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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
The four LEED levels
Biomass
Emergent Properties
Sustainable Forestry
2. A LEED rating is achieved through earning points in each of the 6 LEED categories
LEED Points
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Transportation Demand Management
Erosion
3. Advertising a product or policy to be more beneficial to the environment than is true
Green Washing
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Gallons per Minute
Outdoor Air
4. A strategy to use existing materials in a similar or different capacity
Reuse
Energy Efficient
Vehicle miles traveled
Emergent Properties
5. Major Players in Design & Construction Process are...
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Feedback Loop
Low Impact Development
Sick Building Syndrome
6. 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
LEED Category
Construction Waste Management Plan
Sick Building Syndrome
Integrated Design
7. 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
Ambient Temperature
Refrigerant
Hybrid Vehicle
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
8. Green bldg emphasizes using what type of design process?
Reduce light transpass
Diversity of Uses
Integrative
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
9. How can potable water use for irrigation be reduced or eliminated?
Sustainable
Life-cycle cost analysis
Positive Feedback Loop
Install submeters & Select local plants
10. Smart Location & Linkage. Neighborhood Pattern & Design. Green Infrastructure & Bldg.
1000 square ft
Systems Thinking
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Integrated Process Team
11. A survey of building occupants that asks questions about the green cleaning program and helps determine if occupants are exposed to pollutants
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Albedo
12. 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
Building Codes
Feedback Loop
LEED Project Boundary
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
13. Standard comparison of the efficiency of an air filter. MERV ranges from 1 (least) to 16 (most efficient) - and measures a filter's ability to remove particles from 3 to 10 microns in size. developed by ASHRAE
Acidification
Drip Irrigation
Commissioning Plan
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
14. Process water can be reduced by which 2 methods?
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
Light Trespass
LEED Rating System
Ozone (O3)
15. Total square footage of buildings in a particular area divided by acre amount of the same area - expressed as SF/Acre - for example 20 -000 SF per acre
Floodplain
Harvested Rainwater
Development Density
Commissioning Plan
16. 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
Open Grid Pavement
Embodied Energy
Conservation
LEED Rating System
17. The linear view of the life of a product - from creation to the end of useful life - ie disposal
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Energy Management System
Cradle to Grave
18. Energy generated from natural resources - such as sunlight - wind - tides and geothermal heat - which are naturally replenished
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Major Construction Phases
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Renewable Energy
19. Any behavior that results in the use of less energy. examples: turning the lights off when you leave a room - and recycling aluminum cans are both ways to do this
Light Pollution
Feedback Loop
Energy Conservation
Construction and Demolition Debris
20. During Construction Phases - ________________ is the actual construction - Commissioning take place near the end of construction - once the system have been installed and are operable. Includes Substantial Completion - Final Completion - Certificate
Construction Administration
Environmental Sustainability
Regional Material
Construction Waste Management Plan
21. Excel spreadsheet that helps project teams track their credits against requirements for certification
Diversion Rate
LEED Credit Checklist
Ecosystem
Irrigation Efficiency
22. Exterior surface of the building including all walls - windows - floor and roof. separates the building's inside from the outside
None.
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Building Envelope (building shell)
Integrated Process
23. 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.
Indoor Environmental Quality
LEED Online
Biodiversity
Wastewater
24. Using local systems to treat waste generated on-site and avoid adding waste to public facilities
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Air Quality Standards
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
25. What constitutes the largest use of energy in bldg in US? What is the 2nd?
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Market Transformation
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Cradle to Grave
26. Energy Use Intensity in term of unit
Waste Stream Audit
Energy Conservation
Xeriscaping
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
27. A written plan that outlines strategies to reduce stormwater runoff for the purposes of reducing erosion - pollution and sedimentation of nearby bodies of water - especially important during construction where so much dirt - dust and waste are presen
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Performance Monitoring
Adaptive Plant
Ventilation Rate
28. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Per-Consumer Content
Environmental Sustainability
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
29. Predesign - Design - Bid - Construction - and Occupancy
Major Construction Phases
Indoor Air Quality
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Performance Monitoring
30. This concept is thought of as more sustainable. ex: plants grow in a field - produce oxygen - take in water - then die and decay which helps plants grow. these can be linked so one system uses the byproducts of another
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Closed System
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Volatile Organic Compound
31. The official recognition by a local bldg department that bldg conforms to applicable bldg & safety codes.
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Building Footprint
Certificate of occupancy
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
32. Schematic Design - Design Development - and Construction Documents
Green Washing
Smart Growth
Certificate of occupancy
Design
33. What are the added costs of bldg green & what benefits offset those cost?
Diversity of Uses
Fenestration
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Location
34. 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
Fossil Fuels
Zoning
Construction Waste Management Plan
Acidification
35. Concept of integrative design emphasizes
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Performance Monitoring
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
LEED Rating System
36. The number of different types of space per acre in an area - think of a mixed-use development - which has both houses and offices
Diversity of Uses
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Predesign
37. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons that are used in refrigerants and propellants that are known to deplete the ozone layer
Building Envelope (building shell)
Agrifiber Product
HCFC
Smart Growth
38. 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
Submeter
Native or Indigenous Plants
Waste Management Plan
Commissioning Plan
39. Systems withing systems that are related because they affect and effect each other
Market Transformation
Nested System
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Smart Growth
40. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
70%
Adaptive Plant
Design
Green Cleaning
41. The min' floor area for NC - CS - Schools - EB - and O&M
Hard Cost
Square Footage of a Building
1000 square ft
Gallons per Minute
42. Doing this in the air for the purposes of assessing indoor air quality
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Gallons per Minute
Install submeters & Select local plants
Positive Feedback Loop
43. In LEED credit weightings - the less important impact category
Adaptive Reuse
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Smart Growth
Acidification
44. The process of collecting (commonly from a roof) - storing and using rainwater
Water Balance
Predesign
Rainwater Harvesting
Life-cycle cost analysis
45. Web portal and site that allows teams to register a LEED project and to upload each section of the certification application
Transportation Demand Management
LEED Online
Development Density
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
46. Human made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity - ranging in scale from personal shelter and buildings to neighborhoods and cities
Built Environment
Building Footprint
Sick Building Syndrome
Waste Management Plan
47. What level of CO2 concentrations indicates inadequate ventilation?
Per-Consumer Content
Commissioning Plan
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
48. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.
Street Grid Density
Performance Monitoring
Rating system and Project size
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
49. An expanded baseline for measuring performance - adding social and environmental dimensions to the traditional profit measure - so decisions are viewed in the long term with their impact on people - the planet - and profit
Triple Bottom Line
Perviousness
Cooling Tower
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
50. A collection of living things and the environment in which they live. for example - a prairie [this] includes coyotes - the rabbits on which they feed - and the grasses that feed the rabbits
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Agrifiber Product
Ecosystem
Vegetated (Green) Roof