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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. Unit of measurement by which flow rate of toilets and other flushing devices such as urinals are measured and regulated
Gallons per Flush
Stormwater Runoff
Construction Documents
LEED Intent
2. A renewable energy source - refers to plant matter grown to generate electricity or produce biofuel. it excludes organic material which has been transformed by geological processes into substances such as coal or petroleum
Energy Management System
Biomass
Green Building
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
3. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
Credit Interpretation Request
Energy Efficient
Environmental Sustainability
LEED Intent
4. Pavement that is less than 50% impervious and contains vegetation in the open cells
Baseline Vs Design
Gallons per Minute
Substantial completion
Open Grid Pavement
5. Similar to cradle-to-cradle - processes that restore - renew or revitalize their own sources of energy and materials - creating sustainable systems that integrate the needs of society with the integrity of nature. i.e. a building or community that mi
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Regenerative
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Fossil Fuels
6. What are the extra categories for LEED for Home?
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Integrated Pest Management
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Market Transformation
7. Potential credits and categories that may be used in upcoming versions of the LEED rating systems
Floodplain
LEED Pilot Credit Library
LEED
24%-50%
8. Administrative and procedural requirements for salvaging - recycling and disposing of non-hazardous demolition and [first phrase] -- this means it should cover waste sent to a landfill - salvaging - and recycled waste
Cooling Tower
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Adaptive Reuse
Construction Waste Management Plan
9. 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
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Integrated Process
The operation of mechanical systems for a minimum of 2 wks using 100% outdoor air at the end of construction & prior to bldg occupancy to ensure safe indoor air quality.
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
10. To reduce site lighting impact near forestland - the exterior lighting installed should...
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Reduce light transpass
Building Commissioning
Flush-Out
11. 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
LEED Project Boundary
Carbon Neutrality
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Water Balance
12. The measurement method for defining Irrigation Efficiency
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Site Disturbance
Solid Waste Management Policy
Feedback Loop
13. 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
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Byproduct
Wet Pond (retention pond)
14. Excel spreadsheet that helps project teams track their credits against requirements for certification
Metering
90%
LEED Credit Checklist
Water Balance
15. The use of environmentally friendly ingredients and chemicals for household - manufacturing and industrial cleaning. these techniques and products avoid the use of chemically reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals
Pollution
Energy Conservation
Green Cleaning
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
16. A survey of building occupants that asks questions about the green cleaning program and helps determine if occupants are exposed to pollutants
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Predesign
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
17. When all recyclables for collection are mixed but kept separate from other waste
Closed System
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
Commingled Recycling
Sustainable
18. Renewable energy such as solar - wind - biomass - hydro - and geothermal energy
Environmental Sustainability
Biodiversity
Erosion
Green Power
19. 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
Green Washing
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Development Density
Diversion Rate
20. 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
Community Connectivity
Open Grid Pavement
Credit Interpretation Request
Xeriscaping
21. 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
Street Grid Density
Greenhouse Gases
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
22. Using local systems to treat waste generated on-site and avoid adding waste to public facilities
Energy Conservation
LEED Pilot Credit Library
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Native or Indigenous Plants
23. 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
Performance Monitoring
Non-renewable Resource
LEED NC&MR
Building Footprint
24. The practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource efficient throughout a building's life cycle from siting to design - construction - operation - maintenance - renovation and deconstruction. thi
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Green Building
Construction Waste Management Plan
Nested System
25. 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
Drip Irrigation
Daylighting
Biofuel
Submeter
26. System or process for controlling the temperature - humidity - and sometimes the purity of the air in an interior space (office - warehouse - residence)
Air Conditioning
Commissioning Plan
Evapotranspiration
Bioswale
27. Like carbon dioxide or methane - which contributes to potential climate change
LEED Project Boundary
Thermal Comfort
Waterless Urinal
Greenhouse Gases
28. Any substance introduced into the environment that adversely affects the usefulness of a resource or the health of humans - animals - or ecosystems (EPA)
Gallons per Minute
HCFC
Pollutant
Portable water uses
29. A site that was previously built on - has been graded - or contained a parking lot - roadway - or other structure
Externality
Previously Developed Site
Sustainable
Prime Farmland
30. 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
Commissioning Plan
Ambient Temperature
Cooling Tower
Material Reuse
31. When symptoms of diagnosable illness are identified and can be attributed to airborne building contaminants (EPA)
Embodied Energy
Drip Irrigation
Net-Zero Energy
Building Related Illness
32. 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.
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Biodiversity
Commissioning Plan
LEED Points
33. Unit of measurement that describes a building's energy use relative to its size. it's calculated by taking the total energy consumed in one year in kBTUs and dividing it by total floorspace of the building. a low number signifies good energy performa
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Integrated Process
70%
Construction and Demolition Debris
34. 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
Brownfields
Solid Waste Management Policy
Stormwater Runoff
Floor Area Ratio
35. 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
Volatile Organic Compound
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Design Development
Waste Management Plan
36. 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
Ventilation Rate
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Community Connectivity
Credit Interpretation Request
37. All the energy used to grow - extract and manufacture a product - transport it to the jobsite - complete the installation - and finally dispose of it at the end of its life cycle
Embodied Energy
Nonpoint-source pollution
The four LEED levels
Greenhouse Gases
38. Floor area of the building / the total area of the site = sq ft / acre
Building Density
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Per-Consumer Content
Emissivity (of a material)
39. Wood manufactured by binding together the strands - particles - fibers - or veneers of wood - together with adhesives - to form [first word] materials
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Daylighting
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Flush-Out
40. 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
Baseline v. Design
Indoor Environmental Quality
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Integrated Design
41. Doing this in the air for the purposes of assessing indoor air quality
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Glare
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Potable Water
42. 4 key issues that help define how location affect project
Open Space
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
43. In LEED credit weightings - the less important impact category
Bioswale
Externality
Building Density
Acidification
44. Prior to submitting CIR - what strategies should be considered?
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Greenhouse Gases
45. 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
Floor Area Ratio
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Graywater (Greywater)
Cradle to Cradle
46. Viewing the world as an interrelated set of systems that can influence one another
Vehicle miles traveled
Metering
Transportation Demand Management
Systems Thinking
47. Vehicle which has both a gas powered engine and an electric engine to achieve better fuel economy and lower emissions
Hybrid Vehicle
Ventilation Rate
Location
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
48. Certified (40-49) - Silver (50-59) - Gold (60-79) - and Platinum (80+)
The four LEED levels
Floor-To-Area
LEED Points
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
49. 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
Baseline v. Actual Use
Heat Island Effect
Waste Diversion
Building Footprint
50. Flat or nearby flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding
Baseline Building Performance
Process Water
Floodplain
90%