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Category: Green building

Daily Quiz (46)

The U.S. Green Building Council launched its draft for the new LEED v5 rating system for Operations and Maintenance of existing buildings, which will adopt minimum requirements on what?

True or False: A team from Colorado State University was asked by the U.S. Green Building Council to design the framework of a residential electric vehicle charging plan.

The U.S. Green Building Council announced how many new cities would participate in its 2023 LEED for Cities Local Government Leadership Program?

The U.S. Green Building Council announced its 2022 Top 10 States for LEED green building, revealing that which state beat 2021 winner Illinois?

Out of 1 million studied buildings in New York City, how many contained green roofs?

The U.S. Green Building Council announced plans to update the primary version of the LEED green building certification program to more directly address what?

Texas A&M University College of Engineering was recently awarded a grant to study what type of green building material?

A research team from the Re-Wind Network recently installed a repurposed _______ pedestrian bridge in Cork, Ireland.

Researchers from the University of Minho’s School of Engineering conducted a sustainability analysis related to the prevention of the development of ______ in building structures using nanotechnology.

The London Energy Transformation Initiative announced a new focus on retrofitting buildings to be more sustainable, as roughly _____ of the nation’s annual CO2 emissions come from existing homes.

A research team at the University of Idaho has been awarded nearly $4 million to turn ___ into 3D-printed building construction materials.

The Boston City Council recently approved a new ordinance that requires all buildings larger than 20,000 square feet to eliminate carbon emissions by when?

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recently confirmed that the ___________________________ is piloting a new credit for the installation of cool exterior walls in new homes, schools and commercial buildings for the purpose of mitigating urban heat islands.

The U.S. Green Building Council, along with Green Business Certification Inc., recently released the results of its 2021 Community Survey. According to the USGBC and GBCI, the survey received roughly how many respondents?

Officials from Seattle’s $930 million Climate Pledge Arena and Oak View Group recently submitted the project’s registration to the:

In November, the San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a new city ordinance, banning the use of what in all new residential and commercial building construction projects?

What U.S. city recently issued an ordinance banning the use natural gas or other fossil fuels in all new residential and commercial building construction projects?

In a Special Edition Newsletter from PaintSquare focusing on Green Coatings, this association announced it would be providing funding for 500 people in underserved communities:

Of the following, which university wasn’t recently reported to begin offering new courses designed to promote sustainability and a variety of green building practices?

True or false: SPIRE Smart Buildings Program is an objective assessment and rating program for smart buildings, built by the Telecommunications Industry Association and UL.

True or false: Having a USGBC membership represents one’s understanding of LEED certification.

True or false: The US Green Building Council partners with AIA and CSI to develop and publish the consensus-based United States National CAD Standard.

What was the top state for LEED certification in 2018, according to the U.S. Green Building Council?

True or false: The U.S. Green Building Council created the Energy Star program.

True or false: The U.S. Green Building Council offers LEED recertification for all LEED-certified projects.

True or false: The US Green Building Council awards a certification for conforming with the requirements in the Green Guide for Health Care.

What state was number one for LEED certification in 2018, according to the US Green Building Council?

True or false: The Heat Island Group is part of the U.S. Green Building Council.

What is the basis for the U.S. Green Building Council’s planned new building certification, LEED Positive?

True or false: The US Green Building Council developed SmartSite, a leading construction site performance tool.

What British organization recently launched a green building assessment system in the US?

True or false: A California survey conducted by an energy provider found that 80 percent of homeowners preferred having both natural gas and electricity rather than an all-electric home.

When specifying epoxies for green concrete, what attributes are important?

True or false: The American Coatings Association issues the Green Mark Certification for environmentally friendly paints.

What organization claims to offer “the world's leading environmental assessment method to assess new, existing buildings and community scale development”?

True or False: The International Standards Organization published the International Green Construction Code in 2012.

According to the Department of Energy, commercial buildings annually consume BTUs equivalent to the burning of how many million tonnes of coal?

LEED v4 makes its official debut at the Greenbuild Show in November. What was the previous version of LEED called?

What organization offers the Green Globes rating system for green building?

Skanska, the global project development and construction group, quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week in response to what Chamber action?

What organization recently acquired the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo from the U.S. Green Building Council?

True or False: America’s building sector accounts for a larger percentage of U.S. energy consumption than the transportation and industry sectors.

True or false: The World Green Building Council has a network of national green building council members.

How does the International Green Construction Code (IgCC) differ from the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED system?

Construction recently began on a building that is being called the "greenest" commercial building on the planet. This project is under way in which of the following cities?

What makes polished concrete (by dry grinding) a contributor to green building objectives?

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