The buildings’ drumlike contours maximize thermal efficiency, while a wastewater system developed by the European Space Agency recycles water from showers and sinks.

鼓形的建筑样式使热效率达到最大化，同时由欧洲航天局开发的一种污水处理系统可以从淋浴室和厨房水槽回收废水，进行再循环。

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The LEED label, developed by the council in 1998 to have a third-party verification of a building's environmental soundness, certifies new homes, schools and other buildings, as well as existing ones.

由该委员会于1998年研发，需要第三方对建筑物环境的完好性进行认证的这种能源与环境建筑认证标志，对新家园、学校及其他建筑(也包括现有建筑)进行认证。

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Yet Japan is one of the most developed countries in the world. Still, the March eleventh earthquake and tsunami waves destroyed more than fourteen thousand buildings.

虽然日本是世界上最强的发达国家之一。同样的是，三月十一日的地震和海啸摧毁了超过一万四千座建筑物。

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Often, when models for buildings are developed, material resistance to blast pressure and fire are unknown, as is the lifetime of materials, microstructure and stresses.

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His analysis was based on U.S. Energy Information Administration data, although Mazria told me the energy footprints of buildings in developed countries worldwide are likely comparable.

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Hybrid solar systems for buildings have been developed, including by the Turkish company Solimpeks Solar Energy.

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