Explain what embodied energy in a building product means.
What will be an ideal response?
It is the amount of energy used in the production of the product (mining of raw materials and its manufacturing, including energy used in administrative functions) up to the factory gate. It does not include energy used in its transportation to construction site and installation in the building.
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cover, especially to native vegetation.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.An international aerospace contractor has been asked by a municipal police department to estimate and analyze the life cycle costs for a proposed drone surveillance system to monitor traffic patterns and congestion within the central thoroughfares of the city. The list of items include the following general categories: R&D costs (R&D), nonrecurring investment costs (NRI), recurring investment costs (RI), scheduled and unscheduled maintenance costs (Maint), equipment usage costs (Equip), and disposal costs (Disp). The costs (in $ million units) for the 20-year life cycle have been estimated. Calculate the annual LCC at an interest rate of 7% per year.
What will be an ideal response?
A high point in the U.S. horse population was reached in the mid-1990s with an
estimated 26.6 million head. A. True B. False
Two systems A and B in Figure E.35 have the two pole-zero diagrams below. Which of them responds more quickly to a unit-step excitation (approaches the final value at a faster rate)? Explain your answer.
