Sustainable Quiz 2

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How much time to people spend indoors?
90%
Indoor pollutant concentrations may be _____ than outdoor levels
2-100 times
Green buildings with better air quality and lighting can translate into a 2% increase in worker's and students _____, and can dramaticall increase what?
Productivity, the value of the building
Green building costs and benefits include:
Lower maintenance costs
less energy usage
higher levels of occupants satisfaction
lower CO2 emmissions
What does USGBC stand for?
United States Green Building Council
To transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built, and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthey, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life
Mission of the USGBC
A rating system created by the USGBC to provide a framework for meeting sustainability goals and assessing building performance. Voluntary and consensus-based.
LEED
People (Social Capital)
Planet (Natural Capital)
Profit ( Economic Capital)
The Triple bottom Line
The built environment is understood as a series of relationships in which each part affects many other parts
Systems thinking
Negative (Thermostat)
Positive (Population)
Feedback Loops
Places where a small intervention can have large impacts. The Pruis effect
Leverage points
A circular and repetitive loop that provides opportunities for setting goals and evaluating success
Iterative Process
Bringing all interested parties together to make project and design goals, budgets, environmental initiatives mutually understood from beginning of project
Integrative Process
Building Users
Owner
Community Members
Facilities Management Staff
Planning Staff
Facilities O&M Staff
Client (Key Stakeholder)
Architect
Structural Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Civil Engineer
Landscape Architect
Daylighting & Energy Modeler
Design Team (Key Stakeholder)