GOING GREEN TEST

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What are the latest trends in building that ean help to reduee damage to the environment?
Use words from the box to ereate the terms needed.

a) Replace light bulbs wlth eompact fluorescent _ garden

lamps
b) Use grey ~ from slnks for tollets and plants. night
el With landseaping, the top of the burlding reflects roof
sereens
less heat into the almosphere. water
d) Build a rain next to the car park to absorb rainwater,
instead of letting it flow into the street.

e) Adjust shading to keep out direct sunlight, which keeps offices

cooler.

f) Automatically open office windows after dark, to let heat out and fresh air in with
a purge.

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Finally, the leam tries to get their termlnology straight when tal king about carbon. Can you help?
Choos! the correct expression 10 complete the senlence.

Emissions-free transportation:
eyeling to work is good for
the environment
a) The total amount of emissions you cause through your activities is your carbon footprint I
earben toehold I earbon handshake.
b) The most prominent greenhause gas (Treibhausgas) is called carbon diode I carbon dioxide I
earbon hybrid.
e) Planting trees is one method of earben offset I carbon offput I carben setup.
d) Carbon tops I Carben hats I Carbon eaps are limits on the amount of emissions allowed.
e) Hyperearbens I Hydrocarbons I Hypnocarbons are compounds found in oil and natural gas.
f) A company or city that reduces its net emissions to zero is carben neutral I carbon net I
earben none.
gl The exchange er path of carben as it meves through air, water, plants and earth is called the
earbon eycle I carbon capture I carbon trading,

Answers
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., tree-hlJllgl!l" (Umweltst:hiJtzer(inJ) 4. Abo\It lII! commute (KompiJlrflellehUlofflampe)
bJ OlJIrlic (Bio-, .ws bJoIof>sc1lem Anbaul ., solar; b) hybrid; cl diesel: d) biofuel (Bioknft- b) grey walM, iJeywat"t!1 (Gr~
cl food mile$ (Tr.J~ KItI L~ittelnJ 5(011), el hydrogen (WitssetstoM: f) e\i:1ClriC cl roof landscaplllg (Dach~nungJ
dl bKldegJadab!e (btoIognd itbbautwl 5, Clun efIell)' dJ rain garden (~'I6flZte BctJe~'urw rur
.J composl a) panels (Koi/ektfKen). bl photowltalc: cl sili_ /lufr/illlme KItI Retl'fflWll$Sl!l)
I) environment IUmWl'!M con (Silizium): dl willd hlJbir'leS (Winde~un- e) shading SCfl!l!llS (Jalousien)

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&l hydroelKtrlc (Wasserkraft-):
I) nigtlt purge (Nachl!pOlu~iO'f' Ablt.iJhlu"ItJ
8. Carbon eornpaundl
a' Use the $1<1115 inSlead oIllle 11ft (AufzUEl. h) Wilve5: i) tidal (Ge.mlren-); jl biomilss: k) land_ aJ carboo footprint fCOrFuBabdrudrJ
bl Don't keep the temperature too wilrm or cold. lills (Deponien); l) lleottlermal b) carbon dioxide fKoh~ndioxidl
cl M"ke 1I5e of natural light. 6. Tech talk cl carboo offseI fCOrAuSileichsmaBnahmenl
dJ Put more plants in the building. 01-2 (LeerlaufverluslJ lI) Carbon caps (Obergrenzen tOr den
e) Print as lew documents iIS possible. b-l (Bild'iChirmSl:honerl COrAussloB)
Il Wrile on both sldes 01 a ,heet 01 paper. c-3 (gesundheitsgef/Jhrdender Elektroschrottl el Hyd,ocaroons (KDhlenwasserstDff]
11 Work 'tom home one day per week. d-Z (Cloud-Cllmputlni _ ReclmerResourcen als f) carbon neutral (COrneulran
3, The four Rs Dienstleitung im Internet nuf.ren) &l Cilfoon cycle (Kohlenstolfkre,slauf)
.) Re/ill: bJ Recycle; cl Recllarie (wuMeraufliJden): 1-1 (Organische Leuchtdiode)

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