UESTION 14-SUSTAINABLE BUILDING According to the ABC report, which states were h
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UESTION 14-SUSTAINABLE BUILDING
According to the ABC report, which states were hit hardest by the negative effects of Chinese drywall?
Texas and New Mexico.
North Dakota and South Carolina.
California and Arizona.
Florida and Louisiana.
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QUESTION 15
Match the Sustainable Building keyword with its definition.
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Undeveloped, natural, or agricultural land.
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Former industrial zone, preferred for redevelopment within the LEED framework. Also known as an impacted site.
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Blighted urban area, suitable for redevelopment.
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The energy from the sun entering a site or building.
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Full design team collaboration from a project's inception through its completeion.
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Considering the social, economic, and environmental factors of a building in the context of its community.
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Corporate focus on financial, social, and environmental results in combination.
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A building, complex, or site that generates more energy from renewable resources than it consumes - averaged over time.
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The energy invested in a building and its materials, including labor, transportation, and design
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Considering the cost of every phase of a buildings use - from planning and design to disposal.
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Most common green building assessment tool in the United States.
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Using a buildings location, geometry, orientation, and mass to heat, light, cool, and ventilate the interior space without mechanical and electrical systems.
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Incomplete recycling of a material, leading to its reuse in different or degraded form.
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Land surface rebounding from the effects of glacier weight.
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Carbon Dioxide, Methane, and other chemicals that increase heat retention in an atmosphere.
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Embodied energy.
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QUESTION 16
Resilient solutions and designs are intended to resist two kinds of situations faced by cities; they are:
War and crime.
Chronic stresses and acute shocks.
Funding shortfalls and terrorism.
Economic development and political governance.
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QUESTION 17
The impacts that were most important in preventing the North Carolina Outlying Field (OLF) project from proceeding include all of the following except:
Noise.
Social justice considerations.
Potential crash impact zones.
Disruption of wild land animals.
Migratory bird patterns.
Conflicts between the different sovereigns (State and Federal)
Not in My Backyard (NIMBY)
Explanation / Answer
According to the ABC report, which states were hit hardest by the negative effects of Chinese drywall
Florida And Louisiana
The Louisiana suit was filed by the Becnel Law Firm of Reserve against defective chinese drywall
The Florida Health Department received more than 140 homeowner complaints and it investigated whether the drywall poses any health risks.
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