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Lecture 1
Jerry Larson's construction class Spring quarter
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Architecture
Undergraduate 1
04/03/2012
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Sustainability
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Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
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Green Building
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Sustainable building; energy-efficient building.
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Cradle to Grave
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Life cycle basis for sustainability

~origins of materials-manufacture-installation-useful lifetime-eventual disposal~
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Embodied Energy
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Total life cycle of energy expended for extraction-processing-fabrication-and transportation to point of use for a material, may include energy necessary to dispose of/recycle.
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