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By Russell Fortmeyer

AIA/Architectural Record Continuing Education

Instructions

• Read the article "The Zero Effect"
• Complete the questions below, then fill in your answers .
• Fill out and submit the AIA/CES education reporting form in the magazine, securely online, or print the form to receive one AIA learning unit.

Questions:

LU: 1

1. Which of these do not emit carbons?
a. creating concrete
b. driving a gasoline engine car
c. human breathing
d. healthy trees

2. Net zero energy emissions measures which?
a. emissions produced from generation of the energy a building needs to buy
b. emissions produced by the generation of a building’s total energy needs
c. difference between the energy sold to the utility versus the energy supplied by the utility
d. comparison of the building’s consumption and production to that of the utility source

3. What percentage of America’s carbon dioxide emissions are due to the combustion of fossil fuels?
a. 32 percent
b. 68 percent
c. 82 percent
d. 98 percent

4. Most often architects try to achieve which concept since buildings still typically connect to utility transmission lines for backup power?
a. net zero source energy
b. net zero site energy
c. net zero energy cost
d. net zero energy emissions

5. An example of the tactic “reduction first” is which?
a. making the square footage of the building as small as possible
b. taking advantage of all the possible tax credits first
c. find ways to reduce energy consumption first
d. generate energy on-site, reducing the reliance on utilities

6. Renewable energy credits are also known as which?
a. green tags
b. photovoltaics
c. passive strategies
d. sustainable design

7. Why have public institutions been the early adopters of most technology supporting sustainable goals?
a. they must meet higher operational standards
b. they can afford to take a longer time to pay off the building costs
c. private developers want a quick payback time frame
d. all of the above

8. The Los Angeles Community College District intends to convert each of its campuses into a central plant model for which reason?
a. it will more easily support a photovoltaic system
b. it will cost less to maintain
c. it will operate more efficiently
d. b and c only

9. By 2050, zero-energy homes could result in reducing the electricity demand of the U.S. single-family-home sector by how much?
a. 2 percent
b. 10 percent
c. 17 percent
d. 33 percent

10. Zoka Zola included all except which as passive strategies to reach a zero- energy goal?
a. east- and west-facing windows
b. courtyard gardens
c. 25-percent-fly-ash concrete
d. south-facing windows