Assertion: building | /r/CapableOf | consume more energy
Facets:
value: slightly
type: DEGREE
value: during demolition
type: TEMPORAL
value: during renovation
type: TEMPORAL
value: during occupancy
type: TEMPORAL
value: during their construction
type: TEMPORAL
value: during repurposing
type: TEMPORAL
value: significantly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Or because buildings consume significantly more energy as they grow in size, the architects might design a building with little extra space.
text: During their construction, occupancy, renovation, repurposing, and demolition, buildings use energy, water, and raw materials, generate waste, and emit potentially harmful atmospheric emissions.
text: The building consumes less energy than it generates, using a solar electric system to generate power from the sun, geothermal heating and cooling, and solar thermal collectors to heat all its hot water.
text: [ 7] Because buildings consume so much energy, it is important for them to be energy efficient.
text: Buildings that produce a surplus of energy over the year may be called "energy-plus buildings" and buildings that consume slightly more energy than they produce are called "near-zero energy buildings" or "ultra-low energy houses".