test 3
What is most likely to cause a business to seek membership in a U.S.GBC chapter?
Members receive professional benefits.
Match each demand factor driving green building material market growth with its example.
-A new nationwide program distributing credit ratings materials recycling adds several state chapters. 2. -Rising efficiency standards for meeting building codes in many high efficiency materials more popular. 4. -Customers of national home supply retail chains begin asking for more green product alternatives. 1. -A university study demonstrates a correlation between materials and lowered construction costs. 3.
Match each level of the U.S. GBC's focus with the activity it aligns with.
-Neighborhood associations in a city begin landscaping efforts to preserve green spaces. 1. -A U.S. senator proposes legislation to raise the environmental standards for school buildings. 3. -A state passes legislation to adopt the International Green Construction Code. 2. -The United Nations hears testimony from climate change experts on building practices. 4.
If many green construction jobs are increased demand occupations, which of the following people best exemplify this?(Select all that apply.)
-Norman, an industrial tractor operator -Jerry, a construction laborer
If sales of a new kind of hydrogen car really take off in test markets where it is introduced, what macroeconomic effects could that have? (Select all that apply.)
-large-scale investment in hydrogen car infrastructure -increased funding for research and development into advancing hydrogen car technology
What is characteristic of the U.S.GBC's overall strategy goals? (Select all that apply.)
1. Promote green policy at all levels of government. 2. Increase the economic returns from green building. 3. Cultivate green building efforts within communities.
Besides improve the energy efficiency of commercial buildings and accelerate private sector investment in energy efficiency, what can the Better Buildings Initiative do? (Select all that apply.)
1. create jobs in areas where commercial building 2. retrofits are in high demand improve understanding of sustainable building practices 3. raise the visibility of sustainability concerns that also affect new construction
Which of the following is an example of reducing the whole-life environmental impact of a building? (Select all that apply.)
Alex designs an HVAC system for the building that integrates with natural heating and cooling cycles to cut down on electricity use. Noah designs systems for efficiently decontaminating and reusing wastewater from industrial processes the factory uses to dye textiles.
Match each cause with its effect.
Demand for electrical engineers 2 Demand for energy engineers 4 Demand for civil engineers 3 Demand for mechanical engineers 1
Which statement best exemplifies the nature of funding for green building research?
Green building research is most strongly funded at the federal level, but states and universities are also important sources of funding.
What distinguishes the Neighborhood Development LEED professional certification from other LEED professional certifications?
It focuses not only on buildings but also on how communities can be developed and improved.
What is the following passage saying about jobs in a green economy?From a green point of view, everything is connected and so everything affects everything else. So it is with the greening economy: You can't measure the effects of the greening economy in narrow terms. Jobs, for example, don't always look green, even if you look at their specific tasks and responsibilities. You have to look at the context for those activities to see their connection to sustainability.
Jobs are green in the context of green projects.
Which of the following best describes the relationship between LEED categories and the application of research in those categories?
LEED categories can focus research efforts on the development of materials for those categories.
What distinguishes a LEED rating system from a LEED category?
Rating systems focus on project types, and categories focus on aspects of sustainable construction.
What is the following passage saying about sustainable building?When we look at making building practices better for the environment, we need to get real about what we're up against.A building of any significance is an environmental disaster. From the initial impact of its construction and throughout the entirety of its existence, a building is like an open wound from an environmental standpoint. In terms of its potential for resource consumption and its potential for contamination from mold, rot, and other disorders, a building is simply devastating for its environment. Just sitting there, it does damage every day of its life.
Sustainable building practices need to realistically assess the problem.
What differentiates the Department of Energy's focus on indoor environmental quality from the Environmental Protection Agency's focus on this issue?
The DOE's focus on this issue is primarily as it relates to energy efficiency.
If an energy system successfully meets the PEER standard, then what happens?
The GCBI issues a PEER certificate for that system.
If a resilient structure breaks down, then what is the likeliest cause?
The structure reached the end of its life.
Thurgood is leading a neighborhood redevelopment project in an area that after a recent hurricane was cut off from essential services and outside access. Clean, fresh water and electrical power were unavailable for many days. In planning his redevelopment efforts so that these specific problems don't repeat themselves, what LEED categories could be of use to Thurgood? (Select all that apply.)
Water Efficiency Smart Location and Linkage
What is most like an emerging green occupation?
a new variety of plant that evolves in response to changing conditions
Daniel is involved in the comprehensive redesign of an entire community of old homes to make it more livable as low-income housing. Most of the houses in this community are at least 60 years old and many are abandoned. Daniel wants all aspects of the community renovation to conform to relevant LEED standards. What might be the most significant obstacle to that?
age of the houses
Which type of business analysis is likely to be most similar to the life cycle analysis of a building's carbon footprint?
analysis of cost
What is least useful for promoting green activity at the policy level?
criticizing lawmakers who are slow to support green activity
Lucy is assessing the failure of an apartment building's plumbing and lighting systems during a recent heavy storm that swept through the city. Structurally, the building handled the storm well, but its water and lighting systems were overwhelmed even though other buildings nearby maintained full function. In addition to focusing on the problem of why building services were interrupted, what areas of resilience would be best for Lucy to evaluate? (Select all that apply.)
diverse and redundant systems flexible and passive systems
Which of the following applies to assessing the extent of how much renewable energy is greening jobs in energy production?
efforts to capture the release of carbon from coal burning
Which of the following is most like the green economy as defined by DOL O*NET taxonomic standards?
establishing specific performance targets for your team
Although the U.S.GBC has created Global Alternative Compliance Paths, options within credit areas that make LEED more relevant for international projects, it has no mechanisms to further address variances in climate and geographic regions.
false
Resilience building strategies can be applied on a small scale to individual buildings, but not on a larger regional or ecosystem scale.
false
A member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Appropriations Committee is considering funding for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers research project on developing strategies for forward operating bases to continue essential services even under catastrophic weather conditions or heavy enemy assault. As someone with an interest in sustainability in general, what factors are best for the senator to consider in deciding whether to fund this project? (Select all that apply.)
military value applicability to civilian projects long-term results
Ned has been given the project of building a major new retail space and needs to consider how best to plan the space to certify it under the Retail sector of the Building Design and Construction rating systems. The space is to be located in a largely undeveloped area outside a major city. What should concern Ned in terms of sustainability as he plans this project? (Select all that apply.)
providing for electrical needs providing for water needs
Anja is leading the design team on a project to build a residential development that is intended to be a model of self-sufficiency for the city. She has an architectural engineer on staff who is an expert at designing passive heating and cooling systems for residential applications. But she wants to do more to make this development self-sufficient. If she were to plan to hire a consultant from a particular green job sector, which job sector should it be?
renewable energy generation
If the U.S.GBC tracks the development and implementation of green policies nationwide on a state-by-state basis, then what is the likely reason?
to measure how quickly and widely these policies are adopted
Which role is least likely to be involved in both the design and pre-construction phase and the construction phase of green building projects?
urban planners
What is the most important factor contributing to the successful use of a life cycle analysis?
use the LCA to make decisions that will have the greatest potential for the smallest carbon footprint over the total life of the building
