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GREEN DESIGN [15 records]

Record 1 2024-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Reports
  • Environmental Economics
OBS

The Taxonomy Roadmap Report contains 10 recommendations addressing the merits, design and implementation of a green and transition finance taxonomy for Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de rapports
  • Économie environnementale
OBS

Le Rapport sur la feuille de route de la taxonomie contient 10 recommandations portant sur les avantages, la conception et la mise en œuvre d'une taxonomie de la finance verte et de transition au Canada.

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Record 2 2023-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Urban Planning
  • Water Resources Management
  • Climate Change
CONT

Green streets are designed to capture rainwater at its source, where it falls, providing water for plants and trees to grow and at the same time acting as a natural filter to clean the water before it makes its way into local waterways.

OBS

A green street integrates green infrastructure elements into the street design to manage stormwater and reduce stormwater runoff. Permeable pavement, bioretention areas, underdrains, planter boxes, and planting strips, are among the many green infrastructure features that may be woven into a green street design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Gestion des ressources en eau
  • Changements climatiques
CONT

Les rues vertes sont conçues en tenant compte des fonctions écologiques et hydrologiques de la rue et, en particulier, du traitement à la source des eaux de ruissellement.

OBS

La rue verte se caractérise notamment par une augmentation importante de la couverture végétalisée, par l'ajout d'arbres et par une diminution des espaces minéralisés.

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
  • Environment
CONT

A green building is a building that, in its design, construction or operation, reduces or eliminates negative impacts, and can create positive impacts, on our climate and natural environment.

OBS

green building: term extracted from the Softwood Lumber Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America (2006).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
  • Environnement
OBS

bâtiment écologique : terme tiré de l'Accord sur le bois d'œuvre résineux entre le gouvernement du Canada et le gouvernement des États-Unis d'Amérique (2006).

Spanish

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Record 4 2021-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Materials
  • Environment
CONT

The selection and use of sustainable building materials play an important role in the design and construction of green buildings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction
  • Environnement

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
CONT

As early as 1933, when the first pattern green SNLF [Special Naval Landing Forces] officers’ uniforms appeared in China, the removable shoulder boards and the collar tabs for [the] tropical combat uniform were made in a matching green cotton or wool material, to the same design as the dark blue wool insignia; the same obviously applied to the sewn-in shoulder boards introduced in 1937.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire

Spanish

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Record 6 2019-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Footwear and Shoe Repair
CONT

[The temperate combat boot is a] high-speed lacing design based on wet weather boot; trials are focusing on determining soldiers’ preference for material combination(all-leather or leather/textile uppers), colour configuration(desert tan, black, or olive green), and air ventilation grommets(grommets or no grommets).

Key term(s)
  • air ventilation grummet

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chaussures et cordonnerie
CONT

[Les bottes pour climat tempéré sont des] bottes hautes à lacets semblables aux bottes pour climat humide. Les essais visent à déterminer les préférences des soldats en termes de combinaison de matériaux (tiges en cuir ou en cuir et textile), de couleurs (jaune sable, noir, vert olive) et d'œillets de ventilation (avec ou sans œillets de ventilation).

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Interior Decorations
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

[The client] also used a green design consultant to conduct energy modeling and prepare a cost-benefit analysis that was used to identify cost-effective opportunities for energy efficiency upgrades.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Décoration intérieure
  • Écologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 8 2017-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Standards
  • Construction Standards and Regulations
OBS

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design(LEED) Green Building Rating System, developed by the U. S. [United States] Green Building Council(USGBC), provides a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de normes
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Construction)
OBS

Le Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) est un système américain de standardisation de bâtiments à haute qualité environnementale créé par le U.S. [États-Unis] Green Building Council en 1998.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de normas
  • Reglamentación y normas de construcción
OBS

El LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) [...] es un programa de certificación voluntario, destinado a potenciar y promover la eficiencia en los edificios sostenibles.

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Record 9 2016-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Robust-growing plant with long, lanceolate leaves deep green with greenish-gray feather design.(Humid-Tropical).

OBS

Araceae family.

OBS

Aglaonema: About 50 species of ascending to rhizomatous herbs, native to tropical Asia; leaves inequilateral, oblong to lanceolate or ovate, mostly leathery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 10 2010-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Chemistry
CONT

Green chemistry, also called sustainable chemistry, is a chemical philosophy encouraging the design of products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. Whereas environmental chemistry is the chemistry of the natural environment, and of pollutant chemicals in nature, green chemistry seeks to reduce and prevent pollution at its source.

OBS

The concept of Sustainable Chemistry represents an area of innovation, which not only preserves resources, but also stands for a development process in the chemical industry. Sustainable Chemistry aspirates to raise the stake of less dangerous chemicals as well as production of environmentally high-quality products from preferable renewable resources. This obviates emissions and excessive consumption of resources like energy and materials. The principle of Sustainable Chemistry comprises important elements in areas like environment, economy and society. Sustainable Chemistry deals with the whole life of intrinsic safe chemicals and products, including their production, processing, use and disposal. Intrinsic safe chemicals and products are characterised by low toxicity to environment and human health and low persistence and accumulation potential. Thereby environment and human health are protected in the first place in the life of chemicals and socio-economic follow-up costs are avoided. Additionally, production of sustainable chemicals and products contributes to economic profit for innovative enterprises and thereby affords an opportunity for competitive advantage compared to production and marketing in old-fashioned concepts. This includes innovative concepts like chemical leasing and operation of (Quantitative) Structure-Activity Relationship [Q)SAR).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Chimie
CONT

Le concept de chimie verte est défini en 1998 par les chimistes américains Paul Anastas et John C. Warner, appartenant à l'EPA, Environmental Protection Agency. La chimie verte prévoit l'utilisation de principes pour réduire et éliminer l'usage ou la génération de substances néfastes pour l'environnement, par de nouveaux procédés chimiques et des voies de synthèses « propres », c'est-à-dire respectueuses de l'environnement.

OBS

Les chercheurs ont mis au point un matériau d'emballage composite constitué d'un papier imprégné de gluten de blé, biodégradable, sélectif et perméable. [...] Le chanvre connaît aussi une renaissance remarquable dans la constructions pour ses capacités isolantes, en remplacement de la laine de verre ou en association avec la chaux en substitution de parpaings de béton. [...] Le GIS agric (Agriculture pour la chimie et l'énergie, coordonné par l'Ademe) portent sur l'incorpation de fibres de chanvre dans les matériaux thermoplastiques en remplacement des fibres artificielles. Les marchés émergents sont ceux des pièces d'habillage intérieur pour l'automobile ainsi que les matériaux pour l'ameublement et le transport de marchandises. Les végétaux peuvent remplacer le pétrole dans la majorité des procédés de l'industrie chimique.

Key term(s)
  • chimie non polluante

Spanish

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Record 11 2007-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
  • Biomass Energy
DEF

A type of biomass combustion burner in which a pile of fuel burns on the grates.

OBS

Primary combustion air comes from above the grates, not below.

CONT

The boilers are fed wood fuel from the main fuel bin located adjacent to the boiler house. The boilers are the "pile burner" type, which burn wood in a large pile on the floor of a refractory lined furnace box. Combustion efficiency with this type of boiler is generally low but pile burners are simple and therefore relatively inexpensive. Low combustion efficiency also means that emissions such as particulates and carbon monoxide are relatively high. One notable advantage to these systems is that high moisture content fuels can be burned as well as "dirty" fuels containing debris.

CONT

Pile burner : Boilers incorporating a pile burning design find applications where the anticipated wood fuel has a high(up to 65%) relative moisture content, as is found in whole green tree chips, bark, and green mill residue. Grates serve to support the fuel, and underfire air flowing up through the grates provides oxygen for combustion, cools the grates, promotes turbulence in the fuel bed, and dries the fuel. The most common form of pile burning is the Dutch oven, which was used almost exclusively during the early part of the century(Guinn and Turner 1990).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs
  • Énergie de la biomasse
CONT

Le combustible de bois sec est mélangé à de la sciure de bois vert afin de produire un mélange de combustible qui convienne aux brûleurs de biomasse [...]

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Production Management
CONT

The book reflects this diversity with global contributions on topics such as design for the environment, total quality environmental management, green supply chains, reverse logistics, environmental management systems and standards, industrial ecology, closed-loop manufacturing, life-cycle management...

Key term(s)
  • closed loop manufacturing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Gestion de la production
CONT

À Simcoe, en Ontario, une méthode unique de recyclage atteint de nouveaux sommets - tout en permettant un procédé de fabrication en boucle fermée - grâce à un produit fabriqué à partir de résidus de vinyle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Gestión de la producción
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Record 13 2003-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
CONT

[The temperate combat boot is a] high-speed lacing design based on wet weather boot; trials are focusing on determining soldiers’ preference for material combination(all-leather or leather/textile uppers), colour configuration(desert tan, black, or olive green)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
CONT

[Les bottes pour climat tempéré sont des] bottes hautes à lacets semblables aux bottes pour climat humide. Les essais visent à déterminer les préférences des soldats en termes de combinaison de matériaux (tiges en cuir ou en cuir et textile), de couleurs (jaune sable, noir, vert olive) [...]

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Embroidery (General)
DEF

Untwisted filaments of silk used in embroidery and crewel-work.

CONT

The geometric design [of the bag] is stitched... and the background filled in with green, red, and blue silk floss... In reproducing this bag I have made several adjustments... While examining the original piece, I compared the colors of the original silk flosses to a DMC sample card... For those wishing to re-create this embroidery as closely as possible, replace the evenweave embroidery cloth with 28 count linen, and use the DMC colors to choose matching silk floss shades.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Soieries
  • Broderie (Généralités)
CONT

Fils de bourre de soie pour la couture, la broderie, la passementerie.

OBS

Il existe deux sortes de fils de bourre de soie : 1. les fils de bourre de soie pour le tissage et la bonneterie; 2. les fils de bourre de soie pour la broderie, la couture et la passementerie.

Spanish

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Record 15 1999-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Construction Methods
OBS

Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology(CANMET), the research and development arm of Natural Resources Canada, is working in partnership with the Canadian Home Builders’ Association to champion the design and construction of more environmentally appropriate, energy-efficient housing. The Advanced Houses Program, an initiative under Canada's Green Plan to reduce global warming, provides industry with the opportunity to develop and field test new products and technologies. Under the Advanced Houses Program, ten prototype homes, all winners of a national design competition, are being constructed across Canada. Each Advanced House is designed to minimize its impact on the external environment by consuming less than one-quarter the energy and one-half the water of a conventional canadian home and has a significantly better level of comfort and indoor air quality.

Key term(s)
  • Advanced Houses Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Procédés de construction
OBS

Le Centre canadien de la technologie des minéraux et de l'énergie (CANMET), l'organisme de recherche-développement de Ressources naturelles Canada, s'est joint à l'Association canadienne des constructeurs d'habitations pour promouvoir des concepts et des techniques de construction plus écologiques et plus éconergétiques. Pour donner suite aux recommandations du Plan vert relatives au réchauffement planétaire, on a lancé le Programme de la maison performante, qui fournit à l'industrie les moyens d'essayer en conditions réelles de nouveaux produits et technologies. Dans le cadre du Programme de la maison performante, on a construit dix maisons prototypes réparties à travers le Canada. Tous ces projets ont été sélectionnés par un concours national. On a conçu chacune de ces maisons pour réduire à un strict minimum son impact sur l'environnement. Elles consomment moins d'un quart de l'énergie et la moitié de l'eau utilisées dans une maisons ordinaire canadienne et les niveaux de confort et de qualité de l'air y sont bien plus élevés.

Spanish

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