Sentence examples for retrofitting houses from inspiring English sources

RETROFITTING houses to use less energy should be a no-brainer for homeowners.

Techno-economic impact of retrofitting houses in the Canadian housing stock with PV and BIPV/T systems is evaluated using the Canadian Hybrid End-use Energy and Emission Model.

But the fact is that retrofitting houses to make them more efficient, through means that will create jobs, is the low-hanging fruit of the new environmental movement.

A cyclone damage risk-cost-benefit analysis is then used to assess the economic viability of strengthening existing houses to post-1980 construction quality for temporal changes in economic risks for two scenarios: (i) retrofitting pre-1980 houses to post-1980 qualimmediatelytely after they experience cyclone damage, or (ii) rate of growth of the proportion of post-1980 construction.

My wife Sue is also a project manager and initially thought I was mad to embark on retrofitting our house to get as near to a carbon zero home as possible, with minimal energy usage.

"It was the city's first three-dimensional research facility — not a bunch of talk — for conservation and retrofitting a house to harness solar energy".

That is why we have called for measures making retrofitting our housing stock a key priority for the government in the forthcoming budget.

At the same time, Coleman compared working on diversity at a company with 12,000 employees to retrofitting a house.

For example, the California Seismic Safety Commission notes that while seismically retrofitting a house can cost be costly, making repairs following a significant earthquake can total more than the home's equity.

Retrofitting a house against sliding off its foundation would cost a few thousand dollars, a fraction of the cost of repairing damage.

The techno-economic feasibility of retrofitting existing Canadian houses with solar assisted heat pump (SAHP) is investigated.