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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A quantity between a site and the surrounding [area]. it is measured by pedestrian access to housing basic services such as restaurants - post offices - hospitals - libraries - etc.
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Community Connectivity
Regional Material
Xeriscaping
2. Process water can be reduced by which 2 methods?
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Pedestrian Access
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
Ventilation Rate
3. Water used for building systems such as boiler feed water - cooling water for heat exchangers - chillers - etc
Greenfield
Process Water
Rapidly Renewable Materials
24%-50%
4. The min' floor area for CI
Commissioning Report
250 square ft
Ecosystem
Integrated Process Team
5. Controllability of Systems
Location
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Pollution
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
6. Prior to submitting CIR - what strategies should be considered?
Construction Administration
Renewable Energy
Integrative
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
7. Very harsh - bright - dazzling light that interferes with visibility
Water Pollution
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Site Disturbance
Glare
8. Passenger transportation services which are available for use by the general public - such as trains - subways and busses
LEED Category
Energy Star Rating
Mass Transit
Integrated Process
9. 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)
Zoning
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Indoor Environmental Quality
10. Advertising a product or policy to be more beneficial to the environment than is true
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Design
Green Washing
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
11. Building that is energy and resource efficient
Retrocommissioning
Waste Diversion
High Performance Green Building
Metering
12. Uses the natural forces of wind and buoyancy to deliver fresh air into buildings through doors - windows or other designed opening (chimneys)
Construction Administration
Previously Developed Site
Biofuel
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
13. Guidance tool designed for use by building professionals to help manage indoor air quality in commercial buildings - which should be a part of indoor air quality management plans
Metering
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Renewable Energy
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
14. The amount of water the design case conserves vs the baseline case
Glare
Montreal Protocol
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Baseline Vs Design
15. 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
Sick Building Syndrome
Impervious Surfaces
Pollutant
Fenestration
16. When symptoms of diagnosable illness are identified and can be attributed to airborne building contaminants (EPA)
Brownfields
Conventional Irrigation
Building Related Illness
70%
17. 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 Assessment (LCA)
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Energy Efficient
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
18. 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 and Demolition Debris
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Commissioning Plan
Raingarden
19. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Design
LEED Rating System
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Water Pollution
20. Any method of powering an engine that does not involve solely petroleum (e.g. electric car - petrol-electric hybrid - solar powered)
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Conservation
Square Footage of a Building
Performance Monitoring
21. A formal question asked of GBCI from the project team - who would then receive Credit Interpretation Ruling.
Per-Consumer Content
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Credit Interpretation Request
Integrated Design
22. Used to store excess stormwater. these are basins whose outlets have been designed to detain stormwater runoff for some minimum time (e.g. 24 hrs). the stormwater will slowly seep into the ground to recharge aquifers or discharge as determined by the
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Construction Documents
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
HVAC System
23. Gives preference to the purchase of environmentally preferable products and the companies that supply them
Light Trespass
Integrated Process
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Floor-To-Area
24. Like carbon dioxide or methane - which contributes to potential climate change
Greenhouse Gases
Integrated Process Team
Solid Waste Management Policy
Waste Diversion
25. 1) Cost of green bldg Each Prerequisite and Credit has 2 major components - and those are: Intents and Requirements
Harvested Rainwater
1000 square ft
Environmental Sustainability
Life-cycle cost analysis
26. Enables project team members to work together from the project outset to develop solutions that have synergies and multiple benefits. the approach invests in design activities that increase the opportunity for integrated solutions with an eye to bett
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Integrated Process
Sick Building Syndrome
40%
27. Drinking water that is of sufficiently high quality so that it can be consumed or utilized without risk of immediate of long term harm
None.
Potable Water
Xeriscaping
Triple Bottom Line
28. 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
Floor-To-Area
Perviousness
Flush-Out
LEED Project Boundary
29. Narrative - photo/render - elevations - floor plans - project details - and boundary (Project - LEED - & property)
Heat Islands
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Airborne Pollutant
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
30. What level of CO2 concentrations indicates inadequate ventilation?
Construction Documents
Credit Interpretation Request
Acidification
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
31. Part of construction waste management plan
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Diversion Rate
Emergent Properties
Waste Management Plan
32. What is reduced when a project uses reclaimed water in its cooling towers?
Commissioning Report
Integrated Process
Portable water uses
Design Development
33. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.
Airborne Pollutant
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Byproduct
Substantial completion
34. 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.
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Indoor Air Quality
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Building Commissioning
35. Floor area of the building / the total area of the site = sq ft / acre
Building Density
Baseline v. Actual Use
Non-renewable Resource
Outdoor Air
36. 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
Environmental Sustainability
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Baseline Building Performance
37. 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
Flush-Out
Construction Phases Bidding
LEED Rating System
Street Grid Density
38. The practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource efficient throughout a building's life cycle from siting to design - construction - operation - maintenance - renovation and deconstruction. thi
Construction Documents
Green Building
Feedback Loop
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
39. 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
LEED Credit Checklist
Reuse
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
40. Gathering information - recognizing stakeholder needs - establishing project goals - & selecting site
Predesign
Floor-To-Area
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Energy Management System
41. Green Bldg can reduce how much Water Use?
Square Footage of a Building
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
40%
Albedo
42. The min' floor area for NC - CS - Schools - EB - and O&M
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Biofuel
1000 square ft
Open Space
43. Measuring the amount of resources used over a period of time - such as water or electricity
Daylighting
Metering
Cradle to Grave
Market Transformation
44. The slow release of a gas that was trapped or adsorbed in some material. off-gassing can be significant if it collects in a closed environment where air is stagnant or recirculated and the gas has negative health effects. off-gassing example: new car
Embodied Energy
Salvaged Materials
Cooling Tower
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
45. Energy Use Intensity in term of unit
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Zoning
46. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations (EPA)
Environmental Sustainability
Albedo
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Site Disturbance
47. Primary pollutants in Acid Rain are...
Performance Monitoring
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Fenestration
LEED Pilot Credit Library
48. A project that can produce all the energy it requires on site yet still might be connected to the regular utility grid - for example - using power from the grid when there is no wind - and providing power to the grid from wind turbines on windy days
Location
Net-Zero Energy
Construction Waste Management Plan
Bioswale
49. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal or natural gas - derived from the accumulated remains of ancient plants and animals and used as fuel. carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases generated by burning these are considered to be one of th
Ambient Temperature
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Greenfield
Fossil Fuels
50. Developing in areas near transportation - housing - and jobs therefore leaving open spaces and farmland free from development
Building Codes
Hybrid Vehicle
Smart Growth
Biofuel