Sentence examples for building offsets from inspiring English sources

Domestic Green building offsets would allow regulated industries an alternative way to comply with regulatory obligations by letting them choose between reducing their own emissions or purchasing Green Building offsets from others who were able to reduce theirs at lower cost.

At the top of the building, offset from the street, is a penthouse structure – the actual "chalet" typically with a gabled roof and huge windows to catch the sun and with views of snow-capped Andean peaks.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government said that housing construction rose in August to the highest level in nine months as a surge in apartment building offset a decline in single-family activity.

Domestic offsets does not include Green Buildings offsets.

But the opportunity in the universe that is a New York apartment building surely offsets those hazards: from a chance encounter with a young woman in an elevator, Ms. Choi found a lifeline for her children, and a young high school student found a calling.

Use your plan to measure the location of each corner of the building, including offsets.

Nonresidential construction offset a decline in home building.

A gain of 0.6percentt in state and local building projects offset a 1.7percentt drop in federal construction spending.

The Commerce Department reported that construction spending rose in August as a big jump in government building projects offset further weakness in the private sector.

The heft of the building is offset by the weightlessness of a flat white roof -- thin and crisp as a sheet of typing paper -- that floats over a deeply recessed glass wall.

In the same way that the familiar lines of the restaurant's brownstone building are offset by an intricately curlicued wrought-iron railing, the regular menu provides a stage for the tasting menu, which offers rigorously constructed dishes that use ordinary ingredients to surprising effect.