Sentences with phrase «terms of air quality»

Mitigation potentials are highly dependent on local conditions, but there are substantial co-benefits in terms of air quality, congestion and road safety (high agreement, much evidence)[5.3.1].

Quantifying the benefit in terms of air quality and human lives is.

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The scientists stressed that efforts still must be made to further improve the air quality in terms of protecting the population.

These cities had the cleanest air quality in terms of year - round particle pollution.

«Speed reductions, which are known to reduce emissions, would need to be maintained over a very long - term period in order to produce regional air quality benefits,» said James Corbett, a professor of marine policy at the University of Delaware, who has studied the impact of the shipping industry on human health.

The biggest winner, in terms of absolute increases, is air toxics and quality, for which the administration is requesting a $ 17 million (16.3 %) increase.

«I think that this research is going to have a long - term influence on how the community evaluates air quality and climate models, because the pH of particles is so important, yet mostly overlooked,» said Athanasios Nenes, a professor and Georgia Power Scholar in the School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and another co-author.

In addition, a recent paper in the New England Journal of Medicine found that long - term air quality improvements led to «statistically and clinically significant positive effects on lung - function growth in children.»

Given the obvious concerns for human ecological health — in terms of climate change, heavy metal toxification, indoor air quality, air pollution, plastics in the oceans, and things like that — there will be a large - scale trend to buildings that start to act like organisms.

«To explore the long - term effects of a global GHG mitigation strategy, we used dynamical downscaling from global simulations to predict the changes in air quality and related premature deaths.»

A new study of 60 million Americans — about 97 % of people age 65 and older in the United States — shows that long - term exposure to airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone increases the risk of premature death, even when that exposure is at levels below the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) currently established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

«There is a definite need to study the health effects of fracking accounting for the short - term changes in air quality, the possible long - term changes in water quality and the associations with stress.»

«The overall significance is that although we already know that reducing methane emissions can bring great societal benefits via decreased near - term warming and improved air quality, and that many of the sources can be controlled at low or even negative cost, we still need better data on emissions from particular sources,» Duke University climate sciences professor Drew Shindell said.

This is according to Alexandra Larsen of North Carolina State University in the US who led the first ever study taking a long - term look into the effects that wildfire smoke has on air quality across the US.

This research looked at long - term demographic changes, the long - range transport of air pollutants and the influence of climate change on air quality.

For instance, she says, although an increase in carbon monoxide levels of 10 micrograms per cubic meter raises an individual's short - term heart - attack risk by just 5 % or so, a change in air quality of that magnitude could be expected to account for 4.5 % of all heart attacks in the exposed population.

U.S. Secretary of Education Riley Reflects on Term Riley comments on the incoming secretary of ed, vouchers, air quality in schools, and more!

I've seen really sad situations in public schools where air quality was poor and schools were questionable in terms of safety, and it breaks my heart to see that.

Yet a further advantage is that the a / c compressor initiates its cooling function much earlier than in a conventional car, the air conditioning in BMW ActiveHybrid 7 thus offering qualities unique the world over in terms of function and effi ciency only possible with the high - performance lithium - ion battery.

Air drying is somewhere between freeze drying and dehydrating in terms of retaining nutritional values, but it is clearly a high - quality cat food that nutritionally recognizes the wild beast lingering in your house cat.

New top quality apartments, one or two bedrooms (1 / 2 bathroom) with a wide terrace and some of them with a spacious solarium with sea views, fully furnished, fitted kitchen, air conditioning, TV, satellite and all the services that you need to make this urbanisation the perfect place for you to relax and enjoy your holiday or long term let.

Still, given the fact that China is rapidly becoming a world leader in clean tech industries, that it is flexing its muscle in terms of international climate leadership, and that other cities around the world suffer from the same types of diesel - driven air quality problems that China has become known for, I think we can expect China's success story to translate into rapid adoption elsewhere.

In terms of the quality of life, there is still a huge imbalance between man - made systems that provide sanitized air, food, water and comfort, and the natural systems that eliminate entropic «energies» that also provide oxygen, food and water to man, despite the efforts to apply natural systems in man - made environments.

We find that across - the - board emissions reductions in domestic fuel burning in developing Asia and in surface transportation in North America are likely to offer the greatest potential for substantial, simultaneous improvement in local air quality and near - term mitigation of global climate change.

Short - term adaptation and mitigation includes predicting extreme events, while long - term actions include modelling the impact of air quality or ozone layer on human health.

-- The term «green building standards» means standards to require use of sustainable design principles to reduce the use of nonrenewable resources, encourage energy - efficient construction and rehabilitation and the use of renewable energy resources, minimize the impact of development on the environment, and improve indoor air quality.

-- For purposes of this subsection, the term «green building» means, with respect to standards for structures, standards to require use of sustainable design principles to reduce the use of nonrenewable resources, minimize the impact of development on the environment, and to improve indoor air quality.

Improving air and water quality would pay dividends in terms of public health and economic productivity.

In fact, six of the ten most polluted cities in the European Union, in terms of fine particulate matter air quality, are in Poland.

In short, aerosols can be linked to poorer air quality (both indoor and outdoor) and deaths because of this, changing short - term weather patterns, and long - term climatic changes contributing to melting of both Arctic sea ice and glaciers.

It assessed the impacts of civil aviation in terms of climate change and global air quality as well as looking at the effect of technology options for the future fleet.

Their green - above - all approach makes lots of sense for children's furniture, from both a planetary and human health perspective: youngsters spend tons of time in their cribs, on a changing table, and surrounded by stuff in their nurseries; exposure to VOCs and other harmful pollutants that are off - gassing from their surroundings can lead to both short and long - term health problems, especially if they're living with poor indoor air quality during their busiest developmental years.

They appear to capture the reality that near - term health impacts seem to typically be considered more important to citizens than longer - term impacts of any sort, consistent with the vastly greater sums spent on medical care and research than on long - term environmental protection, and within the realm of air quality consistent with an emphasis on SO2 and NOx reductions.

There is substantial variation across coal - fired power plants, however, especially in terms of air - quality related emissions, with damages typically greater for older plants and less for newer ones.

This reflects the large impact of PM2.5 on near - term human health via air quality and the substantial impact of BC on climate.

PA DEP conducted short - term air quality monitoring studies in the southwest, northeast and north - central regions of Pennsylvania in 2010.

This includes helping them identify and implement the most cost - effective pathways to large - scale implementation of SLCP measures, i.e. those that reduce near - term warming and improve air quality, human health and crop yields1.

These oil drilling and refining operations cause long - term pollution to the air, land and water, which can impact your quality of life and the value of your property.

In terms of photo quality, the iPad mini 4's camera has also been bumped up to 8 megapixels on the back and 1.2 megapixels on the front, putting it on par with the iPad Air 2, but don't expect iPhone quality photographs from this tablet — both the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 4 lag behind Apple's smartphone in this regard.

Despite their solid design, great Bluetooth range, and ample feature set, the Amps Air disappoint in terms of overall audio quality.

The old cliché, «Location, location, location» applies to the quality of the neighbourhood in which the property is located, not only in terms of educational facilities, shopping convenience, and so on, but also in terms of proximity to potential sources of pollution (both air and water).

Highlights of the building's sustainability achievements include an Energy Star rating of 93, which places the building in the top 7 percent of similar buildings in terms of energy efficiency; use of highly - efficient plumbing fixtures providing water savings of approximately 17 percent; modifications to the building's irrigation system provide a 74 percent reduction in water use for irrigation, as well as a dedicated meter to monitor ongoing performance; recycling efforts resulting in a 45 percent diversion rate of recyclables from landfill of ongoing consumable waste and a 100 percent diversion rate of durable goods from entering the waste stream; an integrated pest management plan incorporating non-toxic measures for animal and vegetative pest control; and a green cleaning pProgram, implemented as part of a comprehensive building - wide indoor air quality program.