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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. What is acknowledged as one of the greatest threats to surface-water quality?
LEED Rating System
Heat Islands
Nonpoint-source pollution
Construction Phases Bidding
2. Unit of measurement by which flowing devices such as faucets and showers are measured and regulated
24%-50%
Gallons per Minute
Integrated Process
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
3. Achieving net zero emissions by balancing the footprint with an equivalent amount of sequestered or offset green house gases
Environmentally Preferable Products
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Carbon Neutrality
LEED Rating System
4. Systems withing systems that are related because they affect and effect each other
Non-Potable Water
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
High Performance Green Building
Nested System
5. The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations that are not to be exceeded during a given time in a defined area (EPA)
Air Quality Standards
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
Raingarden
Market Transformation
6. Major Players in Design & Construction Process are...
Waterless Urinal
Conservation
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
7. Any of various halocarbon compounds consisting of carbon - hydrogen - chlorine - and fluorine - once used widely as aerosol propellants and refrigerants. these are believed to cause depletion of the atmospheric ozone layer
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Integrated Process Team
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Heat Island Effect
8. 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
Emergent Properties
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Refrigerant
Waste Diversion
9. 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
Green Cleaning
250 square ft
Building Envelope (building shell)
Glare
10. Part of construction waste management plan
Conventional Irrigation
Acidification
Building Density
Waste Management Plan
11. Landscape elements designed to slow the flow of stormwater and increase ground water recharge while also removing silt and pollution from surface runoff water. they consist of a depressed drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with veget
Bioswale
Glare
Acidification
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
12. Type of lamp designed to replace an incandescent lamp and fit into existing light fixtures formerly used for incandescent bulbs. compared to incandescent lamps giving the same amount of visible light - these generally use less power - have a longer r
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Diversion Rate
Brownfields
13. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Water Pollution
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Biomass
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
14. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas
70%
Byproduct
Invasive Plants
Heat Islands
15. Potential credits and categories that may be used in upcoming versions of the LEED rating systems
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Passive Design
Street Grid Density
Biodiversity
16. A LEED rating is achieved through earning points in each of the 6 LEED categories
Aquifer
Hybrid Vehicle
LEED Points
LEED NC&MR
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
Perviousness
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Integrated Process
Airborne Pollutant
18. The min' floor area for CI
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
250 square ft
Zoning
Material Reuse
19. Web portal and site that allows teams to register a LEED project and to upload each section of the certification application
Outdoor Air
LEED Online
Retrocommissioning
Bioswale
20. 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
Life-cycle cost analysis
Hardscape
Non-renewable Resource
Pollution
21. Mixture of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette - pipe - or cigar and smoke exhaled by the smoker
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Previously Developed Site
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
22. Developing in areas near transportation - housing - and jobs therefore leaving open spaces and farmland free from development
Flush-Out
Feedback Loop
Smart Growth
33%-39%
23. The process of collecting (commonly from a roof) - storing and using rainwater
Rainwater Harvesting
Schematic Design
Light Trespass
Process Water
24. 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
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
None.
Hybrid Vehicle
Life-cycle cost analysis
25. A member based nonprofit organization whose mission is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed - built - and operated - enabling an environmentally and socially responsible - healthy and prosperous environment that improves the qu
Positive Feedback Loop
Life-cycle cost analysis
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Commissioning Report
26. 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
Process Water
Aquifer
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Charrette (shuh-ret)
27. 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
Environmental Sustainability
Commissioning Plan
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Construction Administration
28. Purchase price of a hard asset such as masonry - wood - steel - carpet - tile - mechanical systems - roofing
Construction Waste Management Plan
Air Quality Standards
Hard Cost
Salvaged Materials
29. The official recognition by a local bldg department that bldg conforms to applicable bldg & safety codes.
Certificate of occupancy
Carbon Footprint
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
30. Part of the LEED rating system. within each LEED category there are prerequisites and credits. prerequisites must be met for building certification.
Non-renewable Resource
5 years
LEED Prerequisites
Native or Indigenous Plants
31. 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
Commingled Recycling
Drip Irrigation
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
32. 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
Material Reuse
5 years
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Acid Rain
33. CD carry the design into the detail level so that construction can take place.
250 square ft
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Construction Documents
Potable Water
34. Areas where the upper soil is no longer exposed - including paved areas - walkways - fountains - etc.
Native or Indigenous Plants
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Hardscape
Open System
35. The carbon overlay in LEED is used for what?
Pedestrian Access
Non-renewable Resource
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Externality
36. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations
Nested System
Environmental Sustainability
Charrette (shuh-ret)
HCFC
37. Third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design - construction and operation of high performance green buildings (USGBC)
LEED
Renewable Energy
Heat Islands
Regional Material
38. The number of different types of space per acre in an area - think of a mixed-use development - which has both houses and offices
Diversity of Uses
Global Warming
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Air Quality Standards
39. Total building energy costs (including all plug loads) annually. this value is intended to be used to compare against design cases to compute energy savings from a proposed design
Outdoor Air
Baseline Building Performance
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
40. Advertising a product or policy to be more beneficial to the environment than is true
Rainwater Harvesting
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Green Washing
Diversity of Houses
41. Colorless - odorless gas that is present in the atmosphere and is formed when any fuel containing carbon is burned. it is breathed out of animal's lungs during respiration - is produced by the decay of organic matter - and is used by plants in photos
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
42. Documentation of the results of the commissioning process - including the as-built state of the HVAC system and any unresolved issues found at the time the commissioning process was completed
Construction and Demolition Debris
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Commissioning Report
Montreal Protocol
43. The licensed-pro exemption is used by a project team to do what?
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Erosion
Light Pollution
Water Balance
44. Wood manufactured by binding together the strands - particles - fibers - or veneers of wood - together with adhesives - to form [first word] materials
Embodied Energy
Ozone (O3)
Energy Efficient
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
45. 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
Pollution
Biofuel
Cooling Tower
Street Grid Density
46. Flat or nearby flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding
High Performance Green Building
Emergent Properties
Floodplain
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
47. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion
Montreal Protocol
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Building Codes
Invasive Plants
48. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (EPA)
Baseline v. Actual Use
Green Cleaning
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Sustainable
49. The amount of water the design case conserves vs the baseline case
Externality
Baseline Vs Design
Hard Cost
Cradle to Grave
50. 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
Hard Cost
Hybrid Vehicle
Process Water
Acid Rain
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