Sentences with phrase «less efficient building»

However, the total energy consumption of an energy efficient large building might still exceed the total energy consumption of a smaller less efficient building.

Not exact matches

He has also expressed some regret that he had to take Tesla public in order to raise capital to build the company, noting in an interview with Rolling Stone, «I wish we could be private with Tesla... It actually makes us less efficient to be a public company.»

Infographic link building, guest posting, broken link building and (for some) even getting advertorial links have been very effective link building tactics, but have become drastically less efficient due to overuse.

This is both a matter of more efficient electric appliances and cars, and a matter of constructing buildings in such a way that far less energy is needed for heating and cooling.

Double breast pumps enable mothers to establish, maintain and build up their milk supply as they take less time and are very efficient.

Governments and echelons of the public administration built almost exclusively on loyalty are of course far less efficient, more tolerant with incompetence, and more prone to corruption than meritocratic ones.

This raises the likelihood that savings made possible by the use of the design - build method will be undermined by the imposition of PLAs, which favor less efficient union labor.

The One Health mind - set is also behind programs run in a few areas of Ethiopia's northern highlands, to teach local farmers how to build more efficient stoves that require less firewood, and thus, less foraging in wolf territory.

By using solar panels and energy - efficient materials, the buildings in the Holy Cross Project use at least 75 percent less energy than typical buildings.

Mikel Zubizarreta, a member of the UPV / EHU's IT 781 - 13 group, highlights the advantages of timber in building works: «Although it is not as tough as other materials used in structures, it is a better insulator, in other words, it is more energy - efficient and less dense so the structure weighs less.

Part - Time Science in Perspective tells the stories of some of those scientists, highlighting the pluses (more time at home and more efficient use of time, to name two) and the minuses (less face time in the lab and less time for the informal chitchat that's important for collegiality and relationship - building, for example).

One problem the team encountered was a build - up of metallic zinc that grew from the central stack's negative electrode and went through the membrane, making the battery less efficient.

Using the Stampede supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, as well as computing systems at NASA and UM, Martins has developed improved wing designs capable of burning less fuel, as well as tools that help the aerospace industry build more efficient aircraft.

«Designing the fuel - efficient aircraft of the future: Stampede supercomputer helps researchers design jets with morphing wings, or built from composite materials, that will burn less fuel.»

China is building more nuclear plants (zero - emissions) and ultrasupercritical coal plants, which are much more efficient than conventional plants and thus less polluting, than the rest of the world combined.

To begin to mitigate the pollution causing climate change, cities around the world need to be made more efficient, adopting measures ranging from reducing the energy costs of sanitation to constructing buildings that waste less energy.

As we grow older the body becomes less efficient at building new protein.

But building our own amino acids is much less efficient than consuming them from foods, and scientists believe that we probably can't make proline or glycine efficiently enough to keep up with our body's demand in the absence of dietary sources.

The public school districts that have contacted us have been particularly interested in the cost implications of blended - learning spaces, since our analysis suggests that blended environments are more efficient and less expensive to build.

The PSBP is part of the government's aim to deliver a more efficient, faster, less bureaucratic approach to building schools.

RAISING STANDARDS The PSBP is part of the government's aim to deliver a more efficient, faster, less bureaucratic approach to building schools.

The newest lighting systems and heating and air conditioning units use less energy; modern windows are more efficient at keeping unwanted heat out of a building in the summer and preventing cold from penetrating the building in the winter.

Built in Aguascalientes, Mexico, this larger Sentra is surprisingly powered by a smaller 1.8 - liter four cylinder instead of the previous generation's larger (and less fuel efficient) 2.0 - liter four.

Investing in less liquid items that grow on their own, like stocks, bonds, interest bearing accounts... these are much more efficient ways to build wealth.

To earn the certification, the project maximized open space with energy - efficient products designed to consume at least 28 percent less energy than code - compliant buildings.

To earn the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification, the project maximized open space with energy - efficient products designed to consume at least 28 percent less energy than code - compliant buildings.

With programmable robot arms you'll build alchemy machines that are more or less efficient at the transmutation task put before you, and there's an amazing number of ways to succeed — simple parts and simple instructions can produce some not - so - simple machines.

Conventional building over time can become increasingly less energy efficient given the degradation of insulation over time.

They should probably build more of these plants, if it allows them to retire less efficient plants.

Here a more urban life is matched with efficient clean energy sources, less driving in more efficient cars, better building technology and green utilities.

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.

The Building Science Consortium of the US DOE Building America Program seeks to construct energy efficient, durable, and healthy homes that consume 30 % less energy than conventional homes built to local codes.

By incorporating sustainable building practices and innovative design, Wheelhaus CEO and founder, Jamie Mackay believes in living large with less while providing efficient and convenient luxury.

First, it could put American automakers out of step with the rest of the global market — making them less competitive with companies such as Honda and Toyota that are building cleaner, more efficient vehicles for other countries and have invested heavily in electric cars and hybrids.

Establishes the EPA Administrator's duties for such program, including to establish performance standards so that products, buildings and landscapes, and services labeled with the WaterSense label perform as well or better than their less efficient counterparts.

Each dollar spent on a new reactor buys about two to ten times less carbon savings and is 20 to 40 times slower, than spending that dollar on the cheaper, faster, safer solutions that make nuclear power unnecessary and uneconomic: efficient use of electricity, making heat and power together in factories or buildings («cogeneration»), and renewable energy.

The all - electric home consumes 99 % less energy than a new code - built house, and produces 91 % of the energy annually that it consumes, making it exceptionally energy efficient.

I can build the same size home (timber frame) using sips on a foundation for a lot less than $ 200.00 per sq. ft.. It is going to be just as energy efficient as the one in the article and even more so since it doesn't need a fuel guzzling truck to move it.

leed certified is a joke, i build leed certified commercial jobs, for example reclaimed wood takes more energy to recover then sustainable regrowth, wood has to be reclaimed then transported to a wood shop, then reworked using less energy efficient methods than used by large sawmills, then transported again using less economical methods.

Natural gas - fired combined cycle units are more efficient at over 50 % now, less expensive and quicker to build than coal - based systems.

The costs of moving to a low - carbon energy system (based on wind, solar and other low - carbon power; electric vehicles; heat pumps for buildings; smart grids and efficient appliances; and so on) are falling very rapidly, and would most likely be less than 1 % of income.

This is not to argue that buildings should be designed as cubes or spheres so as to limit energy use, but rather to set targets that reward more energy efficient designs, and ensure less efficient designs compensate by meeting higher specs to achieve a similarly low energy result.

The smaller the form factor, the more efficient the shape of the building and the less surface area from which heat can escape.

'' Economy Efficient Dwelling defined as: A dwelling that is more than 240 sq ft and less than 500 sq ft with a minimum side elevation of no less than 12 ft and no more than 20 ft, minimum length of 20 feet and a maximum length of 30 ft built to all Michigan building and sanitary codes and qualifies for a certificate of occupancy.»

But such remedies are considered less efficient than building modern coal gasification plants with carbon burial.

The project sponsor also omits the fact that it has contracted with General Electric to build less - efficient steam turbines that GE itself says are designed for supercritical power plants, not the requisite ultra-supercritical level of efficiency.

Designers and builders can construct green buildings that use significantly less water than conventional construction by incorporating native landscapes that eliminate the need for irrigation, installing water - efficient fixtures, and reusing wastewater for nonpotable water needs.

Washers built before 1999 are significantly less efficient than newer models.

Another issue is the lack of emission credits in the South Coast Air Quality Management District that makes it difficult to obtain the necessary permits to build reliable replacement power before aging, less - efficient power plants can be retired or repowered.

It's a classic Catch - 22 - the more transport agencies are successful in encouraging drivers to bike, the less money from gas taxes there is in local coffers to build out the necessary bike infrastructure to make biking as efficient and universally popular as driving.