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1
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How many total points can be earned max for the Materials & Resource category?

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13

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How many prerequisites does the Materials & Resource category have?

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2 -
Storage & collection of recyclables

Construction & demolition waste management planning

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What are the credit categorizes for Materials & Resources?

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  • building life cycle impact reduction
  • building product disclosure & optimization: environmental declaration
  • building product disclosure & optimization: sourcing of raw materials
  • building product disclosure & optimization: material ingredients
  • construction & demo waste management
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A voluntary program which sets standards to wood product manufacturers to ensure responsible forest management in order to prevent deforestation & loss of habitat

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Forest stewardship council (FSC)

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A product stewardship policy approach that holds consumer goods companies responsible for managing their own products and packaging when consumers are finished with them

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Extended producer responsibility (EPR)

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GreenScreen

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Method used to identify chemicals of high concern and safer alternatives

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REACH Optimization

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European union’s legislation that requires all chemicals sold to be evaluated based on their hazard profiles

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Construction & demolition waste constitutes for how much total solid waste in the US?

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40%

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What is the first step toward conservation of materials?

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Rightsizing the project

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Reusing what can result in huge material savings?

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Existing materials
Salvaged materials
Existing buildings

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What types of materials can be salvaged and reused in new buildings?

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  • bricks
  • doors
  • windows
  • flooring
  • cabinets, furniture
  • tiles
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Adaptive reuse is also called what? Give an example

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Designing for flexibility;

Hospital flexible floor plans to change room sizes

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Using efficient framing techniques conserves materials. Instead of placing studs 16 in apart, they can be placed ___ in apart

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24

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What is the best way to eliminate waste according to the EPA?

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Source reduction

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What is source reduction?

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The exact sizing of the materials to be produced through prefabrication, modular construction, or similar methods, so that no waste is generated on site

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When selecting materials for a building, what are the first two goals and project should have?

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  1. Implement strategies to stop material from going to landfills as waste
  2. Evaluate the effects of a particular product on the environment
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What is a Location valuation factor?

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When LEED looks to see if materials for a project are extracted, manufactured & purchased within 100 miles of the site

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LEED will award the project in the credit calculations for the location valuation factor by valuing those products at __% of their cost

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200%

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What are some features of environmentally preferable materials?

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  • locally harvested/extracted & manufactured (& replenish within 10 years)
  • sustainability grown & harvested
  • made from rapidly renewable materials (& replenish within 10 years)
  • contain no toxins
  • made in factories that support human health & workers rights
  • long lasting & reusable
  • contain recycled content
  • avoid landfill
  • low embodied energy
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Rapidly renewable materials can replenish within how many years?

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10

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When a project team decides to not use some materials and reduce the total amount of materials in the building

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Dematerialization

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What is the cradle to gate assessment?

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Evaluation of a product’s partial life cycle - from its resource extraction/harvesting to its becoming a manufactured product ready for resale at factory gate

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Who created the cradle to cradle certificate?

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Cradle to cradle products innovation institute

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Cradle to cradle

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Evaluates materials to have infinite lifecycles through recycling to form a closed system

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Cradle to grave

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Investigates materials from their extraction to their disposal

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What kind of environmental aspects does the cradle to cradle certification evaluate?

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  • material health
  • material reutilization
  • renewable energy & carbon management
  • water stewardship
  • social fairness
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what is greenwashing?

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The presentation of a product or a material as being more environmentally friendly than it is

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What is an environmental product declaration (EPD)

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environmental information on the life cycle of a product to enable comparisons between products fulfilling the same function

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What things should an EPD list?

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  • global warming impact
  • ozone depletion
  • water pollution
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • human toxicity
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What does a product’s health product declaration (HPD) include?

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  • material list disclosure
  • potential chemicals
  • related concerns
  • additional health info
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What provides info about the manufacturer or raw material supplier of a product that has been verified to employ sustainable principles during the creation of their products?

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Corporate sustainability reports (CSR)

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At a minimum, LEED projects must recycle what?

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  • paper
  • cardboard
  • glass
  • plastic
  • metal
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Commingled recycling

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When a project decided which recycling can be stored separately & commingled into a single stream

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The EPA developed a hierarch, ranking the most environmentally sound strategies for reducing municipal solid waste. What are those 4 things?

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  • source reduction
  • reuse
  • recycle
  • waste to energy conversion
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What is the waste to energy strategy?

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Converts non-recyclable materials into usable heat, electricity or fuel through combustion, gasification, pyrolization, anaerobic digestion & landfill gas recovery

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What are some strategies to address waste management & reduction?

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  • establish tracking system
  • develop solid waste management policy
  • conduct waste stream audit
  • stress composting
  • collect durable goods
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What is an example of stress composting?

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Turning landscaping debris into mulch

38
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What is one item that the facility manager should make sure does not go in regular waste disposal?

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Low energy light bulbs that contain mercury

39
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When purchasing sustainable cleaning products, the facility manager can look for green custodial products that meet what 3 things?

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Green seal
Environmental
EPA standards

40
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Fairtrade certification

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Promotes sustainable principles in products such as coffee, tea, sugar, fruits, & chocolate

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Food Alliance certification

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Certifies farms, ranches & food handlers

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USDA organic certification

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Regulates the standards of agricultural products

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Protected Harvest certification

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Certifies farmers’ use of stringent environmental & sustainable growing standards

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Marine Stewardship Council Blue Eco-Label certification

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Certifies sustainable fishing

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Rainforest Alliance Certification

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Promotes sustainability in agriculture & forestry

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In the US, metals, paper, food, glass & plastic comprise of approx. ___% of the total amount of municipal solid waste

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69%

47
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Projects should have the infrastructure in place to collect, store & dispose of at least 2 of what?

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  • batteries
  • lamps containing mercury
  • electronics
48
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Under the storage & collection of recyclables pre req, what is not considered recyclable and should be collected, stored & disposed of?

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Batteries, lamps with mercury & electronics

49
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The storage & collection of recyclables pre req is only for the _______ phase & not ____ phase

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Buildings operations;

Construction

50
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The construction & demo waste management plan pre req is only for the ____ phase & not the ____ phase

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Construction;

Buildings operation

51
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For the construction & demo waste management plan pre req, the project should create a construction & demo waste plan & set goals for waste diversion by choosing at least ___ suitable materials to be diverted

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5

52
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After source reducing, what other waste reduction strategies can be used?

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  • reuse
  • recycling
  • donation
  • salvage
53
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What is the waste diversion rate?

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Total waste diverted from landfill
———————————————-
Total waste produced by the project
X100

54
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what 2 things do not qualify as diverted materials?

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Land cleaning debris & alternative daily cover (ADC)

55
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Land cleaning debris is created by removal of what?

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Rock, soil, stone, vegetation

56
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In order to qualify for the historic building reuse option credit, the building or historic district must be registered where?

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local, state or national register of historic places

57
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In the renovation of abandoned or blighted building credit, the project just maintain at least ___% of surface area of the existing building structure, enclosure & interior or structural elements in the building that are considered blight

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50%

58
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If there is any deterioration or damage up to ___% of the building surface area, the building may be excluded from the credit calculation

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25%

59
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A new building whole lifecycle assessment - under the building cycle impact reduction credit category - should demonstrate a minimum of __% reduction compared with a baseline building

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10%

60
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Reductions of waste impact should be in at least 3/6 impact categories, one of which MUST be what?

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Global warming potential

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What are the impact categories for whole building lifecycle assessment in option 4 of the building lifecycle impact reduction credit?

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  • global warming potential
  • depletion of ozone
  • acidification of land & water sources
  • eutrophication of nitrogen or phosphate
  • formation of tropospheric ozone
  • depletion of nonrenewable energy sources
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Environmental product declarations (EPD) show what things?

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  • raw material extraction effects on the environment
  • energy use
  • chemical makeup
  • waste generation
  • any emissions made to water, air & soil during the entire sourcing & manufacturing process
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Projects should use at least ___ different permanently installed products sourced from at least 5 different manufacturers for the building product disclosure: environmental product declaration credit

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20

64
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Products with available, critically reviewed lifecycle assessment conforming to ISO 14044 that have at least cradle to gate scope assessment

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Product specific declaration

65
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Third party products should demonstrate impact reduction below the industry standard average in at least 3 categories valued at ___% of their cost for credit achievement calculations

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100%

66
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For option 2 of the building disclosure & optimization: sourcing of raw materials credit, leadership extraction practices promote the use of materials that are what?

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  • biobased
  • forest stewardship council certified
  • reused
  • have recycled content
  • contain a producer responsibility program
67
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A process that tracks a product from the point of harvest/extraction to its distribution

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Chain of custody (CoC)

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Preconsumer recycled content

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Content of a material that is recycled before being used by a consumer
Ex: sawdust used for pressboard

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Postconsumer recycled content

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Recycled content of a used material

Ex: printer paper used for new paper

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Are aluminum cans, water bottles, most types of glass, wood, steel products, newspapers, etc. pre or postconsumer recycled content?

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Post

71
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Recycled content is the sum of what?

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Postconsumer recycled content + 1/2 preconsumer recycled content,
Which is based on cost

72
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Corporate sustainability report

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Provides info about the manufacturer or raw material supplier of a product that has been verified to employ sustainable principles during the creation of their products

73
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What are biobased materials?

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Products that meet the sustainable agriculture network’s sustainable agriculture standard

74
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Biobased raw materials must be tested using what method? Hides are excluded (I.e. leathers, etc)

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ASTM text method D6866

75
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Products meeting biobased material criteria are valued at __% of their cost in the credit achievement calculation

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100%

76
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Wood products must be certified by who? They are valued at 100% their cost in the credit achievement calculation

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Forest stewardship council

77
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Material reuse includes salvaged, refurbished or reused products. Products meeting reuse criteria are valued at __% their cost in credit achievement calculations

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100%

78
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What products are excluded from biobased materials?

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Hides , aka leather & other animal skin material

79
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The design of chemical products and processes that eliminate the use of generation of hazardous substances

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Green chemistry

80
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What does REACH stand for in REACH optimization?

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Registration
Evaluation
Authorization
Restriction of chemicals

81
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In the construction & demo waste management pre req, project teams set the diversion rates so implementing the construction & demo waste management plan was optional. However, for the credit, diversion rates are set by ____ & implementing the plan is required to earn the credit

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USGBC

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What can be excluded from diversion calculations?

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  • excavated soil
  • land clearing debris
  • alternative daily cover
  • hazardous materials
  • types of waste to energy production (except wood waste)
83
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____ which is converted to fuel (biofuel) is INCLUDED in LEED diversion calculations

A

Wood waste

84
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In the construction & demo waste management credit, what are the 3 diversion path options?

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  1. Divert 50% & 3 material streams
  2. Divert 75% & 4 material streams
  3. Reduction of total waste material
85
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If projects choose path 3 (reduction of total waste) for the construction & demo waste management credit, how much construction waste per square ft of the building’s floor area is allowed to be generated?

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No more than 2.5 lbs per sq ft building’s floor area

86
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Construction & demo debris exclude what?

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Soil, vegetation & rocks

87
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What kind of buildings generate post consumer recycled content?

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Households or commercial, industrial & institutional facilities

88
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Preconsumer waste is from the ______ waste stream; post consumer waste is from the _______ waste stream

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Pre = Manufacturing

Post = consumer

89
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Who establishes chain of custody certification requirements?

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Forest stewardship council

90
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What kinds of products are considered to have PRE consumer content (not consumed by humans - manufacturing)?

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Sawdust
Wood chips
Tree bark
Magazine overruns
Fly ash
91
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What kinds of products are considered to have POST consumer content (consumed by humans)?

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Cans
Plastic bottles
Glass
Wood
Steel 
newspapers
92
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Which standard establishes the principles and specifies the procedures for developing Type III environmental declaration programs & Type III environmental declarations?

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ISO 14025

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