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- verb Present participle of
retrofit .
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Examples
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The retrofitting is a much more difficult problem.
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Audits are important, and retrofitting is important, but we need to step into the new century to achieve real efficiencies - not just recycle Carter Administration ideas. bread and roses
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Yep, I have always thought wind turbine projects could “offset” any bird kills by investing in retrofitting skyscrapers and other building projects.
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The imperative to move quickly past fossil fuels to clean energies - wind, solar and biomass - and conservation measures such as retrofitting homes, was noted by those reporting that 2009 and 2010 have been the hottest years on record, and Boulder and Jefferson County (where Coors operates a coal-fired plant) have earned an "F" grade for ozone levels in recent years.
Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy Michele Swenson 2010
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The imperative to move quickly past fossil fuels to clean energies - wind, solar and biomass - and conservation measures such as retrofitting homes, was noted by those reporting that 2009 and 2010 have been the hottest years on record, and Boulder and Jefferson County (where Coors operates a coal-fired plant) have earned an "F" grade for ozone levels in recent years.
Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy Michele Swenson 2010
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One way is to retrofit smart systems onto existing process hardware and infrastructure, such as retrofitting your current house with a smart power meter and controls on your appliances.
Peter Fox-Penner, PhD: Is Smarter Greener? PhD Peter Fox-Penner 2010
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The imperative to move quickly past fossil fuels to clean energies - wind, solar and biomass - and conservation measures such as retrofitting homes, was noted by those reporting that 2009 and 2010 have been the hottest years on record, and Boulder and Jefferson County (where Coors operates a coal-fired plant) have earned an "F" grade for ozone levels in recent years.
Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy Michele Swenson 2010
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One way is to retrofit smart systems onto existing process hardware and infrastructure, such as retrofitting your current house with a smart power meter and controls on your appliances.
Peter Fox-Penner, PhD: Is Smarter Greener? PhD Peter Fox-Penner 2010
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Perhaps he's in the process of "retrofitting" a tennis racket.
Putting it Out There: BRAs, Belts, and Cockies BikeSnobNYC 2010
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As Jones sees it, well-paid jobs such as retrofitting homes for energy efficiency, putting up solar panels and servicing wind turbines are all sure-fire ways to help an ailing economy, and as we've noted, compared to bailing out banks, wouldn't cost all that much.
Graham Hill: Green Idealism, or Which Way the Wind Is Really Blowing 2009
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