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What is a possible community amenity in which a building should be built close to?
Libraries, schools, etc
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What is a strategy that can reduce fuel consumption caused by automobiles?
encouraging walking and bicycling, fueling strategies for alternative vehicles, and reducing the number of automobile trips.
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What are 2 ways to control stormwater runoff?
Minimizing imperivous areas, control stormwater, harvest rainwater
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What is a way to bicycle travel through design?
Orienting entrances toward existing pedestrian networks.
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What are four main categories in sustainable sites?
Transportation, Site Selection, Site design and Management, and Stormwater management.
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What are ways stormwater can be reused?
landscape irrigation, toilet and urinal flushing, and custodial uses.
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True or False: a high volume of interconnected narrow streets is more likely to be pedestrian friendly than a low volume of wide streets.
True
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What was one of the site strategies for The Las Vegas Spring Reserve?
Water retention, native plant use, etc
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What is one of the biggest threats to surface water quality?
nonpoint source pollution
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Impervious surfaces prevent rain water from infiltrating the ground, which increases what?
Runoff
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What does L.I.D. stand for?
Low impact development
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Within 10%, transportation accounts for what percent of total green house gas emissions in the US according to a 2007 study?
32%
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