Retrofitting

"Retrofitting" existing data-collection projects is also yielding results.

The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2010

"Retrofitting" existing data-collection projects is also yielding results.

The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2010

"Retrofitting" is the term used to describe the tweaking of traditional retail centers to make sustainable improvements, said Ellen Dunham-Jones, a registered architect and professor at the

Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal 2010

Retrofitting and weatherizing these homes before renting them out provides even more value to taxpayers by reducing operating costs in the form of lower energy bills.

Matthew Yglesias » Creating Green Rental Homes 2010

Retrofitting vulnerable buildings and even things like securing bookshelves to walls.

New Zealand earthquake: Q&A with Timothy W. Manning of FEMA 2011

Retrofitting, rather than demolishing and replacing, just one percent of Portland’s office buildings and single family homes over the next decade would help to meet 15 percent of Multnomah County’s total CO2 reduction targets over the next decade.

F. Kaid Benfield: Why Historic Buildings Matter to the Environment F. Kaid Benfield 2012

Retrofitting buildings to be more energy efficient also puts construction workers back into the labor force - with new skills.

Natalie Pace: Putting America Back to Work Natalie Pace 2011

There are countless other opportunities for reclamation, all across America, as Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson document in their 2008 book, "Retrofitting Suburbia."

How SoHo Can Save the Suburbs Richard Florida 2010

Retrofitting vulnerable buildings and even things like securing bookshelves to walls.

FEMA official in New Zealand when quake struck 2011

Retrofitting vulnerable buildings and even things like securing bookshelves to walls.

New Zealand earthquake: Q&A with Timothy W. Manning of FEMA 2011