Sentence examples for improving the facade from inspiring English sources

In preparation for the conversion, Cape Horn has invested about $5 million in improving the facade and interior public spaces.

The city estimated the cost of major repairs to the property -- rebuilding a retaining wall, demolishing a building behind the church and improving the facade -- at $50,000, said Gina Lau Snider, a Newnan spokeswoman.

The materials removed would be used to replace damaged granite elsewhere in the facade and the iron added to places where it had been damaged or removed, improving the facade's overall appearance.

As it happened, the village and town had applied for several grants to improve the facades of stores and houses in the village.

Torres says the government earmarked funds to improve the facades on buildings in his neighbourhood, but the money never reached the local community.

Many of the steps the city took were small in scale, like improving the sidewalks, facades, streets and lighting.

The cavity of DSF is used to collect or evacuate the solar radiation absorbed by the facades, thereby improving the thermal comfort and the indoor air quality while conserving energy for heating and cooling.

The tool has large implementation potential as a relatively easily applicable decision-support instrument for designers and investors, when studying and determining sustainable construction and facade systems; thus improving the traditional decision-making process, still based on the choice of the lowest costing construction.

The company plans to spend about $1 million at 430 West 14th Street, to repair the brick facade, improve the heating and air-conditioning and to upgrade the elevators and lobby.

While I cannot speak to recent safety improvements made in high-strength glazing, the claim that all-glass facades improve the energy and/or environmental performance of a building is patently false.

Mr. Hearsh said he had emptied the building and was improving its facade but planned no major indoor renovations.