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Questions On Green Building

The document is a set of multiple choice questions about sustainable planning and green building practices. It covers topics like when sustainable planning occurs, factors considered in sustainable planning like environmental, social and economic impacts, site appraisals in sustainable planning evaluating the relationship between buildings and surrounding areas, measures to reduce land use impact like minimizing building footprints, reusable building materials from demolition like bricks, standards for green building certification like LEED, non-potable uses for harvested rainwater like toilet flushing, renewable energy sources but not coal, building envelopes eliminating entry of contaminated air/moisture, building orientation positioning, rapidly renewable building materials but not timber, recyclable building materials, waste management plans to reduce construction/demolition

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Questions On Green Building

The document is a set of multiple choice questions about sustainable planning and green building practices. It covers topics like when sustainable planning occurs, factors considered in sustainable planning like environmental, social and economic impacts, site appraisals in sustainable planning evaluating the relationship between buildings and surrounding areas, measures to reduce land use impact like minimizing building footprints, reusable building materials from demolition like bricks, standards for green building certification like LEED, non-potable uses for harvested rainwater like toilet flushing, renewable energy sources but not coal, building envelopes eliminating entry of contaminated air/moisture, building orientation positioning, rapidly renewable building materials but not timber, recyclable building materials, waste management plans to reduce construction/demolition

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Questions on Green Building

1. When does Sustainable Planning take place?


a. During the design phase of the building ’ s development (Correct)
b. During the construction phase of the building ’ s development
c. After construction of the building

2. Sustainable planning considers environmental, social, and _______ impacts of a building.


a. Technological
b. Economic (Correct)
c. Political

3. In sustainable planning, site appraisals evaluate the...


a. Site cleanliness.
b. Economic value of the land.
c. Relationship between the building and its surrounding areas. (Correct)

4. Which of the following measures reduce land take impact?


a. Minimise building footprint (Correct)
b. Increase building footprint
c. Increase roof surface area

5. Which of the following is a reusable building material from demolished buildings when
constructing new buildings?
a. Bricks (Correct)
b. Paint
c. Carpet

6. Sustainable building design does not include...


a. Energy conservation.
b. Indoor Air Quality.
c. Town Planning. (Correct)

7. What does LEED stand for?


a. Leadership in Energy Efficiency Design
b. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (Correct)
c. Leadership in Energy Emissions Design

8. How many rating systems for green building certification are available in India?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4 (Correct)

9. Rainwater can be harvested from roofs of buildings and stored for non-potable uses. Which
of the following is considered a non-potable use?
a. Drinking
b. Toilet flushing (Correct)
c. Cooking
10. Which of the following is not considered a renewable energy source?
a. Geothermal
b. Solar
c. Coal (Correct)

11. A well-design building envelope _______ the entry of contaminated air and moisture.
a. allows
b. increases
c. eliminates (Correct)

12. Building orientation is the __________ of a building on a site.


a. positioning (Correct)
b. design
c. heating

13. Which of the following is not a rapidly renewable building material?


a. Bamboo
b. Cork
c. Timber (Correct)

14. A _______ building material can be made into new products again and again.
a. recyclable (Correct)
b. reusable
c. repairable

15. What must a builder implement to reduce construction and demolition waste?
a. A waste management plan (Correct)
b. A safety plan
c. A water management plan

16. What is a sustainably maintained building?


a. A building, which uses innovative technology in their design.
b. A building which requires little energy and attention for upkeep and operation. (Correct)
c. A building, which requires intensive maintenance and repairs for upkeep and operation.

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