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Sustainability Flashcards

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The wastewater produced by toilets and urinals.

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Blackwater

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A broad philosophy and social movement that advocates to protect natural resources from pollution especially through political activism and education.

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Environmentalism

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The variety of life in particular habitat, often used as a measure of its health.

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Biodiversity

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Wastewater generated from dishwashing, bathing and laundry, which can be recycled for flushing toilets, landscape irrigation, etc.

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Gray water

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Any number of gases in the atmosphere, such as methane, carbon dioxide, etc…

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Greenhouse gas

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Natural energy resources such as solar, wind, tidal , etc…

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Renewable energy

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A bank of earth placed against one or more exterior walls of a bldg. as a protection against extremes in temperature.

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Berm

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A stack of black, water-filled drums placed on the inside of a window wall to absorb solar heat and then release it slowly into the interior of the building.

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Drumwall

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A massive exterior wall having vertical channels through which solar-heated air passes , serving as a heat reservoir for short time periods and radiation to interior wall and spaces.

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Murocaust

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A glass fronted exterior masonry wall that absorbs heat for radiation into the interior of a building, usually after a time lag of several hours.

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Trombe wall

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A glass enclosed porch ,room, or gallery used for sunbathing or for therapeutic exposure to sunlight.

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Solarium

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A glass enclosed porch or room oriented to admit large amounts of sunlight. Also called sun parlor, sun porch.

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Sunroom

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A method of passive, nonmechanical heat exchange based on the natural convection of a heatd liciuid expanding and rising and being replaced in the loop by cooler returning by cavity.

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Thermal siphon

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The outside temperature at which the sum of solar and internal heat gains balances the heat losses through a building’s envelope, ventilation, and infiltration. Below the balance point temperature, supplementary heat Is required to maintain the desired Indoor temperature.

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Balance point temperature

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Techhnologies or techniques, such as such a natural ventilation, evaporative cooling, or high thermal mass, used to cool buildings without consuming power.

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Passive cooling

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The replacement of the volume of air contained within a room with an equivalent volume of fresh air within a given period of.time. The term air changes-per-hour is often used to specify ventilation standards.

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Air change

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Any of yarious technologies or techniques that uses nonmechanical, nonelectrical means, such as radiation, conduction, and natural convection, to distribute heat and daylight.

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Passive System

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A solar-heating system using a building’s design and construction and the natural flow of heat to collect, store, and distribute solar energy, with minimal use of fans or pumps.

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Passive solar-heating

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An opening in a wall serving as an outlet for air, smokes, fumes or the like.

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Vent

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The process of ventilating a space by the natural movement of air.

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Natural ventilation

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The circulation of air through open windows or other openings on opposite sides of a room.

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Cross ventilation

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A louvered opening or motor-driven fan for replacing stagnant air with fresh air.

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Ventilator

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A wind or motor driven fan for assisting the natural air flow through attic space.

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Attic ventilator

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A whole house ventilating system consisting of a fan and duct system that introduces fresh air into one or more rooms of a house while air leaks out through holes in the building envelope, exhaust fan ducts and any window or wall vents.

A. Supply Ventilation System
B. Balanced Ventilation System
C. Energy- Recovery Ventilation System
D. Exhaust Ventilation System

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A.

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A whole house ventilating system suitable for cold climates , consisting usually of a single fan that extracts indoor air from house while make up air infiltrates through leaks in the building shell through adjustable, passive vents.

A. Supply Ventilation System
B. Balanced Ventilation System
C. Energy- Recovery Ventilation System
D. Exhaust Ventilation System

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D.

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A motor driven fan that pulls fresh air in from the open windows and exhaust it through attic and roof vents.

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Whole house fan

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A device that rotates an array of blades or vanes about an axis in order to produce a current of air.

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Fan

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A fan for ventilating an interior space by drawing air from the interior and expelling it out side.

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Exhaust fan

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A fan that receives air along its axis and discharges it radially.

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Centrifugal fan

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The phenomenon in which incidence of light or other radiant energy upon the junction of two types of semiconducting materials indices the generation of an electromotive force.

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Photovoltaic effects

Related terms:

Photolvaic cell
Photolvaic modules
Photolvaic array

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A solid , usually crystalline substance, having a conductivity between that of an insulator and that most of metal.

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Semiconductor

32
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  1. A semiconductor deficient in electrons.

2. A semiconductor having an excess of electrons.

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  1. P-type semiconductor

2. N-type semiconductor

33
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A system of mechanical ventilation in which fresh air is forced into space to be ventilated from a chamber at a pressure slightly higher than atmospheric pressure, so as to expel stale air.

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Plenum ventilation

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A whole house ventilating system consisting of two fans and two duct system and capable of introducing fresh outside air while exhausting an approximately equal quantity of stale inside air. This allow the use of filters to remove dust and pollen from outside air before introducing it into the house.

A. Supply Ventilation System
B. Balanced Ventilation System
C. Energy- Recovery Ventilation System
D. Exhaust Ventilation System

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B.

35
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A whole house ventilating system that provides a controlled way of ventilating a house while minimizing energy loss through the use of either heat-recovery ventilators or energy-recovery ventilators.

A. Supply Ventilation System
B. Balanced Ventilation System
C. Energy- Recovery Ventilation System
D. Exhaust Ventilation System

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C.

36
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Equipment that incorporates one or more fans and duct system to draw in a continuous supply of fresh air to the living areas of a house while exhausting an equal amount of stale air, providing controlled, uniform ventilation throughout the living area of a house.

A. Attic ventilator
B. Whole-house ventilator
C. Ventilator
D. Exhaust ventilator system

A

B.

37
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The tendency of air gas in a shaft or other vertical space to rise when heated, creating a draft that draws in cooler air or gas below.

A. Solar Updraft Tower
B. Solar Chimney
C. Downdraft cooling tower
D. Chimney effect

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D.

38
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A policy of some public utilities that promotes investment in renewable energy generating technologies by allowing customers to offset their consumption over a billing period when they generate electricity in excess of their demand.

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Net metering

39
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A ventilation system that adjusts outside ventilation air based on the number of occupants in a space or zone and the ventilation demands that those occupants create, using a combination of hardware, software, and control sensors.

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Demand -controlled ventilation

40
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An energy-recovery ventilation system that uses a heat-exchange core to transfer heat from the exhaust air stream to the prefiltered fresh air stream in the winter and, during the summer, cool to the prefiltered fresh air stream with the exhaust air stream.

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(HRV) Heat- recovery ventilation

41
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An energy-recovery ventilation system having a heat exchanger that transfers both heat and moisture, cooling and dehumidifying the incoming fresh airstream in the summer while heating and humidifying the cold, drier incoming airstream in the winter. Also called enthalpy-recovery ventilator.

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Energy-recovery Ventilation (ERV)

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A building that utilizes a computerized network of sensors and other electronic devices to unify a variety of building automation tasks, such as monitoring and controlling heating, air conditioning, and ventilating systems lighting: telecommunications, building access and security; fire safety and suppression; and elevator operations.

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Smart Building

43
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Cladding designed to conserve and reduce the energy needed for heating, cooling, and lighting a building by integrating passive solar collection, solar shading, daylighting, thermal resistance, and natural ventilation into its assembly. The assembly usually consists of a double- or triple-glazed unit on the interior, an air space for harvesting heat and containing adjustable blinds, and an exterior layer of safety or laminated glazing with operable panels and sometimes energy-generating photovoltaic technologies. Also called climate wall, double-skin facade.

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Smart facade

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A roof that uses shingles, tiles, or membranes containing energy-generating photovoltaic technologies or colored to reflect or absorb solar heat as required by the external environment and indoor conditions.

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Smart roof

45
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Acronym and registered trademark for Leadership & Environmental Design, a green building certification system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council(USGBC).

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LEED

46
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Accreditation by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) that an individual has the required level of knowledge of the LEED rating system.

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LEED certification

47
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A trademarked set of measurable criteria that promotes environmentally sustainable construction, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) as a consensus among federal/ state/local agencies, suppliers, architects, engineers, contractors, and building owners.

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Green Building Rating System

48
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Renewable energy sources are:

Energy power plant:

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Ocean energy
Wave energy
Geothermal energy

Hydropower
Hydrogen power
Wind power

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A combustible gas produced by the decay of organic matter in the absence of oxygen.

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Biogas

50
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Any of the organic matter such as plant materials and animal waste that can be used to produce electricity, fuels and chemicals that would otherwise be made from fossil fuels.

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Biomass

51
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A roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation.

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Green roof

52
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A wall that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and in some cases soil.

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Green wall

53
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A green wall having the climbing vegetation rooted in the ground and growing up either directly on the wall or on specially designed supporting structures.

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Green facade

54
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A design approach that emphasizes the efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy and spatial resources.

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Sustainable Design

55
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Building to provide healthy environments in a resource-efficient manner using ecologically based principles.

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Green building

56
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Descriptive of a material, product or process not considered to be harmful to the environment.

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Green

57
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A self-sufficient vertical garden attached to the exterior wall of a building. Also called biowall, vertical garden.

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Living wall

58
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LEED certification points for:

Certified
Silver
Gold
Platinum

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Certified - 26 to 32 points
Silver - 33 to 38 points
Gold - 39 to 51 points
Platinum - 52 to 69 points

59
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A system established in the United Kingdom in 1990 for measuring the sustainability performance of non domestic buildings.

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Building Research Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM)

60
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A set of standards for assessing the sustainability performance of buildings in France.

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Haute Qualite Environmentale

High Quality Environmental Standard (HQE)

61
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A software based method managed by the iiSBE for assessing the energy performance of buildings, takin into account region-specific and site-specific context factors.

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SB Tool

62
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iiSBE acronym

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International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment

63
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A system established by the German Sustainable Building Council

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DGNB Certification System

64
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A rating system developed by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA)

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Green Star

65
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CASBEE acronym

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Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency

66
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Registered trademark for an online environmental rating and certification system.

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Green Globes

67
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A registered trademark for a non profit organization that owns and operate the Green Globes Environment assessment and rating tool.

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Green Building Initiative

68
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An assessment system for evaluating the environmental performance of a building in India

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Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)

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Trademark for a label that indicates that a material, component or devices is safe to human and the environment and can be recycled.

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Cradle to cradle certification

70
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All of the energy expended during the cycle of a material or product.

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Embodied energy

71
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The amount solar radiation incident on a surface.

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Insolation

72
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A heating system using solar energy as the primary source of heat.

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Solar heating system

73
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A solar heating system using mechanical means such as solar collectors, fans or pumps to collect solar energy.

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Active solar heating system

74
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A device or system designed to use solar radiation .

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Solar collector

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