berming

As you head out into the rural parts of the world, there are other types of physical barriers we can use, such as impediments to vehicular traffic, or berming, which is precisely what our strategy is.

CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2005 2005

Mark inspected the slapdash berming without comment, then aligned the capsules with the access tunnel he'd brought.

Who Do You Say I Am 2010

Insulation, structural berming and north/south orientation for maximum efficiency make plain common sense and smaller structures require less energy.

Another Mediocre Liberal Ad Lindsay Stewart 2009

Iraqi officials want the berming to be in place in time for Ramadan, which is about to begin.

Berming Baghdad 2007

Other officials, however, have described it informally as "the berming of Baghdad."

Berming Baghdad 2007

Consider berming your house into the hillside, i.e., dig out a foundation and use the soil on the north or west side to serve as insulation.

GREEN BUILDING 101: Sustainable Sites | Inhabitat 2006

Regarding the article (TNT, 7-28) about Sound Transit berming its way through Tacoma's Dome District: It's tricky enough to put a train through what's slated to be an urban neighborhood, but to bring in tons of fill dirt only exacerbates the division of the area.

The News Tribune Blogs LYNN DI NINO; Tacoma 2009

Technologies used in the building would include geothermal heat pumps, rainwater harvesting, earth berming and solar glazing.

The Roanoke Times: Home page 2009

So that's 7 or 800 kilometers of berming that we've done.

GlobalSecurity.org 2008

So that's 7 or 800 kilometers of berming that we've done.

GlobalSecurity.org 2008