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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. What's the earliest pt at which a LEED for Schools proejct can be cert?
Energy Star Rating
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Thermal Comfort
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
2. Using local systems to treat waste generated on-site and avoid adding waste to public facilities
Carpool
Infill Development
5 years
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
3. The ability of dark - non-reflective paved areas-city streets - rooftops - and sidewalks-to absorb and radiate heat - making urban areas and the surrounding suburbs noticeably hotter than rural towns nearby. other contributors include reduced airflow
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Heat Island Effect
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
4. The amount of water the design case conserves vs the baseline case
Integrated Design
Baseline Vs Design
Waste Management Plan
Contaminant
5. All members of the project team working towards the integrated process - including building owners - maintenance staff - planners - designers - etc.
Acidification
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Pollution
Integrated Process Team
6. 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.
Biodiversity
Retrocommissioning
Sick Building Syndrome
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
7. Excel spreadsheet that helps project teams track their credits against requirements for certification
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Commingled Recycling
Hybrid Vehicle
LEED Credit Checklist
8. What are the 3D sustainability often described as the triple bottom line or 3 legged stool?
Mass Transit
Biofuel
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Irrigation Efficiency
9. Part of a refrigeration system - a machine that removes heat from liquid via a vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycle
Chiller
Location
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Open Grid Pavement
10. Controllability of Systems
Community Connectivity
Construction Phases Bidding
Construction Administration
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
11. The linear view of the life of a product - from creation to the end of useful life - ie disposal
Cradle to Grave
Irrigation Efficiency
Montreal Protocol
LEED Intent
12. 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.
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Building Envelope (building shell)
Albedo
LEED Credit
13. Viewing the world as an interrelated set of systems that can influence one another
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Embodied Energy
Systems Thinking
Baseline v. Design
14. 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)
Heat Islands
Location
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Life-cycle cost analysis
15. Excessive or obtrusive artificial light that obscures the stars in the night sky for city dwellers - interferes with astronomical observatories - and like any other form of pollution - disrupts ecosystems and has adverse health effects
Native or Indigenous Plants
Predesign
Daylighting
Light Pollution
16. Water that is not treated to drinking water standards and is not meant for human consumption
Non-Potable Water
Soft Cost
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Performance Monitoring
17. 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
Harvested Rainwater
Imperviousness
Commissioning Plan
70%
18. Substances used to transfer heat during the mechanical cooling process within air conditioning and refrigerator systems. they act as the heat carrier which changes from gas to liquid and then back to gas in the refrigeration cycle
Imperviousness
Refrigerant
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
19. Uses the natural forces of wind and buoyancy to deliver fresh air into buildings through doors - windows or other designed opening (chimneys)
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Waste Stream Audit
Environmental Sustainability
Ecosystem
20. What is acknowledged as one of the greatest threats to surface-water quality?
Feedback Loop
Emissivity (of a material)
Waste Stream Audit
Nonpoint-source pollution
21. 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
Prime Farmland
Integrated Design
HVAC System
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
22. A term used in life cycle analysis to describe a material or product that is recycled into a new product at the end of its useful life. an example of a closed system
33%-39%
Imperviousness
90%
Cradle to Cradle
23. 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
Diversion Rate
Energy Efficient
LEED Online
Closed System
24. An intense collaborative session where participants make a concerted effort to solve a problem or plan the design of something
Heat Islands
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
250 square ft
Charrette (shuh-ret)
25. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
LEED Intent
Environmental Sustainability
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Adaptive Reuse
26. A control system capable of monitoring environmental and system loads and adjusting HVAC operations accordingly in order to conserve energy while maintaining comfort (EPA)
Irrigation Efficiency
Conventional Irrigation
Energy Management System
Energy Conservation
27. When costs are established and contracts for construction services are signed.
Construction Phases Bidding
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Built Environment
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
28. The portion of the project site submitted for LEED certification. for multiple building developments - the LEED project boundary may be a portion of the development as determined by the project team
Positive Feedback Loop
Native or Indigenous Plants
LEED Project Boundary
Indoor Environmental Quality
29. 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
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Building Footprint
LEED Prerequisites
Sick Building Syndrome
30. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
Biomass
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
70%
Biodiversity
31. The spent or used water from a home - community - farm - or industry that contains dissolved or suspended matter (EPA)
Wastewater
Sustainable
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Aquifer
32. 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
Biofuel
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Rainwater Harvesting
Green Washing
33. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion
Montreal Protocol
Light Trespass
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Fenestration
34. 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
Performance Monitoring
Emissivity (of a material)
Certificate of occupancy
Value Engineering
35. Material - other than the principle product - generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system (EPA)
24%-50%
Byproduct
40%
Transportation Demand Management
36. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.
Baseline v. Design
Hardscape
None.
Rating system and Project size
37. Prior to submitting CIR - what strategies should be considered?
Construction Phases Bidding
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Climate Change
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
38. Purchase price of a hard asset such as masonry - wood - steel - carpet - tile - mechanical systems - roofing
LEED Intent
Bake-Out
Hard Cost
Hybrid Vehicle
39. Landscaping and gardening in ways that reduce or eliminate the need for supplemental irrigation. it is promoted in areas that do not have easily accessible supplies of fresh water and is catching on in other areas as climate patterns shift
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Greenhouse Gases
Xeriscaping
Water Balance
40. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations (EPA)
Process Water
Environmental Sustainability
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
Chiller
41. The area of the project site that is impacted by construction activity - LEED project should attempt to limit site disturbance
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Pollutant
Open Space
Site Disturbance
42. Prior to final selection of site - owner & design team should confirm that the site is...
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Construction Phases Bidding
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Vehicle miles traveled
43. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations
Environmental Sustainability
Floor-To-Area
Building Related Illness
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
44. Renewable energy such as solar - wind - biomass - hydro - and geothermal energy
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
LEED Intent
Value Engineering
Green Power
45. Potential credits and categories that may be used in upcoming versions of the LEED rating systems
Fenestration
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
70%
46. 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
Climate Change
Bioswale
Biodegradable
70%
47. When symptoms of diagnosable illness are identified and can be attributed to airborne building contaminants (EPA)
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Building Related Illness
Light Pollution
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
48. Third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design - construction and operation of high performance green buildings (USGBC)
Major Construction Phases
Bake-Out
LEED
Aquifer
49. 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
Nonpoint-source pollution
Integrated Process Team
Material Reuse
Triple Bottom Line
50. A member based nonprofit organization whose mission is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed - built - and operated - enabling an environmentally and socially responsible - healthy and prosperous environment that improves the qu
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)