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LEED GA: Green Associate

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1. Credit weightings are based on...






2. What is acknowledged as one of the greatest threats to surface-water quality?






3. When an exisiting building undergoes the commissioning process to discover if improvements or changes should be made to improve the building






4. Human made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity - ranging in scale from personal shelter and buildings to neighborhoods and cities






5. Advertising a product or policy to be more beneficial to the environment than is true






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






7. Meters placed on smaller portions of a larger system - i.e. submeteres monitoring water use on each floor of a project






8. Previously undeveloped land that is suited for agriculture






9. The licensed-pro exemption is used by a project team to do what?






10. 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






11. Any opening in a building - such as windows - doors - skylights - curtain walls - etc. - designed to permit the passage of air - light - vehicles - or people






12. Wood manufactured by binding together the strands - particles - fibers - or veneers of wood - together with adhesives - to form [first word] materials






13. Any substance introduced into the environment that adversely affects the usefulness of a resource or the health of humans - animals - or ecosystems (EPA)






14. 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






15. Potential credits and categories that may be used in upcoming versions of the LEED rating systems






16. Water that is not treated to drinking water standards and is not meant for human consumption






17. A review process that identifies and selects the lowest lifecycle cost options in design - materials and processes that achieves the desired level of performance - reliability and customer satisfaction






18. The introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability - disorder - harm or discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms






19. 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






20. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.






21. Total area in square feet of all spaces in a building - including rooms - stairwells - elevators and hallways






22. Gathering information - recognizing stakeholder needs - establishing project goals - & selecting site






23. The min' floor area for NC - CS - Schools - EB - and O&M






24. Major Players in Design & Construction Process are...






25. Viewing the world as an interrelated set of systems that can influence one another






26. A survey of building occupants that asks questions about the green cleaning program and helps determine if occupants are exposed to pollutants






27. 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






28. Have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose. this comparison may consider raw materials acquisition - production - manufacturing - packaging - distr






29. How prerequisites and credits are grouped depending on the building type and rating system






30. An unwanted airborne constituent that may reduce acceptability of the air (ASHRAE 62.1-2004)






31. 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






32. Under building - tuck-under - or a stacked parking structure that minimizes the need for exposed parking and parking lots






33. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)






34. The carbon overlay in LEED is used for what?






35. 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






36. non-native plants that use less fertilizer - pesticides and water in a given landscape. these plants have adapted to the local climate and are not considered invasive plants or weeds.






37. Green bldg emphasizes using what type of design process?






38. 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






39. An interactive energy management tool for tracking and assessing energy and water consumption across an entire portfolio of buildings






40. 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






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






42. Any method of powering an engine that does not involve solely petroleum (e.g. electric car - petrol-electric hybrid - solar powered)






43. What's the earliest pt at which a LEED for Schools proejct can be cert?






44. A LEED rating is achieved through earning points in each of the 6 LEED categories






45. Plan that covers how waste will be either disposed or reused or recycled by addressing sorting - collection - and final disposal of items used in the construction or renovation process






46. 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






47. An underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel - sand - silt or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well. these are critically important in human habitation and agriculture. t






48. 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






49. Any substance in air that could - in high enough concentration - harm man - other animals - vegetation - or material (EPA)






50. Unit of measurement by which flowing devices such as faucets and showers are measured and regulated







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