Across
- 2. capable of decaying through the action of living organisms
- 3. the process whereby heat moves from one body or substance to another by radiation, conduction, convection, or a combination of these methods
- 7. a mixture of sand, loam, clay, and other ingredients rammed hard within forms as a building material.
- 10. pertaining to a system that maintains its own viability by using techniques that allow for continual reuse
- 11. to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use.
- 12. the act or art of constructing
- 13. the natural sequence through which water passes into the atmosphere as water vapor, precipitates to earth in liquid or solid form, and ultimately returns to the atmosphere through evaporation.
- 15. an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities
Down
- 1. energy that can be renewed
- 4. a roof covered with vegetation, designed for its aesthetic value and to optimize energy conservation
- 5. to treat or process used or waste materials so as to make suitable for reuse
- 6. is the ability of a material to absorb and store heat energy.
- 8. building design, windows, walls, and floors are made to collect, store, and distribute solar energy in the form of heat in the winter and reject solar heat in the summer.
- 9. to modify equipment that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture
- 14. a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.