GREEN BUILDING, LEED, & OVE

What is Green Building?

• a building that designed to ensure outstanding efficiency in energy, water use and the materials used

• a building that designed to ensure outstanding efficiency in energy use only

• a building that designed to ensure outstanding efficiency in water use only

• a building that designed to ensure outstanding efficiency in materials used only

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The acronym LEED stand for:

• Leave Every Environment Diverse

• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

• Leadership, Environment, Economy & Design

• None of the others

All are level of LEED Certification, except:

• GREEN

• SILVER

• PLATINUM

• GOLD

The goal of Optimum Value Engineering is:

• To make a company as much money as possible.

• To follow all environmental rules and use all the material you can.

• To minimize material usage while still meeting stringent code regulations

• To maximize material usage while still meeting stringent code regulations.

Which is NOT renewable energy?

• solar energy

• Bioenergy

• LED energy

• wind energy

____________ is a societal goal that broadly aims for humans to safely co-exist on Earth over a long time.

• conservation

• sustainability

• recycling

• none of the others

Each is not a benefit of green building, except:

• sustainability

• using fossil fuels

• producing toxins

• costs more money

Optimum Value Engineering is NOT also called "Advanced House Framing"

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT SURE

All of these contribute to making a house green, except:

• Not considering sustainability.

• The use of non-toxic materials.

• Use of renewable energy.

• Efficient use of water.

Optimum Value Engineering saves construction companies money.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT SURE