GREEN BUILDING EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS
125 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Embodied energy - ANSWER Energy consumed during the manufacturing
delivery and installation. Largely one-time energy cost
Buildings - ANSWER 40 per cent of all energy used in us. With an additional
10 per cent of embodied energy
Green building evolution - ANSWER Conservation, heating systems and
thermal envelope
1970's Green building evolution - ANSWER Increased insulation use, window
replacement, boiler/furnace upgrades, building science emerged as a discipline,
house got smaller
1980s electricity - ANSWER Appliance standards were strengthened, fuel
switched from oil to natural gas and electricity, the house got bigger
1990's lighting, water heating, ventilation - ANSWER CFLs were introduced,
tankless water heaters introduced, home ventilators introduced, Energy Star
began
2000's renewable energy - ANSWER PV and solar thermal, geothermal heat
pumps, LED bulbs, LEED
2010 whole building approach - ANSWER Computer model software, indoor
air quality , occupants health, environmental impacts, embodied energy, waste
management
Green building - ANSWER centerpiece of sustainable communities. center of
communities, healthy indoor living, responsible land use ( urban density)
Density determines the viability of mass transit, Passive solar and building
science to promote efficiency, green roofs, water harvesting/efficiency, on-site
electric
, Distributed energy - ANSWER Energy provided to the grid when not needed
net-zero building - ANSWER Building produces or offsets more energy than it
consumes
Affordable comfort - ANSWER Applying whole building approach to
affordable housing
Embodied energy - ANSWER One time energy cost to extract, manufacture,
assemble, transport and install all the structural materials, mechanical systems,
electrical systems, finishes and interior finishing of a building
Low and body energy - ANSWER Recycled material, natural material, local
material, none treated wood, brick local stone concrete, glass, cellulose
High embodied energy - ANSWER Aluminum, steel, copper brass zinc Toma
vinyl, PVC, pink, carpet
Building codes - ANSWER Minimum standards for health safety and welfare
energy use and durability of new and renovated buildings
Not in building codes - ANSWER Building site location and site development:
setback, parking, landscaping, storm water . Transportation, material content
and embodied energy, waste management, interior environment such as
chemicals use, daylight and ease, exceptional performance and long-term
performance
Energy codes - ANSWER Focus on building envelope, air leakage, HVAC and
lighting . Greater energy efficiency. no federal code
Model code: - ANSWER International Energy Conservation code , Tennessee
South Carolina Virginia
No energy code - ANSWER Arizona Missouri Maine
Own energy code - ANSWER California, North Carolina ncecc
VERIFIED ANSWERS
125 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Embodied energy - ANSWER Energy consumed during the manufacturing
delivery and installation. Largely one-time energy cost
Buildings - ANSWER 40 per cent of all energy used in us. With an additional
10 per cent of embodied energy
Green building evolution - ANSWER Conservation, heating systems and
thermal envelope
1970's Green building evolution - ANSWER Increased insulation use, window
replacement, boiler/furnace upgrades, building science emerged as a discipline,
house got smaller
1980s electricity - ANSWER Appliance standards were strengthened, fuel
switched from oil to natural gas and electricity, the house got bigger
1990's lighting, water heating, ventilation - ANSWER CFLs were introduced,
tankless water heaters introduced, home ventilators introduced, Energy Star
began
2000's renewable energy - ANSWER PV and solar thermal, geothermal heat
pumps, LED bulbs, LEED
2010 whole building approach - ANSWER Computer model software, indoor
air quality , occupants health, environmental impacts, embodied energy, waste
management
Green building - ANSWER centerpiece of sustainable communities. center of
communities, healthy indoor living, responsible land use ( urban density)
Density determines the viability of mass transit, Passive solar and building
science to promote efficiency, green roofs, water harvesting/efficiency, on-site
electric
, Distributed energy - ANSWER Energy provided to the grid when not needed
net-zero building - ANSWER Building produces or offsets more energy than it
consumes
Affordable comfort - ANSWER Applying whole building approach to
affordable housing
Embodied energy - ANSWER One time energy cost to extract, manufacture,
assemble, transport and install all the structural materials, mechanical systems,
electrical systems, finishes and interior finishing of a building
Low and body energy - ANSWER Recycled material, natural material, local
material, none treated wood, brick local stone concrete, glass, cellulose
High embodied energy - ANSWER Aluminum, steel, copper brass zinc Toma
vinyl, PVC, pink, carpet
Building codes - ANSWER Minimum standards for health safety and welfare
energy use and durability of new and renovated buildings
Not in building codes - ANSWER Building site location and site development:
setback, parking, landscaping, storm water . Transportation, material content
and embodied energy, waste management, interior environment such as
chemicals use, daylight and ease, exceptional performance and long-term
performance
Energy codes - ANSWER Focus on building envelope, air leakage, HVAC and
lighting . Greater energy efficiency. no federal code
Model code: - ANSWER International Energy Conservation code , Tennessee
South Carolina Virginia
No energy code - ANSWER Arizona Missouri Maine
Own energy code - ANSWER California, North Carolina ncecc
