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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. 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
Conservation
Passive Design
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Integrated Process
2. Heating - ventilating and air conditioning. these systems seek to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality
Green Washing
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Location
HVAC System
3. The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations that are not to be exceeded during a given time in a defined area (EPA)
Daylighting
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Air Quality Standards
Mass Transit
4. Waste water from toilets & urinals is known as?
Value Engineering
LEED Online
Solid Waste Management Policy
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
5. 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
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Waste Management Plan
Non-renewable Resource
6. The introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability - disorder - harm or discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Air Conditioning
Pollution
7. 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
Open Space
High Performance Green Building
Material Reuse
Environmental Sustainability
8. What is the procedure required to achieve LEED cert?
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
Conservation
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Material Reuse
9. If a bldg is designed to move at any point in its lifetime - what LEED certification is it eligible for?
Commingled Recycling
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
None.
Site Disturbance
10. What are the 3D sustainability often described as the triple bottom line or 3 legged stool?
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Biofuel
Regenerative
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
11. According to the EPA - what % of time do American spend indoors?
Rating system and Project size
Baseline v. Actual Use
Building Envelope (building shell)
90%
12. Schematic Design - Design Development - and Construction Documents
Design
Regenerative
HVAC System
The four LEED levels
13. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Water Pollution
LEED Online
Diversity of Houses
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
14. Each LEED credit has requirements that must be met and documentation that must be submitted to prove the credit requirements were met
Integrated Process
LEED Project Boundary
LEED Requirements and Submittals
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
15. Systems withing systems that are related because they affect and effect each other
Nested System
Cradle to Cradle
HVAC System
Integrated Design
16. Disciplinary Review Committee (Investigate) - Disciplinary Hearing Committee (Judgment) - and Credential Steering Committee (Final Decision) 2) Types of advantages discovered when initial investment are made in more durable products and efficient bld
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
Nested System
Bake-Out
Sustainable
17. 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
Biomass
Cooling Tower
Positive Feedback Loop
Xeriscaping
18. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion
1000 square ft
Montreal Protocol
Vehicle miles traveled
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
19. Prior to final selection of site - owner & design team should confirm that the site is...
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Built Environment
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Heat Island Effect
20. Process for project teams to obtain technical guidance on how LEED requirements pertain to their projects
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Brownfields
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
1000 square ft
21. Building that is energy and resource efficient
High Performance Green Building
Net-Zero Energy
Albedo
Energy Conservation
22. Thermal comfort is typically attributed to what env factors?
Negative Feedback Loop
Water Balance
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Energy Conservation
23. 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
Drip Irrigation
250 square ft
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
70%
24. 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
Potable Water
Systems Thinking
Invasive Plants
Adaptive Reuse
25. 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
Pollution
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.
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
Harvested Rainwater
26. Exterior surface of the building including all walls - windows - floor and roof. separates the building's inside from the outside
70%
Building Envelope (building shell)
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
Major Construction Phases
27. Which LEED rating systems has more than 100 points
Adaptive Plant
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
70%
Carbon Neutrality
28. Used to describe situations in which building occupants experience acute health and comfort effects that appear to be linked to time spent in a building - but no specific illness or cause can be identified
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Sick Building Syndrome
Site Disturbance
Underground Parking
29. Administrative and procedural requirements for salvaging - recycling and disposing of non-hazardous demolition and [first phrase] -- this means it should cover waste sent to a landfill - salvaging - and recycled waste
Waste Stream Audit
Construction Waste Management Plan
Building Related Illness
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
30. A review process that identifies and selects the lowest lifecycle cost options in design - materials and processes that achieves the desired level of performance - reliability and customer satisfaction
LEED Pilot Credit Library
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Value Engineering
Biomass
31. A term used in life cycle analysis to describe a material or product that is recycled into a new product at the end of its useful life. an example of a closed system
Cradle to Cradle
Open Space
Nested System
Low Impact Development
32. Plan that identifies a diversion rate goal and covers how waste will be either disposed or reused or recycled by addressing sorting - collection - and final disposal of items in an existing building
Construction Phases Bidding
Solid Waste Management Policy
Byproduct
Integrated Process
33. Flush-Out
Regional Material
Greenhouse Gases
Pedestrian Access
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.
34. What are the added costs of bldg green & what benefits offset those cost?
Aquifer
Rainwater Harvesting
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Rapidly Renewable Materials
35. 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.
Embodied Energy
Carbon Neutrality
Adaptive Plant
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.
36. A system where the output may signal the system to stop changing - i.e. - a thermostat -- at a certain point the temp feedback will tell the system to cut off
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Negative Feedback Loop
Building Commissioning
Conventional Irrigation
37. A development company is designing a 7 story 1000 -000 sq ft condominium. He will be responsible for interior finishes - but not furniture/appliances. Which is the LEED rating system used?
Construction Phases Bidding
Baseline Building Performance
LEED NC&MR
Open Space
38. The area of the project site that is impacted by construction activity - LEED project should attempt to limit site disturbance
Rating system and Project size
Site Disturbance
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
LEED Online
39. 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
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Albedo
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
40. What are the extra categories for LEED for Home?
Floor Area Ratio
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Environmental Sustainability
41. 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
Construction Administration
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Waterless Urinal
42. Light that passes beyond the project boundary - i.e. parking lot lighting that passes into a park next to the project
Indoor Environmental Quality
Building Footprint
Low Impact Development
Light Trespass
43. 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
Mass Transit
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Green Power
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
44. Area of the building as defined by the perimeter of the structure. parking lots - walkways - and landscaping are not included
LEED Prerequisites
Building Footprint
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Building Related Illness
45. The rate at which indoor air enters and leaves a building - usually expressed in LEED as the number of changes of outdoor air per hour (air changes per hour or "ach") ASHRAE 62 prescribes proper ventilation rates to ensure pollutants and carbon dioxi
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Community Connectivity
Ventilation Rate
46. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Certificate of occupancy
Solid Waste Management Policy
Community Connectivity
Climate Change
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
Development Density
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Baseline v. Actual Use
Carbon Overlay Tool
48. Green bldg emphasizes using what type of design process?
Integrative
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
49. 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
Biomass
LEED Prerequisites
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Floor Area Ratio
50. Uses the natural forces of wind and buoyancy to deliver fresh air into buildings through doors - windows or other designed opening (chimneys)
Substantial completion
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Construction Phases Bidding