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Heat Island Effect

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the absorption of heat by hardscapes, such as dark, nonreflective pavement and buildings AND its radiation to surrounding areas, particularly urban areas

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Building Envelope

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the exterior surface of a building- the walls, windows, roof, and floor. Also referred to as the building shell.

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Negative Feedback Loop

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a signal for a system to stop engaging when a response is no longer needed. i.e.- thermostat

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Carbon Neutrality

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emitting no more carbon emissions than they can sequester or offset

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Triple Bottom Line

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long term view of assessing potential effects and best practices:

People-social capital

Planet-natural capital

Profit- economic

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Life Cycle Approach

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looking at the entire life of a project, product, or service rather than a single snapshot of a system

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cradle to grave

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a linear set of processes that lead to the ultimate disposal of materials at the end of a useful life.

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cradle to cradle

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an approach in which all things are applied to a new use at the end of a useful life

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Embodied Energy

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the total amount of energy used to harvest or extract, manufacture, transport, install, and use a product across its life cycle.

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life cycle costing

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a process of costing that looks at both purchase and operating costs as well as relative savings over the life of the building or product

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Life cycle assessment

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An analysis of the environmental aspects and potential impacts associated with a product, process, or service. (longevity)

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Integrated Process

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An approach to design and operations that brings team members together to work collaboratively on all of the projects systems to find synergistic solutions that support ever greater levels of sustainability.

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Positive Feedback Loop

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self reinforcing loops in which a stimulus causes an effect and the loop produces more of the effect (people having babies)

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Water Balance

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Buildings that use no more water than which falls on site as precipitation, OR they produce zero waste by recycling, reusing, or composting all materials

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Hard Costs

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The actual PHYSICAL construction of a development "brick and mortar costs"

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IAQ

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Indoor Air Quality

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Open System

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a system in which materials are constantly brought in from the outside used in the system, and then released outside the system in a form of waste.

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LEED

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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

a certification program that recognizes best in class building strategies and practices across the globe.

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Closed system

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a system that exchanges minimal materials and elements with its surroundings. systems are linked with one another to make best use of byproducts.

Flower field produces oxygen, uses water, dies, helps other plants grow.

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Leverage Point

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a point in a system where small intervention can yield large change

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EPA

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Environmental Protection Agency

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VOC

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Volatile Organic Compounds

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Soft costs

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costs that are less physically obvious and are fees that aren't directly related to labor and building materials. Fees associated after a project is complete

-building maintenance, insurance

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EPP

material & resources

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environmental preferable purchasing

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Building Commissioning

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Helps project teams ensure that systems are designed efficiently are installed appropriately, and operate as intended.

-is the process of verifying in new construction all of the subsysems for mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire/life safety, building envelops, interior systems

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Passive Design

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Design approach that uses natural elements- (sunlight, wind)

simpler low tech soultions

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Adaptive Reuse

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designing and building a structure in a way that makes it suitable for a future use different than its original use

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Retro commissioning

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A tune-up that identifies inefficiencies and restores high levels of performance.

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Brownfield

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urban site for potential building development-having had previous development unit

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regenerative

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sustainable environments evolve with living systems

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Integrated Process

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emphasizes connections and communications among stakeholders and professionals throughout the life of a project

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Life Cycle Approach

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looking at all stages of a product, project, or service. (longevity)

Where do these building materials come from?

What effect do they have on the world along the way?

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System Thinking

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the built environment is understood as a series of relationships in which each part affects many other parts

Systems include: materials, resources, energy, people, and information

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Net Zero Energy

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Use no more energy from the grid than they generate on site.

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LCA

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Life Cycle Assessment

-the investigation and evaluation of the environmental impacts of a given product or service. This view takes into account the whole life of a product or project NOT assessing it from a single point in time.

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Externalities

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side effect or consequence of an industrial or commercial activity that affects other parties without this being reflected in the cost of goods or services involved, such as the pollination of surrounded crops by bees kept for honey.