Sentences with phrase «minimum building standards»

There is in fact, nothing that dictates what construction methods and materials should be used — only that they meet the minimum building standards.

The Students First program created a School Facilities Board, which has established minimum building standards and is now assessing the condition of all of Arizona's schools.

The New York State energy code is a minimum building standard for energy efficiency.

In the past year, Passivhaus has been adopted by German, Austrian and Irish governments as the minimum building standard.

The Energy Conservation Construction Code of New York State is a minimum building standard for energy efficiency.

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This summer the administration delayed a federal rule set to take effect in July, that increased the penalty for automakers who built vehicles that did not meet minimum fuel efficiency standards.

EPC band B is the minimum standard for a home built today.

New York City's Clean Heat Program was launched in 2010 to eliminate the use of residual diesel fuel oils — diesel - based fuels that remain after gasoline and distillate fuels have been removed from crude — in residential buildings, in order to help address city air pollution levels that historically failed to meet the minimum criteria for federal Clean Air Act standards.

The mayor's plan also calls for the city to pass an «audit and retrofit bill» that would require buildings with more than 50,000 square feet of floor space to undergo energy audits every 10 years, with mandatory fixes to be made if audits find that buildings do not comply with minimum energy efficiency standards.

Texts that are based on NCTM's standards focus on concepts and problem solving, but provide a minimum of exercises to build the skills necessary to understand concepts or solve the problems.

«Broadly speaking, the minimum standards for PSPB schools represent a return to the standards of 15 years ago,» say the authors, adding that the new buildings had been hugely variable.

-- With respect to alterations of buildings or facilities designated as historic under State or local law, the guidelines described in paragraph (1) shall establish procedures equivalent to those established by 4.1.7 (1)(b) and (c) of the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards, and shall require, at a minimum, compliance with the requirements established in 4.1.7 (2) of such standards.

All models (including the confusingly - named «Premium Plus» base trim) come with four - zone climate control, built - in navigation, satellite radio, blind spot monitoring and rear parking sensors as standard, which is okay for a car at this price (especially as you'll be spending a minimum of $ 70,000 on a Mercedes - Benz CLS if you want to match the entry - level Audi A7's spec level like - for - like).

Minimum credit standards differ between lenders, borrowers, loan types, and home builds, among other factors.

The Code Enforcement Division enforces the City Codes adopted by the City Commission that establish minimum standards for health, safety and general welfare as well as regulates conditions of existing buildings, odors and pollution in order to prevent the creation of substandard dwellings, slums and blight.

Using these minimum standards for building your rabbit's hutch, will ensure it's stability and security to keep your bunnies in and predators out.

European standard EN 15026 provides minimum criteria for simulation software used to predict one - dimensional transient heat and moisture transfer in multi-layer building components exposed to transient climate conditions on both sides.

Requires nonresidential buildings receiving support to satisfy minimum indoor air quality standards.

A report on decarbonising heat from the UK Association for the Conservation of Energy says government «must bite the bullet» by setting mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for all buildings, at the point of sale.

-- The Secretary of Agriculture may, by regulation, provide for the applicability of the energy efficiency standards under subsection (a) or the enhanced energy efficiency and conservation standards and green building standards under subsection (b), or both, with respect to any covered federally assisted housing described in paragraph (3)(B) or any assistance provided with respect to rural housing by the Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture, subject to minimum Federal codes or standards then in effect.

-- The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may, by regulation, provide for the applicability of the energy efficiency standards under subsection (a) or the enhanced energy efficiency and conservation standards and green building standards under subsection (b), or both, with respect to any covered federally assisted housing described in paragraph (3)(A) or any HUD assistance, subject to minimum Federal codes or standards then in effect.

While the ZERO Code incorporates the latest ASHRAE Standard 90.1 - 2016 requirements for minimum building efficiency, other existing or new prescriptive and performance standards can also be accommodated, such as the International Green Construction Code (IgCC), ASHRAE Standard 189.1 - 2017, or any building energy efficiency standards that are more stringent than ASHRAE Standard 90.1 - 2016.

In the region of 220,000 new homes were built between 2006 - 2008 alone, at a time when the peak and gradual collapse of the house - building boom led to the construction of homes which are likely to be extremely leaky, inaccurately insulated and non-compliant with minimum standards.

The energy code is a building standard that ensures permitted construction in New York State meets a minimum level of energy efficiency.

While Ireland's minimum energy performance regulations for dwellings have come on leaps and bounds in recent years, standards for non-domestic buildings have remained untouched.

Building energy codes are regulatory instruments that specify minimum energy efficiency standards for the residential and commercial building Building energy codes are regulatory instruments that specify minimum energy efficiency standards for the residential and commercial building building sectors.

At a minimum, an equal amount of existing building area shall be renovated annually to meet a fossil fuel, GHG - emitting, energy consumption performance standard of 70 % of the regional (or country) average / median for that building type.

In fact, projects built to this standard are 80 % more efficient to heat and cool than a typical new building built to the minimum building code requirements.

And since developers will almost always build to the minimum building code standard that they can get away with, any increases in efficiency and reductions in glass area will have to be through regulation, and the pushback from the developers will be that it increases the cost of housing and will kill the industry.

Once works are underway, your local Council may wish to inspect them throughout construction, and once finished, they will issue a Building Control Completion Certificate to show the works are of a minimum required standard.

The landlord must ensure that the common areas of the building comply with minimum health standards.

Most condominium boards assume that their condominium would be constructed properly and meet the minimum standards set out in Ontario's Building Code.

... warranty insurance claims can only be made when a builder fails to meet the minimum standards of the building code, which happens far too frequently.

Obviously, building to code - minimum standards represents the lowest cost building, but durability may be compromised or reduced.

Building codes require structures to be constructed to minimum standards.

Furthermore, Parents Building Solutions has been assessed by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) as a «Promising program» in their Communities for Children Evidence - Based Programs guide, which must meet a set of criteria that reflect a minimum standard for good quality programs for families and children.

Until the provincial governments get off their behinds and set strict specific minimum standards for remediating former Marijuana grow ops those building must be destroyed.

Unless there is a minimum square footage requirement in the local codes what you are considering may be possible to build to standard codes.

Building codes are established by local authorities to set out minimum public - safety standards for building design, construction, quality, use and occupancy, location and mainBuilding codes are established by local authorities to set out minimum public - safety standards for building design, construction, quality, use and occupancy, location and mainbuilding design, construction, quality, use and occupancy, location and maintenance.

FHA One - Time Construction Loans Have Different Appraisal Requirements When an FHA loan applicant wants to purchase a home that is considered «existing construction», which has been built for at least a year or more with at least one owner, the appraisal process happens as a condition of loan approval to insure the property meets minimum FHA standards.