Sustainable Land Development Quiz

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Which approach involves using native and adapted, drought-tolerant plants, trees and turf for landscaping?

Protecting and preserving wetlands

Developing brownfields

Using native and adapted, drought-tolerant plants (correct)

Reusing existing buildings

What does developing grayfields involve?

Protecting key natural features

Developing grayfields (correct)

Developing brownfields

Reusing existing buildings

What does reusing existing buildings instead of constructing new ones contribute to?

Using native and adapted, drought-tolerant plants

Developing brownfields

Minimizing the impacts of construction on the site (correct)

Protecting and preserving wetlands

What is the focus of protecting and preserving wetlands and other features?

Protecting and preserving wetlands Signup and view all the answers

What does minimizing the building footprint and carefully planning construction operations help in achieving?

Minimizing the impacts of construction on the site Signup and view all the answers

What has historically made the process for EPDs difficult to develop?

Dependence on information from independent third-party organizations Signup and view all the answers

Why have manufacturers historically been resistant to participating in a transparent scheme of product declarations?

Competitive reasons Signup and view all the answers

What do environmental product declarations (EPDs) and environmental building declarations (EBDs) promise to ease past?

Determining the impacts of products and whole buildings based on a commonly accepted approach Signup and view all the answers

What role do third-party organizations play in the context of product declarations?

Produce standards, conduct testing and provide important input to building assessment systems Signup and view all the answers

What do environmental product declarations (EPDs) and environmental building declarations (EBDs) aim to provide for the assessment of products and whole buildings?

A commonly accepted approach Signup and view all the answers

Sustainable Land Development Quiz

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Which approach involves using native and adapted, drought-tolerant plants, trees and turf for landscaping?

What does developing grayfields involve?

What does reusing existing buildings instead of constructing new ones contribute to?

What is the focus of protecting and preserving wetlands and other features?

What does minimizing the building footprint and carefully planning construction operations help in achieving?

What has historically made the process for EPDs difficult to develop?

Why have manufacturers historically been resistant to participating in a transparent scheme of product declarations?

What do environmental product declarations (EPDs) and environmental building declarations (EBDs) promise to ease past?

What role do third-party organizations play in the context of product declarations?

What do environmental product declarations (EPDs) and environmental building declarations (EBDs) aim to provide for the assessment of products and whole buildings?

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