Energy
This type of energy is the Earth’s most abundant resource.
Solar Energy
Recycling one ton of _____ saves 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, and 7,000 gallons of water.
Paper
This household appliance uses more than any other appliance at an average of 33 gallons/day in US Households.
The toilet
Ames is home to the first wastewater treatment plant west of the _____ river?
Mississippi
This is the most recycled material in the world and can be recycled repeatedly without losing strength or quality, hence why it is considered a sustainable choice of building material.
Steel
Iowa is one of the top five states with the most energy generation from this renewable source, along with Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Illinois.
Wind
A single recycled aluminum can can become a new can and be back on a shelf in as little as _____ months.
two
Globally, and in the US, this industry is the largest water consumer, accounting for approximately 47% of the United States' total freshwater withdrawals.
Agriculture
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) was first launched as a rating system in 1998 in this country, and is now the world’s most widely used green building rating system.
The United States
The Biorenewables Complex, State Gym, and Hach Hall are the three Iowa State Buildings that utilize _____ harvesting to generate water to flush toilets.
Rainwater
These use approximately 75% less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs and last much longer too.
LED Lights
This synthetic polymer never fully decomposes, but rather breaks down over centuries through weathering, eventually degrading into microplastics.
Polystyrene/Styrofoam
This city in Iowa has the world's largest nitrate removal facility, built to address nitrate pollution from agricultural runoff in the rivers that supply the majority of its drinking water.
Des Moines
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) was enacted in 1976 and governs the management of ________.
Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste/Rubbish/Trash
The urban heat island effect is the phenomenon where cities and other metro areas become warmer than their surrounding rural areas largely dues to the replacement of natural land with buildings and _________.
Pavement/Concrete
This is the world’s largest source of renewable, low-carbon energy.
Hydropower
The Iowa state composting facility collects compost from various on-campus sources, including the dining halls. The resulting product after the composting process is used for research and ______ projects on campus.
landscaping
The average American uses ____ gallons of water per day, including water for drinking, cooking, bathing, flushing and washing.
82
This Act is the United States primary federal law to control air pollution, establishing national standards for air quaility and regulating emissions from both stationary and mobile sources.
The Clean Air Act
Sukup Hall, the Student Innovation Center, and Horticulture Hall are just three of the on-campus buildings that contribute to Iowa State's 52,000 square feet of green _____.
The Iowa State Power Plant uses a process called cogeneration which combines the generation of ____ and _____ to increase the plants efficiency up to 70%
Heat, Energy
Ames diverts waste from landfills by recovering metals and converting a portion of the waste to refuse-derived fuel providing ______ to over 4600 homes each year.
Electricity
The Ames water pollution control facility has been compliant with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for 35 consecutive years, since its opening in 1989. It holds the _____ longest streak in the nation for outstanding compliance.
second
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in 1970 to coordinate federal research, monitoring, standard setting, and enforcement in regard to environmental protection under this US President.
President Nixon
This is a design strategy that uses natural sunlight for interior lighting to reduce energy use, and has the added benefit of improved air circulation.
Daylighting