CCE 102 Exam 2

Embodied carbon

Emissions produced to construct the building (15%)

Operational Carbon

Emissions used in the operation of a building (27%)

How much carbon emissions come from built environment?

42%

Cradle to grave

Assesses a products entire environmental impact from raw material to final disposal

Cradle to gate

Assesses only the manufacturing process from raw material extraction to teh factory gate

Mitigate

To make less bad

Adaptation

Live with the new conditions

Resilience

Ability to bounce back

4 R’s of Resilience

Robustness, Redundancy, Rapidity, and Resourcefulness

Robustness

Ability to withstand stress without loss of service

Redundancy

Back-up or alternative to provide service

Rapidity

Ability to quickly bring back service

Resourcefulness

Using material and available human resources creatively, effectively, and adaptively

NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)

Federal law requiring governments to evaluate evironmental impacts before taking action

CATEX

Categorial Exclusion - when project is determined to not have a significant impact on environment

EA (Environmental Assessment )

Identifies if there are any likely environmental impacts

FONSI (Finding of No Significant Impact)

Files this if impacts were minimal or negligible

EIS (Environmental Impact Statement)

Detailed analysis of all the alternatives across multiple dimensions

ROD (Record of Desicion)

Filed after EIS is reviewed

Reuse

The process of repurposing infrastructure into a newer building while perserving the orginal structure

Recirculation

Designing systems so that materials, water, and energy remain in use for as long as possible

Regenerative

Beyond minimizing harm, seeking to restore and imporve ecological and social systems through infrastructure design (Green infrastructure)

Urban Regeneration

Using buildings for multiple uses

Desicion Framework

Structure that is used to evaluate options, compare trade-offs, and guide decision making

LEED

For buildings, how you qualify certain steps and reduce environmental impact

Envision

Infrastructure projects, looks at 64 indicators across 5 categories, all civil and public infrastructure

How much carbon emissions does concrete release?

8%

How much is one cubic ton of CO2

33ft, 2.5 cubic meters of concrete, 2,500 miles, 150,000 cell phone charges

Ecological Footprint

Demand

Biocapacity

ecological supply