Sentences with phrase «promote green buildings»

What will you do as mayor to increase recycling (residential and commercial), promote green buildings, and reduce our carbon footprint?

«In general, Chicago promotes green buildings through awards, grants, design competitions and fairs.

Mortgage lenders and appraisers do not systematically consider the value of a home's energy - efficient technology, said Robert Sahadi, director of energy efficiency finance policy at the Institute for Market Transformation, a nonprofit Washington D.C. group promoting green building.

She is a published author and promotes a green building, finance national blog.

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Leafy greens, especially in the raw form, are an alkaline promoting food, so eating them assists our bodies in achieving that necessary slightly alkaline pH. Leafy greens are also great bone builders, as they have more vitamin K than any other food, which is crucial for the bone building proteins to function properly.

The industry group launched its inaugural Brooklyn retail report in October, and in December it announced a partnership with Borough President Eric Adams to promote green - energy building improvements.

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

Green Building Solutions (greenbuildingsolutions.org), a plastics industry original website by the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council, has promoted the use of energy - efficient, resilient, green building materials, and more environmentally friendly methods of construction since Green Building Solutions (greenbuildingsolutions.org), a plastics industry original website by the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council, has promoted the use of energy - efficient, resilient, green building materials, and more environmentally friendly methods of construction sinBuilding Solutions (greenbuildingsolutions.org), a plastics industry original website by the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council, has promoted the use of energy - efficient, resilient, green building materials, and more environmentally friendly methods of construction since green building materials, and more environmentally friendly methods of construction sinbuilding materials, and more environmentally friendly methods of construction since 2005.

Big Green is building a national school food culture that promotes youth wellness.

Green Lane Diary, Mr. Kawamoto said, was built from an earlier Green Cross Japan environmental education program that promoted the importance of recycling wood and paper products.

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The 8 hectare estate is placed in the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica, close to Montezuma and Santa Teresa and it promotes tropical Green buildings and a life based on natural resources.

The Cooper Union's Service to Sustainability Awards recognize people and organizations that share the Institute's commitment to enhancing public understanding of sustainable environments and green building design and construction, and work to promote the adaptation of sustainability on local and global levels.

By promoting them online and through other non-traditional means, such as experimental spaces in locations across the country, Mixed Greens built a reputation of approachability and inventiveness.

At SFI, we believe that in order to better promote and increase green building projects, as well as benefit the North American economy, LEED must open their standard to all credible forest certification standards.

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

In summary, IFAD will: 1) scale up multiple benefit landscape approaches; 2) strengthen governance of natural assets; 3) promote valuation of the national environment; 4) build smallholder resilience; 5) promote green innovative financing; 6) promote a climate smart IFAD; 7) promote value chains to drive green growth; 8) promote gender and indigenous peoples; 9) promote livelihood diversification; 10) reduce IFAD's environmental footprint.

The Green Building Council of Australia and the International Living Future Institute recognize the value of multiple certifications for projects pursuing both Green Star and Living Building Challenge in order to promote holistic environmental and social outcomes at a buildinBuilding Council of Australia and the International Living Future Institute recognize the value of multiple certifications for projects pursuing both Green Star and Living Building Challenge in order to promote holistic environmental and social outcomes at a buildinBuilding Challenge in order to promote holistic environmental and social outcomes at a buildingbuilding level.

So making buildings more energy - efficient could have a significant impact on energy policy, notes Rebecca Flora of the Green Building Alliance, a group that promotes sustainable architecture.

Key recommendations presented in the document include: adopting migration and conflict - sensitive adaptation policies; promoting regional environmental cooperation in addressing climate change, migration and conflict; rooting national adaptation policies in the Green Economy and promoting the creation of green jobs; strengthening preventive action; and using conflict and / or migration risk to prioritize investments and build donor commitment to long - term engagement in the SGreen Economy and promoting the creation of green jobs; strengthening preventive action; and using conflict and / or migration risk to prioritize investments and build donor commitment to long - term engagement in the Sgreen jobs; strengthening preventive action; and using conflict and / or migration risk to prioritize investments and build donor commitment to long - term engagement in the Sahel.

Since the birth of the environmental movement in the last century, the architectural community has responded by taking the initiative to develop several Green building standards, which are focused on promoting the reduction of harmful effects on the environment and on human health in the design and construction of buildings.

Other popular programs included shifting toward green and alternative energy sources; promoting energy efficiency in private buildings; reducing risks of damage from flooding; and installing smart traffic lightsthat can change their own timing in response to traffic conditions.

In June 2016, CEDAAB established a Zero Carbon Green Building technical committee to further promote ZNC design in China.

«Michael Zatz, manager of the commercial building program for Energy Star, an EPA program to promote energy - efficient products and practices... says Energy Star has a user - support line that gets calls from green - building owners and managers who are disappointed in their building's energy performance.»

GBCA and APHA recognise the value of projects pursuing both Green Star and the Passive House Standard in order to promote high energy performing and thermally comfortable buildings.

EPA introduces Green Lights program, a partnership to promote efficient lighting systems in commercial and industrial buildings (later integrated into ENERGY STAR)

Then there are all the supporting steps, like commitments to have 50 percent of new buildings in cities and towns be green buildings by 2020, or efforts to promote 30 percent of motorized transport be through public transit in large and medium cities by the same year.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), co-founded by current CEO Rick Fedrizzi, Mike Italiano, and David Gottfried in 1993, is a private 501 (c) 3, membership - based non-profit organization that promotes sustainability in how buildings are designed, built, and operated.

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In certain zones, the green building standard, which saves resources and promotes renewable, clean energy, is one of several requirements in order gain additional height, floor area or density.

As the local affiliate, Passive House California will host a series of events to promote the Passive House Standard and to encourage all green building enthusiasts to learn about this high performance building method.

This led to Europe's Green Parties lobbying the EU to simultaneously implement higher standards of energy conservation in building codes, and promote by an advertising campaign «Green Appliences» employing not just chlorine free HFC's, but toxic and flammable refrigerants like ammonia and propane that had been widely banned after the emergence of the inert Freons in the 1940's.

Rooftop farms may be stealing the lime light from green roofs, but there's still a lot to be said for putting plants on rooftops to filter rainwater, regulate building temperatures, promote biodiversity and counter the urban heat island effect.

These groups support programs that get kids outdoors, promote urban tree planting and encourage green building.

Two years ago we wrote about Green Sandwich panels; then a year ago about BASF's spectacularly ugly Near Zero Energy Home, promoting their version of a green sandwich panel; now Studio RMA has taken the technology and built what one could truly call a new Case Study House, combining new technology with some classic California modernist design, and aiming for LEED PlatGreen Sandwich panels; then a year ago about BASF's spectacularly ugly Near Zero Energy Home, promoting their version of a green sandwich panel; now Studio RMA has taken the technology and built what one could truly call a new Case Study House, combining new technology with some classic California modernist design, and aiming for LEED Platgreen sandwich panel; now Studio RMA has taken the technology and built what one could truly call a new Case Study House, combining new technology with some classic California modernist design, and aiming for LEED Platinum.

Condominiums and buildings in key cities are now supporting, and even promoting, the concept of «green living.»

David Allen Green also makes reference to the individual lawyers using Twitter just to promote their practices who don't seem to be getting much traction in building up their so called «social media profiles».

Building on the recommendations of a Green Paper on Privacy and Innovation released by the Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force in December 2010, the Administration released Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Economy.

High - demand jobs within this field include construction workers building green homes and businesses, architects designing such buildings, PR specialists promoting green efforts, agricultural inspectors ensuring the quality of meat and produce, and electricians installing more energy efficient fixtures.

promoting renewable energy systems, energy efficiency improvements, green building design and construction

In an effort to help retailers save money on real estate costs (and be more environmentally responsible), the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) and the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT), a non-profit dedicated to promoting energy efficiency and green building, have released a retail green lease primer.

With LEED, most U.S. cities are promoting building green, and it is catching on here.

Lenders have been active in financing environmentally friendly projects for years, and now a growing number of lenders are promoting green lending with specific programs that target Energy Star or LEED - certified buildings, Woodwell adds.

This campaign promotes the USGBC's green affordable housing philosophy through advocacy of smart policy changes and adoption of greener building practices by housing finance authorities, public housing authorities and the projects that the organization funds.

I find it ironic that REALTOR ® Magazine would have an article in the front of the September 2007 issue against transfer fees («A new buyer's burden,» page 12) and another article later in the issue promoting the concept of green building («Eco-savvy selling,» page 40).

Office tenants who became believers in energy conservation in the heyday of the building sustainability movement about two decades ago only to watch building owners take all the credit have cheered a recent new law that will support, track and promote their efforts at being green.

By George Boué GREENER BUILDINGS July 8, 2010 Can promoting green initiatives and certifying the workplace as green increase productivity?

A green built modular home uses less energy, water and natural resources, creates less waste and promotes the health and well - being of the home owners and their families.

The IMT is a Washington, D.C. - based non-profit organization promoting energy efficiency, green building and environmental protection in the US and abroad.

The most straightforward way to market a green building is by promoting lower energy costs.