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?

    <p>Protecting and preserving wetlands</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Minimizing the impacts of construction on the site</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Dependence on information from independent third-party organizations</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Competitive reasons</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

    <p>Produce standards, conduct testing and provide important input to building assessment systems</p> 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?

    <p>A commonly accepted approach</p> Signup and view all the answers

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