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Green building is achieved by a singular focus on designing and constructing a house with energy efficient systems.

False

Benefits of petroleum energy are:

Reliable Wide range of mature technology and infrastructure

Since 1950, the average size of the American home has doubled in square footage.

True

What is the triple bottom line?

A product or material that positively impacts socially, economically, and environmentally.

Petroleum is one material that at present, remains difficult to reduce, let alone nearly impossible to fully eliminate from modern society. Which item(s) / materials below is petroleum a key ingredient to its production?

Cabinets Carpet Linoleum Paint Toilet Seats

Which of the following is an energy efficiency program developed by the EPA?

ENERGY STAR

Wind energy has these drawbacks:

Intermittent High investment cost

When creating a sustainable structure the following should be considered:

Operation Siting Construction Deconstruction

Less than 1 percent of the earth's water is available for human consumption.

True

Greenwashing is

environmental propaganda