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What are some of the factors applicable to sustainable sites

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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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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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proximity of the project site to local businesses

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Community Connectivity

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A connection to how many services is required by LEED

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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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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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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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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
housing types
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native vegetation that occurs naturally
Native plantings
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plantings that are not natural but can adapt to their new surrondings
adaptive plants
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The use of drought resistant and min water plant types along with soil cover to reduce evaporation
Xeriscaping
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rainwater that leaves a project site flowing along parking lots and roadways, traveling to sewer systems and water bodies
Storm water runoff
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a measure of light measured in lumens per square foot
Footcandle
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heat absorption by low SRI materials that contribute to an overall increase in temperature by radiant heating
Heat Island Effect
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the ratio of radiation emitted by a surface to the radiation by a black body at the same temperature
Emissivity
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a materials ability to reflect or reject solar heat gain measured on a scale from 0 to 100
Solar reflectance index
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SRI
Solar reluctance index
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a materials ability to reflect sunlight based on visible, infrared, and ultraviolet wavelengths on a scale from 0-1
Albedo
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the amount of land a building structure occupies
Building Footprint
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six strategies of site design
``` Build Small Minimize hardscapes Minimize Water Usage Use Reflective materials Develop a Sustainable Management Plan Reduce Light Pollution ```
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What is one benefit of reducing impervious surfaces
it reduces storm water runoff, which causes degradation of the quality of surface water and reduces groundwater recharge to the local aquifer
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excavated areas used to detain rain water from leaving the site and therefore slowing runoff
Wet and dry ponds
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engineered basins with vegetation that increases groundwater recharge and reduce peak storm water runoff
Bioswales
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functions to collect and filter runoff while reducing peak discharge rates
Rain Gardens
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What are the three strategies for managing stormwater
Minimize impervious areas control stormwater harvest rainwater
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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
erosion
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that addition of soils to water bodies by natural and human agents
Sedimentation
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the increase in chemical nutrients
Eutrophication
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NPDES
Nation Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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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.
NPDES
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the area on the project site that has been impacted by any development activity such as hardscape and access roads
development footprint
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an animal or plant that is in danger of becoming extinct
Endangered Species
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an animal or plant that is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future
Threatened Species
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sites that were graded or altered by direct human activities
Previously Developed Sites
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the floor area of the building divided by the total area of the site
building density
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the total area with the legal boundaries of a site and all area of the site
property/site area
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site that has not previously been developed
greenfield
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the process of cleaning up a contaminated site
remediation
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CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
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addresses abandoned or historical waster sites
CERCLA
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vehicles that use a gasoline engine to drive an electric generator
hybrid vehicles
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parking spots that are the closets to the main entrance beside handicapped and other special parking spaces
Preferred Parking
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plants that tend to overrun the ecosystem in which they inhabit
Invasive Plants
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space that must be vegetated and pervious
open space area
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TSS
Total suspended solids
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Particles or flocs that are too small or light to be removed from stormwater via gravity
TSS
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a parameter between 0-1 that indicate the ability of a material to shed infrared radiation
infrared emittance
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a pavement that is less than 50% impervious and contains vegetation in the open cells
open-grid pavement
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the direction in which the luminaire emits the greatest luminous intensity
angle of maximum candela
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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
curfew hours
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waste light from building sites that produces glare, is directed upward to the sky or is directed off the site
light pollution
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obtrusive light that is unwanted because of quantitative, directional, or spectral attributes – causes annoyance, distraction, or loss of visibility
light tresspass
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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
shielding
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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
sky glow

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