GREEN BUILDING AND LEAD CORE CONCEPTS TEST

GREEN BUILDING AND LEAD CORE CONCEPTS
TEST

green building - ANSWER encompasses planning, design, construction,
operation, and ultimately end-of-life recycling or renewal of structures

sustainability - ANSWER creating places that are environmentally responsible,
healthful, just, equitable and profitable.

Triple Bottom Line - ANSWER a long-term view for assessing potential
effects and best practices for three kinds of resources: People (Social Capital),
Planet (Natural Capital), and Profit (Economic Capital)

externalities - ANSWER the costs or benefits incurred by parties who are not
part of a transaction.

passive design - ANSWER capturing sunlight and wind for natural lighting,
heating, and cooling. In many ways, a green building represents a return to
simpler, low-tech solutions.

USGBC - ANSWER United States Green Building Council, Mission
Statement: "to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built
and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy,
and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life."

LEED - ANSWER Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

built environment - ANSWER includes buildings and transportation systems,
accounts for more than two-thirds of all greenhouse gas emissions.

building commissioning - ANSWER the process of verifying and documenting
that a building and all its systems and assemblies are planned, designed,
installed, tested, operated, and maintained to meet the owner's project
requirements.