CME 215 Exam 1 - 87 Questions and Answers 2023/2024

CME 215 Exam 1 - 87 Questions and Answers 2023/2024 4 indicators that the green building movement is shifting into the mainstream: CORRECT ANSWERS: -the majority of firms engaged in design and construction expected that over 60% of their world would be in green building by 2015 -Arabs first Forum for Sustainable Communities -US continued evolution of thinking about how to best achieve high standards of efficiency in the built environment while at the same time promoting human health and protecting ecological systems. -Apple and Google have announced major projects that indicate their industry is embracing high performance green building. BREEAM (United Kingdom) CORRECT ANSWERS: Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method CASBEE ( In Japan) CORRECT ANSWERS: Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency Green Star CORRECT ANSWERS: Australia Changing conditions affecting the built environment in significant ways CORRECT ANSWERS: -increased demand for buildings that are resource efficient -building location is a key factor in reducing energy consumption because transportation energy can amount to two times the operational energy of the building. 2030 Challenge CORRECT ANSWERS: goal is to achieve dramatic reduction in the greenhouse gas emissions of the built environment by changing the way buildings and developments are planned, designed, and constructed. High performance building projects are now addressing three emerging challenges CORRECT ANSWERS: -demand for high efficiency buildings -consideration of building location to minimize transportation energy -the challenges of climate change Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) CORRECT ANSWERS: allows the quantification of the environmental impacts of design decisions that span the entire life of the project. Green Building CORRECT ANSWERS: refers to the quality and characteristics of the actual structure created using the principles and methodologies of sustainable construction. High performance building CORRECT ANSWERS: uses whole building design to achieve energy, economic, and environmental performance that is substantially better than standard practice whole building design or integrated design. CORRECT ANSWERS: considers site, energy, materials, indoor air quality, acoustics, and natural resources as well as there interrelation with one another. . . . . . . .