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FCNL Green Building Quiz - Answers

FCNL's green building has been certified to cut our energy use by:

Answer=c, 48 percent . Our green building has allowed us to cut our energy costs nearly in half.

FCNL's geothermal heating and cooling system uses wells that are dug ____ feet deep:

Answer=d, 300 feet.

What is the constant temperature of the earth that the geothermal heating and cooling system uses to efficiently heat and cool the building? (in Fahrenheit)

Answer--b, 55 degrees.The system is at least 50 percent more efficient than conventional heating systems.

FCNL's vegetated roof serves to:

Answer--d, all of the above. The vegetated roof helps control rain runoff, decreases the building's carbon emissions, adds insulation to the roof, and is low maintenance and thus very easy to manage.

The original structure of the FCNL building dates back to:

Answer--d, the Civil War. One part of the original structure was built around the time of the Civil War. One of the challenges of the reconstruction project was preserving some of this historic structure.

In August 2007, the FCNL building was awarded a LEED certification of:

Answer--a, silver. The U.S. Green Building Council developed the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building certification system, a voluntary national standard for high-performance, sustainable buildings that maximize sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. There are currently about 600 LEED-certified buildings in the United States and only six in Washington, DC.

The FCNL building is the ___ green building on Capitol Hill:

Answer--b, first.

What renewable resource are most of FCNL's floors made of?

Answer=b--bamboo. The bamboo is harvested in eastern Asia, where it grows rapidly. It is comparable in price to hardwood and is harder than oak.