Exam 1: Green Building: An Overview

The Building Performance Institute trains and certifies individuals as ____ or as Envelope, Manufactured Housing, Heating, and Air Conditioning or Heat Pump Professionals.

The United Nations Development Program estimates that the average American uses ____ gallons of water per day.

In addition to green building and energy efficiency programs, some builders opt to provide ____ and comfort guarantees for their homes.

Some programs have a single level of certification, although others have multiple levels. The National Green Building Standard ____.

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimate that construction of the average home uses tons of materials and produces ____ lbs of construction waste.

All green building programs certify ____.

Match each statement with item below -Most new residential construction since World War II has been concentrated in suburban areas on previously undeveloped land.

Thousands of products on the market claim to be green. Independent third-party labels, such as ____, Cradle to Cradle , and ENERGY STAR are generally rigorous and reliable.

One of the first organized green home programs to appear was in ____ where the city-owned electric utility recognized the need to reduce electricity demand to avoid the construction of another power plant.

____, while not emitting pollutants, is produced in plants that are costly to build and operate, and the issue of waste disposal is not yet resolved.

____ payback is the cost of energy efficiency upgrades divided by energy savings.

ENERGY STAR homes can be certified through two different routes: the Performance Path or the ____ Path.

Certifications are most easily separated into three categories: the buildings themselves; the people who ____ those buildings; and the products used in the process.

Choosing a sustainable new home can be daunting. ____ is the most critical first step.

Residential buildings consume approximately ____% of the energy produced in the United States for heating, cooling, cooking, water heating, and operating electrical devices.

The Leadership in ____ program is a national green certification program that launched a rating system that takes into account the eight principles of green building within the context of all types of commercial construction.

The amount of whole-house and ____ leakage is a major factor in determining the efficiency of a house.

The ____ island effect is due primarily to the increased use of materials that absorb heat during the day and release it after sunset, raising the air temperatures on warm days and increasing energy demands because of greater air conditioning usage.

Embodied energy is typically calculated in terms of ____ of energy.

Match each statement with item below -A set of design, construction, and maintenance techniques and practices that minimize a building's total environmental impact.