What is sustainable building? Why is it important? What are the three types of I

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What is sustainable building? Why is it important? What are the three types of ISO 14020 environmental labels? Describe each. What is a life cycle analysis? What are the major life cycle stages in such analysis? What is the embodied energy of a material? Who are the three principal team members involved in the creation of a new building? What are their respective roles? What are construction documents? What two items are they comprised of? What types of subjects are covered by zoning ordinances? By building codes? What is a building code occupancy? What is a construction type? How are they related in a building code? In what units is fire resistance measured? How is the fire resistance of a building assembly determined? What is the MasterFormat? What is it used for? What is the difference between lump-sum and cost plus a fee compensation? What are the two common types of surety bonds? What are they used for? What is fast track communication, and what types of contracts and fee compensation is it mostly commonly associated with? What is the critical path? Why is it important to construction scheduling? You are designing a three-story office building (Occupancy B) with 20,000 square feet per floor, What types of construction will you be permitted to use under the IBC if you do not install sprinklers? How does the situation change if you install sprinklers? In the second, sprinklered case, what is the least fire resistant construction type permitted. With this construction type what level of fire resistance is required the structural frame of the building?

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1) Sustainable building is the building which is environmental friendly. It is important to reduce pollution and carbon emissions.

5) Owner: who wants a new building and have some desired model

designer: Who designs the model which is economical in nature.

contractor: who constructs the building as per the design.

6) These are working drawings useful in construction. It have design and the quantity of work.

7) zoning ordinance specifies size of the buildings, placement, density and height of the building.

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