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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Excel spreadsheet that helps project teams track their credits against requirements for certification
Energy Conservation
LEED Credit Checklist
LEED NC&MR
Heat Island Effect
2. System where energy is taken from the output of a system and reapplied to the input - or A produces more of B which in turn produces more of A. i.e. population growth -- adults make children whom in turn make more adults
Design
Energy Star Rating
Positive Feedback Loop
Built Environment
3. Part of the LEED rating system. within each LEED category there are prerequisites and credits. prerequisites must be met for building certification.
LEED Prerequisites
Energy Management System
Substantial completion
Embodied Energy
4. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.
Substantial completion
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Volatile Organic Compound
Environmental Sustainability
5. Total building energy costs (including all plug loads) annually. this value is intended to be used to compare against design cases to compute energy savings from a proposed design
Flush-Out
Baseline Building Performance
Floor-To-Area
Diversity of Uses
6. Native plants are adapted to local conditions and are easier to grow and maintain. this low-maintenance approach means savings in both time and money. once established - native plants better withstand variations in local climate such as droughts and
Native or Indigenous Plants
Market Transformation
Water Pollution
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
7. A gas composed of 3 oxygen atoms. it's not usually emitted directly into the air - but at ground level is created by a chemical reaction between oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the presence of sunlight. ozone has the
Infill Development
Waste Management Plan
Ozone (O3)
Passive Design
8. Any method of powering an engine that does not involve solely petroleum (e.g. electric car - petrol-electric hybrid - solar powered)
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Greenhouse Gases
9. A review process that identifies and selects the lowest lifecycle cost options in design - materials and processes that achieves the desired level of performance - reliability and customer satisfaction
Value Engineering
Adaptive Plant
Sustainable
Closed System
10. The portion of the project site submitted for LEED certification. for multiple building developments - the LEED project boundary may be a portion of the development as determined by the project team
Integrated Pest Management
Emergent Properties
Solid Waste Management Policy
LEED Project Boundary
11. Rainwater that has been collected for uses such as landscaping irrigation - toilet flushing - or other non-potable water uses
Emissivity (of a material)
Market Transformation
Commissioning
Harvested Rainwater
12. An interactive energy management tool for tracking and assessing energy and water consumption across an entire portfolio of buildings
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Renewable Energy
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
13. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
70%
Waterless Urinal
Drip Irrigation
Climate Change
14. Areas where the upper soil is no longer exposed - including paved areas - walkways - fountains - etc.
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
LEED Category
Hardscape
LEED NC&MR
15. An assessment of the greenhouse gases (which includes more than just CO2) emitted by a particular organization - project or activity
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Carbon Footprint
Energy Conservation
Performance Monitoring
16. The measurement unit used for flush fixture water consumption and flow fixture water consumption
Diversion Rate
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
17. Water that is not treated to drinking water standards and is not meant for human consumption
Drip Irrigation
Non-Potable Water
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Montreal Protocol
18. Life-cycle assessment is used to determine what?
Passive Design
LEED Points
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Building Codes
19. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Water Pollution
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Solid Waste Management Policy
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
20. Non-industrial wastewater generated from domestic processes such as dish washing - laundry and bathing. some states and local authorities allow kitchen sink water to be included. check local codes in order to comply with local regulations.
Graywater (Greywater)
Feedback Loop
Conventional Irrigation
Built Environment
21. Viewing the world as an interrelated set of systems that can influence one another
Per-Consumer Content
Systems Thinking
Emergent Properties
Wastewater
22. When an exisiting building undergoes the commissioning process to discover if improvements or changes should be made to improve the building
Smart Growth
Retrocommissioning
Building Codes
Harvested Rainwater
23. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas
Heat Islands
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Drip Irrigation
Albedo
24. Colorless - odorless gas that is present in the atmosphere and is formed when any fuel containing carbon is burned. it is breathed out of animal's lungs during respiration - is produced by the decay of organic matter - and is used by plants in photos
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Floor Area Ratio
Hardscape
25. Using local systems to treat waste generated on-site and avoid adding waste to public facilities
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Waste Stream Audit
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
The four LEED levels
26. Like carbon dioxide or methane - which contributes to potential climate change
Greenhouse Gases
Flush-Out
HCFC
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
27. Min' years that a LEED bldg should share its energy & water usage data with USGBCa
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
5 years
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Material Reuse
28. 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
Green Cleaning
Conventional Irrigation
Evapotranspiration
Sustainable
29. Solid - liquid or gaseous fuel derived from relatively recently dead biological material and is distinguished from fossil fuels - which are derived from long dead biological material
Biofuel
Non-Potable Water
Commissioning Plan
Diversion Rate
30. Used to describe situations in which building occupants experience acute health and comfort effects that appear to be linked to time spent in a building - but no specific illness or cause can be identified
Sick Building Syndrome
Environmentally Preferable Products
Daylighting
Zoning
31. System or process for controlling the temperature - humidity - and sometimes the purity of the air in an interior space (office - warehouse - residence)
Air Conditioning
Green Power
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
32. The percentage of waste materials diverted from traditional disposal such as landfilling or incineration to be recycled - composted or reused (EPA)
Imperviousness
Diversion Rate
Volatile Organic Compound
Integrated Process Team
33. An underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel - sand - silt or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well. these are critically important in human habitation and agriculture. t
Aquifer
Climate Change
Environmental Sustainability
LEED Credit Checklist
34. Part of a refrigeration system - a machine that removes heat from liquid via a vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycle
Acid Rain
Salvaged Materials
Refrigerant
Chiller
35. What are the added costs of bldg green & what benefits offset those cost?
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Wastewater
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
36. A process used to remove VOCs from a bldg by elevating the tempt in the fully furnished & ventilated bldg prior to human occupancy.
Waste Diversion
Bake-Out
Green Cleaning
Construction Documents
37. A site that is undeveloped and in a natural state or has been used for agriculture
Open Space
LEED Online
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Greenfield
38. The stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in a way - and at a rate - that maintains their biodiversity - productivity - regeneration capacity - vitality and their potential to fulfill - now and in the future - relevant ecological - economic
Construction and Demolition Debris
Airborne Pollutant
Sustainable Forestry
Carbon Footprint
39. Different term from adaptive reuse because materials are reused in a way that is the same of similar to how it was used before - i.e. saving doors in an old project to be used as doors in the new project. in LEED - this material is calculated as a pe
LEED Category
Emissivity (of a material)
Material Reuse
Gallons per Minute
40. Light that passes beyond the project boundary - i.e. parking lot lighting that passes into a park next to the project
Schematic Design
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Contaminant
Light Trespass
41. Green Bldg can reduce how much Energy Use?
Major Construction Phases
Building Codes
24%-50%
Diversity of Uses
42. Air that enters into a building either naturally through pre-designed openings in the building or through the ventilation system
LEED Credit Checklist
Flush-Out
Positive Feedback Loop
Outdoor Air
43. non-native plants that use less fertilizer - pesticides and water in a given landscape. these plants have adapted to the local climate and are not considered invasive plants or weeds.
Acid Rain
Design
Adaptive Plant
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
44. Ground areas that are vegetated and pervious. green roofs can be considered open space but only for urban areas
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Open Space
Construction Phases Bidding
45. An increase in the near surface temp of the earth. this has occurred in the distant past as the result of natural influences - but the term is most often used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Aquifer
Global Warming
46. How many % of environmental impacts decision are made during the 1st 10% of design process?
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
70%
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
LEED Credit Checklist
47. When costs are established and contracts for construction services are signed.
Construction Phases Bidding
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Heat Island Effect
Floodplain
48. The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Conservation
Nested System
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
49. An attempt to reduce peak period transportation use - such as allowing flex time in which employees may come to work before or after rush hour
Square Footage of a Building
LEED
Transportation Demand Management
Externality
50. Encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria (USGBC). there are multiple rating system
Construction Administration
70%
LEED Rating System
Energy Star Portfolio Manager