Designing a green building Designing a green building Mason Holmes GS1140 Mason Holmes GS1140 A zero-energy building is a building that gives back more electricity than it uses. By doing this, the owner actually saves a predicted $750 annually. The thought of the buildings sound very expensive, but as stated in this article, “With a $188,000 price tag -- only $9,000 more than Oakwood's Energy Star version of the same house -- it could soon be the most affordable net-zero home in the
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World Bank are working with the Mongolian government to find solutions. * A newly-launched project will help local residents install more energy-efficient stoves and boilers & make the urban district heating system more eco-friendly. RELATED WORLD BANK * Download Report: Air Quality Analysis of Ulaanbaatar-Improving Air Quality to Reduce Health Impacts * Project: Ulaanbaatar Clean Air Project * Blog: Mongolia's growing shantytowns - the cold and toxic ger districts MULTIMEDIA
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Marketing project ( Turkish village restaurant and cafe ) Done by: Fatima Hassan al Hammadi / U00042148 Sofiat Mohammed / U00039476 Fatima Haif / U00042329 Reem Nasser / U00043736 Turkish village restaurant and café is an independently owned restaurant in Dubai, jumeirah that is located next to Spinney's. The idea started in 2010 to build a bridge between Turkey and Dubai. It was opened in the last week of February in 2013. The restaurant is beautifully decorated with lots of authentic
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ugust Depa rtment of Architectur e, Nationa Institute of Techno logy-Calicu from Au 1988 to Januar 2009, a ry and has co ntributed t the caus of Archi tecture thr ough to se institu ution deve lopment, n numerous b building an interior projects; including the nd r presti igious adm inistrative complex o f NITC, re esearch pro ojects, nume erous publi ished pape rs, teachin and inv ng vited lectu ures. He w was award ded the J John Craw wford Schol arship by the Gov y
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What is climate change? The Earth's climate has changed over the last century. Increases in average temperatures have been seen around the globe and there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed in the last 50 years is due to human activities. While climate change is a global issue, it will affect us all. Climate change has the potential to adversely affect our environment, our communities and our economy unless we take action now to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions
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investment proposal. a. Future cost 5. This concept is helpful in formulating a sound & economical capital structure for a firm. c. Designing optimal corporate capital structure 6. It is the minimum required rate of return needed to justify the use of capital. b. Firms point 7. It arises when there is a conflict of interest among owners, debenture holders and the management. d. Agency costs 8. Some guidelines on shares & debentures issued by the government that are very important for the
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The use of the atomic bomb in World War II to this day is greatly disputed to this day along the theological, moral and political implications on the United States as a country. As I researched this topic trying to formulate a decisive opinion I could not help but be in conflict with myself. On the one hand American lives were being lost in the Pacific theater on a large scale and would surely continue to be lost at the hands of the determined Japanese as long as the conflict continued. On the other
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International Strategic Project Management BBIM604 In –Module assessment – Semester 1 -2011/12 By Sergey Bogdanovich Basketball Arena [pic] Executive summary Basketball is one of the major Olympic sports. And Olympic presentation of it should be as good as possible, as millions of people will watch the action from East London closely. They all want an extraordinary exhibition and performance, so the constructions of a top quality Basketball
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twenty-one years of life I have learned that people are constantly learning and growing. No matter the age people learn new things every day and the things experienced in life will impact the way we carry ourselves in the future. Having worked the summer in Washington, DC with the American HealthCare Association, AHCA, in a business professional environment was a great experience. The purpose of this paper is to describe my experience interning at American Healthcare Association. Also, I will focus
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United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, a twenty one kiloton plutonium device known as "Fat Man.”(Atomic Heritage Foundation, 2012) This paper will discuss the creation and use of the first two atomic bombs. Early in 1939, German physicists had learned the secrets of splitting a uranium atom. Fears soon spread over the possibility of Nazi scientists utilizing that energy to produce a bomb capable of unspeakable destruction
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