Sentences with phrase «such as ballasts»

In 1974, Rosenfeld founded the Center for Building Science at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and began developing energy - saving technologies such as ballasts for light bulbs and low - leakage windows.

Not exact matches

He has become a regular at big - brain forums, such as the TED conference, where his message blends Al Gore's grim factual ballast with vaulting entrepreneurial can - do - ism.

Constellation Brands, the wine and spirits maker, has operated this way with recent acquisitions such as San Diego's Ballast Point Brewing.

Beyond the Sculpin franchise, Birkel said he hopes consumers continue their journey through the Ballast Point portfolio by experimenting with higher end «explorer series» beers such as a barrel - aged version of Victory at Sea, which sourced wood from Constellation's High West Distillery and is slated for a November release.

The location will also offer limited - edition Ballast Point beers as well as its core products, such as Sculpin IPA.

The continued development of maritime transportation around the world, especially in new areas such as the Arctic, can increase conservation impacts to wildlife, including disturbance, fatal strikes, introduction of pathogens through ballast water, habitat destruction through anchoring (especially on corals), introduction of invasive species, air emis ¬ sions, noise, and fuel spills.

In other cases, human activities are involved in the HAB expansion, such as the inadvertent transport of algal species — or their cysts — from one region to another in ballast water.

That includes San Francisco Bay, where the majority of inhabitants are alien species such as Chinese mitten crabs, New Zealand sea slugs and Japanese gobies — all brought by ballast water.

Much attention has been given to migration of vermin on board ships, and the transport of larger organisms such as algae and jellyfish in ballast water.

The use of electronics in most cars came along later, such as electronic ignition only became common place in cars in the 80's and those were with ballast resistors which was a common fail point.

«As one of Southern California's premier brewers, for the team at Ballast Point, we couldn't be more honored to work with such an icon in our great state and become the first brewer at Downtown Disney,» Marty Birkel, president of Ballast Point Brewing, shared in a statement.

«As one of Southern California's premier brewers, for the team at Ballast Point, we couldn't be more honored to work with such an icon in our great state and become the first brewer at Downtown Disney,» Marty Birkel, president of Ballast Point Brewing, said in a statement.

There are many actions which can be taken to reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of alien species invasions, such as the treatment of ballast water in cargo ships and wood products, strict quarantine applied to crop and horticultural products, and embargos on the trade and deliberate introduction of known invader species.

Such ballasted perimeter design is referred to as a «vegetation free» zone.

Ocean acidification, rising ocean temperatures, declining sea ice, and other environmental changes interact to affect the location and abundance of marine fish, including those that are commercially important, those used as food by other species, and those used for subsistence.16, 17,18,122,19,20,21 These changes have allowed some near - surface fish species such as salmon to expand their ranges northward along the Alaskan coast.124, 125,126 In addition, non-native species are invading Alaskan waters more rapidly, primarily through ships releasing ballast waters and bringing southerly species to Alaska.5, 127 These species introductions could affect marine ecosystems, including the feeding relationships of fish important to commercial and subsistence fisheries.

Perform routine and general maintenance repairs including but not limited to repair drywall, paint, ceiling tile, light bulbs, and ballast replacement of lights, Replace electrical outlet sockets, identify issues such as breakers

Responded to work tickets to repair electrical issues such as faulty receptacles, replaced fuses, faulty ballasts, bad light bulbs, Plumbing issues including repair of toilet rings, leaky showers and sinks.

Responsible for the installation of electrical components such as fixtures, switches, receptacles, batteries, ballast and fire detectors for residential and commercial clients.

Performed preventive maintenance on guest suites such as painting, caulking, plumbing, minor electrical repairs including changing ballasts and light fixtures