Sentences with phrase «producing building heat»

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But after crunching some Department of Energy data, Surace estimates that the construction and operation of buildings — heating; cooling; lighting; the manufacture of cement, drywall, and glass — produce 52 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

The cogeneration plant — which will be built in a dormant Sheridan Avenue facility attached to the large steam plant that still is used to heat and cool the Capitol complex — and microgrid will supply the 98 - acre Plaza's power, with ability to produce up to 90 percent of the complex's annual electric energy needs.

The company built a new 5 - bay kiln at the Madison County landfill to take advantage of waste heat produced by a nearby landfill gas power plant.

They are good for personal computers, but when you use these semiconductors to build supercomputers, they produce heat and noise, demand powerful cooling systems.

Known as PS10 and built by the Spanish company Abengoa Solar, the project produces electricity with 624 large moveable mirrors called heliostats, using these to concentrate the sun's heat to the top of a 115 - metre - high tower where a solar receiver and a steam turbine are located.

HAARP, near Gakona, Alaska, comprises radio transmitters and antennas that are used to heat up the ionosphere — the uppermost region of the atmosphere — creating a laboratory in the sky for scientists.The facility has been used to produce an artificial aurora and to study how charged particles behave in the ionosphere, at a total cost of more than $ 250 million to build and operate.

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

It is a good rule of thumb to start slow and build up your tolerance to the heat that the saunas produce.

Rhodiola Rosea is an adaptogenic herb which means that it builds resistance to all areas of bodily stress such as extreme heat or cold, toxic chemicals, sleep deprivation, and depression, while producing a normalizing effect on the body.

Excessive blood build up in the vein can also produce unwanted heat that will decrease sperm count.

The acrylic blend of fibers traps moisture that is produced by the body and converts it into heat; this creates warmth that is built to last.

If you're involved in the procurement and running of buildings, the chances are you know something about operational carbon emissions — the level of emissions produced from activities including heating, cooling and lighting buildings.

Creating a building with such thought out heating processes from the outset means the school could be produced with a local authority budget but will continue to conserve energy and money because of its performance capabilities.

In building systems, we are moving to levels far greater: Technology already exists to replace all these systems, radiators and appliances that are energy - intensive consuming and do not produce the necessary heat or refrigeration required.

Starter activities for the entire topic of P2 GCSE Physics (AQA) Topics included Energy transfer by conduction Specific Heat Capacity Heating and Insulating Buildings Resources produced to use the starter as a recap from the previous lesson.

Built from 97 individual cells, the pack produces close to 364 volts, and is both heated and liquid cooled in order to normalize performance in various climates.

Built surfaces increase energy demand and heat - island effects, adversely impact air quality, and produce greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

Today hemp - crete is proving itself to be an easily produced, environmentally - friendly alternative to many other building materials, and it is actually proven to be a better insulator against heat and cold than conventional products.

And not only did the SGI behemoths suck energy, they also produced so much heat that the during the summer months the studio building's temperature would soar to over 90 degrees inside, requiring an army of huge fans to cool both the equipment and the programmers.

That's the full embodied energy in all the materials and construction equipment and trucks doing deliveries for the construction of the building, paid back over the estimated 60 year life of the building, generated through self - produced solar, wind, and cooling from the sea, air or the ground via heat pump.

ECR International's freewatt MCHP system uses heat generated by a reciprocating Honda engine to produce 12,000 BTU / hr of heat while simultaneously co-generating 1.2 kW of electric power for a home or building up to 5,000 kWh per year!

Our everyday actions, at home and at work, consume energy and produce carbon emissions, such as driving, flying and heating buildings.

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

Occupants of buildings can also contribute to the heating of buildings by virtue of the heat produced through metabolic processes.

In built - up urban areas the concentration of heat storing materials in buildings, roads, etc. such as concrete, bitumen, bricks and so on, and heat sources such as heaters, air - conditioners, lighting, cars, etc. all combine to produce a local «heat island»: a region where temperatures tend to be warmer than the surrounding rural land.

Throughout a building's lifespan, its total energy consumption consists of operating the building (heating, lighting, cooling, etc.), and the energy it takes to construct the building and produce building materials (concrete, steel, glass, carpet, paint, fixtures, equipment, etc.), or embodied energy.

There are other factors such as albedo change, buildings that diminish surface winds, and anthropogenic heat sources from anthing that consumes fuel or electricity to produce work and waste heat which buildings then help to trap.

That waste heat and ground and atmospheric by - products of producing it, along with the roads, farms, buildings, parking lots and the like, all are their own evidence.

In addition to the pdf description of the design and build of the sunspace, Mike has provided a spreadsheet that shows how the heat that the sunspace provides to the house is measured and calculated, and also allows you to change the various parameters to see how it effects the heat produced.

Through extensive daylighting, a high - performance façade, chilled beams, and a trigeneration plant that produces electricity, heat, and cooling, the building reduces its carbon footprint by 72 % (as compared to an average office building in Australia).

Among its features are a ground - source heat pump for heating and cooling, a rooftop solar water heater, and sleekly designed composting toilets that produce a rich humus used to fertilize the landscape surrounding the building.

What's more, our buildings can literally begin to come alive: green walls and rooftop gardens not only suck carbon out of the air, but they also can provide healthy local produce, can reduce storm water runoff, and can decrease the urban heat island effect.

The 2,700 - square - foot building requires less heat than is produced by a common household hair dryer and generates most of that meagre heating energy on - site.

The resulting performance produces approximately a 90 % reduction in heating and cooling energy usage and up to a 75 % reduction in primary energy usage compared to homes built to conventional building code.

Among its features are a ground source heat pump for heating and cooling, a rooftop solar heater for hot water, and sleekly designed composting toilets that produce a rich humus used to fertilize the landscape surrounding the building.

The 32 hectare reclaimed industrial site features an innovative district heating system as well as one of Canada's first net zero buildings (designed to produce as much energy as it consumes).

At the moment biofuel generators in the basement produce 40 % of the building's energy, for lighting, heating, the flow of air conditioning and water, while the rest comes mainly from coal and nuclear supplies.

Sunlight, however, can also be used to heat water tanks, either for direct use as hot water, to heat buildings, or to produce steam to run a generator.

For example, because heating with oil produces more carbon build - up than gas, having the system regularly cleaned is essential for safety, as well as efficiency.