Sustainability

3D modeling that shows every aspect of a building, from heating an plumbing to wall layout and wiring

• Net Zero Energy Building

• Geothermal Energy

• Building Information Modeling

• Nonrenewable Energy Source

A powerful toxic chemical that is usually found as pollution

• Gray water

• Dioxins

• Weatherization

• Xeriscaping

A byproduct of coal power electricity that can be used as an ingredient in cheaper, durable cement

• Greenwashing

• Daylighting

• Fly ash

• Syustainabilit

All the used water in a house except that from the toliet

• Gray water

• Green Building

• Daylighting

• Greenwashing

The use of natural light for a building's light source

• Gray water

• Green Building

• Greenwashing

• Daylighting

A building that produces as much, of not more energy than it consumes

• Daylighting

• Net Zero Energy Building

• Green Building

• Nonrenewable Energy Source

The way a building interacts with its inhabitants and other buildings/environments around it.

• Geothermal Energy

• Greenwashing

• Ecosystem

• Weatherization

To protect a building from the elements of the weather, such as rain, sunlight, or wind

• Xeriscaping

• Recycling

• Sustainable Building

• Weatherization

A style of landcaping that reduces the need for extra water

• Recycling

• Reclaiming

• Solar Energy

• Xeriscaping

Comopounds released from gas emissions that, for examle, come from the burning of fuel

• Persistent bioacculumlative Toxicants

• Volatile Organic Compounds

• Semi-volatile Organic Compounds

• Dioxins