What environmental externalities occur when buildings use significant quantities

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试卷: LEED v4 GA模拟题A卷[查看]
What environmental externalities occur when buildings use significant quantities of potable water indoors?
A: Decreased energy efficiency
B: Increased water rates
C: Increased stormwater runoff
D: Increased environmental burdens on the water supply

参考答案: D

本题解释:
D:Every company, large or small, has ’externalities’ typically don’t show up in profit and loss reports.
Environmental externalities are transactions in which one or more parties to the transaction aren’t compensated and may have little choice in transaction.
Air pollution, e.g., is a visible externality of manufacturing, the cost of which is generally paid by others.
Externalities can be either negative or positive for both parties affected. Consider the effects of locating an oil refinery adjacent to a residential neighborhood: air pollution and associated health effects, noise pollution, light pollution, increased traffic, risk of industrial accident (all negative externalities) and availability of high-paying jobs, increased tax base for schools (positive effect).
A:Energy efficiency is’t an externality.
B:Water rates would’t be an externality.
C:Stormwater runoff would’t increase if a building’s indoor potable water use increases.