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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. Certified (40-49) - Silver (50-59) - Gold (60-79) - and Platinum (80+)
The four LEED levels
Floor-To-Area
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Light Trespass
2. System or process for controlling the temperature - humidity - and sometimes the purity of the air in an interior space (office - warehouse - residence)
Air Conditioning
Brownfields
Substantial completion
Environmental Sustainability
3. Any opening in a building - such as windows - doors - skylights - curtain walls - etc. - designed to permit the passage of air - light - vehicles - or people
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Fenestration
Environmental Sustainability
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
4. Process for project teams to obtain technical guidance on how LEED requirements pertain to their projects
Construction Administration
Adaptive Reuse
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
HCFC
5. Ruling process for project applicants seeking technical and administrative guidance on how LEED credits apply to their projects and vice versa. (USGBC) LEED interpretations are the result of a CIR and may determine how future project teams use LEED
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Integrated Design
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
The four LEED levels
6. A mixture of sizes and cost of houses in an area that allows for a mixture of socioeconomic types of people in an area -- i.e. young families and older couples in a neighborhood
Drip Irrigation
Diversity of Houses
LEED NC&MR
LEED Project Boundary
7. 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
Closed System
Triple Bottom Line
Commissioning Plan
Sustainable Forestry
8. Narrative - photo/render - elevations - floor plans - project details - and boundary (Project - LEED - & property)
Underground Parking
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Daylighting
Ventilation Rate
9. 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.
Energy Management System
Indoor Environmental Quality
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
LEED Credit
10. 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
Design
Sustainable Forestry
Underground Parking
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
11. 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)
Low Impact Development
Location
Daylighting
Airborne Pollutant
12. Meters placed on smaller portions of a larger system - i.e. submeteres monitoring water use on each floor of a project
Biomass
Charrette (shuh-ret)
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Submeter
13. To reduce site lighting impact near forestland - the exterior lighting installed should...
LEED
Biodiversity
Reduce light transpass
Baseline v. Design
14. Content from industry scraps that was diverted from the waste stream and used for other purposes. examples include sawdust - wood shavings - wood chips - and print overruns. excluded are materials that are re-incorporated into the same manufacturing
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Per-Consumer Content
Air Quality Standards
15. An interactive energy management tool for tracking and assessing energy and water consumption across an entire portfolio of buildings
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Sick Building Syndrome
16. 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
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Hard Cost
Rainwater Harvesting
17. Concept of integrative design emphasizes
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Greenhouse Gases
18. 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
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Baseline Building Performance
Construction Waste Management Plan
Passive Design
19. Products made from agricultural fiber such as wheat board and straw board
LEED Intent
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Agrifiber Product
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
20. What's the earliest pt at which a LEED for Schools proejct can be cert?
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Construction Phases Bidding
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
21. The mathematical expression of Imperviousness
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
LEED Credit
Install submeters & Select local plants
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
22. Unit of measurement by which flowing devices such as faucets and showers are measured and regulated
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Gallons per Minute
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Closed System
23. When 2+ people share a ride in the same vehicle
Adaptive Plant
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Irrigation Efficiency
Carpool
24. 4 key issues that help define how location affect project
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Gallons per Minute
25. What constitutes the largest use of energy in bldg in US? What is the 2nd?
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Drip Irrigation
LEED Intent
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
26. Wood manufactured by binding together the strands - particles - fibers - or veneers of wood - together with adhesives - to form [first word] materials
Value Engineering
Performance Monitoring
Baseline v. Design
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
27. Have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose. this comparison may consider raw materials acquisition - production - manufacturing - packaging - distr
Environmentally Preferable Products
Water Pollution
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Ventilation Rate
28. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
Development Footprint
70%
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
29. The measurement method for defining Irrigation Efficiency
Floor Area Ratio
Cradle to Cradle
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
30. Developing in areas near transportation - housing - and jobs therefore leaving open spaces and farmland free from development
Smart Growth
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
31. 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
Irrigation Efficiency
Triple Bottom Line
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Ventilation Rate
32. The linear view of the life of a product - from creation to the end of useful life - ie disposal
Potable Water
Cradle to Grave
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
33. Energy Use Intensity in term of unit
Heat Islands
Diversion Rate
Carbon Neutrality
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
34. Water leaving plants and soil returning back to the atmosphere
Evapotranspiration
Building Density
Building Envelope (building shell)
Sustainable
35. Used by the USGBC to weight credits in the LEED system. credits that reduce the greenhouse gas emissions are given more weight than those that do not
Portable water uses
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Carbon Overlay Tool
Green Washing
36. Aset of rules that specify the minimum acceptable level for safety for constructed objects such as buildings and non building structures. these protect public health - safety and general welfare as they relate to the construction and occupancy of bui
Building Codes
1000 square ft
Montreal Protocol
Schematic Design
37. Comparison between a standard gage and an actual result. in LEED - the [first part] usually refers to the EPAct 1992 water flow and flush rates while the [second part] would represent an existing building.
Invasive Plants
Baseline v. Actual Use
Passive Design
Net-Zero Energy
38. An attempt to reduce peak period transportation use - such as allowing flex time in which employees may come to work before or after rush hour
Non-renewable Resource
Indoor Air Quality
Indoor Environmental Quality
Transportation Demand Management
39. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Water Pollution
Diversity of Uses
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
40. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Renewable Energy
Climate Change
Energy Star Rating
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
41. If a bldg is designed to move at any point in its lifetime - what LEED certification is it eligible for?
Hardscape
Biomass
Waste Management Plan
None.
42. Vehicle which has both a gas powered engine and an electric engine to achieve better fuel economy and lower emissions
Fenestration
Building Related Illness
Commingled Recycling
Hybrid Vehicle
43. 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
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
40%
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
44. What is the procedure required to achieve LEED cert?
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Thermal Comfort
Smart Growth
Perviousness
45. Green Bldg can reduce how much CO2 Emissions?
Thermal Comfort
Cooling Tower
33%-39%
LEED Rating System
46. An accounting of all water volumes that enter and leave a space over a period of time
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
Diversity of Houses
Water Balance
Triple Bottom Line
47. 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
Water Balance
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Airborne Pollutant
Vehicle miles traveled
48. Exterior surface of the building including all walls - windows - floor and roof. separates the building's inside from the outside
Thermal Comfort
Carbon Overlay Tool
Building Envelope (building shell)
Integrated Process
49. 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
LEED NC&MR
LEED Category
Fenestration
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
50. 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
None.
Harvested Rainwater
Rating system and Project size
Energy Conservation