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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. Certified (40-49) - Silver (50-59) - Gold (60-79) - and Platinum (80+)
Wastewater
HVAC System
The four LEED levels
Indoor Air Quality
2. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover (USGBC)
Regional Material
Floor Area Ratio
Gallons per Minute
Floodplain
3. The practice of placing windows - or other transparent media - and reflective surfaces so that - during the day - natural light provides effective internal illumination
Emergent Properties
Impervious Surfaces
LEED Online
Daylighting
4. 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
Design
HCFC
Drip Irrigation
None.
5. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas
Airborne Pollutant
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Perviousness
Heat Islands
6. Allowing pedestrians to walk between areas without interference from walls - highways or other barriers
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Development Density
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Pedestrian Access
7. 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
Building Commissioning
Material Reuse
Brownfields
LEED Credit
8. 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
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Environmentally Preferable Products
Energy Conservation
Development Footprint
9. Begins the process of spatial refinement & usually involves the 1st design of a project's energy system.
Design Development
Flush-Out
24%-50%
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
10. Previously undeveloped land that is suited for agriculture
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Global Warming
Development Footprint
Prime Farmland
11. 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
High Performance Green Building
Open Space
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
12. An attempt to reduce peak period transportation use - such as allowing flex time in which employees may come to work before or after rush hour
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Building Footprint
LEED Prerequisites
Transportation Demand Management
13. Content from industry scraps that was diverted from the waste stream and used for other purposes. examples include sawdust - wood shavings - wood chips - and print overruns. excluded are materials that are re-incorporated into the same manufacturing
Per-Consumer Content
Airborne Pollutant
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Building Commissioning
14. 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
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Light Pollution
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Irrigation Efficiency
15. 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
Global Warming
Volatile Organic Compound
Portable water uses
Solid Waste Management Policy
16. 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
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Commissioning Report
Ventilation Rate
Waste Stream Audit
17. Developing in areas near transportation - housing - and jobs therefore leaving open spaces and farmland free from development
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Smart Growth
Climate Change
Low Impact Development
18. An interactive energy management tool for tracking and assessing energy and water consumption across an entire portfolio of buildings
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Biodegradable
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.
19. Heating - ventilating and air conditioning. these systems seek to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality
HVAC System
LEED Prerequisites
Green Building
Environmental Sustainability
20. 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
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Nonpoint-source pollution
Construction Waste Management Plan
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
21. A LEED rating is achieved through earning points in each of the 6 LEED categories
Performance Monitoring
Potable Water
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
LEED Points
22. The carbon overlay in LEED is used for what?
Stormwater Runoff
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
High Performance Green Building
Open Grid Pavement
23. The use of technology that requires less energy to perform the same function. a compact fluorescent light bulb that uses less energy than an incandescent bulb to produce the same amount of light is an example. the decision to replace an incandescent
Outdoor Air
Energy Efficient
Process Water
Construction Waste Management Plan
24. The licensed-pro exemption is used by a project team to do what?
Construction Administration
Systems Thinking
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Rating system and Project size
25. The mathematical expression of Imperviousness
Flush-Out
LEED Credit
Development Density
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
26. The process of verifying - in new construction - that all the systems and subsystems are efficiently designed and installed properly to achieve the owner's project requirements and as designed by the building architects and engineers.
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Biomass
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Building Commissioning
27. How prerequisites and credits are grouped depending on the building type and rating system
Floodplain
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
LEED Category
28. Measuring the amount of resources used over a period of time - such as water or electricity
Energy Star Rating
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Metering
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
29. Any substance in air that could - in high enough concentration - harm man - other animals - vegetation - or material (EPA)
Zoning
Erosion
Nonpoint-source pollution
Airborne Pollutant
30. Green bldg emphasizes using what type of design process?
LEED
Integrative
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Construction Administration
31. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Install submeters & Select local plants
Climate Change
Schematic Design
Energy Management System
32. When large amounts of outdoor air are forced through a recently completed building for a period of time so that the majority of pollutant emissions from building materials - finishes and furnishings can be removed from the building before occupancy.
Flush-Out
Cradle to Cradle
Waste Diversion
Fossil Fuels
33. Energy generated from natural resources - such as sunlight - wind - tides and geothermal heat - which are naturally replenished
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Floor-To-Area
Renewable Energy
Green Building
34. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
70%
Greenfield
Water Pollution
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
35. A formal question asked of GBCI from the project team - who would then receive Credit Interpretation Ruling.
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Credit Interpretation Request
Pedestrian Access
Carbon Footprint
36. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.
Rating system and Project size
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Emissivity (of a material)
Rapidly Renewable Materials
37. Heat removal devices used to transfer process waste heat to the atmosphere. large office buildings - hospitals - and schools typically use one or more of these as part of their air conditioning systems
Floor-To-Area
Cooling Tower
Environmentally Preferable Products
Refrigerant
38. Development that occurs within established urban areas where the site or area either is a vacant place between other developments or has previously been used for another urban purpose
Charrette (shuh-ret)
HCFC
Infill Development
Prime Farmland
39. Capable of being decomposed by natural agents - especially bacteria
24%-50%
Volatile Organic Compound
Biodegradable
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
40. Products made from agricultural fiber such as wheat board and straw board
LEED NC&MR
Aquifer
Agrifiber Product
Energy Star Rating
41. Water that is not treated to drinking water standards and is not meant for human consumption
Triple Bottom Line
Construction and Demolition Debris
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Non-Potable Water
42. Human made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity - ranging in scale from personal shelter and buildings to neighborhoods and cities
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Built Environment
Heat Islands
43. 1) Cost of green bldg Each Prerequisite and Credit has 2 major components - and those are: Intents and Requirements
90%
Construction Waste Management Plan
Life-cycle cost analysis
Light Trespass
44. Mainly artificial structures--such as pavements (roads - sidewalks - driveways and parking lots) that are covered by impenetrable (impervious) materials such as asphalt - concrete - brick - and stone--and rooftops. soils compacted by urban developmen
Impervious Surfaces
Refrigerant
The four LEED levels
Rating system and Project size
45. Temperature of the surrounding air or other medium (EPA)
Sustainable
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Ambient Temperature
Development Footprint
46. Part of the LEED rating system. projects earn points by meeting the requirements of optional credits in order to earn points towards certification
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
Baseline v. Design
24%-50%
LEED Credit
47. Each LEED credit has requirements that must be met and documentation that must be submitted to prove the credit requirements were met
Evapotranspiration
Hybrid Vehicle
Refrigerant
LEED Requirements and Submittals
48. A strategy to use existing materials in a similar or different capacity
Conventional Irrigation
Reuse
Closed System
Carpool
49. Gives preference to the purchase of environmentally preferable products and the companies that supply them
Floor Area Ratio
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
50. 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
Zoning
Process Water
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Development Density