Sentence examples for green standards from inspiring English sources

Incorporating green standards costs additional money".

Businesses are often urged to adhere to tougher green standards.

In the spring, Arizona State's new School of Sustainability moved into a 1950s building retrofitted to meet many green standards.

"It is important we continue to improve the green standards of existing and new buildings," he said.

The new building is being designed to green standards, he said, which means maximizing energy efficiency and using recycled materials.

"One in three of Britain's homes in 2050 will be built between now and then, so we have to set clear, green, standards for the future.

Rachel Gutter, senior manager of the education sector for the U.S. Green Building Council, said 1,000 schools nationwide are registering for certification under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, or LEED, a green standard.

The Renewable Fuels Agency says just 19% of the biofuel supplied under the government's new initiative to use fuel from plants to help tackle global warming met its green standard.

Just 500 yards away, Padsha Khan Zadran's forces were headquartered in the dilapidated governor's mansion under the black, red and green standard of Afghanistan's former king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, deposed in 1973.

As Ahsan puts it bleakly, "the military officers who on 14 August , 1947 saluted the raising of the green standard with crescent and star had on the 13 August been saluting the Union Jack.

Earlier this week, fighters loyal to the former dictator raised the old Libyan green standard above the key oil town of Bani Walid after fighting that led to at least four deaths.