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Sustainable Sites Flashcards

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1
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What are some of the factors applicable to sustainable sites

A 
site selection 
site location 
site design 
site construction 
site maintenance
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What are the four factors of the SS Category

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Site Selection
Transportation
Site Design and Management
Storm water Management

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The proportion of the total floor area of a building to the total land area the building can occupy

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Floor-to-area ratio

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FAR

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Floor-to-area Ratio

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What are the three strategies for Site Seleciton

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Increase Density
Redevelopment
Protect habitats

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What are the six types of sensitive sites

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prime farmland
floodplains
endangered habitats
sites with 100 feet of wetlands
sites within 50 feet of a body of water
public parkland
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7
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What article determines if a site is a brownfield

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ASTM E1903-97 Phase II Environmental Site Assement

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8
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proximity of the project site to local businesses

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Community Connectivity

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9
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A connection to how many services is required by LEED

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10

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the total square footage of all buildings within a particular area, measured in square feet per acre or units per acre

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development density

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11
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the amount of property affected by construction activity

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Site disturbance

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real property which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance

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Brownfield

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13
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what are three remediation strategies

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pump and treat method
land farming
in situ remediation

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in situ

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in place

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15
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What four factors impact transportation

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Location
Vehicle Technology
Fuel
Human Behavior

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What are the five strategies for transportation reduction

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Choose a site adjacent to mass transit
Limit parking capacity
Encourage Carpooling
Encourage or provide alternative fuel vehicles
Alternative strategies to incentivize building users

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ZEV

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zero emission vehicles

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CARB

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California Air Resources Board

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What is standardized by the CARB

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ZEV

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vehicles that operate without the use of petroleum fuels, including gas-electric vehicle type

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alternative fuel vehicle

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what is the min green score for alternative fuel vehicles

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40

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What is the best metric indicator of transportation impacts associated with the building of a new building

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Vehicle Miles Traveled

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the number of center line miles (length of a road down the center) per square mile

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street grid density

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the variety of building uses

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diversity of use

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housing types per acre

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housing types

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native vegetation that occurs naturally

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Native plantings

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plantings that are not natural but can adapt to their new surrondings

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adaptive plants

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28
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The use of drought resistant and min water plant types along with soil cover to reduce evaporation

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Xeriscaping

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29
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rainwater that leaves a project site flowing along parking lots and roadways, traveling to sewer systems and water bodies

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Storm water runoff

30
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a measure of light measured in lumens per square foot

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Footcandle

31
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heat absorption by low SRI materials that contribute to an overall increase in temperature by radiant heating

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Heat Island Effect

32
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the ratio of radiation emitted by a surface to the radiation by a black body at the same temperature

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Emissivity

33
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a materials ability to reflect or reject solar heat gain measured on a scale from 0 to 100

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Solar reflectance index

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SRI

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Solar reluctance index

35
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a materials ability to reflect sunlight based on visible, infrared, and ultraviolet wavelengths on a scale from 0-1

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Albedo

36
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the amount of land a building structure occupies

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Building Footprint

37
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six strategies of site design

A 
Build Small
Minimize hardscapes
Minimize Water Usage
Use Reflective materials
Develop a Sustainable Management Plan
Reduce Light Pollution
38
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What is one benefit of reducing impervious surfaces

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it reduces storm water runoff, which causes degradation of the quality of surface water and reduces groundwater recharge to the local aquifer

39
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excavated areas used to detain rain water from leaving the site and therefore slowing runoff

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Wet and dry ponds

40
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engineered basins with vegetation that increases groundwater recharge and reduce peak storm water runoff

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Bioswales

41
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functions to collect and filter runoff while reducing peak discharge rates

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Rain Gardens

42
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What are the three strategies for managing stormwater

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Minimize impervious areas
control stormwater
harvest rainwater

43
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a combination of processes in which materials of the earth’s surface are loosened, or dissolved from one place to another by natural agents

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erosion

44
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that addition of soils to water bodies by natural and human agents

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Sedimentation

45
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the increase in chemical nutrients

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Eutrophication

46
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NPDES

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Nation Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

47
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a permit program that controls water pollution by regulating point services that discharge pollutants into the waters of the U.S.

A

NPDES

48
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the area on the project site that has been impacted by any development activity such as hardscape and access roads

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development footprint

49
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an animal or plant that is in danger of becoming extinct

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Endangered Species

50
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an animal or plant that is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future

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Threatened Species

51
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sites that were graded or altered by direct human activities

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Previously Developed Sites

52
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the floor area of the building divided by the total area of the site

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building density

53
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the total area with the legal boundaries of a site and all area of the site

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property/site area

54
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site that has not previously been developed

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greenfield

55
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the process of cleaning up a contaminated site

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remediation

56
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CERCLA

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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

57
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addresses abandoned or historical waster sites

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CERCLA

58
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vehicles that use a gasoline engine to drive an electric generator

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hybrid vehicles

59
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parking spots that are the closets to the main entrance beside handicapped and other special parking spaces

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Preferred Parking

60
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plants that tend to overrun the ecosystem in which they inhabit

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Invasive Plants

61
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space that must be vegetated and pervious

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open space area

62
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TSS

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Total suspended solids

63
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Particles or flocs that are too small or light to be removed from stormwater via gravity

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TSS

64
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a parameter between 0-1 that indicate the ability of a material to shed infrared radiation

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infrared emittance

65
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a pavement that is less than 50% impervious and contains vegetation in the open cells

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open-grid pavement

66
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the direction in which the luminaire emits the greatest luminous intensity

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angle of maximum candela

67
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locally determined time when greater lighting restrictions are imposed – when no local or regional restrictions are in place, 10:00 pm is regarded as the default

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curfew hours

68
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waste light from building sites that produces glare, is directed upward to the sky or is directed off the site

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light pollution

69
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obtrusive light that is unwanted because of quantitative, directional, or spectral attributes – causes annoyance, distraction, or loss of visibility

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light tresspass

70
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devices or techniques that are used as part of a luminaire or lamp to limit glare, light trespass or sky glow

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shielding

71
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caused by stray light from unshielded light sources and light reflecting off surfaces that then enter the atmosphere and illuminate and reflect off dust, debris, and water vapor – limits observation of the night sky, compromises astronomical research and adversely affects nocturnal environments

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sky glow

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