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By Nancy B. Solomon, AIA
AIA/Architectural Record Continuing
Education
Instructions
Questions:
LU: 1
HSW: 1
1. To achieve
a truly sustainable state, products must be from which?
a. relatively simple components
b. products with different chemical makeup
c. biological or technical nutrients
d. first generation components
2. The term “downcycling”
refers to which?
a. a generation of products formed from a previous generation
b. combining nutrients that can decompose naturally
c. remaking products into new ones of equal value
d. combining products into a new product of lower value
3. The idea of the book Cradle to
Cradle is which?
a. with care, our resources are infinite
b. industrial production should take its cues from nature
c. products cannot be made from technical nutrients
d. conventional recycling is good
4. To be certified as a biological
or technical nutrient, a manufacturer can submit a product
for review of which?
a. its safety potential
b. its energy consumption
c. its health impact and potential for composting or recycling
d. its ease in separating the nutrient from the larger product
5. Biological nutrients are described
as which?
a. they can be remade into the same products
b. they can decompose naturally without poisoning our habitats
c. they are a composition of different chemicals
d. they cannot easily be returned to their basic constituent
parts
6. “Cradle to grave” refers
to which type of products?
a. products that you can use for your entire life
b. products that are regenerated into new products many times
c. products that cannot be recycled into another product
d. products made for infants or the elderly
7. In the McDonough Braungart Design
Chemistry (MBDC) color coding for health effects, the color
yellow represents which risk?
a. little-to-no risk
b. low-to-moderate risk
c. no current evidence of high risk
d. high risk
8. The ergonomically advanced Zody
chair by Haworth has 15 parts made from the same type of nylon
for which purpose?
a. ease of design
b. ease of assembly
c. ease of purchasing new materials
d. ease of disassembly for refurbishing
9. The biological nutrient wool can
biodegrade or be reused in other fabrics unless it has been
treated with which?
a. dyes
b. felting process
c. back-coating
d. shredding
10. The major deterrent to returning
nylon products back to nylon pellets for reuse is which?
a. government regulations
b. costs
c. consumer apathy
d. technology
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