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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The amount of water the design case conserves vs the baseline case
Aquifer
Baseline Vs Design
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
90%
2. Building that is energy and resource efficient
Metering
Air Conditioning
Chiller
High Performance Green Building
3. An assessment of the greenhouse gases (which includes more than just CO2) emitted by a particular organization - project or activity
Carbon Footprint
Potable Water
Integrated Process Team
Street Grid Density
4. If a bldg is designed to move at any point in its lifetime - what LEED certification is it eligible for?
Charrette (shuh-ret)
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Contaminant
None.
5. Resistance to penetration by a liquid and is calculated as the percentage of area covered by a paving system that does not allow moisture to soak into the ground
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Previously Developed Site
Imperviousness
Sick Building Syndrome
6. A process used to remove VOCs from a bldg by elevating the tempt in the fully furnished & ventilated bldg prior to human occupancy.
Brownfields
Bake-Out
Adaptive Reuse
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
7. When an exisiting building undergoes the commissioning process to discover if improvements or changes should be made to improve the building
Metering
Retrocommissioning
Carbon Footprint
Open System
8. 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
Construction Waste Management Plan
Site Disturbance
Baseline Vs Design
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
9. Which LEED rating systems has more than 100 points
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
LEED Credit
Non-renewable Resource
10. Smart Location & Linkage. Neighborhood Pattern & Design. Green Infrastructure & Bldg.
Construction Documents
Integrated Process Team
Feedback Loop
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
11. What is the procedure required to achieve LEED cert?
Carbon Neutrality
Passive Design
Infill Development
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
12. Potential credits and categories that may be used in upcoming versions of the LEED rating systems
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Major Construction Phases
Ozone (O3)
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
13. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Material Reuse
Cradle to Grave
LEED Intent
14. Developing in areas near transportation - housing - and jobs therefore leaving open spaces and farmland free from development
Energy Efficient
Biofuel
None.
Smart Growth
15. American society of heating - refrigerating and air conditioning engineers. international technical society for all individuals and organizations interested in heating - ventilation - air-conditioning and refrigeration (hvac & r)
Metering
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Previously Developed Site
Biodegradable
16. Urinals that do not use water at all. these systems can save anywhere between 15000 and 45000 gallons of water per urinal per year
Waterless Urinal
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
17. The concept that takes into consideration all impacts of the indoor environment on human health and performance - including indoor air quality - daylighting and views - and visual and thermal comfort.
Commingled Recycling
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Indoor Environmental Quality
LEED Points
18. An accounting of all water volumes that enter and leave a space over a period of time
Water Balance
Global Warming
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Floodplain
19. An unwanted airborne constituent that may reduce acceptability of the air (ASHRAE 62.1-2004)
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Location
Fenestration
Contaminant
20. 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
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
The four LEED levels
Sustainable Forestry
Vegetated (Green) Roof
21. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
70%
Rating system and Project size
HCFC
Negative Feedback Loop
22. Building design that takes advantage of the local climate to provide some or all of the heating - cooling - lighting and ventilation needs of the occupants
Low Impact Development
Passive Design
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Reduce light transpass
23. The act of having separate stakeholders or designers work together to ensure the project is benefiting from synergy which allows for greater levels of sustainability throughout the project's life
Biodegradable
Integrated Process
Flush-Out
Waste Management Plan
24. Used by the USGBC to weight credits in the LEED system. credits that reduce the greenhouse gas emissions are given more weight than those that do not
Hard Cost
Carbon Overlay Tool
Acid Rain
Development Density
25. 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
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Greenhouse Gases
5 years
26. Systematic improvements in a market or segment of a market to achieve a lasting share of energy-efficient products and services - i.e. high efficiency washers replacing regular washing machines in the U.S.
Market Transformation
High Performance Green Building
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Value Engineering
27. Being able to allow water or air to filtrate through
Perviousness
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Reduce light transpass
28. Side effect or consequence of an industrial or commercial activity that affects other parties without this being reflected in the price of the goods or services involved - i.e. the pollution created in power generation for one state blown over anothe
Location
Fenestration
Externality
Perviousness
29. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Emergent Properties
Montreal Protocol
Biodiversity
30. Used to store excess stormwater. these are basins whose outlets have been designed to detain stormwater runoff for some minimum time (e.g. 24 hrs). the stormwater will slowly seep into the ground to recharge aquifers or discharge as determined by the
90%
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Integrated Process
31. All members of the project team working towards the integrated process - including building owners - maintenance staff - planners - designers - etc.
Performance Monitoring
Integrated Process Team
Renewable Energy
Heat Islands
32. A quantity between a site and the surrounding [area]. it is measured by pedestrian access to housing basic services such as restaurants - post offices - hospitals - libraries - etc.
Community Connectivity
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Air Conditioning
33. The relationship btw the total bldg floor area & the allowable land area the bldg can cover.
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Floor-To-Area
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
34. The carbon overlay in LEED is used for what?
Heat Islands
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
Invasive Plants
35. The measurement method for defining Irrigation Efficiency
Carpool
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Potable Water
Bypass otherwise required submittals
36. 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
Baseline Building Performance
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Open System
Green Building
37. The percentage of material in a product that was consumer waste. the recycled material was generated by household - commercial - industrial or institutional end-users and can no longer be used for its intended purpose. it includes returns of material
Air Conditioning
Sick Building Syndrome
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
38. A material's ability to reflect sunlight measured on a scale of 0 (black) to 1 (white). a value of 0.0 indicates that the surface absorbs all solar radiation and a value of 1.0 represents total reflectivity.
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Albedo
Biodegradable
Open Grid Pavement
39. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.
Harvested Rainwater
Building Envelope (building shell)
Rating system and Project size
Vegetated (Green) Roof
40. Type of lamp designed to replace an incandescent lamp and fit into existing light fixtures formerly used for incandescent bulbs. compared to incandescent lamps giving the same amount of visible light - these generally use less power - have a longer r
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Agrifiber Product
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Vegetated (Green) Roof
41. A project must: Comply w/ Environmental Laws - Be a Complete - Permanent bldg/space - Use a reasonable Site Boundary - Comply with min' Floor Area requirements - Comply with min' Occup' Rates - Commit to Sharing whole bldg energy & water Usage Data
Energy Star Rating
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
42. Documentation of the results of the commissioning process - including the as-built state of the HVAC system and any unresolved issues found at the time the commissioning process was completed
LEED Points
Ventilation Rate
Commingled Recycling
Commissioning Report
43. A term used in life cycle analysis to describe a material or product that is recycled into a new product at the end of its useful life. an example of a closed system
Building Density
Construction Administration
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Cradle to Cradle
44. Part of the LEED rating system. projects earn points by meeting the requirements of optional credits in order to earn points towards certification
Baseline Vs Design
Potable Water
LEED Credit
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
45. Materials and products are made from plants that are typically harvested within a 10 year cycle or shorter and are grown and harvested sustainably
Global Warming
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Closed System
Energy Efficient
46. The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion
Conservation
Volatile Organic Compound
Ambient Temperature
Heat Island Effect
47. Process for project teams to obtain technical guidance on how LEED requirements pertain to their projects
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Underground Parking
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Infill Development
48. What should take place during Occupancy?
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Air Quality Standards
Water Balance
LEED Online
49. Schematic Design - Design Development - and Construction Documents
Volatile Organic Compound
Hybrid Vehicle
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Design
50. A formal question asked of GBCI from the project team - who would then receive Credit Interpretation Ruling.
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Portable water uses
Credit Interpretation Request
Natural (or passive) Ventilation