CE 462 Test 1 Questions With
Correct Answers
30-40 percent of energy use and greenhouse gas emission worldwide - ANSWER
Building construction and operation accounts for
Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their needs.... - ANSWER Sustainability
produce buildings that are healthful for their occupants, protect resources,
promote environmental quality, and provide the broadest social benefit
GREEN BUILDING - ANSWER Sustainable Building Construction
provide info used in the responsible selection of materials and products: -
ANSWER Environmental Labels
independent, third party certifications of environmental performance. - ANSWER
Type 1 Ecolabels
Not Independently Verified, vary in scope - ANSWER Type II Self Declared
Environmental Claims
Comprehensive life-cycle assessments of products and their environments -
ANSWER Type III Environmental Impact Labels
Assessment over full material life from source extraction through manufacture,
use, maintenance and final disposal or repurposing. "Cradle-to-grave analysis" -
ANSWER Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA)
extends from materials extraction through leaving the manufacturer - ANSWER
Cradle-to-gate analysis
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Green Building program in North America
Voluntary
Points based 110-80 platinum, gold 60+, silver 50+ - ANSWER LEED
normal saline 0.9% - ANSWER Design Architect or Engineer...
fully describe the building to be built, graphic= const. drawling, written= specs. -
ANSWER Construction Documents
, control land use, and the types of activities allowed, building coverage allowed,
building distance from property line, parkin, building heights, fire code ect..... -
ANSWER Zoning regualtions
Regulate building health and safety (fire safety, emerg. egress, const. quality,
structural integrity, durability, livability, energy ect...) - ANSWER Building Codes
Standardized codes adopted and put into legal effect by local jurisdictions -
ANSWER Model Building Codes
define buildings constructed to varying degrees of resistance to fire (type 1
most resistant) Type V least, also with combustibility - ANSWER IBC
construction types
equal access to facilities,
building code accessibility requirements, federal civil rights like the ADA, fair
housing act... - ANSWER Disability Building Regulations
OSHA - ANSWER Worker Safety
EPA protection of sensitive land, waterways, limits on emission of air pillutants -
ANSWER Environmental protections
Numbering System, Developed by CSI, CSC - ANSWER Organizing Construction
information (Master Format)
organizes specs, organizes cost data, trade and technical literature. - ANSWER
Master format
classification of building elements by functional groups (substructure, shell,
ect..) - ANSWER Uniformat
architects, engineers and other consultants - ANSWER Design team
GC subs suppliers - ANSWER Construction team
Owner, financers, user groups - ANSWER Owner team
Owner hires separate design and construction teams, separate entities provide
checks an balances, hard it integrate construction expertise - ANSWER
Design/Bid/Build
Owner hires design and construction entity, fosters coordination between A/E
and GC, single point of accountability for owner, fewer checks an balences -
ANSWER Design/Build
Correct Answers
30-40 percent of energy use and greenhouse gas emission worldwide - ANSWER
Building construction and operation accounts for
Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their needs.... - ANSWER Sustainability
produce buildings that are healthful for their occupants, protect resources,
promote environmental quality, and provide the broadest social benefit
GREEN BUILDING - ANSWER Sustainable Building Construction
provide info used in the responsible selection of materials and products: -
ANSWER Environmental Labels
independent, third party certifications of environmental performance. - ANSWER
Type 1 Ecolabels
Not Independently Verified, vary in scope - ANSWER Type II Self Declared
Environmental Claims
Comprehensive life-cycle assessments of products and their environments -
ANSWER Type III Environmental Impact Labels
Assessment over full material life from source extraction through manufacture,
use, maintenance and final disposal or repurposing. "Cradle-to-grave analysis" -
ANSWER Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA)
extends from materials extraction through leaving the manufacturer - ANSWER
Cradle-to-gate analysis
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Green Building program in North America
Voluntary
Points based 110-80 platinum, gold 60+, silver 50+ - ANSWER LEED
normal saline 0.9% - ANSWER Design Architect or Engineer...
fully describe the building to be built, graphic= const. drawling, written= specs. -
ANSWER Construction Documents
, control land use, and the types of activities allowed, building coverage allowed,
building distance from property line, parkin, building heights, fire code ect..... -
ANSWER Zoning regualtions
Regulate building health and safety (fire safety, emerg. egress, const. quality,
structural integrity, durability, livability, energy ect...) - ANSWER Building Codes
Standardized codes adopted and put into legal effect by local jurisdictions -
ANSWER Model Building Codes
define buildings constructed to varying degrees of resistance to fire (type 1
most resistant) Type V least, also with combustibility - ANSWER IBC
construction types
equal access to facilities,
building code accessibility requirements, federal civil rights like the ADA, fair
housing act... - ANSWER Disability Building Regulations
OSHA - ANSWER Worker Safety
EPA protection of sensitive land, waterways, limits on emission of air pillutants -
ANSWER Environmental protections
Numbering System, Developed by CSI, CSC - ANSWER Organizing Construction
information (Master Format)
organizes specs, organizes cost data, trade and technical literature. - ANSWER
Master format
classification of building elements by functional groups (substructure, shell,
ect..) - ANSWER Uniformat
architects, engineers and other consultants - ANSWER Design team
GC subs suppliers - ANSWER Construction team
Owner, financers, user groups - ANSWER Owner team
Owner hires separate design and construction teams, separate entities provide
checks an balances, hard it integrate construction expertise - ANSWER
Design/Bid/Build
Owner hires design and construction entity, fosters coordination between A/E
and GC, single point of accountability for owner, fewer checks an balences -
ANSWER Design/Build
