... measures that are part ofgreenbuilding design. Therefore,
the value of lower energy bills in green buildings can be significant. The average annual cost of
energy in state buildings is approximately ... Sustainable Building Task Force – October 2003
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The Costs and Financial Benefits ofGreen Buildings
building.
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Sustainable buildings generally incur a green premium” above the costs of standard ... impact of designing green may be very small compared
with other building costs such as the cost of land and infrastructure. Therefore, a meaningful
assessment of the cost ofbuildinggreen requires...
... wrong? Change the wrong
sentences.
a The name of Mrs. Lynde's house is Green Gables.
b Matthew is Manila's husband.
c The color of Anne's hair is black.
d Marilla asks Mrs. ... things. I saw a bottle of
black hair dye in his box, so I bought it. But it made my hair
green! "
"Go and wash it," said Marilla.
Anne washed her hair. But the green color didn't ... permission of the Publishers.
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Penguin Books Ltd, both companies being subsidiaries of Pearson Plc
For a complete list of the titles...
... only 17.2 percent of the total by the end of 1999.
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Globalization: the Role of Institution
Building in the Financial Sector
_ The Case Study of China
... continued
monetarization of China’s economy. Professor YI Gang made the hypothesis that the
rising trend of money supply to GDP ratio is the result of monetarization of China’s
economy and came ... the
consequence of financial deepening and a reflection of the unique feature of the
structure of financial assets.
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development of this market and construction of the market mechanism by adopting
effective...
... the Free Software community: a worldwide collection of
enthusiasts all connected by the Internet, sharing an ethos that software should be free while
building a replacement to the Microsoft behemoth ... understand the soft
science that is community management.”
—jereMy gArCiA, Founder oF linuXQuesTions.org
“To a soundtrack of heavy metal, free-software geekstar Jono Bacon recounts
the story of how ... of Chris and Adam to the team, both of whom (IIRC) are professional Linux sysadmins,
is an influx of knowledge on that side of things. Jono has a long history of working with Open
Source and Linux...
... architecture.
The use of Moorish styling in the Krotona Inn and most
of the other prominent buildings of Krotona may be seen
as a strategy to produce an architecture expressive of the
essence of the southern ... large horseshoe-arched windows
facing north. The building also contained a number of
offices in its basement.
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The cornerstone of the Temple of the Rosy Cross was laid
in an elaborate ceremony ... California. The possibility of a direct influence is
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The Surviving Buildings of Krotona in Hollywood
Grand Temple of the Rosy Cross
(immediately southeast of 2130 Vista del...
... decay of historic buildings.
The scope of conservation of the built environ-
ment, which consists mainly of historic buildings,
ranges from town planning to the preservation or
consolidation of ... good buildingof any age. First there is the
intellectual achievementof creating an artefact
of beauty and interest. Second, the human
achievement perceived by later generations in
the care of ... to
the point of its collapse. Any study of the strength
of a building must be at three levels and consider,
first, the form of the whole structure; secondly, the
structural elements, i.e. roofs and...
...
Benefits of GI
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Improving air quality
Introduction
The role of vegetation in mitigating the effects of air pollution has been highlighted as
one potential benefit of urban green ...
hospital admissions
Case of a hospital admission, of average duration 9 days. £2,000 – £9,800
Benefits ofgreen infrastructure
EVIDENCE NOTE
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Benefits of GI
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Tiwary, ... stadens ventilation (The importance
of green areas for the ventilation of the city). Naturvardsverkets rapport 4779, Stockholm (in Swedish).
Benefits ofgreen infrastructure
EVIDENCE NOTE
...
... student i. The estimate of the coefficient of the treatment
indicator,
w
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, is then an estimate of the treatment effect of being in a multigrade classroom. The
inclusion of the available covariates ... that mixed results often
found in the literature on effects of such groupings on student achievement are largely attributable
to inconsistent definitions of different types of multi-age and multigrade ... distributional properties of
classrooms and in particular, the reading abilities of students. The study did not find a difference
in the ranges of abilities in the two types of classrooms or evidence...
... to
the more widespread adoption ofgreen design.
This paper reviews a major recent report on the
issue ofgreenbuilding costs benefits, “The Costs
and Benefits ofGreen Buildings,” Kats
1
et al.,
October ... partnership with the
US GreenBuilding Council and California’s
Sustainable Building Task Force for 40+ California
state agencies.
What are green buildings?
Green or “sustainable” buildings use key
resources ... recognized
cost ofbuilding operations that can be reduced
through energy efficiency and related measures
that are part ofgreenbuilding design. The
average annual cost of energy in Massachusetts
buildings...
... the garden a green eld lush with clover sloped
down to the hollow where the brook ran and where scores
of white birches grew, upspringing airily out of an under-
growth suggestive of delightful ... Beyond it was a hill,
green and feathery with spruce and r; there was a gap in
it where the gray gable end of the little house she had seen
from the other side of the Lake of Shining Waters was ... B.
servant girls told fearsome tales of her temper and stingi-
ness, and her family of pert, quarrelsome children. Marilla
felt a qualm of conscience at the thought of handing Anne
over to her tender...
... quantity of seed sown, between the
time and amount of fertilizer application, and between the number of seedlings and
the spacing of plants. No particular amount of seed broadcast, quantity of fertilizer ... tens of thousands of young spiders on
each square yard of land simply vanish, and the swarms of fireflies that fly up from
the stands of grass disappear at once. The second application kills off ... Cultivation of Rice and Barley, 181
The Ideal Form of a Rice Plant, 181
Analysis of the Ideal Form, 183
The Ideal Shape of Rice, 184
A Blueprint for the Natural Cultivation of Ideal Rice,...
... range of issues than most other greenbuilding or energy effi ciency
Table 2-4. Growth of LEED Registered Projects by Building Type, 2003-
2005
Introduction 5
VALUING GREEN BUILDINGS
Green Building ... architect’s
building envelope design considerations, yet that set of decisions is often
critical in determining the size (and cost) of the HVAC plant, which
can often consume up to 20% of a building s ... “design-bid-build” process of project delivery
works against the development ofgreen buildings. In this process, there
is often a sequential “handoff” between the architect and the building
engineers,...