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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. Side effect or consequence of an industrial or commercial activity that affects other parties without this being reflected in the price of the goods or services involved - i.e. the pollution created in power generation for one state blown over anothe
Externality
Floor Area Ratio
Daylighting
Street Grid Density
2. 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
Site Disturbance
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Open System
3. Plan that takes into consideration all aspects of the indoor environment and documents strategies to protect the quality of the indoor environment for occupants - especially important during construction and renovations
Sick Building Syndrome
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Imperviousness
Green Power
4. 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
Integrated Design
Raingarden
Schematic Design
Potable Water
5. Air that enters into a building either naturally through pre-designed openings in the building or through the ventilation system
Site Disturbance
Outdoor Air
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Install submeters & Select local plants
6. Renewable energy such as solar - wind - biomass - hydro - and geothermal energy
Development Density
Green Power
Hard Cost
Pollutant
7. The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations that are not to be exceeded during a given time in a defined area (EPA)
Building Envelope (building shell)
Air Quality Standards
Wastewater
Greenfield
8. Third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design - construction and operation of high performance green buildings (USGBC)
Carbon Neutrality
Outdoor Air
Community Connectivity
LEED
9. Materials from construction sites or existing buildings that are reused in the same or different capacity. examples can include flooring - brick - beams - and doors
Salvaged Materials
Community Connectivity
Regenerative
Building Commissioning
10. 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
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Emergent Properties
Feedback Loop
Positive Feedback Loop
11. 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
Drip Irrigation
Prime Farmland
LEED Points
12. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
Closed System
Non-renewable Resource
LEED Intent
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
13. Ruling process for project applicants seeking technical and administrative guidance on how LEED credits apply to their projects and vice versa. (USGBC) LEED interpretations are the result of a CIR and may determine how future project teams use LEED
Sustainable
Light Pollution
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Credit Interpretation Request
14. Under building - tuck-under - or a stacked parking structure that minimizes the need for exposed parking and parking lots
Substantial completion
Underground Parking
Bioswale
Energy Conservation
15. Watering using above ground sprinkler heads
Raingarden
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.
Commissioning
Conventional Irrigation
16. A pond designed to hold a specific amount of water indefinitely
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
Renewable Energy
Wet Pond (retention pond)
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
17. 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
Glare
Open Grid Pavement
Integrated Process
LEED Points
18. When all recyclables for collection are mixed but kept separate from other waste
Commingled Recycling
Built Environment
90%
Cooling Tower
19. An expense item that is not considered a direct construction cost. soft costs include architectural - engineering - financing - and legal fees - commissioning - and other pre- and post-construction expenses
LEED NC&MR
Soft Cost
Albedo
Schematic Design
20. How can potable water use for irrigation be reduced or eliminated?
Airborne Pollutant
Sustainable
Underground Parking
Install submeters & Select local plants
21. Schematic Design - Design Development - and Construction Documents
Design
Non-Potable Water
Impervious Surfaces
Integrated Process
22. 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
Site Disturbance
Xeriscaping
Potable Water
Floor Area Ratio
23. Water that is of sufficiently high quality so that it can be consumed or utilized without risk of immediate of long term harm by humans or animals
Potable Water
Raingarden
Rainwater Harvesting
Native or Indigenous Plants
24. 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
Acid Rain
Biofuel
Charrette (shuh-ret)
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
25. The concept that takes into consideration all impacts of the indoor environment on human health and performance - including indoor air quality - daylighting and views - and visual and thermal comfort.
Indoor Environmental Quality
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Mass Transit
Reuse
26. Potential credits and categories that may be used in upcoming versions of the LEED rating systems
LEED NC&MR
Integrative
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Charrette (shuh-ret)
27. System that constantly takes in items from outside the system - used them and then released them as waste. this system has no feedback loop. think of a normal home where groceries - products - or water come into the house - are used and then released
Open System
Pedestrian Access
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Externality
28. Green bldg emphasizes using what type of design process?
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Integrative
Portable water uses
Nested System
29. Evaluation of the total cost of a building or product over its useful life - including initial - maintenance - repair and replacement costs as well as savings. LCC evaluates economic performance.
Conservation
Light Trespass
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
30. Centerline miles/square mile - a centerline mile is measuring a particular road down its center. higher street grid densities are beneficial for pedestrians
Environmental Sustainability
Brownfields
Conventional Irrigation
Street Grid Density
31. 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.
Systems Thinking
Building Commissioning
24%-50%
Green Cleaning
32. Thermal comfort is typically attributed to what env factors?
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Mass Transit
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
33. 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
Commissioning Report
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Positive Feedback Loop
Construction Waste Management Plan
34. Doing this in the air for the purposes of assessing indoor air quality
Waterless Urinal
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Reuse
HCFC
35. Water used for building systems such as boiler feed water - cooling water for heat exchangers - chillers - etc
Wastewater
Process Water
Material Reuse
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
36. Encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria (USGBC). there are multiple rating system
Contaminant
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
LEED Rating System
Energy Conservation
37. Areas where the upper soil is no longer exposed - including paved areas - walkways - fountains - etc.
Hardscape
Carbon Overlay Tool
Hard Cost
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
38. During Construction Phases - ________________ is the actual construction - Commissioning take place near the end of construction - once the system have been installed and are operable. Includes Substantial Completion - Final Completion - Certificate
Heat Islands
Rainwater Harvesting
Built Environment
Construction Administration
39. Controllability of Systems
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Gallons per Flush
40. Info of a result of a system returning to the system so that the system can make appropriate modifications. think of a thermostat reading the indoor air temp. info must flow to make [this]. without info - changes are less likely to happen
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Feedback Loop
Refrigerant
LEED NC&MR
41. A site that is undeveloped and in a natural state or has been used for agriculture
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Vehicle miles traveled
Greenfield
42. Building design that takes advantage of the local climate to provide some or all of the heating - cooling - lighting and ventilation needs of the occupants
Passive Design
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Harvested Rainwater
Site Disturbance
43. All members of the project team working towards the integrated process - including building owners - maintenance staff - planners - designers - etc.
Light Pollution
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Integrated Process Team
Nested System
44. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover (USGBC)
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Carbon Neutrality
Floor Area Ratio
Mass Transit
45. The carbon overlay in LEED is used for what?
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Environmental Sustainability
24%-50%
46. When 2+ people share a ride in the same vehicle
Invasive Plants
Carpool
Energy Management System
LEED Credit Checklist
47. The amount of water the design case conserves vs the baseline case
Building Codes
Gallons per Minute
Baseline Vs Design
Diversity of Uses
48. Credit weightings are based on...
Global Warming
LEED Category
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Predesign
49. A strategy to use existing materials in a similar or different capacity
Reuse
Conservation
LEED Online
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
50. An unwanted airborne constituent that may reduce acceptability of the air (ASHRAE 62.1-2004)
Street Grid Density
Integrated Pest Management
Transportation Demand Management
Contaminant