What is green building?
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Green building is a concept that takes a life cycle approach to a building, and seeks to minimize the impact of a building from its source materials to its operation and site impacts, to its decommissioning and dismantling (or demolition). Its goal is to reduce materials and resource inputs, increase efficiency, and still maintain the the classical building design concerns of economy, utility, comfort, and durability.
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A head bolt must be tightened to 90 lb?ft. How much force must be applied to an 18-inch torque wrench?
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The color coding in solid-color, non-twisted pair quad wire is red, green, ____________________, and ____________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In a pure-____ circuit, the voltage and current are in phase with each other.
a. inductive b. reactive c. capacitive d. resistive
For large buildings, the architect will divide the floor plans into sections using _____.
a. sectional views b. details c. cutting plane lines d. grid lines