Green Building Flashcards
Guiding Principles Of Green Building -
Site And Surroundings, Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency, Material Efficiency, Indoor Air Quality, Water Reduction, And Low Maintenance Cost
Advantages Of Leed
Sustainable building practices, energy effient construction, less waste - 3
LEED built contruction is _____ more energy efficient.
36% - 29
Brownfield Sites
properties whwre hazardous substances, pollution or contaminants are present - 33
As silt fence uses a ____Trench, ____and_____
4”x4”, soil, gravel - Figure 6-7 - 48
Example of Not Grey Water
Toilet - Fig. 7.2 - 55
Thermal Mass Depth
Up to 6” - 63
Example of wood Not Rapidly Renewable
Oak - 96
Pounds of building waste per Square foot
Four - 97
Stack Ventilation
This system uses high low pressure creasted by rising heat - 101
Volatile Organic Compund
VOC, contaminants a product emits - 104
Leed Green Building Rating System Is
Voluntary - 106