Construction Sustainability
Green Globe Ratings 4 Globes 3 Globes 2 Globes 1 Globe
4 = 85-100% = National or world leadership and excellence 3 = 70-84% = leadership in applying best practices 2 = 55-69% = excellent progress 1 = 35-54% = commitment
Charrette
A collaborative planning or design session, often involving interested third parties such as public officials and environmentalists in which problems relating to a proposed project are discussed and solutions are adopted in a limited time frame.
Alpha test
A preliminary, in-house testing of a product to discover obvious flaws.
Sustainable sites (SS)
Addresses construction impacts on the building site, animal habitat, stormwater management etc.
The over-enrichment of water bodies with nutrients from agricultural and landscape fertilizer, urban runoff, sewage discharge, and eroded stream banks. This statement is the definition of which of the following terms. (A) Acidification (B) Eutrophication (C) Desertification (D) Endocrine disruptors (E) Loss of biodiversity (F) Climate change (G) None of the above
(B) Eutrophication
There are two major green building assessment system used in the United States. Besides LEED, which of the following is the other? (A) Living Building Challenge (B) Green Globes (C) GBEL (D) Green Star (E) CASBEE (F) None of the above
(B) Green Globes
What are the major components consisting of construction sustainability (answer may be more than one choice)? (A) Economic/financial sustainability (B) Environmental/ecological sustainability (C) Societal/cultural/political sustainability (D) Aesthetic sustainability (E) None of the above
(A) Economic/financial sustainability (B) Environmental/ecological sustainability (C) Societal/cultural/political sustainability
Which of the followings belong to golden rules for ecological design? (A) Hazardous materials should be eliminated (B) Impact to the environment should be considered based on environmental product declaration. (C) Hazardous materials should be included in the design (D) Resource input should be shifted toward fossil fuels
(A) Hazardous materials should be eliminated Golden Rules for eco design: - Potential impacts to the environment should be considered on a life-cycle basis (from cradle to cradle) - The intensity of use of processes, products, and services should be maximized. - The intensity of resource use (material, energy, and land) should be minimized. - Hazardous materials should be eliminated. - Resource input should be shifted toward renewable.
Which of the following is the emerging green building assessment system used in the United States? (A) Living Building Challenge (B) Green Globes (C) GBEL (D) Green Star (E) CASBEE (F) None of the above
(A) Living Building Challenge
What is Net Zero Energy (NZE)? (A) The product should consume zero energy to be manufactured. (B) Buildings should generate as much energy from renewables as they consume on an annual basis. (C) The earth should generate as much energy as it consumes. (D) All of the above (E) None of the above
(B) Buildings should generate as much energy from renewables as they consume on an annual basis.
The limits of a specific land's capability to support people and their activities. This statement is the definition of which of the following terms. (A) Ecological footprint (B) Carrying capacity (C) Ecological economics (D) Eco-efficiency (E) None of the above
(B) Carrying capacity
Any form of design that minimizes environmentally destructive impacts by integrating itself with living processes? (A) Active design (B) Ecological Design (C) Biomimicry (D) Passive construction (E) None of the above
(B) Ecological Design
Which of the following belongs to the brownfield land? (multiple choices may apply) (A) A site used for industrial purpose (B) A site used for agricultural purpose (C) A site used for commercial purpose with known contamination (D) A site used for industrial purpose with suspected pollution (E) All of the above
(C) A site used for commercial purpose with known contamination (D) A site used for industrial purpose with suspected pollution
Which of the following is the living building challenge concepts? (answer could be more than one choice) (A) Building should produce energy from non-renewable resources (B) Building should reduce hazardous materials consumption (C) Building should process all its sewage (D) Building should provide all the required water (E) (A), (D) (F) None of the above
(C) Building should process all its sewage (D) Building should provide all the required water
The total energy consumed in the acquisition and processing of raw materials, including manufacturing, transportation, and final installation. This statement is the definition of which of the following terms. (A) Ecological footprint (B) Carrying capacity (C) Embodied energy (D) Life-cycle assessment (E) None of the above
(C) Embodied energy
Which of the following belongs to high-performance design? A) Energy Efficiency (B) Improve environmental performance (C) Consider societal impact (D) Economic performance (E) All of the above (F) None of the above
(E) All of the above
Which of the followings fall under the trends in high-performance green building? (A) Life-Cycle Assessment (B) Net Zero buildings (C) Transparency (D) Carbon accounting (E) All of the above (F) None of the above
(E) All of the above
Which of the following building assessment system is the oldest? (A) TREES (B) CASBEE (C) Green Star (D) LEED (E) BREEAM (F) None of the above
(E) BREEAM
Which of the following building rating system belongs to JAPAN? (A) LEED (B) DGNB/BNB (C) Green Star (D) JAPEEN (E) CASBEE
(E) CASBEE
Which of the following belongs to the benefit of sustainable design for the project siting? (A) Growing evidence of accelerated destruction of planetary ecosystems (B) Global increasing demand for natural resources (C) Similar sustainability movement occurring in other industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, etc. (D) All of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above -Low cost for site preparation, parking lots, roads -Improved aesthetics, more transportation options for employees -Land preservation, reduced resource use, soil and water conservation, less air pollution, etc.
LEED's 10 Categories
1) Integrative process (IP) 2) Location and Transportation (LT) 3) Sustainable Sites (SS) 4) Water Efficiency (WE) 5) Energy and Atmosphere (EA) 6) Materials and Resources (MR) 7) Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ) 8) Performance (PF) 9) Innovation (IN) 10)Regional Priority (RP)
5 major rating systems
1. Building Design and Construction (BD+C) 2. Interior Design and Construction (ID+C) 3. Building Operations and Maintenance (O+M) 4. Neighborhood Development (ND) 5. Homes (H)
Green Globes Building Rating Tools (4)
1. GGNC 2. GGCIEB 3. GGSI 4. GGCIEBHC
LEED BD+C v4 Minimum Program Requirements
1. Must be in a permanent location on existing land. 2. Must use reasonable LEED boundaries. 3. Must comply with project size requirements
Green Globes 7 Categories - NC
1. Project/Environmental management 2. Site 3. Energy 4. Water 5. Materials and resources 6. Emissions 7. Indoor environment
Total Points Possible? Points Require for LEED Ratings Platinum Gold Silver Certified No Rating
110! Platinum 80-110 Gold 60-79 Silver 50-59 Certified 40-49 No Rating 39 or less
The first operational market version of LEED was published in what year
2000
Integrative Process
Collaborate in reducing energy and water consumption and to document efforts to improve the performance of the project compared to specified baseline cases
Which of the following does not fall under principles of sustainable construction? (A) Protect nature (B) Maximize resource consumption (C) Use recyclable resources (D) Eliminate toxics (E) Focus on quality
DUH the answer is B 1. Reduce resource consumption 2. Reuse resources 3. Use recyclable resources 4. Protect nature 5. Eliminate toxics 6. Apply life-cycle costing 7. Focus of quality
Carbon monoxide causes ocean acidification because it dissolves in water to form carbonic acid (T/F)
False Carbon dioxide NOT CARBON MONOXIDE also causes ocean acidification because it dissolves in water to form carbonic acid
The intentional shaping of matter, energy, and process to meet a desired outcome is called Ecological design. (T/F)
False Ecological Design: Any form of design that minimizes environmentally destructive impacts by integrating itself with living processes
Intergenerational justice includes choice of future generations will directly affect the quality and quantity of resources remaining for current inhabitants of earth and environmental quality. (T/F)
False?? the choices of today's generations will directly affect the quality and quantity of resources remaining for future inhabitants of earth and environmental quality. This concept of obligation that crosses temporal boundaries is referred to as intergenerational justice.
Location and Transportation (LT)
Focuses on building location relative to ecologically sensitive land and access to transportation
Green Building
Healthy facilities designed and built in a resource-efficient manner using ecologically based principles
LEED stands for
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Water Efficiency (WE)
Pre-requisites • Outdoor water use reduction • Indoor water use reduction • Building level water metering Credits • Outdoor water use reduction • Indoor water use reduction • Cooling tower water use • Water metering
Energy and Atmosphere (EA)
Prerequisites • Fundamental commissioning and verification (ASHRAE guidelines) • Minimum energy performance • Building level energy metering Credits • Enhanced commissioning • Optimize energy performance • Advanced energy metering
Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ)
Prerequisites • Minimum indoor air quality performance (ventilation procedure should be followed) Credits • Enhanced air quality strategies • Low emitting materials (covers VOCs) • Construction indoor air quality management plan • Indoor air quality assessment • Thermal comfort • Interior lighting
"Do not commit the irrevocable" Which one of following principle covers this?
Reversible Principle
List 5 types of renewable energy.
Solar, Biogas, wind, tidal (ocean), hydroelectric, geothermal
What is cradle-to-cradle approach? Explain it in your own words.
The cradle-to-cradle approach considers whole life-cycle assessment (Environmental and cost) of a project/product (raw material extraction, material transportation, construction, and the items's ultimate disposal) and its recycling (upcycling) at the end of its useful life. Products should be conceived from the very start with intelligent design and the intention that they would eventually be recycled.
Distribution Equity or Distribution Justice
There is an obligation to ensure the fair distribution of resources among present people so that life prospects of all people are addressed. The right of all people to an equal share of resources, including goods and services, such as materials, land, energy, water, and high environmental quality.
3 Elements of Sustainable Construction
ecological, social, and economic issues of the community
Beta test
the second (pre-release) phase of software testing in which a sampling of the intended audience tries the product out and reports bugs back to the developers
What does a high-performance commercial building use to achieve energy, economic, and environmental performance that is substantially better than standard design.
whole-building design (or integrated design)
