Sustainability

Question 1

Sustainable Development

Answer 1

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the futuregenerations to meet their own needs

Question 2

What are 3 challenges of investing in more sustainable buildings

Answer 2

1. There is no standardized certificate system so it is difficult to compare their monetary value
2. For owners and investors, sustainability costs are not equal to the resulting savings
3. The high initial cost of buildings

Question 3

What are the six sustainable design-building life cycle considerations (the 6 Rs)?

Answer 3

Rethink
Refuse
Reduce
Reuse
Repair
Recycle

Question 4

Features of a sustainable building 5

Answer 4

• solar panels
• rain water collection
• cross ventilation
• regionally sourced materials
• skylights

Question 5

Scottish Government Statement on Sustainability

Answer 5

By 2045, emissions from transport will be non-existant and emissions from heating, waste, energy, food and industry will be massively diminished

Question 6

Why was Section 6 of the Building Standard Regulations amended?

Answer 6

To take account of the targets set by the government (addressed building fabrics and fixed building services, and set out a C02 emission standard)

Question 7

How do we drastically reduce emmissions and energy use?

Answer 7

• improve new building designs
• improve efficinecy of appliances
• use renewable sources of energy
• change our attitudes (cringey)

Question 8

Who is the greatest person in the world?

Answer 8

Your girlfriend (the flapjack)

Question 9

Name some new technologies which improve renewable sources of energy (3)

Answer 9

• solar thermal panels
• heat pumps
• wind turbines

Question 10

What is a fancy name for solar panel electric systems?

Answer 10

Solar photovoltaic (PV)

Question 11

What is an advantage of solar photovoltaics?

Answer 11

They don’t need direct sunlight to work so they can collect energy on rainy and cloudy days too

Question 12

What are solar thermal panels also called?

Answer 12

Solar water heaters

Question 13

What do solar thermal panels do?

Answer 13

Capture sunlight to heat fluid

Question 14

What is the advantage of biomass?

Answer 14

It avoids carbon emissions by ensuring that trees used for fuel are replaced

Question 15

How does a heat pump work?

Answer 15

It absorbs the heat from a low energy source (using ground loop) which surrounds the evaporator, raises the temperature and transfers it to storage/distribution

Question 16

Name 3 sources for a heat pump

Answer 16

• Water
• Ground/soil
• Air

Question 17

What else impacts sutainability?

Answer 17

DIVORCE

Question 18

Name 3 types of thermal insulation

Answer 18

• bulk insulation (pockets of trapped air)
• reflective insulation (reflects heat)
• thermal bridging (conductive material from inside to outside)

Question 19

Name one kind of synthetic insulation

Answer 19

vacuum insulated panel

Question 20

Name one kind of mineral insulation

Answer 20

glass wool (wtf is that)

Question 21

Name one kind of natural insulation

Answer 21

Sheep wool

Question 22

Three ways of improving a window?

Answer 22

• double/triple glazing
• emissivity
• tinting

Question 23

List 7 sustainable materials

Answer 23

• self healing concrete
• modular bamboo
• spider silk
• translucent wood
• bio-reactors
• wool bricks
• transparent aluminium

Question 24

Why is sustainability important for investors?

Answer 24

reduces investment risk and future asset protection

Question 25

Why is sutainability important for owners?

Answer 25

retaining asset value and attracting investors

Question 26

Why is sustainability important for occupiers?

Answer 26

reducing operational costs and improving staff moral

Question 27

What are the advantages of modular bamboo?

Answer 27

It is cheap, flexible and toughh AND IT IS ECO FRIENDLY OMFG

Question 28

What is light generating concrete?

Answer 28

A cement developed to have the capacity to absorb and irradiate light energy making it more energy efficient

Question 29

Why is spider silk used as a sustainable material?

Answer 29

As it is an environmentally friendly substitute for steel (steel is a big contributor to global carbon emissions)