Older houses also can also be renovated to meet passive-house standards, but such renovations are rare because of the extra-thick walls and high technological requirements that certified passive houses demand.
It also means attracting students who have a high degree of technological proficiency.
The reason, others will eventually take the high ground in technological invention.
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To maintain its technological edge and high profit margins, however, it must balance low-cost manufacturing abroad with the high-tech precision it achieves in Japan.
The car was widely lauded as a technological feat and won high praise among critics and owners.
WikiLeaks was not an example of high-profile computer hacking or other technological theft of information.
Israel is widely considered a technological powerhouse and a hub of high-tech industry.
Razer, the world leader in high-performance gaming hardware, set a technological benchmark today with the release of its new Razer DeathStalker Ultimate gaming keyboard, featuring Razer's award-winning Switchblade User Interface (UI).
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The decline of manufacturing, the rise of high tech, and the profound changes in technological landscape are behind the shift away from a demand for less educated workers toward those more educated.
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The ability of microbes to produce electricity has been known for decades, but only recently have technological advances made their production of electricity high enough to be of commercial use.
"Despite uncertainties in Europe and concerns over the U.S. fiscal cliff creating a difficult business environment, we did our best this quarter to achieve strong earnings based on a strategic focus on differentiated and high value-added products as well as our technological competitiveness, " said Robert Yi, Senior Vice President and Head of Investor Relations.
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PlayUp's technology is driven from Melbourne and we've found the quality of Australia's technological skills in that game space is very high.
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Both China and India, for instance, are using their newfound economic might to invest in high-tech companies in Europe and elsewhere to acquire technological expertise overnight.
The increasing cost of developing high-tech products is only one of the reasons why technological choice is on the wane.
It is undeniably a high quality company, having just celebrated its 100th anniversary, transformed through numerous technological changes, and continuing to grow.
It remains a reasonable idea for most rich countries to keep some nuclear power in their portfolio, not least because by maintaining economic and technological stakes in nuclear they will have more standing to insist on high standards for safety and non-proliferation being applied throughout the world.
In this respect someone can have high intelligence but will never come up with something that will revolutionise the world in technological terms.
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In the age of technological globalization, business services, health, financial services and transport all rank high in the geographic aspect.
In the high-tech industry, monetary awards are a better way to ensure that the pace of technological progress does not slacken under a welter of questionable lawsuits.
The consulting firm McKinsey suggests that the pace of technological and demographic changes have so transformed the business landscape that the probability of a high-performance business toppling out of leadership has tripled in a generation.
The technological advance of thin and light flexible display has encouraged the development of flexible batteries with a high power density and thermal stability.
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The service, billing and cost have been great, with no surprises, but the salesperson repeatedly assured us, with a high level of sincerity, that we would get a follow up call in a few days to answer any technological or account questions, and another call when we got our first bill.
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