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LEED GA: Green Associate

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1. Pavement that is less than 50% impervious and contains vegetation in the open cells






2. Similar to a bioswale - a depression with vegetation that filters and slows down rainwater to reduce peak discharge rates






3. 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






4. Begins the process of spatial refinement & usually involves the 1st design of a project's energy system.






5. Green Bldg can reduce how much CO2 Emissions?






6. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover (USGBC)






7. Temperature of the surrounding air or other medium (EPA)






8. Third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design - construction and operation of high performance green buildings (USGBC)






9. Waste water from toilets & urinals is known as?






10. Flush-Out






11. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations (EPA)






12. The online software used to manage the entire LEED project certification process and manage credits






13. Measuring the amount of resources used over a period of time - such as water or electricity






14. The number of different types of space per acre in an area - think of a mixed-use development - which has both houses and offices






15. Thermal comfort is typically attributed to what env factors?






16. 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)






17. Plan that identifies a diversion rate goal and covers how waste will be either disposed or reused or recycled by addressing sorting - collection - and final disposal of items in an existing building






18. 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






19. The variation in life forms within a given ecosystem or for the entire earth. this is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems.






20. Waste materials diverted from traditional disposal such as landfills or incineration to be recycled - composted - or re-used. (EPA) measured in tons






21. Human thermal comfort is defined by ASHRAE as the state of mind that expresses satisfaction with the surrounding environment (ASHRAE Standard 55). maintaining thermal comfort for occupants of buildings or other enclosures is one of the important goal






22. 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






23. Water that originates from precipitation that enters the stormwater system






24. 1) Cost of green bldg Each Prerequisite and Credit has 2 major components - and those are: Intents and Requirements






25. Side effect or consequence of an industrial or commercial activity that affects other parties without this being reflected in the price of the goods or services involved - i.e. the pollution created in power generation for one state blown over anothe






26. Documentation of the results of the commissioning process - including the as-built state of the HVAC system and any unresolved issues found at the time the commissioning process was completed






27. Renewable energy such as solar - wind - biomass - hydro - and geothermal energy






28. Heating - ventilating and air conditioning. these systems seek to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality






29. Compounds that have a high vapor pressure and low water solubility and therefore can enter the air easily. many VOCs are human-made chemicals that are used and produced in the manufacture of paints - pharmaceuticals - and refrigerants






30. A review of consumables waste of a project. essentially - finding out what makes up the projects waste can help determine ways to increase recycling or reduce waste through other methods






31. 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






32. Guidance tool designed for use by building professionals to help manage indoor air quality in commercial buildings - which should be a part of indoor air quality management plans






33. Flat or nearby flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding






34. Area of the building as defined by the perimeter of the structure. parking lots - walkways - and landscaping are not included






35. All members of the project team working towards the integrated process - including building owners - maintenance staff - planners - designers - etc.






36. Drinking water that is of sufficiently high quality so that it can be consumed or utilized without risk of immediate of long term harm






37. Used to store excess stormwater. these are basins whose outlets have been designed to detain stormwater runoff for some minimum time (e.g. 24 hrs). the stormwater will slowly seep into the ground to recharge aquifers or discharge as determined by the






38. Part of the LEED rating system. within each LEED category there are prerequisites and credits. prerequisites must be met for building certification.






39. 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






40. What metric is the best indicator of transportation impacts associated with a bldg project?






41. A systematic process of assuring that a building and its systems performs in accordance with the design intent and the owner's requirements






42. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas






43. Method of land use regulation used by local governments in most developed countries. zoning may be use-based (regulating the uses to which land may be put) - or it may regulate building height - lot coverage - and similar characteristics - or some co






44. Material that is sourced and manufactured within 500 miles of the project. usually expressed as a percentage of total project material






45. Gives preference to the purchase of environmentally preferable products and the companies that supply them






46. Info of a result of a system returning to the system so that the system can make appropriate modifications. think of a thermostat reading the indoor air temp. info must flow to make [this]. without info - changes are less likely to happen






47. Rainwater that has been collected for uses such as landscaping irrigation - toilet flushing - or other non-potable water uses






48. Unit of measurement by which flow rate of toilets and other flushing devices such as urinals are measured and regulated






49. Light that passes beyond the project boundary - i.e. parking lot lighting that passes into a park next to the project






50. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit