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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. The practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource efficient throughout a building's life cycle from siting to design - construction - operation - maintenance - renovation and deconstruction. thi
Green Building
5 years
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Diversion Rate
2. Centerline miles/square mile - a centerline mile is measuring a particular road down its center. higher street grid densities are beneficial for pedestrians
Stormwater Runoff
Integrated Process Team
Construction Waste Management Plan
Street Grid Density
3. Systems withing systems that are related because they affect and effect each other
Nested System
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Commissioning Plan
Erosion
4. Waste water from toilets & urinals is known as?
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Nonpoint-source pollution
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
5. 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)
Low Impact Development
Montreal Protocol
Energy Conservation
Carpool
6. An assessment of the greenhouse gases (which includes more than just CO2) emitted by a particular organization - project or activity
Embodied Energy
Agrifiber Product
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Carbon Footprint
7. 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
Integrated Process Team
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Design Development
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
8. A process used to remove VOCs from a bldg by elevating the tempt in the fully furnished & ventilated bldg prior to human occupancy.
1000 square ft
Bake-Out
Community Connectivity
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
9. What should take place during Occupancy?
Contaminant
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Non-Potable Water
10. 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 Rating System
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Site Disturbance
Install submeters & Select local plants
11. Controllability of Systems
Nonpoint-source pollution
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Cooling Tower
Baseline Vs Design
12. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations
Erosion
Environmental Sustainability
Schematic Design
Ventilation Rate
13. The amount of water the design case conserves vs the baseline case
Greenfield
Square Footage of a Building
Diversity of Uses
Baseline Vs Design
14. 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
Positive Feedback Loop
Net-Zero Energy
Global Warming
HCFC
15. According to the EPA - what % of time do American spend indoors?
Diversion Rate
90%
LEED Intent
Environmental Sustainability
16. Gives preference to the purchase of environmentally preferable products and the companies that supply them
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Construction Administration
17. To reduce site lighting impact near forestland - the exterior lighting installed should...
LEED Intent
Commissioning Report
Integrative
Reduce light transpass
18. Evaluation of the total cost of a building or product over its useful life - including initial - maintenance - repair and replacement costs as well as savings. LCC evaluates economic performance.
Environmentally Preferable Products
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Commissioning Report
Ozone (O3)
19. Material - other than the principle product - generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system (EPA)
HVAC System
Outdoor Air
Pollutant
Byproduct
20. What are the extra categories for LEED for Home?
Externality
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Green Cleaning
21. 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.
LEED Credit
Building Commissioning
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Negative Feedback Loop
22. 4 key issues that help define how location affect project
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Retrocommissioning
Water Balance
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
23. How prerequisites and credits are grouped depending on the building type and rating system
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Pollution
Baseline Vs Design
LEED Category
24. Part of a refrigeration system - a machine that removes heat from liquid via a vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycle
Chiller
Performance Monitoring
Xeriscaping
Substantial completion
25. 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
Indoor Environmental Quality
Diversity of Uses
Renewable Energy
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
Contaminant
Light Pollution
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
27. 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
Baseline v. Actual Use
Pedestrian Access
Submeter
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
28. Unit of measurement by which flowing devices such as faucets and showers are measured and regulated
Gallons per Minute
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Baseline Vs Design
29. Wood manufactured by binding together the strands - particles - fibers - or veneers of wood - together with adhesives - to form [first word] materials
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Irrigation Efficiency
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
30. 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
Building Related Illness
Potable Water
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
31. 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
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Waste Diversion
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
32. Water leaving plants and soil returning back to the atmosphere
Evapotranspiration
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Schematic Design
LEED NC&MR
33. 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
Building Density
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Environmental Sustainability
34. 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
Reduce light transpass
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Integrated Design
Nonpoint-source pollution
35. An accounting of all water volumes that enter and leave a space over a period of time
Water Balance
Energy Star Rating
Biodegradable
Construction Waste Management Plan
36. A site that is undeveloped and in a natural state or has been used for agriculture
Greenfield
Sustainable
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
37. 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)
70%
Diversity of Uses
90%
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
38. 1) Cost of green bldg Each Prerequisite and Credit has 2 major components - and those are: Intents and Requirements
Life-cycle cost analysis
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Green Washing
Regional Material
39. The carbon overlay in LEED is used for what?
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Biomass
Construction Waste Management Plan
40. Vehicle which has both a gas powered engine and an electric engine to achieve better fuel economy and lower emissions
Hybrid Vehicle
Environmental Sustainability
Low Impact Development
Wastewater
41. The application of solar cells for energy by converting sunlight directly into electricity
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Contaminant
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Building Density
42. Heating - ventilating and air conditioning. these systems seek to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality
Reuse
Erosion
HVAC System
90%
43. Indigenous or exotic plants that spread outside cultivated areas and can damage environmental or economical resources. they grow quickly and aggressively - spreading and displacing other plants
Non-renewable Resource
Invasive Plants
Montreal Protocol
Waste Diversion
44. Under building - tuck-under - or a stacked parking structure that minimizes the need for exposed parking and parking lots
Underground Parking
Non-Potable Water
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
33%-39%
45. 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
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Open System
Adaptive Plant
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
46. Narrative - photo/render - elevations - floor plans - project details - and boundary (Project - LEED - & property)
Square Footage of a Building
Triple Bottom Line
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Energy Star Rating
47. Mainly artificial structures--such as pavements (roads - sidewalks - driveways and parking lots) that are covered by impenetrable (impervious) materials such as asphalt - concrete - brick - and stone--and rooftops. soils compacted by urban developmen
Impervious Surfaces
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Acid Rain
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
48. Achieving net zero emissions by balancing the footprint with an equivalent amount of sequestered or offset green house gases
Substantial completion
Carbon Neutrality
Waste Diversion
Rating system and Project size
49. A member based nonprofit organization whose mission is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed - built - and operated - enabling an environmentally and socially responsible - healthy and prosperous environment that improves the qu
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Stormwater Runoff
Value Engineering
Pedestrian Access
50. Water that originates from precipitation that enters the stormwater system
The operation of mechanical systems for a minimum of 2 wks using 100% outdoor air at the end of construction & prior to bldg occupancy to ensure safe indoor air quality.
LEED Credit Checklist
Salvaged Materials
Stormwater Runoff