Define This!
Eco-Home
Green Architecture
Define This 2.0
Earth-friendly Materials
100
Capable of being decomposed.
What is bio-degradable?
100
This town became "green" after devastating tornado.
What is Greensburg?
100
Bamboo, reclaimed wood, cork and linoleum make this up.
What is Sustainable Flooring?
100
Energy from a source which is not depleted when used.
What is Renewable Energy?
100
Roofing made with tar, petroleum oil, and rock.
What is Asphalt?
200
To extract and reuse waste.
What is recycle?
200
This town became the 1st town to have LEED Ratings.
What is Boston, MA?
200
A material that reflects light in the summer and has the ability to have water run off of it, so it can be re-used.
What is Metal Roofing?
200
Evaporation,Condensation,Precipitation,Transpiration,infiltration,runoff
What is Water Cycle?
200
A roof made from plants.
What is Green Roof?
300
To provide with equipment.
What is retrofit?
300
The year LEED began in the US.
What is the year 2000?
300
Uses the suns radiation to provide the house with energy.
What is Solar Energy?
300
The act or process of constructing.
What is Construction?
300
Material made of clay.
What is Brick?
400
Material that stores heat.
What is Thermal Mass?
400
Buildings contribute this percent of the total greenhouse gases.
What is 40%?
400
Earth that has been pressed to construct a house that is typically covered in stucco.
What is Rammed-Earth house?
400
To recover material for reuse.
What is Reclaim?
400
How you cook bricks.
What is Firing?
500
Sun heats and cools home.
What is Passive Solar?
500
The beginning of green homes began in this town.
What is Austin, Texas?
500
A house made of what is commonly known as trash including tires, bottles, and plastic etc.
What is Earthship home?
500
A metropolitan area that is significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas.
What is Heat Island.
500
Rubber comes from the sap of this tree.
What is the Rubber Tree?
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