Video 10.2 - Sustainability: Renewable Energy and "Green" Buildings.

Assume that the building the company wants to build is a manufacturing plant and that it was going to be built in a semi-residential neighborhood. Owners of the surrounding property do not want the building built because they believe it will bring pollution to the community. They bring a nuisance lawsuit. The company believes that there will be significant economic gain to the surrounding community. Which of the following is true?

The court would likely weigh the damage to the property owners' property against the benefit that the building would bring to the community.

One of the conservation efforts discussed is to put a rainwater collection system on the roof of the building. Another is to have a landscape plan to reduce water usage. Assume that neither would put pollutants into the ground water. Which of the following is true?

The rainwater collection system and the landscaping would both be legal under the Clean Water Act.

Assume that the building the company wanted to build was a manufacturing plant. Pollutants generated from the plant may be regulated by:

All of these

Assume that the building that the company wanted to build was a manufacturing plant. Pollution-control equipment for air pollutants would be controlled by which standard?

Maximum achievable control technology