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Module 1 - From Blueprint to Greenprint

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  1. 1Fundamentals of Sustainability and Green Buildings:
    -Sustainable ([blank_start]adj.[blank_end]): something capable of being sustained or maintained over time
    -Sustainability ([blank_start]noun[blank_end]): the concept, practice, or condition of being sustained over time; the [blank_start]potential[blank_end] for endurance
    1. Aadj.
    2. Bnoun
    3. Cpotential
  2. 2Systems thinking views the world as [blank_start]interconnected[blank_end] systems rather than [blank_start]isolated[blank_end] components.
    1. Ainterconnected
    2. Bisolated
  3. 3Examples of systems thinking:
    1. Ahuman body
    2. Becosystem
    3. Csolar system
    4. Dfood chain
    5. Esocial media
    6. Fwater cycle
    7. Gclimate change
    8. Hcustomer service
    9. Imathematics
    10. Jrecipes
  4. 4Sustainability through [blank_start]systems thinking[blank_end] involves understanding interconnectedness and [blank_start]interdependence[blank_end] in a system. Our actions and decisions [blank_start]within[blank_end] one aspect of the system can have far-reaching [blank_start]consequences[blank_end] throughout the entirety of the system. This includes social, economical, and [blank_start]environmental[blank_end] systems. Individual fixes can lead to [blank_start]holistic[blank_end] changes.
    1. Asystems thinking
    2. Blinear thinking
    3. Cinterdependence
    4. Dindependence
    5. Ewithin
    6. Fconsequences
    7. Genvironmental
    8. Hholistic
    9. Iincremental
  5. 5The "triple bottom line" framework suggests that sustainable success requires considering not only [blank_start]economic[blank_end] prosperity but also [blank_start]environmental[blank_end] stewardship and [blank_start]social[blank_end] responsibility.
    1. Aeconomic
    2. Benvironmental
    3. Csocial
  6. 6At the current rate of natural resource depletion and environmental degradation as of 2025, the ability of future generations to meet their needs is increasingly compromised.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  7. 7[blank_start]Two-thirds[blank_end] of structures that will exist in 2050 will have been built between now and then.
    1. ATwo-thirds
    2. BOne-half
    3. CThree-fourths
  8. 8People spend approximately [blank_start]90[blank_end]% of time indoors.
    1. A90
    2. B75
    3. C60
    4. D45
  9. 9Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) affects [blank_start]30[blank_end]% of buildings with more than [blank_start]20[blank_end]% of occupants complaining about issues having to do with time spent in the building (nose, throat, headache, etc.).
    1. A30
    2. B50
    3. C15
    4. D20
    5. E10
    6. F45
  10. 10The Impact of Buildings in the US:

    [blank_start]Environmental[blank_end]:
    - [blank_start]40[blank_end]% of total energy use
    - [blank_start]72[blank_end]% of electricity usse
    - [blank_start]38[blank_end]% of greenhouse gas emmissions
    - [blank_start]40[blank_end]% of raw material use and waste output
    - [blank_start]136[blank_end] million tons of waste annually

    [blank_start]Social[blank_end]:
    - [blank_start]7.36[blank_end] million jobs in construction since [blank_start]2014[blank_end]
    - average of [blank_start]90[blank_end]% of time spent indoors

    [blank_start]Economic[blank_end]:
    - $[blank_start]531[blank_end] billion in annual revenue from the building industry
    - [blank_start]30[blank_end]% of buildings suffer from SBS, negatively affecting occupants' health and productivity
    1. AEnvironmental
    2. BSocial
    3. CEconomic
    4. D30
    5. E531
    6. F136
    7. G90
    8. H7.36
    9. I40
    10. J40.0
    11. K72
    12. L38
    13. M2014
    14. N2008

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Sustainability, Green Buildings, & LEED
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