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Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Flashcards

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Bearable

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This is the balance or intersection between the environmental and social aspects of the Triple Bottom Line.

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Built environment

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All buildings and living spaces that are created or modified by people. It also includes infrastructure elements such as waste management, transportation and utility transmission systems put in place to serve the built space.

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Carbon footprint

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The measure of the amount of greenhouse gases produced by human activities.

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Carbon intensity

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Calculated as kgCO2e per square meter or occupant per year.

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Carbon trading

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A market-based system that brings carbon credit buyers and sellers together, allowing businesses to purchase carbon credits to offset their emissions.

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Commissioning

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A planned and integrated systematic process of verifying and documenting that all building systems perform interactively according to the design intent and the owner’s operational needs

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Comm carbon metric

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Developed by the United Nations Environmental ProgrammeSustainable Building and Climate Initiative (UNEP-SBCI). It measures energy intensity and carbon intensity.

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Composting

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A process that decomposes the organic matter and kills any pathogens.

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Core building systems

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Installed equipment that is integral to providing common building services, including HVAC, lighting, electrical systems, transport systems and plumbing.

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Cradle-to-grave or Life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA)

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The process of determining all costs incident to the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance, and disposition of a structure over time. The terms “whole-life costing” and “cradle-to-grave” are synonymous with this.

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Demand-controlled ventilation

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Capability added by integrating CO2 sensors and controls with HVAC equipment. Can save energy by reducing the volume of air delivered to a space that must be heated or cooled.

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Demand response

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A contractual arrangement between facilities and power companies in which facilities agree to reduce or shift their consumption during peak demand periods in return for defined financial incentives.

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Economizers

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This HVAC system component controls dampers to mix cooler outside air with return air, decreasing energy needs for cooling.

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Energy performance contracting

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A risk-based contractual agreement between a customer and an energy service company (ESCO) in which the ESCO promises to deliver specified energy performance in return for an agreed fee.

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Energy intensity

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Calculated as kWh per square meter or occupant per year. This result is then multiplied by the official GHG emission coefficients published for each fuel type.

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Equitable

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This is the balance or intersection between the social and economic aspects of the Triple Bottom Line.

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Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

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An international group that aims at helping organizations focus and measure their sustainable actions.

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Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Guidelines

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A sustainability reporting framework—a less rigid and defined set of “good practices” that provide the outline of a sustainability reporting program.

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Green leasing

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The process of integrating sustainability elements into lease negotiations.

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Hard benefits

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Tangible outcomes from a policy or program. They are quantifiable and can usually be expressed in terms of monetary units.

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Hardscape management

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The maintenance of building exteriors.

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Heat exchange technology

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Devices capture waste heat and use it to preheat water or fresh air.

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International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

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The world’s largest developer and publisher of international standards. A nongovernmental organization made up of a network of the national standards institutes of 163 countries. It forms a bridge between the public and private sectors and enables a consensus to be reached on solutions that meet both the requirements of businesses and the broader needs of society.

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Life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA)

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The process of determining all costs incident to the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance, and disposition of a structure over time. The terms “whole-life costing” and “cradle-to-grave” are synonymous with this.

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Light pollution

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Excess sky light created by human activities that interferes with astronomical observations and affects the environment.

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Natural environment

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Includes resources such as forests, trees, rivers and streams—affects the human and financial health of the organization and its community. The natural environment helps to clean the air, cool buildings and provide relaxation.

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Net present value (NPV)

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The difference between the present value of cash inflows generated by the asset and the amount of the initial investment.

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Performance metrics

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Determines the standards by which to measure the success of the policy.

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Primary footprint

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The measure of the direct emissions of CO2. These come from the burning of fossil fuels for energy consumption and transportation. The organization has direct control over these. One part of the carbon footprint.

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Recycling

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The process of reusing a material (beyond its intended use) or producing a new product from recycled materials.

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Renewable energy credits (RECs)

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Represents the carbon reduction value of electrical energy generated by renewable sources of energy. Similar in intent to carbon offsets and can be seen as complementary. (Also known as green tags).

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Return on investment (ROI)

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A performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or to compare the efficiency of a number of different investments. The benefit (annual savings) of an investment divided by the cost of the investment.

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Safety data sheets

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Product-specific summaries of information critical to a chemical product’s safe use, storage, disposal and remediation in the event of a spill or accident. May also be referred to as material safety data sheets (MSDS) or hazard data sheets (HDS).

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Secondary circulation

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The portion of a building required for access to some subdivision of space (whether bounded by walls or not) that is not defined as primary circulation. i.e. corridors between workstations.

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Simple payback period (SPP)

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The period of time required for the return on an investment to “repay” the sum of the original investment.

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Term: Soft benefits

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Can be expressed in terms of monetary values. Examples include: improved employee morale, increased occupant health, comfort and productivity, reduced pollution and landfill waste, increased competitive advantage, and increased brand strength.

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Supply chain carbon footprint

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See secondary footprint.

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Supply chain sustainability

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The management of Triple Bottom Line impacts throughout the life cycles of goods and services.

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Sustainability

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Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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Sustainability “Sweet Spot”

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The intersection of social, environmental and economic aspects on the Triple Bottom Line, where the pursuit of profits seamlessly blends with the pursuit of the common good.

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Sustainability audit

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Definition

The method for recording important facility characteristics, including utility use and waste stream as well as other quantitative attributes. It also includes an evaluation of the policy, practices and procedures that relate and contribute to sustainable facility management.

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Sustainability policy

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A high-level working document that serves two purposes: focusing the organization on sustainable issues that most directly relate to its vision and strategy, and ensuring that decision makers throughout the organization will consider appropriate sustainable goals in matters large and small, throughout the organization, including facility management.

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Sustainability projects

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The outputs of the organization’s sustainability planning process.

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Sustainability vision

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A one- or two-sentence, well-crafted statement that provides employees and stakeholders with a set of broadly stated principles against which the efforts can be measured; a global point of view.

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Thermal treatment

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A process in which where materials are incinerated at extremely high temperatures with limited oxygen.

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Total cost of ownership (TCO)

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A financial management strategy that accounts for the complete life-cycle costs of a product (both direct and indirect) from acquisition to disposal.

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Triple Bottom Line (TBL)

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An expanded set of criteria for measuring and judging organizational success—social, environment and economic aspects of sustainability.

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Urban heat island effect

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The absorption of solar radiation by the surfaces of hardscape features such as pavement and roofs and the radiation of that heat into the surrounding air.

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Variable speed drives (VSDs)

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An electronic device that allows a motor to adjust its speed to current load requirements.

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Viable

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This is the balance or intersection between the environmental and economic aspects of the Triple Bottom Line.

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Whole-life costing or Life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA)

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Whole-life costing

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