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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Floor area of the building / the total area of the site = sq ft / acre
Building Envelope (building shell)
Building Density
Fossil Fuels
Greenfield
2. A system where the output may signal the system to stop changing - i.e. - a thermostat -- at a certain point the temp feedback will tell the system to cut off
Climate Change
Renewable Energy
Salvaged Materials
Negative Feedback Loop
3. Collaborative - facilitated approach to project design and execution. the approach invests in design activities that increase the opportunity for integrated solutions with an eye to better performance and life cycle savings
Volatile Organic Compound
Pollutant
Integrated Design
Floor Area Ratio
4. Indicates a material's ability to reject solar heat and is the combined value of reflectivity and emittance. measurements vary from 100 (standard white surface - most reflective) - to 0 (standard black surface - least reflective). materials with the
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Carbon Neutrality
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Reduce light transpass
5. When an exisiting building undergoes the commissioning process to discover if improvements or changes should be made to improve the building
Retrocommissioning
Process Water
Emissivity (of a material)
Baseline Building Performance
6. Meters placed on smaller portions of a larger system - i.e. submeteres monitoring water use on each floor of a project
Volatile Organic Compound
Diversion Rate
Air Conditioning
Submeter
7. Pollution of water generally results from multiple sources vs. just one source - examples are runoff from roads - drainage from buildings - seepage - runoff from farmland. pollution in a river may not be exactly pinpointed because most pollution is n
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Credit Interpretation Request
90%
8. A strategy to use existing materials in a similar or different capacity
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Stormwater Runoff
Heat Island Effect
Reuse
9. 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
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Pedestrian Access
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Volatile Organic Compound
10. Part of a refrigeration system - a machine that removes heat from liquid via a vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycle
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Global Warming
Carbon Neutrality
Chiller
11. Advertising a product or policy to be more beneficial to the environment than is true
Green Washing
Site Disturbance
Airborne Pollutant
Raingarden
12. Pavement that is less than 50% impervious and contains vegetation in the open cells
Open Grid Pavement
Impervious Surfaces
Imperviousness
Waste Diversion
13. 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.
Smart Growth
Flush-Out
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Drip Irrigation
14. Materials from construction sites or existing buildings that are reused in the same or different capacity. examples can include flooring - brick - beams - and doors
24%-50%
Salvaged Materials
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
15. 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
Greenfield
Emissivity (of a material)
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
16. 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
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Energy Efficient
Ventilation Rate
Triple Bottom Line
17. Process for project teams to obtain technical guidance on how LEED requirements pertain to their projects
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Potable Water
Smart Growth
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
18. Doing this in the air for the purposes of assessing indoor air quality
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Externality
Salvaged Materials
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
19. Energy Use Intensity in term of unit
Diversion Rate
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
20. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations (EPA)
Environmental Sustainability
Process Water
HVAC System
Rapidly Renewable Materials
21. Waste materials diverted from traditional disposal such as landfills or incineration to be recycled - composted - or re-used. (EPA) measured in tons
Climate Change
Waste Diversion
Adaptive Plant
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
22. Exterior surface of the building including all walls - windows - floor and roof. separates the building's inside from the outside
Value Engineering
Solid Waste Management Policy
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Building Envelope (building shell)
23. Light that passes beyond the project boundary - i.e. parking lot lighting that passes into a park next to the project
Carbon Neutrality
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Light Trespass
Salvaged Materials
24. The official recognition by a local bldg department that bldg conforms to applicable bldg & safety codes.
Certificate of occupancy
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Aquifer
Gallons per Flush
25. Document that outlines the organization - schedule - allocation of resources - and documentation requirements of the commissioning process
Hard Cost
Commissioning Plan
Passive Design
Building Density
26. The variation in life forms within a given ecosystem or for the entire earth. this is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems.
Chiller
Biodiversity
Prime Farmland
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
27. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover (USGBC)
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Performance Monitoring
Floor Area Ratio
Green Washing
28. What should take place during Occupancy?
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Baseline Building Performance
Ambient Temperature
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
29. System that constantly takes in items from outside the system - used them and then released them as waste. this system has no feedback loop. think of a normal home where groceries - products - or water come into the house - are used and then released
Open System
Previously Developed Site
Reuse
Impervious Surfaces
30. 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)
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Location
Harvested Rainwater
Hard Cost
31. 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
Floor Area Ratio
Rainwater Harvesting
Environmental Sustainability
Green Cleaning
32. Min' years that a LEED bldg should share its energy & water usage data with USGBCa
LEED Project Boundary
5 years
Development Footprint
Potable Water
33. Previously undeveloped land that is suited for agriculture
Prime Farmland
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Construction Documents
Gallons per Flush
34. 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
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
LEED Online
Bioswale
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
35. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations
Biomass
Environmental Sustainability
LEED Credit
Mass Transit
36. Method of land use regulation used by local governments in most developed countries. zoning may be use-based (regulating the uses to which land may be put) - or it may regulate building height - lot coverage - and similar characteristics - or some co
Site Disturbance
Negative Feedback Loop
Zoning
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
37. A survey of building occupants that asks questions about the green cleaning program and helps determine if occupants are exposed to pollutants
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Emergent Properties
Integrated Design
Floor-To-Area
38. 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
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Flush-Out
LEED
39. The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion
Brownfields
Conservation
Waste Stream Audit
Global Warming
40. The introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability - disorder - harm or discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Irrigation Efficiency
250 square ft
Pollution
41. The min' floor area for CI
Commissioning
Soft Cost
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
250 square ft
42. Achieving net zero emissions by balancing the footprint with an equivalent amount of sequestered or offset green house gases
Carbon Neutrality
Thermal Comfort
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Open System
43. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Location
High Performance Green Building
Climate Change
Rapidly Renewable Materials
44. 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
Commissioning Report
Indoor Air Quality
Retrocommissioning
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
45. The mathematical expression of Imperviousness
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Nonpoint-source pollution
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
46. 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
Built Environment
Street Grid Density
Native or Indigenous Plants
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
47. Green Bldg can reduce how much Energy Use?
24%-50%
Building Density
LEED Points
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
48. Capable of being decomposed by natural agents - especially bacteria
Underground Parking
Baseline v. Design
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Biodegradable
49. Provide a consistent source of sound technical advice with respect to products - tools and services. TAGs act in an advisory capacity in responding to credit interpretation requests (CIRs) - credit rulings and credit ruling appeals while maintaining
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Mass Transit
Negative Feedback Loop
Irrigation Efficiency
50. Similar to cradle-to-cradle - processes that restore - renew or revitalize their own sources of energy and materials - creating sustainable systems that integrate the needs of society with the integrity of nature. i.e. a building or community that mi
Baseline v. Actual Use
Integrated Process Team
Regenerative
Install submeters & Select local plants