Sentences with phrase «new energy efficient buildings»

Energy Efficient Design & Construction Construction of new energy efficient buildings is the most cost - effective way to achieve an energy efficient infrastructure over the course of time.

DOT signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program to provide technical assistance in the design of new energy efficient buildings and the evaluation of existing buildings.

The funding also supports the development of a new energy efficient building systems course collaboratively taught by Professor Baglione and energy consultant, Travis Smith.

Not exact matches

In our two new data centers in California we utilized a new more energy - efficient approach to data center design and also invested in building improvements to increase energy efficiency.

In addition, the company recently installed LED lighting to ensure its building was energy - efficient as well as new refrigeration systems and state - of - the - art ovens to improve its kitchen efficiency.

If you've decided to build a new home, there are a number of energy efficient solutions that you should consider.

Think about discovering codes that have changed, the extra brainpower needed to figure out the best energy - saving features (we want to make our new building as green and energy - efficient as possible — extra expense up front, but money - and environment - savings in the long run), and doing everything we can to stay within budget.

Additionally, five new energy - efficient parking facilities with the capacity for 3,500 vehicles are being built in coordination with the Villages of Mineola and Westbury and the Town of Oyster Bay.

«Governor Cuomo's Build Smart NY initiative is an innovative and practical approach to energy efficiency, expediting the completion of cost - saving measures and prioritizing work to ensure efficient implementation,» said Gil C. Quinones, president and chief executive officer, New York Power Authority.

«Leading by example in making state buildings more energy efficient will save taxpayers money, create thousands of local jobs, and bolster New York's broader efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

It also will boost some local building activity and result in new homes that are long - lasting and much more energy efficient.»

In 2003, she began working as a contractor to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), helping upstate homeowners, local governments and businesses access resources to make their buildings more energy efficient and more afforEnergy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), helping upstate homeowners, local governments and businesses access resources to make their buildings more energy efficient and more afforenergy efficient and more affordable.

The Mobile and Manufactured Home Replacement Pilot Program (MMHR) assists homeowners to remove and replace dilapidated mobile or manufactured homes with new, energy efficient manufactured, modular or site built homes.

This $ 11 million investment from New York State, the City of Buffalo, and Key Bank is a win - win for our community, helping to reduce blight, and build affordable housing that is environmentally friendly and energy efficient.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA), and Southern Tier Environments for Living (STEL) joined local partners to dedicate Evergreen Lofts, an under - utilized industrial building in Buffalo that now has 56 energy - efficient affordable apartments in an LGBTQ - friendly setting and supportive housing for formerly homeless persons with chronic medical conditions.

In her bid for Congress, Ms. Throne - Holst, formerly a registered Independent, said that as Southampton supervisor she cut spending, reduced debt and upgraded the town's bond rating, while preserving «thousands of acres of open space» and introducing new energy - efficient building codes.

As town supervisor, Ms. Throne - Holst said, she cut spending, reduced debt and upgraded the town's bond rating, while preserving «thousands of acres of open space» and introducing new energy - efficient building codes.

This comprehensive assessment provides new inspiration and understanding of design principles that may lead to more efficient synthetic approaches for advanced, lightweight structural materials for transportation, buildings, batteries, and energy conversion.

To build those machines, which are 100 times more powerful than today's top performers, researchers need to come up with a host of breakthroughs in everything from making energy efficient chips to new algorithms for programming them.

Chu highlighted the department's biggest new research initiative, a set of eight new Energy Innovation Hubs, each one focused on a different energy - related challenge: solar electricity; fuels produced directly from sunlight; batteries and other kinds of energy storage; carbon capture and storage; new technologies for the electrical grid; efficient buildings; extreme materials; and modeling and simulEnergy Innovation Hubs, each one focused on a different energy - related challenge: solar electricity; fuels produced directly from sunlight; batteries and other kinds of energy storage; carbon capture and storage; new technologies for the electrical grid; efficient buildings; extreme materials; and modeling and simulenergy - related challenge: solar electricity; fuels produced directly from sunlight; batteries and other kinds of energy storage; carbon capture and storage; new technologies for the electrical grid; efficient buildings; extreme materials; and modeling and simulenergy storage; carbon capture and storage; new technologies for the electrical grid; efficient buildings; extreme materials; and modeling and simulation.

«For a new energy - efficient building, we weren't living up to our potential,» she said.

«In many cases, energy management is actually more rewarding than decorating buildings with energy - efficient products,» says Tan Hongwei, head of green building and the new energy research center at Tongji University, whose words have been put into test at his own campus.

Low - income housing residents who live in «green» buildings that are built with eco-friendly materials and energy - efficient features appear to have fewer «sick building» symptoms (SBS) than residents of traditionally constructed low - income housing, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The two new devices — a modulator and a tunable filter — are as energy - efficient as some of the best devices around, the researchers say, and were built using a standard IBM advanced Complementary Metal - Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) process — the same chip - making process used to build many commercially available chips, some of which are found in Sony's Playstation 3 and also in Watson, the supercomputer that won Jeopardy! in 2011.

Increasing the indoor temperature set point to values in the range of 26 - 29 °C (79 - 84 °F) and simultaneously providing occupants with personally controllable fans could be a cost - effective, sustainable and energy - efficient option for providing thermal comfort in new and existing buildings in the tropics, said Schiavon.

«New sensor system improves indoor air quality, makes building ventilation more energy efficient.»

Because economic growth continues to boost the demand for energy — more coal for powering new factories, more oil for fueling new cars, more natural gas for heating new homes — carbon emissions will keep climbing despite the introduction of more energy - efficient vehicles, buildings and appliances.

«It's a new, potential building block for energy - efficient optoelectronics,» Li said.

But with new homes, they try to build them to be so energy - efficient that it only leaves a few species of mold in the house.

Mike Green, director of capital at the EFA, said: «These designs will ensure that new schools can be built to effective designs and specifications, be simple to maintain and energy efficient.

Refurbishment of building fabric and installing new energy efficient equipment also makes a lot of sense, particularly since there a number of financing options available for schools where the repayments can be entirely offset by the savings on bills.

Moorgate Primary Academy in Staffordshire benefitted from # 3.6 million worth of funding, which has seen a two - storey building with bright new classrooms and modern features, including an energy - efficient automatic ventilation system, be built on the school grounds.

Energy consciousness for both new and existing buildings was also covered in some detail, including how facilities such as lighting, through energy efficient products, can improve learning environEnergy consciousness for both new and existing buildings was also covered in some detail, including how facilities such as lighting, through energy efficient products, can improve learning environenergy efficient products, can improve learning environments.

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.

Thanks to a particularly innovative overall technological system, improved aerodynamics (cw = 0,281) and perfected rolling resistance, the new, all - electric Volkswagen is over 15 per cent more energy - efficient than the best steel - built direct competitor.

Utility costs can be mitigated in newer construction apartments with energy - efficient windows, but these homes are often substantially more expensive to rent than one which was built just a few years ago.

In addition to purchasing a primary residence, VA mortgages can be applied towards making a home more energy efficient, building a new house, or purchasing a house for remodeling.

In our two new data centers in California we utilized a new more energy - efficient approach to data center design and also invested in building improvements to increase energy efficiency.

You can finance the cost of energy - efficient home improvements with your mortgage, even if you are building a new home, purchasing a pre-existing home, or refinancing your current mortgage.

«The new building also will be more energy efficient.»

Building on the new commitments on greenhouse gas emissions pledged by China and the United States, Razak laid out a strategy for his country (facilitated by wealth derived from abundant oil and gas reserves) to become a leader in developing renewable energy and pursuing energy - efficient design.

India voiced its rejection of the American position in an awkwardly public forum: during a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to an energy - efficient office building on the outskirts of New Delhi that was supposed to celebrate cooperation between India and the United States on climate policy.

, 545 (scale re Secular Animist), Secular Animist 542 (re Dan H. 541), — I should probably clarify that specifically what I meant was that it should tend to be more efficient to choose building a unit of clean energy infrastructure in a developing country than replace a unit of dirty energy infrastructure with said unit of clean energy infrastructure while building another new dirty energy infrastructure unit; of course those aren't the only two choices.

And that's why we've proposed new programs to help Americans upgrade their homes and businesses and plants with new, energy - efficient building materials — new lighting, new windows, new heating and cooling systems --- investments that will save consumers and business owners tens of billions of dollars a year, and free up money for investment and hiring and creating new jobs and hiring more workers and putting contractors to work as well.

Our new data center in Maiden, North Carolina, demonstrates our commitment to reducing the environmental impact of our facilities through energy - efficient, green building design.

It could be as simple as building codes mandating all new construction generate at least some portion of their own power; offering susidies to convert to energy efficient lighting and heat.

No one can predict what new applications will be born of basic research: new treatments in our hospitals, or new sources of efficient energy; new building materials; new kinds of crops more resistant to heat and to drought.

U.S. and Chinese officials will work together and with the private sector to develop energy efficient building codes and rating systems, benchmark industrial energy efficiency, train building inspectors and energy efficiency auditors for industrial facilities, harmonize test procedures and performance metrics for energy efficient consumer products, exchange best practices in energy efficient labeling systems and convene a new U.S. - China Energy Efficiency Forum to be held annually, rotating between the two counenergy efficient building codes and rating systems, benchmark industrial energy efficiency, train building inspectors and energy efficiency auditors for industrial facilities, harmonize test procedures and performance metrics for energy efficient consumer products, exchange best practices in energy efficient labeling systems and convene a new U.S. - China Energy Efficiency Forum to be held annually, rotating between the two counenergy efficiency, train building inspectors and energy efficiency auditors for industrial facilities, harmonize test procedures and performance metrics for energy efficient consumer products, exchange best practices in energy efficient labeling systems and convene a new U.S. - China Energy Efficiency Forum to be held annually, rotating between the two counenergy efficiency auditors for industrial facilities, harmonize test procedures and performance metrics for energy efficient consumer products, exchange best practices in energy efficient labeling systems and convene a new U.S. - China Energy Efficiency Forum to be held annually, rotating between the two counenergy efficient consumer products, exchange best practices in energy efficient labeling systems and convene a new U.S. - China Energy Efficiency Forum to be held annually, rotating between the two counenergy efficient labeling systems and convene a new U.S. - China Energy Efficiency Forum to be held annually, rotating between the two counEnergy Efficiency Forum to be held annually, rotating between the two countries.

All of us will need to buy more of the fuel - efficient cars built by this state, and find new ways to improve efficiency and save energy in our own homes and businesses.

A lot of people were angry when New York Times did their «exposé» about LEED, (see New York Times Behind the Times on LEED), particularly its focus on LEED certified buildings that are not particularly energy efficient.