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ARE 5.0 PPD - Kristin’s Edits Questions andAnswers | Latest Updated Graded A+
Fee in Lieu - ✔✔Payment of money by developer in place of meeting all or part of
stormwater performance standards
Hydraulic soil group - ✔✔Soil, classification for run off potential A classification of soil
based on their potential for a run off with the really wet.
Infiltration - ✔✔The process of percolating stormwater into the subsoil
Post consumer - ✔✔Referring to a material or product that has served its intended use it has
been diverted recovered from Waze destined for disposal, having completed its life as a
consumer item
,Postindustrial - ✔✔Referring to materials generated in manufacturing processes, such
as trimmings or scrap, that have been recovered from solid waste
Recovered materials - ✔✔Waste or buy products that have been recovered from solid waste
disposal. This term does not apply to materials that are generated or reused within an original
manufacturing process
Renewable product - ✔✔A product that can be grown or naturally replenished at a rate
that exceeds human depletion of the resource
Sustainability - ✔✔The condition of being able to meet the needs of the present
generation without compromising the needs of future generations
Watercourses - ✔✔Any body of water such as the lake pond river or stream
Waterway - ✔✔A channel that directs surface runoff to a watercourse or a public storm drain
Potable water - ✔✔Water that has been treated to make it suitable for drinking
Rainwater - ✔✔Natural precipitation that falls on the site
,Graywater - ✔✔Waste water that is not from toilets and urinals but rather from sinks
showers bathtubs and clothes washing machines
Blackwater - ✔✔Water containing toilet or urinal waste
Storm water management - ✔✔The use of structural or nonstructural practices designed to
reduce stormwater runoff pollutant loads, discharge volumes, and peak flow discharge rates
Pervious paving - ✔✔A material that can withstand vehicular and pedestrian traffic, but
will allow water to pass through and seat into the ground below
Rainwater collection system - ✔✔System composed of water collection, storage cistern, and
a water distribution system
Catchment area - ✔✔The area of the roof or other surface that is measured in terms of
its footprint as projected on the horizontal plane
Alternative energy sources - ✔✔Sources that are renewable such as solar and wind power
Energy efficiency - ✔✔The reduction of the energy that must be consumed in providing
various services and functions, particularly compared to the standard baselines
Life cycle assessment - ✔✔A method of evaluating the environmental impact of using
a particular material a product in a building
, 4 phases of an LCA - ✔✔1 define the goals and scope of the study.
2 perform an inventory analysis.
3 perform an impact assessment.
4 perform an improvement analysis and report the results of the study
Product lifecycle - ✔✔Main stages of a product
1 raw material acquisition
2 manufacturing
3 use and maintenance
4 disposal
Acidification - ✔✔The generation of waste materials that can lower the pH of surrounding
waterways or soil
Eutrophication - ✔✔The formation of excessive nutrients in a body of water that
promotes increased algae growth
Environmental product declaration - ✔✔Standardized report of a products environmental
impact throughout its lifecycle
Sheet flow - ✔✔Water that drains across a sloping surface
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