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PPD - ARE 5.0 (NCARB): Questions With SolutionsThe figure 8 curve that represents the angular offset of the sun from its mean
position at as viewed from the earth Right Ans - Annalemma
The outdoor temperature at which a building makes the transition from a
heating to a cooling need Right Ans - Balance Point Temperature
The percentage of an area that meets a minimum daylight illuminance level or
specified fraction of the operating hours per year. also referred to as special
daylight autonomy Right Ans - Daylight autonomy
The ratio expressed as a percentage othe indoor aluminates at a point on a
horizontal surface to the unobstructed Exterior horizontal illuminance
Right Ans - Daylight factor
The product of visible transmittance and the window to wall ratio Right
Ans - Effective aperature
The factor used to account for the difference between solar time and clock
time. Solar time is based on the position of the sun. It's basic unit is the solar
day Right Ans - Equation of time
A LEED based number calculated by taking into account window area, floor
area, a window geometry factor, light transmission, and a window height
factor. Right Ans - Glazing factor
Visible light from the sun and sky, reflected by exterior surfaces below the
plane of the horizon Right Ans - Ground light
A horizontal element position above eye level and designed to reflect daylight
on the ceiling for improved daylighting effectiveness Right Ans - Light shelf
The requirement that a utility pay and charge equal rates regardless of which
way electricity flows as a part of the utility Grid. Right Ans - Net metering
The entire range of electromagnetic radiation extending from 0 hz to 1023 hz.
This includes visible light as well as infrared radiation, radio waves, and
gamma rays among others Right Ans - Radiation spectrum
,Passive or active design strategy that uses thermal mass to collect and store
heat during the day for release at night. Also known as nocturnal cooling and
night cooled mass Right Ans - Radiative cooling
The ratio of the solar heat gain thru a glazing product to the solar heat gain
through an untreated 1/8 in clear double strength glass under the same set of
conditions. This is the value for the glass only, does not include the frame
Right Ans - Shading coefficient
The amount of solar energy that falls in our unit time on her unit area that is
93,000,000 miles from the sun and orientated on a plane perpendicular to the
suns rays. The mean value of the solar constant is 433 btu/hr-ft Right Ans -
Solar constant
The ratio of the solar heat gain thru a fenestration to the total solar radiation
incident on the glazing. Right Ans - Solar heat gain coefficient
The time as defined by the sun and it's position relative to the earth. Because
the length of the solar day varies most reference the mean solar day as a basis
for timekeeping. Right Ans - Solar time
The fraction of the total energy used by system that is provided by solar
technology. Represented by the variable F, it is a decimal fraction from 0 to 1
Right Ans - Solar savings fraction
The fraction of visible light that passes through a glazing material Right
Ans - Visible light transmittance
The ratio of the net glazing area in your room or space to the gross exterior
wall area Right Ans - Window to wall ratio
This assumed height at which work is performed usually considered to be at a
desk height, 30 inches above the floor Right Ans - Work plane
A marketable byproduct from a process. Materials traditionally considered to
be waist but they can be repurposed as raw materials and a different
manufacturing process. Right Ans - Co product
, A system designed to adjust the amount of ventilation air provided to a space
based on the extent of occupancy. The system normally uses some type of
sensors Right Ans - Demand control ventilation
The temporary storage of storm run off and the detention facility to control
Pete's discharge rates and provides gravity settling of pollutants. Provides a
gradual release of stored water at a controlled rate Right Ans - Detention
The legal rights granted by a land owner to a grantee, commonly a
governmental entity, allowing the use of private land for Stormwater
management Right Ans - Drainage easement
The total energy required to extract produce fabricate and deliver material to
a job site including the collection of raw materials, the energy used to achieve
extract and process the wrong materials, transportation from the original site
to the processing plant, that energy required to turn the wrong materials into
a finish product, and energy required to transport the material to the job site
Right Ans - Embodied energy
Payment of money by developer in place of meeting all or part of stormwater
performance standards Right Ans - Fee in Lieu
Soil, classification for run off potential A classification of soil based on their
potential for a run off with the really wet. Right Ans - Hydraulic soil group
The process of percolating stormwater into the subsoil Right Ans -
Infiltration
Referring to a material or product that has served its intended use it has been
diverted recovered from Waze destined for disposal, having completed its life
as a consumer item Right Ans - Post consumer
Referring to materials generated in manufacturing processes, such as
trimmings or scrap, that have been recovered from solid waste Right Ans -
Postindustrial
Waste or buy products that have been recovered from solid waste disposal.
This term does not apply to materials that are generated or reused within an
original manufacturing process Right Ans - Recovered materials
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