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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Materials and products are made from plants that are typically harvested within a 10 year cycle or shorter and are grown and harvested sustainably
Site Disturbance
Building Codes
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
2. 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
Underground Parking
Baseline v. Design
Energy Conservation
Evapotranspiration
3. According to the EPA - what % of time do American spend indoors?
Community Connectivity
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
90%
Integrated Pest Management
4. To reduce site lighting impact near forestland - the exterior lighting installed should...
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Biodiversity
Reduce light transpass
Design Development
5. 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?
Environmental Sustainability
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
LEED NC&MR
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
6. A project must: Comply w/ Environmental Laws - Be a Complete - Permanent bldg/space - Use a reasonable Site Boundary - Comply with min' Floor Area requirements - Comply with min' Occup' Rates - Commit to Sharing whole bldg energy & water Usage Data
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Pollution
Conservation
7. Mixture of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette - pipe - or cigar and smoke exhaled by the smoker
Baseline v. Actual Use
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
LEED Online
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
8. Min' years that a LEED bldg should share its energy & water usage data with USGBCa
Baseline v. Design
Waste Diversion
5 years
Cradle to Cradle
9. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.
Green Washing
LEED Online
Substantial completion
Drip Irrigation
10. Which LEED rating systems has more than 100 points
LEED Intent
70%
Per-Consumer Content
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
11. 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
Commissioning
Reduce light transpass
Greenfield
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
12. Flat or nearby flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding
HVAC System
Pollutant
Floodplain
Diversion Rate
13. Purchase price of a hard asset such as masonry - wood - steel - carpet - tile - mechanical systems - roofing
Outdoor Air
Aquifer
Hard Cost
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
14. The process of collecting (commonly from a roof) - storing and using rainwater
Native or Indigenous Plants
Environmental Sustainability
Rainwater Harvesting
Ecosystem
15. 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
Site Disturbance
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Infill Development
Salvaged Materials
16. A pond designed to hold a specific amount of water indefinitely
Invasive Plants
LEED Points
Mass Transit
Wet Pond (retention pond)
17. Human made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity - ranging in scale from personal shelter and buildings to neighborhoods and cities
Hard Cost
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Regional Material
Built Environment
18. A material's ability to reflect sunlight measured on a scale of 0 (black) to 1 (white). a value of 0.0 indicates that the surface absorbs all solar radiation and a value of 1.0 represents total reflectivity.
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Albedo
LEED NC&MR
19. Under building - tuck-under - or a stacked parking structure that minimizes the need for exposed parking and parking lots
Underground Parking
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Material Reuse
Environmental Sustainability
20. What's the earliest pt at which a LEED for Schools proejct can be cert?
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Open Grid Pavement
Life-cycle cost analysis
Glare
21. Process water can be reduced by which 2 methods?
Xeriscaping
Triple Bottom Line
Flush-Out
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
22. What is the procedure required to achieve LEED cert?
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
LEED Online
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Life-cycle cost analysis
23. Prior to final selection of site - owner & design team should confirm that the site is...
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Integrated Process
Conventional Irrigation
Integrative
24. If a bldg is designed to move at any point in its lifetime - what LEED certification is it eligible for?
None.
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Gallons per Flush
25. The licensed-pro exemption is used by a project team to do what?
Commissioning
Invasive Plants
Air Quality Standards
Bypass otherwise required submittals
26. Products made from agricultural fiber such as wheat board and straw board
Agrifiber Product
Major Construction Phases
Stormwater Runoff
Reduce light transpass
27. System or process for controlling the temperature - humidity - and sometimes the purity of the air in an interior space (office - warehouse - residence)
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Negative Feedback Loop
Air Conditioning
Diversity of Houses
28. Developing in areas near transportation - housing - and jobs therefore leaving open spaces and farmland free from development
Non-Potable Water
Global Warming
Submeter
Smart Growth
29. Advertising a product or policy to be more beneficial to the environment than is true
Stormwater Runoff
Floor-To-Area
Green Washing
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
30. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Carpool
Flush-Out
Climate Change
Green Washing
31. Pavement that is less than 50% impervious and contains vegetation in the open cells
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Open Grid Pavement
Ventilation Rate
Indoor Environmental Quality
32. 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
Low Impact Development
33%-39%
Ozone (O3)
Native or Indigenous Plants
33. Energy generated from natural resources - such as sunlight - wind - tides and geothermal heat - which are naturally replenished
Baseline v. Actual Use
1000 square ft
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Renewable Energy
34. What should take place during Occupancy?
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
35. 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
Bake-Out
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Integrated Process
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
36. 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
Ventilation Rate
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
LEED Pilot Credit Library
37. The slow release of a gas that was trapped or adsorbed in some material. off-gassing can be significant if it collects in a closed environment where air is stagnant or recirculated and the gas has negative health effects. off-gassing example: new car
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
Light Trespass
Raingarden
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
38. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations (EPA)
Environmental Sustainability
Hard Cost
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
39. When 2+ people share a ride in the same vehicle
Carpool
Evapotranspiration
Fossil Fuels
Smart Growth
40. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
High Performance Green Building
Waste Stream Audit
Environmental Sustainability
Water Pollution
41. Vehicle which has both a gas powered engine and an electric engine to achieve better fuel economy and lower emissions
Per-Consumer Content
Light Trespass
Hybrid Vehicle
Graywater (Greywater)
42. An increase in the near surface temp of the earth. this has occurred in the distant past as the result of natural influences - but the term is most often used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse
Green Power
Global Warming
Heat Island Effect
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
43. Renewable energy such as solar - wind - biomass - hydro - and geothermal energy
Waste Management Plan
LEED Online
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Green Power
44. The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion
Conservation
Emissivity (of a material)
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Daylighting
45. Method which minimizes the use of water and fetilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants - either onto the soil surface or directly onto the root zone - through a network of valves - pipes - tubing and emitters
Adaptive Plant
Underground Parking
Drip Irrigation
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
46. Potential credits and categories that may be used in upcoming versions of the LEED rating systems
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
LEED Pilot Credit Library
47. An accounting of all water volumes that enter and leave a space over a period of time
Reuse
Floor-To-Area
Water Balance
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
48. The application of solar cells for energy by converting sunlight directly into electricity
Baseline v. Actual Use
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Closed System
High Performance Green Building
49. The rate at which indoor air enters and leaves a building - usually expressed in LEED as the number of changes of outdoor air per hour (air changes per hour or "ach") ASHRAE 62 prescribes proper ventilation rates to ensure pollutants and carbon dioxi
Water Pollution
Pedestrian Access
Ventilation Rate
Integrative
50. Major Players in Design & Construction Process are...
Systems Thinking
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Greenhouse Gases
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.