What is the highest level of the Leeds Ceritfication
What is Platinum
100
This industry is one of the largest contributors to the impact on environments.
What is Construction Industry
100
According to the article, the USGBC reports that on average green buildings experience what percentage of emissions
35%
100
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
What is LEED
200
What year did the USGBC establish the LEED Rating System?
2001
200
The awareness of the _________promotes environmental, economic, and social improvements in the way we do business and approach projects.
What is the "Triple Bottom Line"
200
Considers a buildings environmental implications holistically, from the planning process to the building's deconstruction at the end of its useful life
What is sustainable design
200
One way to reduce the use of natural resources is to use ____________in the place of traditional building materials
What is renewable materials
300
An ability to carry forward, support , or maintain a practice or situation for a prolonged period of time.
What is sustainability
300
Most on the energy we use in buildings comes from burning
What is fossil fuel
300
An _______ can be used to improve occupants connection to nature and exposure to natural sunlight.
What is an Atruim
300
Another word/term for long-term costs of owning and operating a building.
What is life cycle cost
300
What two commonly used sustainable methods with relatively short payback periods.
What is Photovoltaic power generation and increased efficiency lighting
400
This rating system is in the forefront of the movement of sustainable design and construction movement.
What is Leeds Green Building Rating System
400
This system is used to increase natural daylighting and provide views of the outdoors.
What is glass cladding
400
What report can be a useful tool for building owners and designers to analyze the potential cost during the planning phase of a project
What is the GSA report
400
What are the two most widely studied aspects of sustainable building as far as reducing usage.
energy and water
500
Consumes a significant amount of the world energy
Buildings
500
Sustainable design principles encourages the _______and _________ of building materials in order to decrease the demand for new materials and the environmental impacts associated with their use.
reuse and recycling
500
What report in 2004 concluded that there is no significant difference in average costs for green building compared with traditional building.
Costing Green: A Comprehensive Cost Database and Budget Methodology.
500
What report further analyzed the cost of green building in 2007?