Energy Efficiency Quiz

by ecoPreserve.net · June 12, 2019

This short quiz focuses on ways to achieve building energy efficiency, including the use of three powerful tools that are available free online!

Better buildings use energy more efficiently. Utility expense can literally go through the roof when summer heat permeates and winter warmth escapes a building. Adequate insulation and solid roofing materials can avoid that energy loss.

(1 of 6) How can a building be certified as energy-efficient?

US Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

Green Globes

Net Zero Energy

All of the above

Energy-efficiency is assessed as part of LEED, Green Globes, and Net Zero Energy certifications.

(2 of 6) What is the purpose of Energy Use Dashboards?

+1 point for correct and -1 point for incorrect answers.

They are more accurate than monthly billing

They show energy use in real time, making it easier to find related problems

They route heating and air conditioning to the areas where they are most needed

They reveal opportunities for reducing energy costs

On energy use dashboards, managers can see variations in real-time. That information can reveal issues that require repairs or adjustments. The result will reduce energy costs.

(3 of 6) Which Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program has saved building owners and managers over $250 billion in energy costs?

Green Power Partnership

ENERGY STAR

Both the Green Power Partnership and ENERGY STAR

The EPA’s ENERGY STAR program has benefitted public and private sector organizations by revealing opportunities for over $362 billion in energy cost savings. The Green Power Partnership is not an energy efficiency program. Instead, it promotes the purchase of electricity from renewable rather than fossil fuel sources.

(4 of 6) Which online tool from the GSA helps building managers make energy-efficient purchases?

Arc

The Energy Star Portfolio Manager

The Sustainable Facilities Tool

The General Services Administration (GSA) provides its Sustainable Facilities Tool (SF Tool) free to help Facility Managers and Construction Project Managers to find and choose sustainable materials. Energy savings are among the benefits of those better choices.

Arc is an online tool from Arc Skoru, Inc and was initiated by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Green Business Certification, Inc. (GBCI).

The ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager is provided by the EPA.

(5 of 6) Which online tool rates project performance in all of these: energy, water, waste, transportation, and human experience?

Arc

The Energy Star Portfolio Manager

The Sustainable Facilities Tool

All of the above

Arc is an online tool from Arc Skoru, Inc and was initiated by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Green Business Certification, Inc. (GBCI). Arc records and compares project performance in Water, Waste, Transportation, and Human Experience as well as Energy. It can bring in data from the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager and other energy efficiency tools.

(6 of 6) Which online tool is most widely used to benchmark building energy efficiency?

Arc

The Energy Star Portfolio Manager

The Sustainable Facilities Tool

The EPA’s ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager measures and tracks energy and other utilities. It has benchmarked more than 40% of U.S. commercial building space.

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