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Green Building Design Exam 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers 2025
xeriscaping - (answers)landscaping strategy focusing on drought-tolerant native
and adapted species (black eyed susans near us)
reclaimed water - (answers)water from a waste water treatment plant
how much time do you spend indoors? - (answers)ppl spend 90% of their time
indoors
U.S. Building Impacts water use - (answers)12%
U.S. Building Impacts CO2 emissions - (answers)39%
U.S. Building Impacts waste output - (answers)65%
U.S. Building Impacts electricity consumption - (answers)71%
Worldwide Buildings account for - (answers)-17% fresh water withdrawls
-25% wood harvest
-33% co2 emissions
-40% material and nrg use
-45% in china
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stakeholders of construction - (answers)-owners
-architects
-contractors
-city/state/federal
Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - (answers)most common 60% of buildings
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - (answers)newest form of project delivery (<1%
of buildings)
-continuous involvement of primary parties throughout design and construction
rate of rain forest loss - (answers)1 acre per second
What percentage will be lost of all species by 2030 if we continue exhausting our
natural resources? - (answers)20%
IPCC - (answers)Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
found that climate can suddenly flip
ozone depletion - (answers)thinning of the ozone layer
-hole over antarctica found in 1985 and doubled by 1999
Green Building Design Exam 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers 2025
xeriscaping - (answers)landscaping strategy focusing on drought-tolerant native
and adapted species (black eyed susans near us)
reclaimed water - (answers)water from a waste water treatment plant
how much time do you spend indoors? - (answers)ppl spend 90% of their time
indoors
U.S. Building Impacts water use - (answers)12%
U.S. Building Impacts CO2 emissions - (answers)39%
U.S. Building Impacts waste output - (answers)65%
U.S. Building Impacts electricity consumption - (answers)71%
Worldwide Buildings account for - (answers)-17% fresh water withdrawls
-25% wood harvest
-33% co2 emissions
-40% material and nrg use
-45% in china
, 2
stakeholders of construction - (answers)-owners
-architects
-contractors
-city/state/federal
Design-Bid-Build (DBB) - (answers)most common 60% of buildings
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - (answers)newest form of project delivery (<1%
of buildings)
-continuous involvement of primary parties throughout design and construction
rate of rain forest loss - (answers)1 acre per second
What percentage will be lost of all species by 2030 if we continue exhausting our
natural resources? - (answers)20%
IPCC - (answers)Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
found that climate can suddenly flip
ozone depletion - (answers)thinning of the ozone layer
-hole over antarctica found in 1985 and doubled by 1999
