Deck 6: Sustainable Food and Beverage Management

Question 1

Which of the following is an impact of buildings on the environment?

A) Greenhouse gas emissions from buildings are significant and growing fast
B) Once built, the energy and water used by a building's inhabitants produce toxic gases and sewage
C) Construction materials are responsible for tremendous damage through mining
D) All of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is a non-renewable resource used in the construction of building?

A) Bamboo
B) Hemp
C) Soft wood
D) Aluminium

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the greatest and most imminent threats to the survival of our civilisation?

A) Global warming
B) Industrial revolution
C) Peak oil
D) Resource depletion

Answer 3

B

Question 4

How does construction influence the generation of pollution?

A) The processing of many products like plastics, the manufacture of titanium dioxide and the galvanizing of metals are all very polluting
B) Mining such large quantities of raw materials often results in polluting
C) Numerous chemical and mineral admixtures generate pollution
D) All of these answers are correct

Question 5

What is the purpose of sustainable architectural design?

A) To guarantee the well-being and coexistence of society, the environment, and profitability
B) To reduce negative effects on humans and the environment
C) To create greater resource efficiency than found in conventionally constructed buildings
D) All of these answers are correct

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT one of the 7 principles to sustainable architectural design?

A) Preserving local vegetation cover
B) Embodied energy
C) Minimizing natural lighting
D) Sustainable construction materials

Question 7

Sustainable building should now seriously look at ways of closing resource loops through initiatives such as:

A) Collecting and filtering rainwater and redistributing the excess to the grid
B) Burning waste in incinerators
C) Relying on a combination of non-renewable energy sources
D) Producing electricity from non-renewable sources and redistributing the excess to the grid

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways to take advantage of the warming effects of the sun for solar design?

A) Orientation
B) Glazing
C) Red-brick construction
D) Thermal mass

Question 9

What is the function of a high thermal mass?

A) It takes a short time to heat up
B) It cools down quickly
C) It has a very steady internal temperature
D) It is often subject to wide variations in internal temperature

Question 10

Why are sustainable buildings designed to have a high thermal mass?

A) To increase the efficiency of the central heating system
B) To hold over peak time solar gain for daytime heating
C) To keep house heating during the day in summer
D) More than one of these

Question 11

What is the stack effect?

A) A small boiler working at maximum efficiency slowly and steadily raises the temperature before turning itself off for a long period.
B) Escaping warm air draws in new cold air through similar gaps at the bottom of the house
C) This concentrates insulation and minimizes glazing on this side of a house.
D) Collecting waste and valuing it by reusing certain types in a closed-loop model or reselling or distributing unwanted items

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT one of the alternatives in order to avoid using unsustainable materials?

A) Fly ash
B) Mud bricks
C) Hemp
D) Conventional concrete

Question 13

Which of the following is the description of new eco-buildings which aim at low energy consumption with the most efficient available technology?

A) This building uses solar water-heating panels and photovoltaic panels that produce electricity
B) This building uses salvaged building material
C) This building uses straw bales, compacted earth brick
D) More than one of these

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT used as the basis for the coefficients of embodied energy of building materials?

A) Fibreglass
B) Brick
C) Sand
D) Aluminium

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways to reduce the cost of embodied energy in renovation?

A) Use local raw building material
B) Avoid materials that have the highest embodied energy
C) Use materials that have the highest embodied energy
D) Use salvaged materials

Question 16

What is a linear process consisting of four major phases of the conventional building life cycle?

A) Demolition-Design- Construction-Operation and maintenance
B) Design-Construction- Operation and maintenance- Demolition
C) Design-Construction- Demolition-Operation and maintenance
D) Construction-Design- Operation and maintenance- Demolition

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT one of the examples of self-sufficient technologies?

A) Discarding waste grey water
B) Solar space water heating
C) Electricity generation from windmills and photovoltaic solar panels
D) Saving and reusing waste heat

Question 18

What is the certification rating system for sustainable building?

A) BREEAM
B) LEED
C) DGNB
D) HVAC

Question 19

Which of the following is the one of basics of Eco-Luxury branding?

A) Sustainable materials and processes
B) A conscious knitting together of resources
C) The empowerment of everyone from employees to local artisans and businesses
D) All of these answers are correct

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT one of 21 commitments of Accor's PLANET 21 program?

A) Promoting responsible eating
B) Reducing CO₂ emissions
C) Reducing the use of renewable energy
D) Ensuring healthy interiors