WorksheetsTROPICAL DESIGN FINAL EXAM ODAR3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
a way of designing buildings based on the local climate, with the aim of ensuring thermal comfort using environmental resources.
Berde
Certification
Green
Design
Bio-Climatic
Design
Sustainable
Design
THE USE OF MATERIALS SUCH AS GLASS TO CREATE
GREENHOUSE EFFECT IS PART OF BIO-CLIMATIC DESIGN.
TRUE
FALSE
APPLICATION OF BIO-CLIMATIC DESIGN:
USE OF DARK COLORS TO ABSORB HEAT, What is the % of Heat
absorbtion if you use the color BLACK?
28%
20%
98%
50%
The use of M U L T I - S T O R E Y T R A N S I T I O N S P A C E S
+ W I N D O W S O P E N O N O P P O S I T E S I D E S
+ P L A N T E R B O X E S + S H A D I N G D E V I C E S
+ O P E N E S C A P E S T A I R S are examples strategies of Green Design Approached.
TRUE
FALSE
Attempts to safeguard air, water, and earth by
choosing eco-friendly building materials and
construction practices.
Tropical
Design
Sustainable
Design
Green
Architecture
Bio-Climatic
Design
creates and maintains the conditions under which
humans and nature can exist in productive
harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic
and other requirements of present and future
generations.”
Green
Design
Sustainable
Design
Bio-Climatic
Design
Tropical
Design
The National Building Code of the Philippines seeks to improve the efficiency of building performance by adopting measures
that promote resource management effiency and site sustainability while minimizing the negative impact of
buildings on human health and the environment.
TRUE
FALSE
Cut down energy consumption including the energy requirements for energy use and the exploitation of alternative and sustainable energy sources such as wind and solar.
Energy
Conservation
Energy
Management
Energy
Efficiency
Energy
Reduction
a technology used to collect the water
already used for other activities, clean and plump it back for reuse.
Water
Filtration System
Sewage
Treatment System
Graywater
System
Rainwater
Harvesting System
the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
meeting our present needs, without compromising the ability
of future generations to meet their own needs.
Renewable
Design
Green
Design
Sustainable
Design
Tropical
Design
Not all green are sustainable.
TRUE
FALSE
Father of green, sustainable architecture.
Renzo
Piano
Shigeru Ban
Frank Lloyd
Wright
WILLIAM
MCDONOUGH
The act of making false or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of a product, service & technology.
Green
Consumerism
Product
Misrepresentation
Green Washing
Green
Branding
THE USE OF HIGH OPEN ATRIUM / CHIMNEY TYPE STRUCTURE IS
A BIO-CLIMATIC DESIGN APPROACH.
TRUE
FALSE
BERDE has an Innovation category, and LEED does not.
TRUE
FALSE
a tool to evaluate, measure, monitor, and certify the execution of green
building projects, above and beyond existing national and
local building and environmental laws, regulations, and mandatory
standards.
LEED
EDGE
BERDE
GREEN
DESIGN
Philippine Green Building Council (PHILGBC) developed
the Green Building Program in 2009 to respond to the Philippine
building industry's need to proactively address the negative
impacts of climate change.
TRUE
FALSE
the most widely used green building rating system in the
world. It was developed by the U.S. Green Building
Council and provides independent verification of a
building or neighborhood’s green features.
EDGE
BERDE
LEED
GREEN BUILDING
CODE
LEED places Indoor Environment Quality as second priority,
while BERDE places Efficiency and Conservation.
TRUE
FALSE
LEED evaluates Emissions and Waste Management, while
BERDE does not.
TRUE
FALSE
