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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Explores design options & alternatives with the intent to establish an agreed-upon project layout & scope of work.
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Schematic Design
Global Warming
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
2. Light that passes beyond the project boundary - i.e. parking lot lighting that passes into a park next to the project
Green Washing
Light Trespass
Open Space
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
3. The introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability - disorder - harm or discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms
Pollution
Community Connectivity
Conservation
Diversity of Houses
4. Credit weightings are based on...
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Construction Administration
Evapotranspiration
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
5. According to the EPA - what % of time do American spend indoors?
Embodied Energy
Rating system and Project size
Open System
90%
6. Capable of being decomposed by natural agents - especially bacteria
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Light Pollution
Biodegradable
Pollution
7. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.
Rating system and Project size
Rainwater Harvesting
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Airborne Pollutant
8. 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
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
LEED NC&MR
Light Trespass
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
9. A systematic process of assuring that a building and its systems performs in accordance with the design intent and the owner's requirements
Submeter
Commissioning
Transportation Demand Management
Renewable Energy
10. Used by the USGBC to weight credits in the LEED system. credits that reduce the greenhouse gas emissions are given more weight than those that do not
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Carbon Overlay Tool
Biomass
Embodied Energy
11. Flush-Out
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Regional Material
Flush-Out
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.
12. Which LEED rating systems has more than 100 points
Integrated Pest Management
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
LEED Credit Checklist
13. An intense collaborative session where participants make a concerted effort to solve a problem or plan the design of something
Open Space
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Climate Change
Irrigation Efficiency
14. Smart Location & Linkage. Neighborhood Pattern & Design. Green Infrastructure & Bldg.
Construction Documents
Heat Island Effect
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
15. Systematic improvements in a market or segment of a market to achieve a lasting share of energy-efficient products and services - i.e. high efficiency washers replacing regular washing machines in the U.S.
Positive Feedback Loop
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Market Transformation
Vehicle miles traveled
16. 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
Gallons per Flush
Passive Design
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Construction Administration
17. The percentage of waste materials diverted from traditional disposal such as landfilling or incineration to be recycled - composted or reused (EPA)
Carbon Footprint
Diversion Rate
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Market Transformation
18. CD carry the design into the detail level so that construction can take place.
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Building Footprint
Construction Documents
Carbon Neutrality
19. Renewable energy such as solar - wind - biomass - hydro - and geothermal energy
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Green Power
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Irrigation Efficiency
20. 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
Floodplain
Potable Water
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Construction Administration
21. The stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in a way - and at a rate - that maintains their biodiversity - productivity - regeneration capacity - vitality and their potential to fulfill - now and in the future - relevant ecological - economic
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Airborne Pollutant
Sustainable Forestry
Irrigation Efficiency
22. 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
Credit Interpretation Request
Erosion
LEED Project Boundary
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
23. Developing in areas near transportation - housing - and jobs therefore leaving open spaces and farmland free from development
Evapotranspiration
Smart Growth
Construction Administration
Native or Indigenous Plants
24. The process of adapting old structures for purposes other than those initially intended. this saves on new materials needed. ex: warehouse turned into condos. also refers to the design of a new building with consideration to what it could be used for
Native or Indigenous Plants
Systems Thinking
Adaptive Reuse
Montreal Protocol
25. Heating - ventilating and air conditioning. these systems seek to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality
HVAC System
Cradle to Grave
Regenerative
Process Water
26. Systems withing systems that are related because they affect and effect each other
Performance Monitoring
Water Pollution
Triple Bottom Line
Nested System
27. 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
Fossil Fuels
Integrative
Emergent Properties
Commissioning Report
28. The area of the project site that is impacted by construction activity - LEED project should attempt to limit site disturbance
Green Building
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Site Disturbance
29. Similar to a bioswale - a depression with vegetation that filters and slows down rainwater to reduce peak discharge rates
Fossil Fuels
Raingarden
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
30. The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations that are not to be exceeded during a given time in a defined area (EPA)
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Air Quality Standards
Building Codes
31. 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
Heat Islands
Previously Developed Site
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Per-Consumer Content
32. Unit of measurement that describes a building's energy use relative to its size. it's calculated by taking the total energy consumed in one year in kBTUs and dividing it by total floorspace of the building. a low number signifies good energy performa
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Net-Zero Energy
Greenhouse Gases
Nested System
33. Products made from agricultural fiber such as wheat board and straw board
Agrifiber Product
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Development Density
Rapidly Renewable Materials
34. 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.
Positive Feedback Loop
Baseline v. Design
None.
Adaptive Plant
35. Drinking water that is of sufficiently high quality so that it can be consumed or utilized without risk of immediate of long term harm
Life-cycle cost analysis
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Irrigation Efficiency
Potable Water
36. 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
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Sustainable Forestry
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Sick Building Syndrome
37. The licensed-pro exemption is used by a project team to do what?
Air Quality Standards
The four LEED levels
Bypass otherwise required submittals
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
38. The variation in life forms within a given ecosystem or for the entire earth. this is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems.
Underground Parking
Biodiversity
Integrated Design
Building Density
39. 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
Global Warming
Brownfields
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
40. An assessment of the greenhouse gases (which includes more than just CO2) emitted by a particular organization - project or activity
Metering
Carbon Footprint
LEED Online
Mass Transit
41. Indicates a material's ability to reject solar heat and is the combined value of reflectivity and emittance. measurements vary from 100 (standard white surface - most reflective) - to 0 (standard black surface - least reflective). materials with the
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Install submeters & Select local plants
Air Quality Standards
42. Doing this in the air for the purposes of assessing indoor air quality
Sustainable Forestry
Non-Potable Water
Site Disturbance
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
43. Urinals that do not use water at all. these systems can save anywhere between 15000 and 45000 gallons of water per urinal per year
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Potable Water
Construction Documents
Waterless Urinal
44. 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
Soft Cost
Acidification
Vehicle miles traveled
Wastewater
45. An unwanted airborne constituent that may reduce acceptability of the air (ASHRAE 62.1-2004)
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Submeter
Portable water uses
Contaminant
46. The practice of placing windows - or other transparent media - and reflective surfaces so that - during the day - natural light provides effective internal illumination
Conservation
Building Envelope (building shell)
Emergent Properties
Daylighting
47. Life-cycle assessment is used to determine what?
Sustainable
Montreal Protocol
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Commissioning Report
48. A measure of the amount of illumination falling on a surface.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Waste Diversion
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Invasive Plants
49. The area of the project site that has been disturbed for development. this area includes the building footprint - hardscapes - and parking lots
Building Envelope (building shell)
Fenestration
Development Footprint
Biofuel
50. 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.
Community Connectivity
Install submeters & Select local plants
None.
Previously Developed Site