Limiting the selection streamlines manufacturing, and without technology-intensive amenities like navigation and electronic antiskid systems, development costs can be constrained.
The carbon picture could also look different if the young adults of today eventually forgo the S.U.V.'s and other carbon-intensive amenities that their parents enjoyed.
The building has energy-intensive amenities like a heated pool but, he said, "we were very surprised because this is a building where the board is not afraid to spend money for green devices".
A spokesman for the hotel, which is part of the chain that also operates the Waldorf, cited declining demand for room service as the reason; some hotel industry experts see the elimination of the labor-intensive amenity as a way for the chain to save money.
Being intended for amenity, intensive green roofs have higher loading capacities than EGRs, and their deeper depths permit larger plants and more species, not to mention park-like features such as ponds and benches (Osmundson, 1999; Weiler and Scholz-Barth, 2009).
Some types of recreation require intensive management and special amenities.
Embellishing a building of mere glass and steel with amenities and intensive services, star architects and famous restaurateurs has become a standard part of the marketing tool kit used to persuade buyers to pay more than they might otherwise, if they simply calculated the cost per square foot.
We correlated spatially explicit housing sales data from the Maricopa County Assessor's Office with environmental and locational data provided by the Central Arizona – Phoenix Long Term Ecological Research project to construct hedonic models at the regional and local scales to estimate the marginal willingness to pay for amenities associated with intensive water use.
The Leisurama logo became widely recognized through an intensive advertising campaign that promised an easygoing lifestyle, along with the most modern amenities.
Especially on port-intensive cruises, there may be little time to enjoy all the onboard amenities.
Another new renter at the Alexan, the Rev. Mary Anne Glover, who is an interim regional minister for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), said she had made an intensive six-month search of rental buildings in the New York and New Jersey area to find the best price and amenity package.
