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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. Resistance to penetration by a liquid and is calculated as the percentage of area covered by a paving system that does not allow moisture to soak into the ground
High Performance Green Building
Life-cycle cost analysis
Regenerative
Imperviousness
2. Building that is energy and resource efficient
Gallons per Minute
High Performance Green Building
Construction Phases Bidding
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
3. 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
Market Transformation
Bioswale
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
4. An interactive energy management tool for tracking and assessing energy and water consumption across an entire portfolio of buildings
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Carbon Overlay Tool
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
5. Waste water from toilets & urinals is known as?
Emergent Properties
Drip Irrigation
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
6. Document that outlines the organization - schedule - allocation of resources - and documentation requirements of the commissioning process
Commissioning Plan
Integrated Process Team
Heat Islands
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
7. Light that passes beyond the project boundary - i.e. parking lot lighting that passes into a park next to the project
Light Trespass
Transportation Demand Management
Indoor Air Quality
Raingarden
8. Viewing the world as an interrelated set of systems that can influence one another
Waste Diversion
Global Warming
Systems Thinking
Conventional Irrigation
9. The ratio of energy radiated by a particular material to energy radiated by a black body at the same temperature. measure of a material's ability to radiate absorbed energy
Emissivity (of a material)
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Water Balance
Sick Building Syndrome
10. Materials and products are made from plants that are typically harvested within a 10 year cycle or shorter and are grown and harvested sustainably
Acidification
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Thermal Comfort
Carpool
11. Certified (40-49) - Silver (50-59) - Gold (60-79) - and Platinum (80+)
The four LEED levels
Raingarden
Zoning
Biodiversity
12. System where energy is taken from the output of a system and reapplied to the input - or A produces more of B which in turn produces more of A. i.e. population growth -- adults make children whom in turn make more adults
Reduce light transpass
Positive Feedback Loop
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
Install submeters & Select local plants
13. Area of the building as defined by the perimeter of the structure. parking lots - walkways - and landscaping are not included
Building Footprint
Metering
Green Washing
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
14. Renewable energy such as solar - wind - biomass - hydro - and geothermal energy
Process Water
LEED Online
Green Power
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
15. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
LEED Rating System
Climate Change
Substantial completion
Systems Thinking
16. A continuous process of collecting and analyzing data to compare how well a project is working against expected results of the project based on performance indicators. the goal is use the indicators to achieve efficiency where possible
Regenerative
Conventional Irrigation
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Performance Monitoring
17. The act of having separate stakeholders or designers work together to ensure the project is benefiting from synergy which allows for greater levels of sustainability throughout the project's life
Acid Rain
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Integrated Process
Thermal Comfort
18. 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
Volatile Organic Compound
Zoning
Development Density
Waste Stream Audit
19. Prior to submitting CIR - what strategies should be considered?
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Infill Development
20. Predesign - Design - Bid - Construction - and Occupancy
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Major Construction Phases
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
21. 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
Carbon Footprint
Waste Diversion
Ecosystem
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
22. 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
Ambient Temperature
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Location
Soft Cost
23. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover (USGBC)
Carpool
Floor Area Ratio
Site Disturbance
Native or Indigenous Plants
24. The measurement method for defining Irrigation Efficiency
Positive Feedback Loop
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Wastewater
Commingled Recycling
25. The area of the project site that has been disturbed for development. this area includes the building footprint - hardscapes - and parking lots
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Development Footprint
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Sustainable Forestry
26. The introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability - disorder - harm or discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms
Pollution
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
27. 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
Biodegradable
Life-cycle cost analysis
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Diversity of Houses
28. Enables project team members to work together from the project outset to develop solutions that have synergies and multiple benefits. the approach invests in design activities that increase the opportunity for integrated solutions with an eye to bett
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Integrated Process
LEED Category
Water Pollution
29. 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
Integrated Pest Management
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Integrated Process
Negative Feedback Loop
30. Properties or patterns that a complex system has - but which the individual members do not have. the end result is that the system now has more than just the sum of its parts. for example - saltiness is a property that neither sodium or chlorine have
Emergent Properties
Brownfields
Agrifiber Product
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
31. Controllability of Systems
Reduce light transpass
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Passive Design
Cradle to Cradle
32. Also known as green tags - RECs or tradable renewable certificates (TRCs) are tradable environmental commodities in the US which represent proof that 1 megawatt hour (MWh) of electricity was generated from an eligible renewable energy resource
Built Environment
Environmental Sustainability
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
33. The area of the project site that is impacted by construction activity - LEED project should attempt to limit site disturbance
Site Disturbance
Previously Developed Site
Baseline v. Actual Use
Nonpoint Source Pollution
34. 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
Mass Transit
Material Reuse
Reuse
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
35. A control system capable of monitoring environmental and system loads and adjusting HVAC operations accordingly in order to conserve energy while maintaining comfort (EPA)
Floor-To-Area
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Acidification
Energy Management System
36. The coordinated use of pest and environmental info with available pest control methods to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means and with the least possible hazard to people - property - and the environment
Commissioning Report
Street Grid Density
Integrated Pest Management
Market Transformation
37. 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
Reuse
Sick Building Syndrome
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
38. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion
Substantial completion
Montreal Protocol
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
39. What metric is the best indicator of transportation impacts associated with a bldg project?
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Vehicle miles traveled
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
40. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas
Energy Star Rating
Volatile Organic Compound
Heat Islands
Environmental Sustainability
41. A natural resource that cannot be produced - re-grown - regenerated - or reused on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate. these resources often exist in a fixed amount - or are consumed much faster than nature can recreate them. fossil fuels
Process Water
Externality
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Non-renewable Resource
42. Building design that takes advantage of the local climate to provide some or all of the heating - cooling - lighting and ventilation needs of the occupants
Building Related Illness
Passive Design
Hybrid Vehicle
70%
43. Pollution of water generally results from multiple sources vs. just one source - examples are runoff from roads - drainage from buildings - seepage - runoff from farmland. pollution in a river may not be exactly pinpointed because most pollution is n
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Native or Indigenous Plants
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Nonpoint Source Pollution
44. Like carbon dioxide or methane - which contributes to potential climate change
Energy Management System
Negative Feedback Loop
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Greenhouse Gases
45. A LEED rating is achieved through earning points in each of the 6 LEED categories
Erosion
LEED Points
Bioswale
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
46. 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
Chiller
Negative Feedback Loop
LEED Credit
Bypass otherwise required submittals
47. Green Bldg can reduce how much CO2 Emissions?
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
33%-39%
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
48. 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
Erosion
Built Environment
Zoning
Integrated Pest Management
49. 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
Underground Parking
Integrated Pest Management
Flush-Out
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
50. 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)
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Development Density
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.