AY Honors/Green Building/Answer Key/en

Green Building

Skill Level

Unknown

Year

Unknown

Version

23.04.2025

Approval authority

Franco-Belgian Union

1

Explain what green building is.

2

Bring a catalogue of the different materials used, explain their use and their interest on the environment and on people.

3

Set up the plants of your house or the ones you would like to have later and explain the choice of materials to be used for green building.

4

In what geographical location would you build your house and with what orientation in relation to the cardinal points?

5

What would you use for heating and why?

6

What are the species of trees or bushes that can be planted in the garden and that are important to prevent or ward off attacks by xylophagous (wood-eating) insects?

References

• Green Building requirements from the French-Italian Swiss Conference