Exercise 5

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 621.

Fill the gaps with the suitable prepositions:

towards, in, from, without, above, throughout, by (2), to, on, through, about, of

1. Towering … this there are 36 floors of office accommodation, each with an average area of 1,400 square meters that can be partitioned as required, and served …… a total of 16 high-speed elevators.

2. Sustainable architecture has not become limited to stand-alone technological feats …… attempting to be a part of everyday life of the people.

3. Sustainable architecture refers …… architecture which is designed in an environmentally friendly way.

4. Growing concerns ……the environment highly contributed …… the interest that arose on the issue of sustainable architecture in the early 21st century.

5. Sustainable Architecture is when a design is less damaging to the area in which it is being placed. For instance using a type of asphalt that allows water to pass ...it.

6. The aim of sustainable design is to adapt and create new technologies and materials and to borrow ways of working from other disciplined, to focus …… innovation rather than increasing performance or efficiency.

7. The main objectives of sustainable design are to reduce, or completely avoid depletion of critical resources like energy, water, and raw materials; prevent environmental degradation caused …… facilities and infrastructure …….. their life cycle.

8. The use of sustainable biomaterials that come …. renewable sources and that can be recycled is preferred to the use on non-renewables from a life cycle standpoint.

9. Sustainable architecture often incorporates the use ….. recycled or second hand materials, such as reclaimed lumber and recycled copper.

10. The reduction … use of new materials creates a corresponding reduction in embodied energy (energy used in the production of materials).