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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. 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
Erosion
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Conservation
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
2. Water that is not treated to drinking water standards and is not meant for human consumption
The four LEED levels
Non-Potable Water
Energy Conservation
Emissivity (of a material)
3. Major Players in Design & Construction Process are...
Evapotranspiration
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Perviousness
Non-Potable Water
4. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
Substantial completion
70%
Conservation
Prime Farmland
5. Material that is sourced and manufactured within 500 miles of the project. usually expressed as a percentage of total project material
Bake-Out
Regional Material
Systems Thinking
Perviousness
6. What is the procedure required to achieve LEED cert?
Building Density
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Performance Monitoring
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
7. 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
Carbon Neutrality
Sustainable
Renewable Energy
8. When an exisiting building undergoes the commissioning process to discover if improvements or changes should be made to improve the building
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Retrocommissioning
Building Density
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
9. 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
Outdoor Air
Acidification
Sick Building Syndrome
Gallons per Flush
10. 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
Integrated Process
Closed System
Brownfields
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
11. Mixture of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette - pipe - or cigar and smoke exhaled by the smoker
Sick Building Syndrome
Green Cleaning
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
LEED Project Boundary
12. A site that was previously built on - has been graded - or contained a parking lot - roadway - or other structure
Air Conditioning
Previously Developed Site
Adaptive Plant
Byproduct
13. What is acknowledged as one of the greatest threats to surface-water quality?
Integrated Process Team
Wastewater
Nonpoint-source pollution
Baseline Vs Design
14. The practice of placing windows - or other transparent media - and reflective surfaces so that - during the day - natural light provides effective internal illumination
Graywater (Greywater)
Performance Monitoring
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Daylighting
15. 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
Energy Management System
Building Codes
Positive Feedback Loop
16. What are the 3D sustainability often described as the triple bottom line or 3 legged stool?
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Material Reuse
Construction Documents
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
17. Air quality within buildings as it relates to the health and comfort of building occupants
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Indoor Air Quality
None.
Erosion
18. An expense item that is not considered a direct construction cost. soft costs include architectural - engineering - financing - and legal fees - commissioning - and other pre- and post-construction expenses
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Soft Cost
Street Grid Density
5 years
19. 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
Schematic Design
Energy Conservation
Rainwater Harvesting
Erosion
20. A process used to remove VOCs from a bldg by elevating the tempt in the fully furnished & ventilated bldg prior to human occupancy.
Bake-Out
Diversity of Houses
Drip Irrigation
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
21. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (EPA)
Building Related Illness
Baseline Vs Design
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Sustainable
22. Controllability of Systems
HVAC System
Baseline Building Performance
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Global Warming
23. How many % of environmental impacts decision are made during the 1st 10% of design process?
Cradle to Cradle
Previously Developed Site
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
70%
24. 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
Transportation Demand Management
Carbon Overlay Tool
Renewable Energy
Hardscape
25. The process of collecting (commonly from a roof) - storing and using rainwater
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Rainwater Harvesting
26. An unwanted airborne constituent that may reduce acceptability of the air (ASHRAE 62.1-2004)
Emergent Properties
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Contaminant
Environmental Sustainability
27. Prior to submitting CIR - what strategies should be considered?
Ozone (O3)
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
28. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons that are used in refrigerants and propellants that are known to deplete the ozone layer
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
LEED Intent
Invasive Plants
HCFC
29. Any of various halocarbon compounds consisting of carbon - hydrogen - chlorine - and fluorine - once used widely as aerosol propellants and refrigerants. these are believed to cause depletion of the atmospheric ozone layer
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Green Washing
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
30. What are the extra categories for LEED for Home?
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Biodegradable
Underground Parking
31. Solid - liquid or gaseous fuel derived from relatively recently dead biological material and is distinguished from fossil fuels - which are derived from long dead biological material
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Drip Irrigation
Biofuel
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
32. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.
Carbon Footprint
Gallons per Minute
Open Grid Pavement
Substantial completion
33. Doing this in the air for the purposes of assessing indoor air quality
Biodiversity
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Sick Building Syndrome
Invasive Plants
34. 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
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Montreal Protocol
35. 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
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Integrated Design
Energy Conservation
Building Density
36. What should take place during Occupancy?
Imperviousness
Waste Diversion
Fenestration
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
37. The relationship btw the total bldg floor area & the allowable land area the bldg can cover.
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Regenerative
Floor-To-Area
Acid Rain
38. 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
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Prime Farmland
Material Reuse
39. Allowing pedestrians to walk between areas without interference from walls - highways or other barriers
Ventilation Rate
Pedestrian Access
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Fossil Fuels
40. 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
Submeter
Cooling Tower
Acidification
Negative Feedback Loop
41. 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)
The four LEED levels
Integrative
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Location
42. Being able to allow water or air to filtrate through
Pedestrian Access
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Perviousness
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
43. 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
Diversity of Uses
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Per-Consumer Content
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
44. An underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel - sand - silt or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well. these are critically important in human habitation and agriculture. t
Feedback Loop
Heat Island Effect
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Aquifer
45. Process for project teams to obtain technical guidance on how LEED requirements pertain to their projects
Predesign
Development Density
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Carbon Footprint
46. How prerequisites and credits are grouped depending on the building type and rating system
LEED Category
Green Cleaning
70%
Ventilation Rate
47. The measurement method for defining Irrigation Efficiency
Open System
Integrated Process
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Vehicle miles traveled
48. 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
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Native or Indigenous Plants
Green Building
Wastewater
49. What's the earliest pt at which a LEED for Schools proejct can be cert?
Nested System
Heat Islands
Contaminant
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
50. Flat or nearby flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding
Carbon Footprint
Environmentally Preferable Products
Ecosystem
Floodplain
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