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Environment Control System

Environment Control System

Frage 1 von 50

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embodied energy is

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the heat output from building occupants

  • the energy required to produce and deliver a building material

  • the energy lost through the use of inefficient building systems

  • the collective energy that has been used by the human race up to this time

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Frage 2 von 50

1

sustainability may be defined as

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • a state in which the needs of the future are met without compromising the ability of the present generation to meet its own needs

  • a state in which the needs of the present are met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

  • a state in which the needs of the present are met without concern for compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

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Frage 3 von 50

1

the following is the only renewable construction material currently in wide use in north america

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • plastics

  • wood

  • steel

  • straw

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Frage 4 von 50

1

according to the design pyramid for a sustainable building design process, which of the following should be considered first in the process - before other factors are considered, and utilized the most?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • site resources, like vegetation and solar exposure

  • passive strategies, like daylighting and natural ventilation

  • active strategies, like photovoltaics and hvac systems

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Frage 5 von 50

1

the 2030 challenge goal is that by the year 2030

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • all new buildings will have reduced their energy consumption by 50% from today's baseline standard

  • all new buildings will be carbon-neutral, using no fossil fuel (greenhouse gas) emitting energy to operate

  • new buildings will have replaced all existing buildings currently in use, and thereby making the environment more sustainable

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Frage 6 von 50

1

in the coming century, ------ will most likely present the most critical resource shortage

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • water

  • oil

  • natural gas

  • lumber

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Frage 7 von 50

1

the greenhouse effect is of concern because

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • it may block incoming solar radiation and lead to a cooling of the earth

  • it may block incoming solar radiation and make solar collectors ineffective

  • it may trap solar radiation and lead to global warning

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Frage 8 von 50

1

sustainable design looks at the site

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • as a home to ecosystems and community resources

  • as a source of renewable energy

  • as a possible heat source and sink

  • all of the above

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Frage 9 von 50

1

how could one best compare the sun's apparent position on june 21 and december 21 in the northern hemisphere?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the sun appears higher on december 21 than it is on june 21

  • the sun appears higher on june 21 than it is on december 21

  • the sun's position is identical at these times

  • the sun's position varies too greatly to tell

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Frage 10 von 50

1

the interactions between a building and its site are

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • uni-directional, the building affects the site, but not vice versa

  • uni-directional, the site affects the building, but not vice versa

  • bi-directional, the site affects the building and the building affects the site

  • non-existent, there are no such interactions

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Frage 11 von 50

1

------ is an ecology oriented building certification program which concentrates its efforts on improving building performance in environmental and human health, energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, materials selection, site development and water savings.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • ashrae

  • ahvac

  • 2030 challenge

  • leed

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Frage 12 von 50

1

in temperate climates of north america, where the design goal is to take full advantage of solar energy for daylighting and passive heating of a building interior, most exterior glazing for the building should be oriented:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • north

  • south

  • east

  • west

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Frage 13 von 50

1

unlike active strategies, passive strategies

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • use nonrenewable energy for heating, cooling, ventilating and illumination

  • use renewable energy for heating, cooling, ventilating and illumination

  • are not as sustainable as active strategies

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Frage 14 von 50

1

deciduous vegetation can play a large role in building design as a result of its ability to:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • increase interior lighting levels

  • prevent winter sun from entering and overheating buildings

  • slow winter wind

  • reduce heat gain during summer months

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Frage 15 von 50

1

ventilation is defined as:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • air introduced to a building to refresh oxygen and provide passive cooling

  • air movement caused by a mechanical device of some sort

  • exterior air motion (also called wind)

  • air that passes from a building's interior to the exterior

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Frage 16 von 50

1

------ is the amount of moisture in the air as compared with the maximum amount that the air could contain at the same temperature, expressed as a percentage

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • mean radiant temperature

  • wet-bulb temperature

  • relative humidity

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Frage 17 von 50

1

conduction is

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • heat flow due to the movement of air (gases and liquids)

  • heat flow due to the contact of two bodies of differing temperatures

  • heat flow through the air in the form of electromagnetic energy, such as sunlight

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Frage 18 von 50

1

convection is

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • heat flow due to the movement of air (gases and liquids)

  • heat flow due to the contact of two bodies of differing temperatures

  • heat flow through the air in the form of electromagnetic energy, such as sunlight

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Frage 19 von 50

1

your comfort zone is

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • based on the combinations of metabolism, perspiration and respiration that most often produce comfort

  • based on the combinations of active (nonrenewable) energies that most often produce comfort

  • based on the combinations of air temperature, relative humidity, air movement and surface temperatures that most often produce comfort

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Frage 20 von 50

1

which of the following pairs of parameters are used as the primary axes plotted on the psychrometric (bioclimatic) chart?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • dry bulb temperature and relative humidity

  • dry bulb temperature and enthalpy

  • density and specific volume

  • mean temperature and dew point temperature

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Frage 21 von 50

1

radiation is

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • heat flow due to the movement of air (gases and liquids)

  • heat flow due to the contact of two bodies of differing temperatures

  • heat flow through the air in the form of electromagnetic energy, such as sunlight

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Frage 22 von 50

1

------ is the organization which has established acceptable design guidelines for human comfort (the comfort zone) in US buildings, that are required by municipal codes

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • ashrae

  • ahvac

  • leed

  • 2030.org

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Frage 23 von 50

1

hvac stands for

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • heating, ventilating, air moving and cooling

  • heating, ventilating, air quality control and cooling

  • heating, ventilating and air conditioning

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Frage 24 von 50

1

in a skin load dominated building, energy consumption is primarily dictated by:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the influence of the exterior climate on a building's envelope

  • the influence of the interior climate on a building's envelope

  • lighting use, heat from people, fixtures, equipment and other internal sources

  • the age of the building

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Frage 25 von 50

1

which of the following is not a common source of a building's internal heat loads?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • electric lights

  • radiation from skylights

  • people

  • equipment

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Frage 26 von 50

1

a tall building has deep floor plates and is illuminated primarily by electric light sources. this building is most likely to be:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • an envelope dominated building

  • a switch dominated building

  • an internal load dominated building

  • an external load dominated buidling

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Frage 27 von 50

1

the concept of distribution tree is used to describe

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the network of sales and delivery locations established to promote hvac systems

  • the flow of design information from architect to consultant to contractor

  • the means by which cooling and heating are delivered from a central system to conditioned spaces

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Frage 28 von 50

1

the three primary classifications of central hvac systems (for large bldgs.)

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • all air, air and water and all water

  • local, remote and sensor

  • local, central and heat pump

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Frage 29 von 50

1

which of the following would not be a criteria for differentiating a separate interior thermal zone for a building:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • space orientation

  • space acoustics

  • space function

  • space schedule of use

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Frage 30 von 50

1

in an hvac system, ------- air moves from the air handling unit (ahu) to occupied spaces, and ------- air moves from the occupied spaces to the air handling unit (ahu)

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • supply, return

  • supply, tempered

  • return, supply

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Frage 31 von 50

1

local hvac systems are most likely to be applied in which types of buildings:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • office buildings

  • hospitals and clinics

  • hotels, motels and apartments

  • museums and galleries

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Frage 32 von 50

1

advantages of a local hvac system over a central system would typically include:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • more individual control, smaller equipment units, potential for building conditioning should a single unit fail, no need for a mechanical room

  • better comfort equipment, higher efficiency, more architecturally appealing

  • no space required for equipment, quiet equipment, easy use of centralized controls

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Frage 33 von 50

1

a -------- system is a single duct hvac system where the volume, rather than the temperature, of supply air is controlled in order to meet comfort requirements

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • terminal reheat

  • constant volume

  • variable air volume

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Frage 34 von 50

1

------ is an hvac system which utilizes two ducts - one for hot air and one for cold air. the air from these ducts is blended in mixing boxes before distribution, to allow greater variation in temperature of air delivered

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • dual duct

  • variable air volume

  • displacement

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Frage 35 von 50

1

an all air hvac system

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • uses only air to deliver heating/cooling effect to conditioned spaces

  • uses air supply and return within occupied spaces, but water to deliver heating/cooling effect from the central station equipment to the spaces

  • is, by definition, a local system

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Frage 36 von 50

1

a single story, open plan, square office building has five thermal zones. it would be reasonable to conclude that these five zones correspond to:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • offices, corridors, bathrooms, lobby and service spaces

  • the four exposure orientations (n, s, e, w) and the central core

  • the four exposure orientations (n, s, e, w) and the lobby

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Frage 37 von 50

1

with internal load dominated buildings, it is possible that cooling may be required in some zones even in the winter - due to the internal heat loads

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 38 von 50

1

daylight factor is best defined as

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the ratio of daylight intensity between the brightest and dimmest points in a building

  • the average daylight intensity at a specified point between 10 am and 4 pm

  • the ratio of daylight intensity between an interior condition and an exterior reference point

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Frage 39 von 50

1

----- is a horizontal surface that reflects daylight off the ceiling and deep into a space - providing effective daylighting

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • clerestory

  • light shelf

  • daylight aperture

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Frage 40 von 50

1

which of the following is not a component of daylight, or the daylight factor?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • sky component

  • externally reflected component

  • solar radiation

  • internally reflected component

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Frage 41 von 50

1

in many locations, an ideal orientation for buildings is an elongated, narrow plan allowing the ------- facades of the building maximum exposure to more easily controllable daylight

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • north and south

  • east and west

  • south and west

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Frage 42 von 50

1

a trombe wall is an example of which of the following passive solar heating system types

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • sunspace

  • indirect gain

  • direct gain

  • diffuse gain

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Frage 43 von 50

1

which of the following materials would not make an effective thermal mass wall - in which the massive material heats slowly from solar exposure, and later releases its heat slowly to a surrounding space?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • solid brick masonry

  • solid concrete

  • water

  • rigid foam board

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Frage 44 von 50

1

------ is a heating and/or cooling system that transfers heat to or from the ground. it uses the earth as a heat source (in the winter) or a heat sink (in the summer)

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • thermal massing

  • geothermal

  • direct solar

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Frage 45 von 50

1

balance point temperature is best described as

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the temperature at which a backup heating system will take over for a passive system

  • the temperature at which a building needs neither heating nor cooling

  • the temperature that is used to size a conventional heating system

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Frage 46 von 50

1

which of the following is not a strategy for passive cooling of a building?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • high mass cooling

  • stack ventilation

  • evaporative cooling

  • mechanical ventilation system

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Frage 47 von 50

1

cross ventilation is related to primarily to ------

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the size and placement of the inlet and outlet openings

  • the room height

  • the room width

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Frage 48 von 50

1

------ is defined as the placement of windows and other openings in the exterior wall (building envelope) of buildings

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • ventilation

  • fenestration

  • infiltration

  • filtering

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Frage 49 von 50

1

what are heating degree days?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the number of days that heating is required in order to maintain thermal comfort within a building

  • a direct measurement for a building's energy consumption for spatial heating

  • the sum (for an entire year) of the differences between a base temperature and the average daily temperature

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Frage 50 von 50

1

a tall building has deep floorplates and is illuminated primarily by electric light sources. this building is most likely to be:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • an envelope dominated building

  • a switch dominated building

  • an internal load dominated building

  • an external load dominated building

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