Deck 11: Sustainable Sites

Question 1

One feature of green buildings is that they are easy to recognize based on architectural style.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The same building design can provide passive heating and cooling in any climate, so that green buildings look the same whether in a desert, a tropical beach, or a temperate forest.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

It is possible for a LEED-certified building to have a lower lifetime operating cost than a conventional building.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Buildings with white roofs use less energy in summer than similar buildings with black roofs.

Question 5

Green roofs typically reduce energy consumption in buildings.

Question 6

Daylighting uses light from windows in walls but cannot be used in roofs.

Question 7

Light shelves are horizontal elements used to bounce daylight deeper into rooms.

Question 8

In a passive solar heating system, the building is the system.

Question 9

In a building heated by passive solar energy, it would be possible to design too wide an overhang on the south side of the building.

Question 10

Passive solar energy is used to pre-heat hot water.

Question 11

A heat pump can take heat from outside air in cool weather.

Question 12

A ground source heat pump can be used for heating and cooling even in cold climates.

Question 13

Passive cooling uses natural ventilation instead of mechanical air conditioning.

Question 14

Passive cooling depends on the natural principle that cool air rises.

Question 15

Night ventilation, or night flushing, works best in climates where daytime and nighttime temperatures are similar.

Question 16

It is possible to use heat from a gas flame to produce chilled water.

Question 17

The prerequisites in each section of LEED must be met in order to achieve LEED certification.

Question 18

You can readily identify a sustainable site because such sites have a particular look.

Question 19

An expanse of green lawn is a good choice for a sustainable site.

Question 20

The greatest cost of a building is its

A) design process
B) permitting and inspection
C) construction cost
D) lifetime operating cost

Question 21

"Charrette" comes from the French word for

A) carbon
B) architect
C) cart
D) channel

Question 22

R-value measures

A) radiant energy value
B) resistance to cold
C) resistance to heat flow
D) resistance to air movement

Question 23

The largest number of birds are killed each year by

A) windows
B) wind turbines
C) cats
D) other birds

Question 24

An urban heat island is

A) an isolated city
B) an urban area with increased exposure to solar radiation
C) a city in the developing world that lacks air conditioning
D) the phenomenon in which cities are several degrees warmer than the surrounding area

Question 25

Fly ash is used

A) in windows used in solar heating
B) in filter elements for pollution control
C) as a substitute for cement in concrete mixes
D) as a substitute for soil in green roof planting mixes

Question 26

In winter, Earth's axis

A) tilts toward the Sun
B) tilts away from the Sun
C) stays parallel to the Sun's