Sentences with phrase «passive design strategies»

Sefaira Architecture already integrates the 2030 Challenge benchmarks directly into its real - time energy analysis, and now the integration of the 2030 Palette into Sefaira's Design Guidance feature connects designers with the most appropriate passive design strategies, based on the energy - use profile of a given design.

Design Guidance uses real - time analysis results in Sefaira Architecture to deliver customized guidance on how to improve a building's performance, and points the designer to relevant passive design strategies collated in Architecture 2030's 2030 Palette.

Not exact matches

Other sustainable design strategies include recycled content, natural ventilation and passive cooling, low - water landscaping, high - efficiency plumbing, sustainably harvested wood, and use of regional materials.

Rather than the one - size - fits - all strategy of delivering content to a passive learner in those designs, ITS designs are able to customize the learning experience the student receives based on factors such as pre-existing knowledge, learning style, and the student's progress through the content material.

It's the main strategy I use in my brokerage accounts, and the only one I know of that's designed to pay a passive, predictable income stream that goes up over time.

It begins with my best attempt at laying out the case for passive investing: I explain the problems with mutual funds and active stock - picking strategies designed to beat the market, and I encourage investors to focus on the things they can control rather than basing their financial lives around the pursuit of an unlikely goal.

It is designed to provide greater diversification than passive capitalization - weighted strategies through more exposure to smaller, developing economies with fast - growing potential beyond China, Taiwan, and South Korea.

The fund employs a passive management strategy designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Broad Market Index.

Benchmarks are designed to represent a passive strategy in a given universe.

This includes extensive natural daylighting strategies, passive ventilation, extensive heat recovery, and inherent flexibility in the design to accommodate continually changing airline and security requirements.

Design Guidance will surface relevant links to the 2030 Palette identifying passive strategies to reduce cooling load and strategies to reduce lighting loads.»

WaterShed's design includes passive and active strategies to create efficient methods of lighting and air circulation, maintaining a comfortable and attractive living environment with minimal energy consumption.

The two - story office building, designed by ZGF Architects, is superinsulated and relies largely on passive solar strategies for heating in the winter, when outside temperatures can drop into the single digits.

i think «4» is thinking of passive house as passivhaus which is different than designing a «passive house» with passive strategies.

And as you can see from available renderings, the method of accomplishing such goals is primarily through prefabrication and passive and active design strategies.

The design includes several homes clustered to benefit from roof gardens, building integrated photovoltaics, passive solar strategies, a rainwater recovery system, and sliding, removable, and bendable walls and partitions for flexible occupant use of space.

Saving energy saves money, so this important resilient design strategy (passive survivability) directly benefits homeowners while delivering a home that will be much safer to live in during a power outage.

The best design features from our grandparent's generation could be combined with high levels of insulation, passive solar heating, natural cooling, and other strategies that are key components of good green design today to product a home that would not only protect its occupants but also save energy and other resources throughout it's life.

Swatches are global in scope yet local in application, providing location - specific strategies across the built environment at any latitude and in any environment: from interconnected transportation and habitat networks that span entire regions, to elegant passive design solutions to light, heat, or cool individual buildings.

Normally a passive house might benefit from a deep roof overhang to provide summer shading, but once again the pre-fixed design prohibited this, so a cooling strategy was developed which included a sensible window opening allowance along with external blinds on the larger south facing glazed areas.

Building orientation in residential subdivisions and its effect on implementation of passive and active design strategies on a community - wide scale

After we do our best to minimize energy consumption through energy - conserving design (high levels of insulation, high - performance windows, and such), passive solar heating, passive cooling strategies, and daylighting should dominate our energy design efforts.