Globally we are living like we have resources from this number of Earths. I hope Mars in available.
What is 1.5?
100
This fibrous material makes up 32.7% of all waste in the US. It is also what makes up Tom Hootmans coffee cups and coffee sleeves every morning.
What is paper and/or cardboard?
100
This project is a Golden example of a net-zero facility.
What is NREL RSF?
100
This country leads the world in terms of municipal waste and GDP. That’s right this one.
What is the United States?
200
157 gallons of this chemical compound are used each day by the average american. I guess I can stop taking showers now.
What is water?
200
Globally, this edible use dominates when it comes to Freshwater use. Irrigation is probably a large part of why.
What is agriculture?
200
Known by just its street address, this project excels in providing LEED Platinum premier office space.
What is 1800 Larimer?
200
This staggering percentage of trash floating in the world’s oceans is plastic. 90% of people probably don’t know this.
What is 90%?
300
This American city is low in comparison to others at 7.1 metric tons when talking about greenhouse gas emissions per capita. The US comes in at 24.5 tons per capita. Lady Gaga would be proud.
What is New York City?
300
This is the 2nd largest use of Freshwater in the US at 31%. 3 types of this include: drip, center pivot, and localized.
What is irrigation?
300
The Forest of Seih Sdeirah project is a 540 hectare/1200 acre desert oasis in this country.
What is Abu Dhabi or UAE?
300
There are 170 million tons of construction and demolition waste generated per year. 41% is related to renovation, 9% is related to new construction, while this category accounts for the other 50%.
What is demolition?
400
By installing this type of fixture in a home, you could reduce your daily water use by 35%.
What is water-efficient or low-flow?
400
This wet form of renewable electricity makes up the majority of global renewable electricity at 86%. "Now that's what I call high quality H2O."
What is Hydropower?
400
At 1800 Larimer, this design feature is tops in creating a great building amenity while significantly managing stormwater and reducing urban heat island effect.
What is the green roof or roof garden?
400
Most modern municipal waste landfills treat the waste to produce biogas which is a combination of carbon dioxide and this gas. Hint: Cows make this too!
What is methane?
500
Rapidly renewable materials have a regeneration rate of this # of years. Don't take a decade to answer.
What is 10 years?
500
In Maslow's Pyramid, this need tops the pyramid. It rhymes with "elf factualization."
What is self-actualization?
500
At NREL, these reclaimed and repurposed structural elements were quite a steal.
What is natural gas pipe or steel columns?
500
This swirling trash heap in the Pacific Ocean is an estimated 250,000 – 600,000 square miles or 10% of the Pacific Ocean. Hint: It sounds like, because it is, dire.