Arc 308 Test 2

Austin, TX 3 E's

1. Environment (keep clean and nice) 2. Experience (recreation, etc) 3. Economics (depends on positive experience)

4 things the Woodlands did good

1. developed on higher land 2. created reservoirs 3. avoided impervious cover 4. no storm sewage system (ground swales)

7 steps to build a building

1. do site work 2. foundation 3. build a structure (the skeleton) 4. put up the walls to make it an enclosure 5. go inside and make partitions 6. put in systems (plumbing, electrical, natural gas, etc) 7. create finishes for the building

6 things that are important for buildings to do in terms of the environment

1. energy conservation 2. other natural resource consumption (water, copper, wood) 3. land conservation 4. waste disposal 5. other kinds of toxicity 6. resilience

3 bad things that happened to South East Houston when Speck was little

1. lost of impervious cover 2. subsidence (lowering of elevation) 3. storm sewage (curbs and gutters were finite)

4 forces to look at in buildings

1. tension 2. compression 3. bending 4. shear

5 areas of planning

1. transportation planning 2. infrastructure planning 3. land use planning 4. social services planning 5. environmental planning

designing a building is simple

1. understand the forces 2. find quantity of forces 3. find suitable material

Passive solar buildings use 5 things

1. using orientation 2. solar shading 3. solar storage 4. insulation 5. air movement