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retrofit

re troh fit

  • n  a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
  • n  the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured
    the court ordered a retrofit on all automobiles
  • v  provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture
    They car companies retrofitted all the old models with new carburetors
  • v  fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house
    The mansion was retrofitted with modern plumbing
  • v  substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones
    The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes

  • Each retrofit starts with an audit.
  • A program to retrofit all public buildings with high-tech glass and insulation would save untold amounts of energy and electricity and create thousands of green-collar jobs.
  • That's the motivation behind Global Green's sustainable-schools program, which will both retrofit existing schools to make them more energy-efficient and build entirely new .
News & Articles

  • Apple Has Developers (Mostly) Convinced That iOS 7 Will Make Them More Money
    Ask designers what they think about iOS 7 and you'll get an earful, a lof of it negative. But if you query developers about whether they think Apple's new mobile OS will make them richer, the answers are decidedly more positive. Heroku's Mattt Thompson told VentureBeat, "In the short term, there will be a mad rush to retrofit all of the existing apps out there. Apple essentially wrote a $100 ...
    June 12, 2013 - Forbes
  • Los Robles Hospital's oldest building set for retrofit, makeover
    Los Robles Hospital's 45-year-old main building will undergo seismic retrofitting and an exterior renovation. Hospital neighbors can weigh in on facade work if they'd like.
    June 12, 2013 - Ventura County Star
  • DCH Regional Medical Center Selects AMAG Technology’s Symmetry™ SR Controller Retrofit Solution
    AMAG Technology's Symmetry SR Controller used as a retrofit solution allowed DCH Hospital to easily and cost effectively upgrade their current end of life security system to Symmetry and keep their existing infrastructure intact. The unique design of the SR Controller permits users to reuse existing hardware such as readers, enclosures and wiring. (PRWeb June 11, 2013) Read the full story at ...
    June 11, 2013 - PRWeb
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in National Center for Public Policy Research
    During the presidential campaign Obama said, "Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. Businesses would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that cost onto consumers."
  • Bill Clinton in Bizjournals.com
    In this distressed economic climate, there is a tremendous opportunity for cities and building owners to retrofit existing buildings to save money and save energy,former President Bill Clinton said in a statement. "It is this kind of...
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in USA Today
    We are very concerned that, in attempting to address legitimate issues about access to the Internet, the FCC has proposed basically an unimaginative and overbearing set of rules that essentially tries to retrofit a new industry into an old... Ivan Seidenberg http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Seidenberg&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGEYSsp_eM7degdEqcU-X2nmz71Og Washington Post http://www.google.com/url?q=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/06/verizon_ceo_seidenberg_open_to.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFxUqfSgwL6q67LXbIExMzbLHsd2Q Jun 22, 2010 83489 150168 retrofitted We are going to get into that right now and make sure that this will happen so that next year if there is a fire, they will be retrofitted," Schwarzenegger said.

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