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This will «increase the importance of green building as a means of contributing immediate and measurable solutions toward energy independence, climate change mitigation, and other global priorities,» according to USGBC.

Interestingly, most South African firms give the motivation of their green builds as «the right thing to do», comments Modise.

Not exact matches

The couple built the house in 1959 and watched as their neighborhood, once green with plenty of space for backyards and swing sets, vanished.

As we reported last week, Elon Musk's Boring Company received a green light from the city of Hawthorne to build a 2 - mile long tunnel.

Debt - ceiling battles have scuttled previous attempts to build and subsequently maintain this stockpile, so when the debt ceiling was suspended in early February, the Treasury ratcheted up issuance out of the gate as soon as they got the green light.

Ontario's inclusion of domestic content requirements in its Green Energy Act — since revised as a result of a successful World Trade Organization challenge — explicitly sought to not just deliver clean energy electrons, but to build up its renewable energy manufacturing sector.

Since I'm a 23 - year - old entrepreneur, I saw this post as another sign that I have the green light to take risks and build businesses because the fear of living out on the streets with no food is overblown.

The Centre will build upon innovative and cost - effective conservation initiatives such as the Ontario Green Button, a program launched by the Ministry of Energy and MaRS Discovery District that gives consumers greater visibility and control over their energy usage.

'' We're very excited about the green roof because it will add additional texture and color and send an extraordinary message about urban areas as innovative, sustainable and attractive,» said MaryAnne Gilmartin, president and CEO of Forest City Ratner Cos., which built the arena.

I try to think of them as «list 1 — veg» «list 2 — greens» «list 3 — fruit», and so on, building a salad using one or two items from each list to have a balance in the meal.

As we passed office buildings and apartment complexes, Stark would peer into each mess of undifferentiated green along the sidewalk and pull out things for me to try.

But more important than all this was the prestige which Eddie Arcaro had built up as the foremost race rider of his generation, the smartest, the trickiest, the headiest — and the hungriest when the heavy green bills are waiting to be picked up in the winner's circle.

Designed to foster collaboration and innovation while supporting efficient administration of educational programs, the net - zero energy facility will also serve as an educational model of energy - saving features and green - building sustainability.

Meanwhile, group's list of seven included religious structures throughout the city, such as St. Gelasius; the South Side Masonic Temple, 6400 S. Green St.; the East Village neighborhood; the old Cook County Hospital, 1825 W. Harrison St.; the West Loop Mercantile District; the Isabella Building, 21 E. Van Buren St., and Prentice Hospital, 333 E. Superior St.

As you stack one on top of the other, describe what you're doing by saying «I'm building a really tall tower» or «Let's put this green block on top of the red one.»

Opponents of a plan to build a senior center in a park on Chicago's North Side said they are worried about losing open green space, but they also see the threat as the latest proposed development projects swallowing up parks throughout the city.

Opponents of a plan to build a senior center in a park on Chicago's North Side said they are worried about losing open green space, but they also see the threat as the latest in a string of development projects swallowing up parks throughout the city.

The commons is envisioned as a collection of green space, shops, some housing and public buildings, including a new library, a Park District recreation center and a new village hall.

Broadmoor's nature center was touted as one of state's pioneering «green» buildings when architects transformed the property's iconic barn 30 years ago.

, built as it was from the emerging Labour movement, any more than Labour could «strangle» the environmental movement and Green Party or the Liberal Democrats (despite your best efforts: little sign of success post-1974); or any more than the LibDems could conceivably «destroy and replace» the Labour Party in the next decade or two.

Mr Brown insisted home building would not be at the expense of the green belt or local oppositions, telling MPs the government would «protect robustly the land designated as green belt».

I am concentrating on issues such as protecting green space, redeveloping aging commercial buildings, ensuring quality services and improving the quality of life for all residents.»

Manna has also served as Chair of the Rosendale Environmental Commission and Vice-Chair of the Ulster County Environmental Management Council, helped found the HV Green Building and Renewable Energy Working Group, was on the board of the Hudson Valley Materials Exchange, help start the Hudson Valley Biodiesel Coop, and is a long - standing member of the Mid-Ulster League of Women Voters and numerous other civic organizations.

Their design — two hollow towers, a sort of shell of the fallen buildings, but filled with green space and a performing arts center — was hailed as creating an «iconic and bold new skyline for the twenty - first century,» by the LMDC.

When Cheri and I ran for office last year, one of our main goals was to build the Green Party and to inspire new leaders to run for office as Greens.

One of the reasons Chin is facing opposition is because of her support for the Elizabeth Street Garden project, a proposed development that will replace the Elizabeth Street Garden with a six - story building slated as affordable housing for seniors, while also providing some green space.

That's especially the case around London, with its high housing prices and housing shortages — yet locations such as these are protected as part of the city's green belt, making it impossible to build housing on them.

As various Tory MPs have tweeted in identikit fashion, the Lib Dem candidate has today «fessed up to voting for 5,000 new homes to be built on previously undeveloped green space — and this despite campaign literature which warns that «countryside spaces between our towns and villages across the borough of Eastleigh are under new threat thanks to Hampshire Conservatives».

POUGHKEEPSIE >> It was sea of green at Grandview on Tuesday as supporters turned out in force for a proposal by Resorts World to build a casino at Sterling Forest in the Orange County town of Tuxedo.

This could happen if Ukip establishes itself next year as the clear second - place challenger to Labour in much of the north, as well as to the Tories along England's east and south coasts, while the Greens build up support in university seats where they have started to put down roots.

This is why we need to protect buildings as well as humans in cities in future urban planning, so the strategic placing of hedges, trees and other green infrastructure can have a direct benefit as an air pollution control measure in cities.»

«The Green Electronics Council was looking to build capacity in green electronics by honoring thought leaders and highlighting them as an example of the good work that can be done in this space, making this project a great match for our office,» said Christine Burgess, RCP project direGreen Electronics Council was looking to build capacity in green electronics by honoring thought leaders and highlighting them as an example of the good work that can be done in this space, making this project a great match for our office,» said Christine Burgess, RCP project diregreen electronics by honoring thought leaders and highlighting them as an example of the good work that can be done in this space, making this project a great match for our office,» said Christine Burgess, RCP project director.

It affords views of such landmarks as the Empire State Building and is one of several pilot green roofs in the metropolitan area.

Bacteria expressing enzyme in one cell (bright green), while genetically identical cells do not, remaining protected from antibiotic onslaught; image courtesy of Yuichi Wakamoto / Neeraj Dhar / John McKinney Some strains of nasty bacterial infections, such as MRSA (methicillin - resistant Staphylococcus aureus), come loaded with resistance to antibiotics built right into their genes.

As a result, all of the building and venues will meet green building criteria.

But by building on the basic step of achieving such high quantum efficiency for solar hydrogen generation, we could make the process of producing a «green» fuel much greener as well.»

Offering that «it's very hard to do a systematic change,» Girard cited her work as the chairwoman of Boston's interagency green building committee, in which every major construction project has to pass a checklist produced by the agency to comply with new adaptation codes.

Warner is all for transparency, but being a chemist himself, he knows how his colleagues think, and he's concerned that if green chemistry becomes mandatory, industrial chemists will misunderstand it, writing it off as a policy - wonk proposal when in fact it is solid science, built on the core principles of traditional chemistry.

Sectors such as information technology, packaging, green building all have momentum regardless of uncertainty in Copenhagen or Washington, experts say.

«To mitigate the effects of climate change, we can talk about two types of options: to attack it at its origin, by eliminating or reducing the human factors that contribute to it (such as, reducing emissions, controlling pollution, etc.) or developing strategies that allow for its effects to be reduced, such as, in the case that concerns us, increasing green areas in cities, using, for example, the tops of buildings as green roofs,» states the University of Seville researcher, Luis Pérez Urrestarazu.

etween Dec. 6, 2011, (top) and July 14, 2014, (bottom), the Ministry of Justice building was heavily damaged (red arrow), as was the Khusriwiye Mosque (green arrow).

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.

Yet, only 2 percent of commercial real estate and 0.3 percent of new homes are considered to be «green buildings» — defined as «environmentally preferable practices and materials in the design, location, construction, operation and disposal of buildings,» in a 2008 report by the Montreal - based Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).

The prestige and social capital that comes from receiving the GLORES status can spur governments, much as «green building» certification has helped the adoption of sustainable practices in construction.

Taylor at the city Department of Buildings called last week's announcement «an impressive legislative package» that complements existing provisions in the mayor's earlier PlaNYC initiatives, such as property tax abatements for green roofs.

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303

The insects vanish as the men open the car doors to unload their gear and carry it to the green one - story virology building, moving quickly past the resident population of bleating goats in the INRB's central courtyard.

Some air conditioners still use chemicals that deplete the ozone layer and demand for air - conditioners is expected to rise as a result of global warming, so green buildings could help counter this demand.

-- The Secretary may not guarantee any eligible mortgage under this section unless the mortgagor has demonstrated, in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish, the amount of savings attributable to incorporation of the sustainable building elements to be financed with the green portion of the mortgage, as measured by the National Green Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonsbuilding elements to be financed with the green portion of the mortgage, as measured by the National Green Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstragreen portion of the mortgage, as measured by the National Green Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstraGreen Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonsBuilding Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstraGreen Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonsBuilding Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstration.

(F) Any other requirements, standards, checklists, or rating systems for green building or sustainability as the Secretary may identify and adopt by regulation, as may be necessary for purposes of this paragraph, except that the Secretary shall make a determination regarding whether to adopt and apply any such requirements, standards, checklist, or rating system for purposes of this section not later than the expiration of the 180 - day period beginning upon date of receipt of any written request, made in such form as the Secretary shall provide, for such adoption and application.