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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Glare
Soft Cost
Climate Change
Underground Parking
2. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover (USGBC)
Water Balance
Smart Growth
Floor Area Ratio
Environmental Sustainability
3. Web portal and site that allows teams to register a LEED project and to upload each section of the certification application
LEED Online
Environmental Sustainability
Imperviousness
Fossil Fuels
4. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Life-cycle cost analysis
Diversion Rate
Salvaged Materials
Water Pollution
5. 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
Global Warming
Floodplain
Green Power
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
6. Total area in square feet of all spaces in a building - including rooms - stairwells - elevators and hallways
Square Footage of a Building
Impervious Surfaces
1000 square ft
Sustainable
7. Viewing the world as an interrelated set of systems that can influence one another
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
LEED Credit Checklist
Systems Thinking
Brownfields
8. Like carbon dioxide or methane - which contributes to potential climate change
Greenhouse Gases
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Climate Change
LEED Intent
9. 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
Acid Rain
Construction Waste Management Plan
LEED Points
Predesign
10. Different term from adaptive reuse because materials are reused in a way that is the same of similar to how it was used before - i.e. saving doors in an old project to be used as doors in the new project. in LEED - this material is calculated as a pe
Building Envelope (building shell)
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Energy Efficient
Material Reuse
11. What are the added costs of bldg green & what benefits offset those cost?
Transportation Demand Management
Thermal Comfort
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Triple Bottom Line
12. 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
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Air Conditioning
Prime Farmland
13. 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
Light Pollution
Environmental Sustainability
LEED Points
14. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
Glare
Bioswale
LEED Intent
Pollutant
15. Carrying away or displacement of solids (sediment - soil - rock - and other particles) usually by the agents of currents such as wind - water - or ice by downward or down-slope movement in response to gravity
Ambient Temperature
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Erosion
16. The area of the project site that is impacted by construction activity - LEED project should attempt to limit site disturbance
Low Impact Development
Site Disturbance
Integrated Pest Management
Chiller
17. A development company is designing a 7 story 1000 -000 sq ft condominium. He will be responsible for interior finishes - but not furniture/appliances. Which is the LEED rating system used?
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Ventilation Rate
Commissioning
LEED NC&MR
18. 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
Aquifer
Nonpoint-source pollution
Closed System
Soft Cost
19. Colorless - odorless gas that is present in the atmosphere and is formed when any fuel containing carbon is burned. it is breathed out of animal's lungs during respiration - is produced by the decay of organic matter - and is used by plants in photos
Nonpoint-source pollution
Heat Islands
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
20. Capable of being decomposed by natural agents - especially bacteria
Biodegradable
Thermal Comfort
LEED Intent
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
21. Part of construction waste management plan
Previously Developed Site
Perviousness
Waste Management Plan
Biodegradable
22. A pond designed to hold a specific amount of water indefinitely
Stormwater Runoff
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Raingarden
Wet Pond (retention pond)
23. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.
Regional Material
Hardscape
Substantial completion
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
24. The area of the project site that has been disturbed for development. this area includes the building footprint - hardscapes - and parking lots
Infill Development
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Graywater (Greywater)
Development Footprint
25. Similar to a bioswale - a depression with vegetation that filters and slows down rainwater to reduce peak discharge rates
Nested System
Commissioning
Raingarden
Integrated Process
26. Urinals that do not use water at all. these systems can save anywhere between 15000 and 45000 gallons of water per urinal per year
Positive Feedback Loop
Substantial completion
Reduce light transpass
Waterless Urinal
27. Material that is sourced and manufactured within 500 miles of the project. usually expressed as a percentage of total project material
Regional Material
Energy Star Rating
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Infill Development
28. Any opening in a building - such as windows - doors - skylights - curtain walls - etc. - designed to permit the passage of air - light - vehicles - or people
Fenestration
Environmental Sustainability
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
Material Reuse
29. The process of collecting (commonly from a roof) - storing and using rainwater
Life-cycle cost analysis
Rainwater Harvesting
Waste Diversion
Integrated Process
30. 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
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
None.
Nested System
31. Landscaping and gardening in ways that reduce or eliminate the need for supplemental irrigation. it is promoted in areas that do not have easily accessible supplies of fresh water and is catching on in other areas as climate patterns shift
Green Building
Sustainable Forestry
Water Balance
Xeriscaping
32. A site that is undeveloped and in a natural state or has been used for agriculture
Floor Area Ratio
Greenfield
Systems Thinking
Externality
33. Major Players in Design & Construction Process are...
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Airborne Pollutant
Waterless Urinal
Biodegradable
34. Prior to final selection of site - owner & design team should confirm that the site is...
Reuse
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
40%
Fossil Fuels
35. Controllability of Systems
High Performance Green Building
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Development Footprint
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
36. An assessment of the greenhouse gases (which includes more than just CO2) emitted by a particular organization - project or activity
Carbon Footprint
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Non-renewable Resource
37. Credit weightings are based on...
Energy Efficient
Baseline v. Design
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Contaminant
38. Concept of integrative design emphasizes
Credit Interpretation Request
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Outdoor Air
Pedestrian Access
39. 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
Refrigerant
Cradle to Cradle
Market Transformation
Thermal Comfort
40. A term used in the US to describe the heating or cooling capacity of a system or fuels. this is understood to represent [this]'s per hour when referring to power. this derives its measurement from the amount of energy it takes to raise the temperatur
Commissioning Report
Wastewater
Erosion
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
41. Areas where the upper soil is no longer exposed - including paved areas - walkways - fountains - etc.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Evapotranspiration
Hardscape
Graywater (Greywater)
42. Very harsh - bright - dazzling light that interferes with visibility
Glare
Community Connectivity
Predesign
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
43. A gas composed of 3 oxygen atoms. it's not usually emitted directly into the air - but at ground level is created by a chemical reaction between oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the presence of sunlight. ozone has the
LEED Online
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Ozone (O3)
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
44. The practice of placing windows - or other transparent media - and reflective surfaces so that - during the day - natural light provides effective internal illumination
Renewable Energy
Daylighting
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Indoor Environmental Quality
45. 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
Refrigerant
Integrated Design
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Renewable Energy
46. The comparison between a standard gage and the estimated in a building's design scenario. in LEED - the [first word] usually refers to the EPAct 1992 water flow and flush rates
Baseline v. Design
Environmental Sustainability
Climate Change
24%-50%
47. Green Bldg can reduce how much CO2 Emissions?
LEED Rating System
33%-39%
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Salvaged Materials
48. The introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability - disorder - harm or discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms
Biodegradable
Carpool
Pollution
Bypass otherwise required submittals
49. What metric is the best indicator of transportation impacts associated with a bldg project?
Vehicle miles traveled
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Diversity of Houses
Conventional Irrigation
50. 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
Pollutant
Systems Thinking
250 square ft
Green Building