Sentence examples for major retrofitting from inspiring English sources

On the interior of the tube, BART began a major retrofitting initiative in March 2013, which involved installing heavy steel plates at various locations inside the tube that most needed strengthening, to protect them from sideways movement in an earthquake.

But many projects can be quickly and easily jumpstarted; the depth of the recession means that government stimulus will be needed for some time; and, with sufficient political will, even major energy projects -- first among them, a major retrofitting of old buildings to increase energy efficiency -- can be initiated quickly.

Since 1989, billions of dollars have been spent retrofitting major roads and public utilities.

For starters, President-elect Obama has called for the doubling of our clean energy production in three years, and for major investments in retrofitting government buildings to become more energy efficient.

And this morning Obama fired back strongly, with a major speech in Michigan in which he made clear that only new approaches -- from one million plug-in hybrid vehicles by 2015 to major investments in retrofitting buildings and developing renewable energy -- could create the 5 million new jobs that are one of the brightest promises of a new energy future.

Carried out as part of a major and well planned renovation scheme, retrofitting will certainly have benefits for the occupiers.

However, retrofitting power plants for CCS entails major capital costs as well as a reduction of thermal efficiency and power output.

Energy audits of buildings are the most effective tool to promote energy retrofitting measures for existing buildings, which are major consumers of energy in cities.

Those designs survived a major 2003 earthquake, which prompted years of reconstruction and retrofitting.

Retrofitting existing wastewater treatment plants has become a major challenge in the wastewater engineering area, in particular due to the increasing number of competing technologies and concepts (treatment versus resource problem).

Retrofitting of aged and distressed RC structures is becoming a major concern for structural engineers.