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A cluster development allows for cleaner living conditions including shopping, work and social events within the development.
True
False
What is a win-win situation for both local governments and the developers? Explain your answer.
Using an abandoned shopping mall for development is a good example of a brownsfield development.
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False
What is a new house smell, explain your answer.
Intergrated ventalitation is the best type of ventilation system to use on a home.
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False
Landscaping should be kept a distance of 2 feet or greater away from the side of a residential or commercial property.
True
False
Air within a traditional home can contain 5x the pollutants of the air outdoors.
True
False
Why is a HERS INDEX important and how is it achieved?
Name the 2 types of rating systems for products.
List 3 examples of storm water runoff.
What are the added benefits of an infill location? Explain.
Explain the difference between site selection and development design.
List the different types of development design.
What type of development design would you use and why.
Name 5 advantages to using native landscaping.
Potable, unpotable and high efficiency irrigation are all types of water. What would be the best choice for landscaping and why?
Choose one method of landscape watering and describe how it works.
Name 6 kinds of indoor pollutants.
What does a builder gain in building a Green Certified Home?
Name 2 terms used to describe off-gassing.
A Green Certified project costs more to build. Yes or No Explain your answer.
What are the 6 key components that a HERS rating examines.
How can termal comfort affect the sale of a home?
Without proper care even the best built home will loose its energy efficiency and green value over time.
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False
Organic lawn fertilizers use chemicals that can harm the environment.
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False
Your lawn care company knows best how to care for your lawn.
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False
One of the biggest mistakes homeowners make is not asking the right questions of their lawn care company.
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False
Non-potable water isn't suitable for drinking but can be used to prepare food.
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False
Gopher turtles dig holes in the earth and are easily moved for development.
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False
Historical sites can be developed.
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False
Why is preventative maintenance important and what is the difference over just maintaining a home.
Explain an aquatic corridor and list 5 types. Give an example of a local acquatic corridor.
List 3 methods for reducing urban sprawl and explain.
Site selection is the first step in development.
True
False
Residential and commercial projects are required to have a green certificate or in the process of obtaining a green certificate to market the project as green.
True
False
A green certified project can be expected to save natural resources for more than 60 years.
True
False
Why is it important to have a copy of the standards by which a home was certified under? Explain.
Define HVAC and HERS.
Now that you have learned about the environment surrounding a green certified home what would you do differently in the future?
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