Building Buildings
This is a rating system that applies to projects on sites with or without buildings
The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES)
Which Florida City has the largest population
Jacksonville (985,843)
This type of ventilation uses buoyancy, or the fact that warm air rises.
Stack Ventilation
An appropriate site location avoids any development on this categorization of land
Greenfields
What is the name of the inter-city rail route that runs between Miami and Orlando
Brightline
This type of ventilation uses wind pressure
Cross Ventilation
This categorization of land typically contains under-used industrial site that is difficult to redevelop due to the potential presence of hazardous material
Brownfield
The New York subway system has the most traffic in the United States. About how many people does it service per day? (points rewarded if you get within one million)
~5.5 million
Passive Solar Heating
The SITES rating system has a checklist designers use to evaluate their projects, divided into 10 categories.
(name 5)
Context, Pre-Design, Water, Soil and Vegetation, Materials, Human Health and Well-Being, Construction, Operations and Maintenance, Education, Innovation
This Florida city is known to be one of the most congested cities in the world due to widespread urban sprawl
Miami
Green roofs provide cooling through shade and what else?
Evapotranspiration
Gold level certified SITES require how many points?
(x/y)
100/134
Which city is considered the densest in the world?
Manila, Philippines
Name all of the layers that go into a green roof
Waterproof layer, lightweight soil-like growing medium, plants, root barrier, drainage, filter cloth