concern for building more efficiently is that it is possible to build energy efficiency into a structure and do so affordably, however the market today tells us that we have to have this or that to green build a home when we do not have to have such things, everything we need is already within the local marketplace of construction materials.

The second annual Parade of Green Buildings will take participants to seven places where the architect, owner, landscape designer and builder have created projects that take into account the source of and effects of using the materials; the relationship between various mechanical systems; and how the building fits into the site.

In 2005, Green Environment Design and Service Co., Ltd. participated in the establishment of industrial standard conducted by Ministry of Construction, and its patent product, namely special water reserving panel and drain panel for building greening, has been incorporated into national new type building material standard picture gallery.

Backyard inventors pioneered ideas about solar design and natural material selection that have evolved into today's green building standards.

It's quite remarkable; usually we hear how great of a material bamboo is for building structures: bamboo is the «green steel» that is easy to shape into flexible, innovative forms, and quickly renews itself.

BK Home Inspections can provide an affordable way to measure mold and chemical (VOC) levels in your prospective new home, compare them to safe levels recommended by the U.S. Green Building Council, and determine if VOC sources are materials the current owners have brought into the home or if they're from the home itself.