WEEK 1

Question 1

SITES Decision-Making Hierarchy

Answer 1

Conserve, Manage, Restore, Generate

Question 2

SITES Goals

Answer 2

Create Regenerative Systems and Foster Resiliency, Ensure Future Resource Supply and Mitigate Climate Change, Transform the Market through Design, Development, and Maintenance particles, Enhance Human Well-being andStrength Community

Question 3

SITES Applies to which types of projects?

Answer 3

Open Spaces, Streetscapes/Plazas, Commercial, Residential, Educational, Infrastructure, Government, Military, Industrial

Question 4

How many SITES Sections?

Answer 4

10

Question 5

Section 1

Answer 5

Site Context

Question 6

Section 2

Answer 6

Predesign Assessment + Planning

Question 7

Section 3

Answer 7

Site Design - Water

Question 8

Section 4

Answer 8

Site Design - Soil + Vegetation

Question 9

Section 5

Answer 9

Site Design - Materials Selection

Question 10

Section 6

Answer 10

Site Design - Human Health + Well Being

Question 11

Section 7

Answer 11

Construction

Question 12

Section 8

Answer 12

Operations + Maintenance

Question 13

Section 9

Answer 13

Education + Performance Monitoring

Question 14

Section 10

Answer 14

Innovation or Exemplary Performance

Question 15

SITES Context P1.1

Answer 15

Limit Development on Farmland

Question 16

SITES Context P1.2

Answer 16

Protect Floodplain Functions

Question 17

SITES Context P1.3

Answer 17

Conserve Aquatic Ecosystems

Question 18

SITES Context P1.4

Answer 18

Conserve habitats for threatened and endangered species

Question 19

SITES Pre-Design P2.1

Answer 19

Use an integrative design process

Question 20

SITES Pre-Design P2.2

Answer 20

Conduct a pre-design site assessment

Question 21

SITES Pre-Design P2.3

Answer 21

Designate and communicate Vegetation and Soil Protection Zones (VSP)

Question 22

SITES Water P3.1

Answer 22

Manage precipitation on site

Question 23

SITES Water 3.2

Answer 23

Reduce water use for landscape irrigation

Question 24

SITES Soil+Veg P4.1

Answer 24

Create and communicate a soil management plan

Question 25

SITES Soil+Veg P4.2

Answer 25

Control and manage invasive plants

Question 26

SITES Soil+Veg P4.3

Answer 26

Use appropriate plants

Question 27

SITES Materials P5.1

Answer 27

Eliminate the use of wood from threatened tree species

Question 28

SITES Construction P7.1

Answer 28

Communicate and verify sustainable construction practices

Question 29

SITES Construction P7.2

Answer 29

Control and retain construction pollutants

Question 30

SITES Construction P7.3

Answer 30

Restore soils disturbed during construction

Question 31

SITES O+M P8.1

Answer 31

Plan for sustainable site maintenance

Question 32

SITES O+M P8.2

Answer 32

Provide for storage + collection of recyclables