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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Erosion
Waste Stream Audit
Graywater (Greywater)
Water Pollution
2. Major Players in Design & Construction Process are...
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Contaminant
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
3. Previously undeveloped land that is suited for agriculture
Prime Farmland
Refrigerant
Emergent Properties
Graywater (Greywater)
4. A written plan that outlines strategies to reduce stormwater runoff for the purposes of reducing erosion - pollution and sedimentation of nearby bodies of water - especially important during construction where so much dirt - dust and waste are presen
Submeter
Major Construction Phases
Building Footprint
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
5. Which LEED rating systems has more than 100 points
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Byproduct
Development Density
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
6. 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)
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Sustainable
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
7. Heating - ventilating and air conditioning. these systems seek to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality
Construction Administration
HVAC System
Install submeters & Select local plants
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
8. The measurement method for defining Irrigation Efficiency
Bioswale
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
9. 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
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Prime Farmland
Transportation Demand Management
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
10. 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
Imperviousness
Soft Cost
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
11. Explores design options & alternatives with the intent to establish an agreed-upon project layout & scope of work.
Contaminant
Chiller
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Schematic Design
12. 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
Charrette (shuh-ret)
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Green Power
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
13. Each LEED credit has requirements that must be met and documentation that must be submitted to prove the credit requirements were met
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Carbon Footprint
Environmentally Preferable Products
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
14. 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
Aquifer
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Cradle to Cradle
Erosion
15. 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
Baseline v. Actual Use
Value Engineering
Construction Phases Bidding
Floodplain
16. A measure of the amount of illumination falling on a surface.
Carbon Footprint
Non-renewable Resource
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Install submeters & Select local plants
17. Capable of being decomposed by natural agents - especially bacteria
Chiller
LEED
Light Trespass
Biodegradable
18. In LEED credit weightings - the less important impact category
Mass Transit
Acidification
Hard Cost
Triple Bottom Line
19. Any opening in a building - such as windows - doors - skylights - curtain walls - etc. - designed to permit the passage of air - light - vehicles - or people
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Embodied Energy
Market Transformation
Fenestration
20. What metric is the best indicator of transportation impacts associated with a bldg project?
Rating system and Project size
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Vehicle miles traveled
21. A process used to remove VOCs from a bldg by elevating the tempt in the fully furnished & ventilated bldg prior to human occupancy.
Conservation
Built Environment
Bake-Out
Environmental Sustainability
22. 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
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Construction Waste Management Plan
Environmental Sustainability
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
23. How many % of environmental impacts decision are made during the 1st 10% of design process?
Albedo
70%
Zoning
Air Conditioning
24. What constitutes the largest use of energy in bldg in US? What is the 2nd?
Greenfield
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Daylighting
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
25. 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
Flush-Out
Xeriscaping
Indoor Environmental Quality
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
26. 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
Construction Waste Management Plan
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Potable Water
Construction Administration
27. The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion
Energy Star Rating
Conservation
HVAC System
Zoning
28. The online software used to manage the entire LEED project certification process and manage credits
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
LEED Online
Construction Administration
Sustainable
29. 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
Hardscape
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Pedestrian Access
LEED Category
30. The min' floor area for CI
Erosion
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Pollution
250 square ft
31. The amount of water the design case conserves vs the baseline case
Imperviousness
Baseline Vs Design
Integrated Pest Management
Native or Indigenous Plants
32. Any method of powering an engine that does not involve solely petroleum (e.g. electric car - petrol-electric hybrid - solar powered)
LEED Rating System
Infill Development
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Montreal Protocol
33. A control system capable of monitoring environmental and system loads and adjusting HVAC operations accordingly in order to conserve energy while maintaining comfort (EPA)
Energy Management System
Erosion
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Soft Cost
34. When symptoms of diagnosable illness are identified and can be attributed to airborne building contaminants (EPA)
Building Related Illness
The four LEED levels
Hardscape
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
35. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations (EPA)
Low Impact Development
Environmental Sustainability
Salvaged Materials
Waste Management Plan
36. 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
Refrigerant
Value Engineering
Brownfields
37. All the energy used to grow - extract and manufacture a product - transport it to the jobsite - complete the installation - and finally dispose of it at the end of its life cycle
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Externality
Embodied Energy
Green Cleaning
38. Have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose. this comparison may consider raw materials acquisition - production - manufacturing - packaging - distr
Xeriscaping
Infill Development
Submeter
Environmentally Preferable Products
39. When 2+ people share a ride in the same vehicle
Integrated Design
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Impervious Surfaces
Carpool
40. What is the procedure required to achieve LEED cert?
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Reuse
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Aquifer
41. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Closed System
Conventional Irrigation
Mass Transit
Climate Change
42. Also known as green tags - RECs or tradable renewable certificates (TRCs) are tradable environmental commodities in the US which represent proof that 1 megawatt hour (MWh) of electricity was generated from an eligible renewable energy resource
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Construction and Demolition Debris
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
43. A roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and soil - or a growing medium - planted over a waterproofing membrane
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Environmentally Preferable Products
Vegetated (Green) Roof
44. 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
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.
Volatile Organic Compound
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
45. Water that is not treated to drinking water standards and is not meant for human consumption
Byproduct
Non-Potable Water
Design Development
Biomass
46. The spent or used water from a home - community - farm - or industry that contains dissolved or suspended matter (EPA)
Wastewater
Development Footprint
Square Footage of a Building
LEED Project Boundary
47. Systems withing systems that are related because they affect and effect each other
Material Reuse
Montreal Protocol
24%-50%
Nested System
48. A systematic process of assuring that a building and its systems performs in accordance with the design intent and the owner's requirements
Commissioning
Underground Parking
Carbon Neutrality
Biomass
49. An expanded baseline for measuring performance - adding social and environmental dimensions to the traditional profit measure - so decisions are viewed in the long term with their impact on people - the planet - and profit
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Rainwater Harvesting
Triple Bottom Line
Open System
50. Narrative - photo/render - elevations - floor plans - project details - and boundary (Project - LEED - & property)
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Passive Design
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Retrocommissioning