Sentence examples for environmentally sound construction from inspiring English sources

The City Council yesterday approved the first major overhaul of the city's building code since 1968, greatly expanding fire safety requirements, encouraging environmentally sound construction and simplifying operations at the Department of Buildings.

After researching "green" building -- the term for environmentally sound construction practices -- "I saw a great need for higher building standards that could contribute to improving and protecting health," he said, "something that is very important to many Americans".

Along with installing energy-saving appliances, Sharab, a lounge under construction in Gainesville, Fla., is using environmentally sound building methods that are often more expensive than conventional ones.

Despite the small but growing number of environmentally sound building choices, Mr. Mooney said there is still a keen resistance in Westchester to doing construction in an eco-friendly manner -- a belief echoed by other contractors and suppliers around the county.

He has worked to promote the adoption of high-quality, low-cost, environmentally sound technologies in construction, energy, water treatment and sanitation.

But it can also be manufactured into a vast array of resourceful, environmentally-sound building materials.

A panel of experts convened by the mayor and City Council issued more than 100 recommendations Monday on how to make New York City's building codes more environmentally sound by imposing energy-saving requirements on construction and renovation work.

Access to environmentally sound technology and capacity building will be important to achieve the necessary transitions.

We demand that the skills of unemployed construction workers are utilised in a massive building programme of environmentally sound, cheap social housing.

"It's 'yes' only if it's the best possible corridor, if it is environmentally sound, and due diligence must be applied at each step of the construction process.

It needs to encourage the building of new, efficient and environmentally sound power plants.