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Storm water management - ✔✔The use of structural or nonstructural practices designed to
reduce stormwater runoff pollutant loads, discharge volumes, and peak flow discharge rates
Pervious paving - ✔✔A material that can withstand vehicular and pedestrian traffic, but
will allow water to pass through and seat into the ground below
Rainwater collection system - ✔✔System composed of water collection, storage cistern, and
a water distribution system
Catchment area - ✔✔The area of the roof or other surface that is measured in terms of
its footprint as projected on the horizontal plane
Alternative energy sources - ✔✔Sources that are renewable such as solar and wind power
Energy efficiency - ✔✔The reduction of the energy that must be consumed in providing
various services and functions, particularly compared to the standard baselines
Life cycle assessment - ✔✔A method of evaluating the environmental impact of using
a particular material a product in a building
,4 phases of an LCA - ✔✔1 define the goals and scope of the study.
2 perform an inventory analysis.
3 perform an impact assessment.
4 perform an improvement analysis and report the results of the study
Product lifecycle - ✔✔Main stages of a product
1 raw material acquisition
2 manufacturing
3 use and maintenance
4 disposal
Acidification - ✔✔The generation of waste materials that can lower the pH of surrounding
waterways or soil
Eutrophication - ✔✔The formation of excessive nutrients in a body of water that
promotes increased algae growth
Environmental product declaration - ✔✔Standardized report of a products environmental
impact throughout its lifecycle
Sheet flow - ✔✔Water that drains across a sloping surface
,Equidistant horizontal projection - ✔✔Plots the path of the sun at various times of the year on
a circular chart
Passive solar energy system - ✔✔Collects, stores, and distributes solar energy without the use
of mechanical equipmentdirect
Direct gain systems - ✔✔Collect heat through south facing glass and then store heat and
high mass materials
Indirect gain systems - ✔✔Collect heat using a thermal mass. The mass is he did during the day
by room temperature and reflected sunlight
Active solar energy systems - ✔✔Used pumps fans ducts, pipes and other mechanical
equipment to collect store and distribute solar energy
Fire resistance rating - ✔✔The length of time that the construction material or somebody
can withstand a standardized fire resistance test
Fire damper - ✔✔UL listed device installed in ducts and Aire transfer openings that is
designed to close on The detection of heat to resist the passage of flame
Smoke damper - ✔✔A UL listed device installed in ducts and Aire transfer openings that
is designed to resist the passage of smoke
, Fire partition - ✔✔wall assembly with a one hour fire resistance rating
Area of refuge - ✔✔An area where people unable to use stairways can remain temporarily
while waiting for assistance
Automatic closing door - ✔✔The door that is normally held in the open position, it is released
to close on activation of smoke detector / fire alarm system, must be self-closing
Combustible material - ✔✔Material that will ignite and burn, as a flame or glow, and that
undergoes this process in air pressures and temperatures that might occur during a fire
Common path of egress travel - ✔✔The portion of exit access travel distance measured from
the most remote point within a floor to the point where the occupants have separate access to 2
exits or exit access doorway
Corridor - ✔✔A enclosed exit access component that defines and provides a path of egress
travel to an exit
Exit access doorway - ✔✔A door or access point along the path of egress travel from
an occupied area to the path of egress
Exit court - ✔✔A court or yard that provides access to a public way for one or more
required exits
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