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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. Min' years that a LEED bldg should share its energy & water usage data with USGBCa
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Bake-Out
Acidification
5 years
2. Temperature of the surrounding air or other medium (EPA)
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Floor Area Ratio
Ambient Temperature
3. 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
Construction Waste Management Plan
Portable water uses
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Volatile Organic Compound
4. Doing this in the air for the purposes of assessing indoor air quality
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Integrated Pest Management
Cradle to Cradle
Energy Conservation
5. Achieving net zero emissions by balancing the footprint with an equivalent amount of sequestered or offset green house gases
HCFC
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Closed System
Carbon Neutrality
6. Controllability of Systems
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Perviousness
Cradle to Cradle
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
7. A site that is undeveloped and in a natural state or has been used for agriculture
Greenfield
Waste Diversion
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Construction Administration
8. Any substance introduced into the environment that adversely affects the usefulness of a resource or the health of humans - animals - or ecosystems (EPA)
Diversity of Uses
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Mass Transit
Pollutant
9. 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
250 square ft
Aquifer
Infill Development
10. 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
Building Envelope (building shell)
Carbon Footprint
Green Cleaning
Waste Diversion
11. Total area in square feet of all spaces in a building - including rooms - stairwells - elevators and hallways
Commissioning
Integrated Process Team
Heat Island Effect
Square Footage of a Building
12. Developing in areas near transportation - housing - and jobs therefore leaving open spaces and farmland free from development
Smart Growth
Harvested Rainwater
Prime Farmland
Adaptive Plant
13. Substances used to transfer heat during the mechanical cooling process within air conditioning and refrigerator systems. they act as the heat carrier which changes from gas to liquid and then back to gas in the refrigeration cycle
Glare
Sustainable
Refrigerant
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
14. 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
Built Environment
Wastewater
LEED Online
Per-Consumer Content
15. Native plants are adapted to local conditions and are easier to grow and maintain. this low-maintenance approach means savings in both time and money. once established - native plants better withstand variations in local climate such as droughts and
Acidification
Triple Bottom Line
Native or Indigenous Plants
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
16. A project must: Comply w/ Environmental Laws - Be a Complete - Permanent bldg/space - Use a reasonable Site Boundary - Comply with min' Floor Area requirements - Comply with min' Occup' Rates - Commit to Sharing whole bldg energy & water Usage Data
Low Impact Development
Site Disturbance
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Systems Thinking
17. How can potable water use for irrigation be reduced or eliminated?
Install submeters & Select local plants
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Baseline v. Design
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
18. Green Bldg can reduce how much Energy Use?
Emergent Properties
24%-50%
Green Building
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
19. Web portal and site that allows teams to register a LEED project and to upload each section of the certification application
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
LEED Online
Potable Water
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
20. Rainwater that has been collected for uses such as landscaping irrigation - toilet flushing - or other non-potable water uses
Hard Cost
Predesign
Harvested Rainwater
5 years
21. American society of heating - refrigerating and air conditioning engineers. international technical society for all individuals and organizations interested in heating - ventilation - air-conditioning and refrigeration (hvac & r)
Energy Management System
Energy Star Rating
Volatile Organic Compound
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
22. The practice of placing windows - or other transparent media - and reflective surfaces so that - during the day - natural light provides effective internal illumination
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Building Density
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Daylighting
23. 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
Aquifer
Biodegradable
Light Pollution
Waste Stream Audit
24. How prerequisites and credits are grouped depending on the building type and rating system
Non-renewable Resource
Waste Management Plan
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
LEED Category
25. Human made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity - ranging in scale from personal shelter and buildings to neighborhoods and cities
Built Environment
Diversion Rate
Floor Area Ratio
33%-39%
26. Being able to allow water or air to filtrate through
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Pollutant
Bioswale
Perviousness
27. An interactive energy management tool for tracking and assessing energy and water consumption across an entire portfolio of buildings
LEED Rating System
Open Grid Pavement
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
28. Mixture of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette - pipe - or cigar and smoke exhaled by the smoker
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Air Quality Standards
Waste Stream Audit
29. A mixture of sizes and cost of houses in an area that allows for a mixture of socioeconomic types of people in an area -- i.e. young families and older couples in a neighborhood
Diversity of Houses
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Emissivity (of a material)
Adaptive Plant
30. Flat or nearby flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding
Street Grid Density
Floodplain
Environmental Sustainability
Climate Change
31. What is acknowledged as one of the greatest threats to surface-water quality?
1000 square ft
Embodied Energy
Nonpoint-source pollution
Emissivity (of a material)
32. Waste water from toilets & urinals is known as?
Biomass
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Biofuel
33. Very harsh - bright - dazzling light that interferes with visibility
Major Construction Phases
Glare
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
34. A gas composed of 3 oxygen atoms. it's not usually emitted directly into the air - but at ground level is created by a chemical reaction between oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the presence of sunlight. ozone has the
Ozone (O3)
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
HCFC
Regional Material
35. To reduce site lighting impact near forestland - the exterior lighting installed should...
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Reduce light transpass
The four LEED levels
Glare
36. LID is an approach to land development (or re-development) that works with nature to manage stormwater as close to its source as possible (EPA)
Floor-To-Area
Gallons per Minute
Gallons per Flush
Low Impact Development
37. This concept is thought of as more sustainable. ex: plants grow in a field - produce oxygen - take in water - then die and decay which helps plants grow. these can be linked so one system uses the byproducts of another
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Refrigerant
Building Commissioning
Closed System
38. What's the earliest pt at which a LEED for Schools proejct can be cert?
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
LEED Category
Integrated Process
Integrated Process
39. What is the procedure required to achieve LEED cert?
Raingarden
Vehicle miles traveled
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Flush-Out
40. Air that enters into a building either naturally through pre-designed openings in the building or through the ventilation system
Gallons per Flush
HVAC System
Outdoor Air
Systems Thinking
41. Previously undeveloped land that is suited for agriculture
Prime Farmland
Biodiversity
Pedestrian Access
Waste Management Plan
42. Previously used or redeveloped land that may be contaminated with hazardous waste or pollution (USGBC). the land has the potential to be reused once any hazardous substances - pollutants - or contaminants are remediated
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Air Conditioning
Brownfields
Hybrid Vehicle
43. The relationship btw the total bldg floor area & the allowable land area the bldg can cover.
Carbon Footprint
HCFC
Floor-To-Area
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
44. Viewing the world as an interrelated set of systems that can influence one another
Metering
Cooling Tower
Baseline v. Design
Systems Thinking
45. What metric is the best indicator of transportation impacts associated with a bldg project?
Cradle to Grave
Ambient Temperature
Vehicle miles traveled
Energy Management System
46. 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
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
LEED Credit Checklist
Energy Efficient
Transportation Demand Management
47. 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
Construction Administration
Green Washing
Non-renewable Resource
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
48. 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
Infill Development
Commissioning Plan
Construction Waste Management Plan
Potable Water
49. Part of the LEED rating system. within each LEED category there are prerequisites and credits. prerequisites must be met for building certification.
Passive Design
LEED Prerequisites
Emergent Properties
Environmental Sustainability
50. The min' floor area for CI
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Floor-To-Area
250 square ft
70%