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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. A process used to remove VOCs from a bldg by elevating the tempt in the fully furnished & ventilated bldg prior to human occupancy.
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Carbon Footprint
24%-50%
Bake-Out
2. All members of the project team working towards the integrated process - including building owners - maintenance staff - planners - designers - etc.
Floodplain
Integrated Process Team
Building Envelope (building shell)
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
3. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal or natural gas - derived from the accumulated remains of ancient plants and animals and used as fuel. carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases generated by burning these are considered to be one of th
Fossil Fuels
70%
Energy Conservation
Predesign
4. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.
Substantial completion
Transportation Demand Management
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Retrocommissioning
5. A project that can produce all the energy it requires on site yet still might be connected to the regular utility grid - for example - using power from the grid when there is no wind - and providing power to the grid from wind turbines on windy days
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Invasive Plants
Net-Zero Energy
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
6. An unwanted airborne constituent that may reduce acceptability of the air (ASHRAE 62.1-2004)
Contaminant
Native or Indigenous Plants
LEED Online
Diversity of Uses
7. Life-cycle assessment is used to determine what?
Install submeters & Select local plants
Prime Farmland
Hard Cost
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
8. Explores design options & alternatives with the intent to establish an agreed-upon project layout & scope of work.
Triple Bottom Line
Schematic Design
Baseline Vs Design
Diversity of Houses
9. A mixture of sizes and cost of houses in an area that allows for a mixture of socioeconomic types of people in an area -- i.e. young families and older couples in a neighborhood
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Energy Efficient
Diversity of Houses
Flush-Out
10. Disciplinary Review Committee (Investigate) - Disciplinary Hearing Committee (Judgment) - and Credential Steering Committee (Final Decision) 2) Types of advantages discovered when initial investment are made in more durable products and efficient bld
Building Codes
Prime Farmland
Passive Design
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
11. The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Conservation
Water Balance
Impervious Surfaces
12. 1) Cost of green bldg Each Prerequisite and Credit has 2 major components - and those are: Intents and Requirements
Design Development
Predesign
Baseline v. Actual Use
Life-cycle cost analysis
13. The ratio of energy radiated by a particular material to energy radiated by a black body at the same temperature. measure of a material's ability to radiate absorbed energy
Diversity of Uses
LEED Project Boundary
Emissivity (of a material)
Floor Area Ratio
14. In green building - location includes the natural context (climate - plants - wind - sun) the social context (cultural history - traditions - local regulations) - and an infrastructural context (roads - local materials - utilities - public transit)
Gallons per Minute
Water Pollution
Location
High Performance Green Building
15. The relationship btw the total bldg floor area & the allowable land area the bldg can cover.
Floor-To-Area
Location
Indoor Air Quality
Closed System
16. A term used in the US to describe the heating or cooling capacity of a system or fuels. this is understood to represent [this]'s per hour when referring to power. this derives its measurement from the amount of energy it takes to raise the temperatur
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Infill Development
Construction Administration
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
17. A control system capable of monitoring environmental and system loads and adjusting HVAC operations accordingly in order to conserve energy while maintaining comfort (EPA)
Global Warming
Energy Management System
Flush-Out
LEED Category
18. In LEED credit weightings - the less important impact category
Acidification
Baseline Building Performance
Emissivity (of a material)
Agrifiber Product
19. Any substance introduced into the environment that adversely affects the usefulness of a resource or the health of humans - animals - or ecosystems (EPA)
Montreal Protocol
Pollutant
Baseline v. Actual Use
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
20. What constitutes the largest use of energy in bldg in US? What is the 2nd?
Aquifer
Positive Feedback Loop
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Low Impact Development
21. Aset of rules that specify the minimum acceptable level for safety for constructed objects such as buildings and non building structures. these protect public health - safety and general welfare as they relate to the construction and occupancy of bui
Biodegradable
250 square ft
Certificate of occupancy
Building Codes
22. Unit of measurement that describes a building's energy use relative to its size. it's calculated by taking the total energy consumed in one year in kBTUs and dividing it by total floorspace of the building. a low number signifies good energy performa
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Value Engineering
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
HVAC System
23. The percentage of water volume beneficially used by plants to the volume of water delivered through an irrigation system. water wasted would evaporate - fall on hardscapes - or runoff. drip irrigation is the most efficient with a 90% irrigation effic
Irrigation Efficiency
5 years
Evapotranspiration
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
24. Each LEED credit has requirements that must be met and documentation that must be submitted to prove the credit requirements were met
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Life-cycle cost analysis
LEED Requirements and Submittals
25. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons that are used in refrigerants and propellants that are known to deplete the ozone layer
Outdoor Air
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Rapidly Renewable Materials
HCFC
26. Green bldg emphasizes using what type of design process?
Aquifer
Performance Monitoring
Integrative
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
27. Concept of integrative design emphasizes
Carbon Overlay Tool
Emergent Properties
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
28. How can potable water use for irrigation be reduced or eliminated?
Indoor Environmental Quality
Install submeters & Select local plants
Open Grid Pavement
Waste Diversion
29. Primary pollutants in Acid Rain are...
Building Related Illness
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
LEED Online
Built Environment
30. Viewing the world as an interrelated set of systems that can influence one another
Systems Thinking
Waterless Urinal
LEED Credit Checklist
Graywater (Greywater)
31. What metric is the best indicator of transportation impacts associated with a bldg project?
Building Footprint
Vehicle miles traveled
Open System
Reuse
32. Flat or nearby flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding
Building Related Illness
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Floodplain
Solid Waste Management Policy
33. Administrative and procedural requirements for salvaging - recycling and disposing of non-hazardous demolition and [first phrase] -- this means it should cover waste sent to a landfill - salvaging - and recycled waste
Construction Waste Management Plan
Reduce light transpass
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Greenfield
34. Water that originates from precipitation that enters the stormwater system
Thermal Comfort
LEED Prerequisites
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Stormwater Runoff
35. The amount of water the design case conserves vs the baseline case
Construction and Demolition Debris
1000 square ft
Baseline Vs Design
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
36. A roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and soil - or a growing medium - planted over a waterproofing membrane
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Energy Conservation
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Vegetated (Green) Roof
37. The use of technology that requires less energy to perform the same function. a compact fluorescent light bulb that uses less energy than an incandescent bulb to produce the same amount of light is an example. the decision to replace an incandescent
Floor-To-Area
Energy Efficient
Integrated Process
Per-Consumer Content
38. Method which minimizes the use of water and fetilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants - either onto the soil surface or directly onto the root zone - through a network of valves - pipes - tubing and emitters
Drip Irrigation
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Acidification
Invasive Plants
39. Any opening in a building - such as windows - doors - skylights - curtain walls - etc. - designed to permit the passage of air - light - vehicles - or people
Evapotranspiration
Fenestration
Albedo
Carbon Neutrality
40. Potential credits and categories that may be used in upcoming versions of the LEED rating systems
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Renewable Energy
Transportation Demand Management
LEED Pilot Credit Library
41. Process for project teams to obtain technical guidance on how LEED requirements pertain to their projects
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Pollutant
Conventional Irrigation
42. Plan that covers how waste will be either disposed or reused or recycled by addressing sorting - collection - and final disposal of items used in the construction or renovation process
Baseline v. Actual Use
LEED Prerequisites
Construction Waste Management Plan
Waste Management Plan
43. The use of environmentally friendly ingredients and chemicals for household - manufacturing and industrial cleaning. these techniques and products avoid the use of chemically reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals
Evapotranspiration
Baseline v. Actual Use
Green Cleaning
Site Disturbance
44. When 2+ people share a ride in the same vehicle
Environmental Sustainability
Carpool
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Energy Star Rating
45. Prior to final selection of site - owner & design team should confirm that the site is...
Evapotranspiration
Cooling Tower
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Reduce light transpass
46. Part of the LEED rating system. projects earn points by meeting the requirements of optional credits in order to earn points towards certification
Construction Administration
LEED Credit
Cradle to Cradle
Baseline Building Performance
47. This concept is thought of as more sustainable. ex: plants grow in a field - produce oxygen - take in water - then die and decay which helps plants grow. these can be linked so one system uses the byproducts of another
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Carbon Neutrality
Greenhouse Gases
Closed System
48. Precipitation that is usually acidic. it has harmful effects on plants - aquatic animals - and infrastructure. it is mostly caused by human emissions of sulfur and nitrogen compounds which react in the atmosphere to produce acids. in recent years - m
Value Engineering
Acid Rain
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Soft Cost
49. Any method of powering an engine that does not involve solely petroleum (e.g. electric car - petrol-electric hybrid - solar powered)
Flush-Out
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Integrated Process
Acidification
50. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover (USGBC)
Floor Area Ratio
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
LEED Prerequisites
Construction and Demolition Debris
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