2 Flashcards
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Goal of sustainable architectural design
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Find architecture solutions that guarantee things
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Sustain architecture goals: 3
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Well being and coexistence of society
Environment
Profitability
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Sustainable architecture attempts to reduce negative effects: 2
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Humans
Environment
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Of or relating to immediate surroundings of something
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Ambient
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Means buildings save cost in terms of energy and water and provide at least same ambient quality
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Efficiency
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Sustainable architecture vegans with what?
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Sustainable planning
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Social impacts on sustainable architectural design: 5
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Health Safety Comfort Productivity Quality of life concerns
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The fundamental principle of solar design is what?
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Warming effects of suns rays which is achieved by glazing, orientation and thermal mass
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Glass allows _____ or more of energy from sun through windows
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90 percent
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Double glazing is either ___ as good or _____ as bad
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Twice
Half
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A small air gap between sheets of glass is considered what?
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Good insulator
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Double glazing has insulating power of what?
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Single layer of bricks
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Direction and height of sun in high northern latitudes and low southern latitudes changes during the year. T or F
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True
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Surfaces facing ____ recieve ____ all year round
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South
Sun
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Solar panels and windows that capture solar warming in winter should face close to what direction?
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South
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Shade all year round is called what
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Northern exposure
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Focus on insulation and minimizes glazing on that side of the facility
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Northern exposure
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what windows work best to maximize solar heating in winter?
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Vertical windows facing south
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The way a building can store and regulate internal heat
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Thermal mass
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Buildings that take a long time to heat up and cool down have a high what?
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Thermal mass
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High thermal mass examples
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Brick
Concrete
Stone
Water
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Low thermal mass examples
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Air
23
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____ warms up quickly but does not stay warm for long
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Air
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Sustainable architectural priorities: 4
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Economy of resources
Life cycle design
Design for humanity and environment
Management and leadership
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When hotels meet its own needs it becomes a true what?
eco-hotel
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Environmental consequences from procurement of materials to end of facility
Cradle to grave
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Idea of reusing and recycling agricultural materials time and time again
Life cycle design
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Ultimate aim of sustainable construction is?
Management and leadership
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What buildings produce their own energy that is harvested on site with surplus fed back into the grid
Zero energy buildings
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when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life
food security
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sustainable agriculture is at the center of what concept?
food security
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many food born diseases can be contributed too?
food and drinking water
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contributes to increased and affordable items and low-priced food additives
intensive agricultural practices
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what enters our body through water supply?
heavy metals
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many food-borne pathogens contaminate food mostly due to what?
poor hygiene
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health related concerns are directly related to what? 2
sugar and kinds of food consumed in the west which are high in fat content
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food standards and certifications are what?
voluntary
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standards for organic agriculture have been...
on-going for 20 years
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rules and regulations slightly differ from what?
US and EU
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food rules and regulations slightly differ and apply to what percent of global market for _____ food
90 percent
| organic
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crop rotation includes what?
nitrogen-fixing plants
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gmo and ionization radiation is _____
prohibited
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nitrogen-fixing plants include
peas, clover, broad beans
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selected for sustainability to given environmental conditions and farming practices
plant and animals species
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what isn't allowed in livestock farming?
antibiotics
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animals are supposed to be fed ____ percent organic feed
100 percent
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____ (3) all interact and depend on each other
humans, plants, soil
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works well on soils that contain minimum amount of organic matter contents with no chemicals allowed
organic farming
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organic farming performs better when considering the ___ ____ ____
environmental bottom line
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pay producers an agreed minimum price
fair trade food
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human rights, environmental concerns, labor conditions, animal well-being- all non-economic concerns
ethical trading
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businesses view fair trade food concerns as what?
corporate social responsibility
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companies integrate interests and needs of customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders, communities, and planets into corporate strategies
corporate social responsibility
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describe general paradigm of local food systems
farm to fork
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became a synonym for globalization of food sector
food miles
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private and institutional consumers buy ____ grown or produced _____ away
foods
| far
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terminology used to describe ______ _____ is diverse
local food
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all local food are aiming at what concept?
producing, marketing and consuming food products within a certain geographic area
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restaurant managers must be careful how they define specific regional food and how definition is communicated to clientele T OR F?
True
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relationships from chefs to ____ of key ingredients can decrease risk of running out
providers
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___ ____ strive for quality
regional food
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just because regional food is local it must also be ___ quality
superior
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food consumption occurs at nearly ____ hours, which can have _____ effect on ones health
all
| negative
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_____ remains essential daily meal for optimal well-being
breakfast
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eating one's way through the day
grazing
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____ has shown minimal support to enhancing ones health
grazing
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Eat ____ in day and ___ later
earlier
| less
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give body an ____ fast
overnight
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it is also good to eat _____
slower
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what states that salt isn't for you
the journal of AMA
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____-____ can help lower blood pressure
eco-therapy
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rage during the 1940's and 1950's
supper clubs
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gathering of strangers inside private home
brick and mortar or pop-ups
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beginning of sustainable food movement started when?
1970's
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sustainable food movement increases awareness of what?
environmental issues that impact global economy
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stressed importance of integrity of food from natural agricultural systems locally
back to nature movement
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early stages of food industry started when?
1850's
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in 1850's early food industry started what? 2
new food processing techniques
| groups in Europe sought more natural and authentic nutrition
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in the past ____ Decades of ____ century there has been many diverse food movements
3
| 20th
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all food movements were founded upon concept of what?
a strong interest in the nutritional content of food
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___ _____ is difficult to define
health food- no clear definition
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___ ____ is used in general terminology to include natural foods, organic foods, vegetarian foods
health food
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seeks to encourage enjoyment of regional foods
slow food
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seed bank initiates set up to do what?
protect fruit and veggies spices no longer farmed
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slow food movement started with who?
Carol Petrin (1986)
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no international legal definition of what?
sustainable food
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___ and _____ are 2 of the most intensive actions between mankind and nature
eating and drinking
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what report said that _____ million US leisure travelers choose a destination based on what?
Skift Report
39 million
availability of culinary activities
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materials from more sustainable sources examples
bamboo, hemp, soft woods
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integrating a much greater proportion of recused materials in new construction projects such as from demolition site rubble
sustainable construction
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quantity of energy required to manufacture and supply to the point of use, a product, material or service
Embodied energy
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renovating an _____ building will always use ____ energy then building a ____ hotel
existing
less
new
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sustainable architectural priorities: (4)
economy of resources
life cycle design
design for humanity and the environment
management and leadership
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vast majority of ____ use ____ lighting during the day
buildings
| artificial
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design stage to plan for maximizing the use of natural air flow and cooling
stack effect
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capture wind and create air flows within the budding is known as what?
the stack or chimney effect
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air ____ and ____ when warm
expands and rises
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when air expands and rises when warm it is called what?
convection (heat moves around the buldings)
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____ _____ is a major energy drain
air conditioning
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____ ____ seek out culinary activities after a destination is decided upon
35 million
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In US, _____ w/o salt are called ____
pretzels
| baldies
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____ turmoil adds to green marketing and branding to put pressure for companies to show responsibility
economic
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Cause related marketing: started when?
middle 1980's through 1990's
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creates emotional bond between customer and brand
emotional branding
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all marketing activities aimed at ____ ______
straight consumption
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two modes of brand communications:
expression
| content
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physical/tangible dimension of brand captured by a consumer through sensory perception
expression
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multitude of ideas and messages portrayed by a brand
content
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green marketing 3 points
1- marketing of products that are presumed to be environmentally safe
2- development and marketing of products designed to minimize effects on physical environment and improve quality of life
3- efforts by an org. to promote produce and package products in a manner thats sensitive/responsive to ecological concerns
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also known as life cycle analysis, eco-balance and cradle-to-grave analysis
Life cycle assessment
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investigation and valuation of environmental impacts of specific products or services caused or necessitated by its existence
life cycle assessment
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compare range of environmental and social damages assigned to products and services then select least burdensome one from the group
life cycle assessment purpose
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making depends upon the gathering of information
marketing decision
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information regarding product, service, and provides to consumer advice on how to best handle product or service until final disposal
Responsible marketing
