high-performance

"Heat and light are the things people are most concerned about, and they are the things that take energy," says Brendon Levitt, an architect with the San Francisco Bay Area firm Loisos + Ubbelohde, which specializes in so-called high-performance buildings.

The Most High-Tech Green Buildings 2010

So the brief summary is and we've coined the phrase internally high-performance workspace is really a space that makes our client more productive and -- for their primary business.

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Superior insulation and sealing, including high-performance windows, insulated concrete forms and spray-foam insulation in the rafters.

David Shepler: What Does It Take to Achieve a Net-Zero-Energy Home? David Shepler 2010

Mike Manley , Jeep's CEO, said there is evidence that demand for higher-end, high-performance Jeeps exist.

Chrysler Plans At Least One New Upscale Jeep Jeff Bennett 2011

Superior insulation and sealing, including high-performance windows, insulated concrete forms and spray-foam insulation in the rafters.

David Shepler: What Does It Take to Achieve a Net-Zero-Energy Home? David Shepler 2010

Associated Press The C-Max minivan, in a product image provided by Ford DETROIT — The Detroit auto show opened on Monday with the unveiling or more than two dozen new models, including a variety of electric vehicles, high-performance sports cars and big and small family sedans.

Car Makers Roll Again Matthew Dolan 2011

DETROIT — In its latest attempt to see how much mileage can be wrung from its brands, Chrysler Group LLC is expected to revive a high-performance — and higher price — version of its Jeep Grand Cherokee later this year.

Chrysler Plans At Least One New Upscale Jeep Jeff Bennett 2011

ORLANDO — As thousands of home builders and suppliers gather this week for their annual meeting — where they show off the latest in everything from high-performance appliances to custom-built gazebos — one question weighs heavily on the minds of many conventioneers: Who is going to pay for construction of the next generation of new American homes?

Builders May Need to Learn New Way to Pitch Projects to Financiers Robbie Whelan 2011

Such innovations include: a quarter-sized microscope that can transmit high-quality images via a mobile phone, lower cost intraocular lenses for cataract surgery, non-surgical methods for treating clubfoot, a high-performance prosthetic knee joint for amputees that costs only $20, a cheaper way to deliver IV fluids to children and an inexpensive, non-electronic device to warm premature babies.

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.: Renewing Our Commitment To The Right Kinds Of Biomedical Research Francis S. Collins 2011

But the high-performance concept car's premiere belies what is driving much of the German sports-car maker's sales and profit growth these days: its nonsports cars, the Panamera luxury sedan it launched in 2009 and its Cayenne sport-utility vehicle.

Porsche's Optimism Runs High Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011