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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. Vehicle which has both a gas powered engine and an electric engine to achieve better fuel economy and lower emissions
Hard Cost
Hybrid Vehicle
Ambient Temperature
Hardscape
2. 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
Heat Island Effect
Charrette (shuh-ret)
LEED Rating System
Construction Waste Management Plan
3. Centerline miles/square mile - a centerline mile is measuring a particular road down its center. higher street grid densities are beneficial for pedestrians
LEED Intent
Indoor Air Quality
Street Grid Density
Environmental Sustainability
4. Material that is sourced and manufactured within 500 miles of the project. usually expressed as a percentage of total project material
Thermal Comfort
LEED Credit Checklist
Environmental Sustainability
Regional Material
5. Compounds that have a high vapor pressure and low water solubility and therefore can enter the air easily. many VOCs are human-made chemicals that are used and produced in the manufacture of paints - pharmaceuticals - and refrigerants
Systems Thinking
Closed System
Volatile Organic Compound
Adaptive Reuse
6. When large amounts of outdoor air are forced through a recently completed building for a period of time so that the majority of pollutant emissions from building materials - finishes and furnishings can be removed from the building before occupancy.
Flush-Out
HVAC System
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
7. The process of verifying - in new construction - that all the systems and subsystems are efficiently designed and installed properly to achieve the owner's project requirements and as designed by the building architects and engineers.
Carpool
Building Commissioning
33%-39%
Material Reuse
8. Energy generated from natural resources - such as sunlight - wind - tides and geothermal heat - which are naturally replenished
Renewable Energy
Mass Transit
Systems Thinking
Substantial completion
9. Rainwater that has been collected for uses such as landscaping irrigation - toilet flushing - or other non-potable water uses
Commissioning Plan
Harvested Rainwater
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Potable Water
10. Landscape elements designed to slow the flow of stormwater and increase ground water recharge while also removing silt and pollution from surface runoff water. they consist of a depressed drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with veget
Bioswale
Embodied Energy
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
11. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations
Environmental Sustainability
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Emissivity (of a material)
Open Grid Pavement
12. 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)
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Location
HCFC
Infill Development
13. A natural resource that cannot be produced - re-grown - regenerated - or reused on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate. these resources often exist in a fixed amount - or are consumed much faster than nature can recreate them. fossil fuels
LEED
Non-renewable Resource
Light Trespass
Pedestrian Access
14. 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
Agrifiber Product
Greenhouse Gases
Biodiversity
Green Cleaning
15. The rate at which indoor air enters and leaves a building - usually expressed in LEED as the number of changes of outdoor air per hour (air changes per hour or "ach") ASHRAE 62 prescribes proper ventilation rates to ensure pollutants and carbon dioxi
Ventilation Rate
Greenhouse Gases
Global Warming
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
16. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Floor-To-Area
Climate Change
Ecosystem
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
17. Air that enters into a building either naturally through pre-designed openings in the building or through the ventilation system
Outdoor Air
Commissioning Plan
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
Heat Island Effect
18. 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
LEED Online
LEED Rating System
Commissioning Plan
70%
19. 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
Net-Zero Energy
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
Passive Design
LEED Requirements and Submittals
20. LID is an approach to land development (or re-development) that works with nature to manage stormwater as close to its source as possible (EPA)
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Low Impact Development
Integrated Pest Management
Wet Pond (retention pond)
21. Previously used or redeveloped land that may be contaminated with hazardous waste or pollution (USGBC). the land has the potential to be reused once any hazardous substances - pollutants - or contaminants are remediated
Brownfields
Value Engineering
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
22. The application of solar cells for energy by converting sunlight directly into electricity
Environmentally Preferable Products
Ozone (O3)
Energy Star Rating
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
23. When costs are established and contracts for construction services are signed.
Construction Phases Bidding
Square Footage of a Building
Integrative
Infill Development
24. The mathematical expression of Imperviousness
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Environmental Sustainability
Mass Transit
Gallons per Minute
25. Prior to submitting CIR - what strategies should be considered?
Gallons per Flush
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Hard Cost
26. An intense collaborative session where participants make a concerted effort to solve a problem or plan the design of something
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Bake-Out
27. Under building - tuck-under - or a stacked parking structure that minimizes the need for exposed parking and parking lots
Underground Parking
Adaptive Plant
Environmental Sustainability
33%-39%
28. Substances used to transfer heat during the mechanical cooling process within air conditioning and refrigerator systems. they act as the heat carrier which changes from gas to liquid and then back to gas in the refrigeration cycle
Refrigerant
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Global Warming
Green Washing
29. 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
Biodegradable
Native or Indigenous Plants
Adaptive Plant
Open System
30. Building that is energy and resource efficient
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Infill Development
High Performance Green Building
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
31. 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
Underground Parking
Baseline Vs Design
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Native or Indigenous Plants
32. 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
Negative Feedback Loop
LEED Rating System
Acid Rain
Ecosystem
33. 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
Substantial completion
Positive Feedback Loop
Ventilation Rate
Light Pollution
34. An assessment of the greenhouse gases (which includes more than just CO2) emitted by a particular organization - project or activity
Construction Phases Bidding
Hybrid Vehicle
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Carbon Footprint
35. Materials from construction sites or existing buildings that are reused in the same or different capacity. examples can include flooring - brick - beams - and doors
Pollutant
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Construction Phases Bidding
Salvaged Materials
36. Major Players in Design & Construction Process are...
Contaminant
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Carbon Neutrality
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
37. Material - other than the principle product - generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system (EPA)
Integrated Process
Heat Islands
Ventilation Rate
Byproduct
38. All the energy used to grow - extract and manufacture a product - transport it to the jobsite - complete the installation - and finally dispose of it at the end of its life cycle
LEED Points
Embodied Energy
Bypass otherwise required submittals
LEED Pilot Credit Library
39. Energy Use Intensity in term of unit
Nonpoint-source pollution
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Outdoor Air
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
40. The measurement unit used for flush fixture water consumption and flow fixture water consumption
Install submeters & Select local plants
Design Development
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Commissioning Plan
41. Web portal and site that allows teams to register a LEED project and to upload each section of the certification application
Schematic Design
Cradle to Cradle
Impervious Surfaces
LEED Online
42. Begins the process of spatial refinement & usually involves the 1st design of a project's energy system.
Negative Feedback Loop
Design Development
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Zoning
43. Explores design options & alternatives with the intent to establish an agreed-upon project layout & scope of work.
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Integrative
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Schematic Design
44. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover (USGBC)
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Sustainable Forestry
Floor Area Ratio
Irrigation Efficiency
45. Also known as green tags - RECs or tradable renewable certificates (TRCs) are tradable environmental commodities in the US which represent proof that 1 megawatt hour (MWh) of electricity was generated from an eligible renewable energy resource
Green Cleaning
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Water Pollution
46. The ability of dark - non-reflective paved areas-city streets - rooftops - and sidewalks-to absorb and radiate heat - making urban areas and the surrounding suburbs noticeably hotter than rural towns nearby. other contributors include reduced airflow
Invasive Plants
Heat Island Effect
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Cooling Tower
47. 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
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Baseline v. Design
Irrigation Efficiency
LEED
48. Plan that identifies a diversion rate goal and covers how waste will be either disposed or reused or recycled by addressing sorting - collection - and final disposal of items in an existing building
250 square ft
Solid Waste Management Policy
Flush-Out
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
49. A renewable energy source - refers to plant matter grown to generate electricity or produce biofuel. it excludes organic material which has been transformed by geological processes into substances such as coal or petroleum
Thermal Comfort
Biomass
Systems Thinking
Transportation Demand Management
50. Which LEED rating systems has more than 100 points
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Retrocommissioning
Pollution