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commentLearning to Live on Alternative Energy
Three landmark projects show us how to integrate renewable-energy strategies into architecture, without compromising design
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Questions:
Program Code: 038EDIT1
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1. Which is the most experimental of the ecofriendly features at Near North Apartments?
a. graywater recycling systems for flushing toilets
b. rainwater cistern for landscape irrigation
c. horizontal-axis wind-turbine system
d. Jahn’s streamlined design
2. The main benefit of urban wind capture is which?
a. it provides cheap energy
b. it offers the opportunity of producing clean energy within cities
c. it transfers vibration to interior occupants
d. it increases the chances of gaining a building permit
3. The benefits of the Savonius rotor are all except which?
a. it starts easily
b. it does not need brakes
c. it does not require much wind speed
d. it reaches high speeds
4. Turbines were mounted horizontally on the roof of Near North for which reason?
a. to stay within local height restrictions
b. to produce 30 percent more energy
c. to distribute their vibration evenly
d. to distribute their load evenly
5. Which is not one of the places the Darmstadt house used photovoltaics?
a. roof
b. skylights
c. windows
d. louvered doors
6. The Darmstadt house was cooled by which method?
a. air-conditioning
b. wind turbines
c. phase-change materials
d. geothermal heat pumps
7. The original all-glass design of the Darmstadt house was changed chiefly for which reason?
a. to restrict daylight
b. to minimize heat gain
c. to provide more wall space
d. to screen equipment
8. An energy generation source that is an alternative or enhancement of
traditional grid-supplied power and is located close to where the power is
used is called which?
a. cogeneration
b. a by-product of electrical generation
c. prevented transmission loss
d. distributed energy
9. Cogeneration is commonly used in the U.S. for which application?
a. office buildings
b. industrial buildings
c. single-family houses
d. museums
10. What is the chief advantage of using combined heat and power (CHP) in
buildings?
a. CHP increases carbon emissions when compared to traditional centralized
generation
b. CHP decreases carbon emissions when compared to traditional
centralized generation
c. CHP helps retain the energy normally lost through transmission
d. CHP systems have low first costs
