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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Waste building materials - dredging materials - tree stumps - and rubble resulting from [first word] - remodeling - repair - and [second word] of homes - commercial buildings and other structures and pavements
Construction Waste Management Plan
Albedo
Construction and Demolition Debris
Bioswale
2. Water that is not treated to drinking water standards and is not meant for human consumption
Non-Potable Water
Albedo
Vehicle miles traveled
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
3. Excel spreadsheet that helps project teams track their credits against requirements for certification
LEED Credit Checklist
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.
Building Related Illness
Drip Irrigation
4. Passenger transportation services which are available for use by the general public - such as trains - subways and busses
Gallons per Flush
Potable Water
Site Disturbance
Mass Transit
5. Being able to allow water or air to filtrate through
Conventional Irrigation
Environmental Sustainability
Perviousness
Mass Transit
6. Web portal and site that allows teams to register a LEED project and to upload each section of the certification application
Flush-Out
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Energy Efficient
LEED Online
7. An expanded baseline for measuring performance - adding social and environmental dimensions to the traditional profit measure - so decisions are viewed in the long term with their impact on people - the planet - and profit
Design Development
Building Density
Triple Bottom Line
Credit Interpretation Request
8. How many % of environmental impacts decision are made during the 1st 10% of design process?
Baseline v. Design
Salvaged Materials
70%
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
9. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas
Erosion
Agrifiber Product
Development Footprint
Heat Islands
10. 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
Cooling Tower
Ventilation Rate
Air Quality Standards
Energy Conservation
11. CD carry the design into the detail level so that construction can take place.
Air Conditioning
Integrated Process
Construction Documents
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
12. 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.
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Refrigerant
Building Density
Adaptive Plant
13. Doing this in the air for the purposes of assessing indoor air quality
Carbon Neutrality
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Impervious Surfaces
Emissivity (of a material)
14. The practice of placing windows - or other transparent media - and reflective surfaces so that - during the day - natural light provides effective internal illumination
Mass Transit
Market Transformation
Daylighting
Carbon Overlay Tool
15. Which LEED rating systems has more than 100 points
Xeriscaping
Global Warming
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
16. A roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and soil - or a growing medium - planted over a waterproofing membrane
Montreal Protocol
Green Washing
Vegetated (Green) Roof
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
17. Water used for building systems such as boiler feed water - cooling water for heat exchangers - chillers - etc
Air Quality Standards
Carbon Footprint
Process Water
LEED Points
18. 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
Aquifer
Stormwater Runoff
Nonpoint-source pollution
Site Disturbance
19. 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
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Waste Diversion
Light Pollution
Biomass
20. Prior to final selection of site - owner & design team should confirm that the site is...
Process Water
Hardscape
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
21. Under building - tuck-under - or a stacked parking structure that minimizes the need for exposed parking and parking lots
Underground Parking
Glare
Bioswale
Erosion
22. Renewable energy such as solar - wind - biomass - hydro - and geothermal energy
Carbon Footprint
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Green Power
Pollutant
23. 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
Non-renewable Resource
LEED Project Boundary
Pollutant
Byproduct
24. To reduce site lighting impact near forestland - the exterior lighting installed should...
Reduce light transpass
Site Disturbance
Brownfields
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
25. Primary pollutants in Acid Rain are...
Energy Efficient
Gallons per Minute
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Environmental Sustainability
26. Comparison between a standard gage and an actual result. in LEED - the [first part] usually refers to the EPAct 1992 water flow and flush rates while the [second part] would represent an existing building.
Baseline v. Actual Use
Building Codes
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Green Washing
27. 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
Thermal Comfort
Carpool
Pollutant
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
28. 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.
Community Connectivity
Building Commissioning
Baseline Vs Design
Building Envelope (building shell)
29. Precipitation that is usually acidic. it has harmful effects on plants - aquatic animals - and infrastructure. it is mostly caused by human emissions of sulfur and nitrogen compounds which react in the atmosphere to produce acids. in recent years - m
Reuse
Acid Rain
Ozone (O3)
Commingled Recycling
30. Any opening in a building - such as windows - doors - skylights - curtain walls - etc. - designed to permit the passage of air - light - vehicles - or people
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Fossil Fuels
Fenestration
LEED Rating System
31. 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
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
HVAC System
High Performance Green Building
32. Investigation and valuation of the environmental impacts of a given product or service. LCA evaluates environmental performance. this view takes into account the whole life of a product or project (not assessing it from a single point in time)
Agrifiber Product
Sustainable Forestry
Development Footprint
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
33. A term used in the US to describe the heating or cooling capacity of a system or fuels. this is understood to represent [this]'s per hour when referring to power. this derives its measurement from the amount of energy it takes to raise the temperatur
Environmental Sustainability
Solid Waste Management Policy
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Commissioning Plan
34. Wood manufactured by binding together the strands - particles - fibers - or veneers of wood - together with adhesives - to form [first word] materials
Hardscape
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Emergent Properties
35. Unit of measurement by which flowing devices such as faucets and showers are measured and regulated
LEED Online
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Gallons per Minute
70%
36. Indigenous or exotic plants that spread outside cultivated areas and can damage environmental or economical resources. they grow quickly and aggressively - spreading and displacing other plants
Invasive Plants
Prime Farmland
Energy Star Rating
Bypass otherwise required submittals
37. Flush-Out
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.
Energy Conservation
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
38. The application of solar cells for energy by converting sunlight directly into electricity
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Baseline v. Actual Use
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Zoning
39. What is acknowledged as one of the greatest threats to surface-water quality?
Nonpoint-source pollution
HVAC System
Infill Development
LEED Requirements and Submittals
40. 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
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Emergent Properties
Rainwater Harvesting
41. 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
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Imperviousness
LEED Intent
Xeriscaping
42. The linear view of the life of a product - from creation to the end of useful life - ie disposal
Cradle to Grave
Building Codes
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
43. Smart Location & Linkage. Neighborhood Pattern & Design. Green Infrastructure & Bldg.
Carbon Footprint
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Energy Conservation
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
44. 1) Cost of green bldg Each Prerequisite and Credit has 2 major components - and those are: Intents and Requirements
Biomass
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Environmentally Preferable Products
Life-cycle cost analysis
45. What is reduced when a project uses reclaimed water in its cooling towers?
Portable water uses
Bioswale
Location
Indoor Air Quality
46. An interactive energy management tool for tracking and assessing energy and water consumption across an entire portfolio of buildings
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Adaptive Plant
Contaminant
47. 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
Emissivity (of a material)
Commingled Recycling
Albedo
Development Density
48. Allowing pedestrians to walk between areas without interference from walls - highways or other barriers
Pedestrian Access
Global Warming
Open Grid Pavement
Non-renewable Resource
49. What are the 3D sustainability often described as the triple bottom line or 3 legged stool?
Community Connectivity
Fenestration
Outdoor Air
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
50. 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
Community Connectivity
Prime Farmland
Integrated Process
Sustainable Purchasing Policy