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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Collaborative - facilitated approach to project design and execution. the approach invests in design activities that increase the opportunity for integrated solutions with an eye to better performance and life cycle savings
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Non-renewable Resource
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Integrated Design
2. The amount of water the design case conserves vs the baseline case
Baseline Vs Design
Green Building
Reduce light transpass
70%
3. Certified (40-49) - Silver (50-59) - Gold (60-79) - and Platinum (80+)
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
The four LEED levels
Market Transformation
4. Resistance to penetration by a liquid and is calculated as the percentage of area covered by a paving system that does not allow moisture to soak into the ground
Commingled Recycling
Carbon Footprint
Agrifiber Product
Imperviousness
5. The number of different types of space per acre in an area - think of a mixed-use development - which has both houses and offices
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Schematic Design
Volatile Organic Compound
Diversity of Uses
6. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.
HVAC System
Irrigation Efficiency
Rating system and Project size
Performance Monitoring
7. 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
Integrated Design
Systems Thinking
Integrated Process
Pollutant
8. 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
LEED Points
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Development Density
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
9. 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
Green Building
Rating system and Project size
Fossil Fuels
Cradle to Cradle
10. Green Bldg can reduce how much Energy Use?
LEED Requirements and Submittals
24%-50%
Performance Monitoring
Ventilation Rate
11. Purchase price of a hard asset such as masonry - wood - steel - carpet - tile - mechanical systems - roofing
Underground Parking
Hard Cost
Externality
LEED Credit
12. 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
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Solid Waste Management Policy
Building Footprint
Baseline Vs Design
13. Similar to a bioswale - a depression with vegetation that filters and slows down rainwater to reduce peak discharge rates
Infill Development
Diversity of Houses
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Raingarden
14. Light that passes beyond the project boundary - i.e. parking lot lighting that passes into a park next to the project
Light Trespass
Certificate of occupancy
Air Conditioning
5 years
15. According to the EPA - what % of time do American spend indoors?
Ambient Temperature
Light Pollution
Conservation
90%
16. Very harsh - bright - dazzling light that interferes with visibility
Glare
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Sustainable Forestry
17. Info of a result of a system returning to the system so that the system can make appropriate modifications. think of a thermostat reading the indoor air temp. info must flow to make [this]. without info - changes are less likely to happen
Adaptive Reuse
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Pollution
Feedback Loop
18. When costs are established and contracts for construction services are signed.
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Feedback Loop
70%
Construction Phases Bidding
19. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover (USGBC)
Floor Area Ratio
Solid Waste Management Policy
Fossil Fuels
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
20. The percentage of material in a product that was consumer waste. the recycled material was generated by household - commercial - industrial or institutional end-users and can no longer be used for its intended purpose. it includes returns of material
Flush-Out
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
21. An intense collaborative session where participants make a concerted effort to solve a problem or plan the design of something
Credit Interpretation Request
Salvaged Materials
Ambient Temperature
Charrette (shuh-ret)
22. Building design that takes advantage of the local climate to provide some or all of the heating - cooling - lighting and ventilation needs of the occupants
Passive Design
Raingarden
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Pollutant
23. An assessment of the greenhouse gases (which includes more than just CO2) emitted by a particular organization - project or activity
Community Connectivity
Byproduct
250 square ft
Carbon Footprint
24. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion
Indoor Air Quality
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Montreal Protocol
Development Footprint
25. 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.
Acid Rain
Open Space
Market Transformation
Street Grid Density
26. The ability of dark - non-reflective paved areas-city streets - rooftops - and sidewalks-to absorb and radiate heat - making urban areas and the surrounding suburbs noticeably hotter than rural towns nearby. other contributors include reduced airflow
Agrifiber Product
Heat Island Effect
Location
Performance Monitoring
27. The concept that takes into consideration all impacts of the indoor environment on human health and performance - including indoor air quality - daylighting and views - and visual and thermal comfort.
Closed System
Indoor Environmental Quality
Systems Thinking
Sustainable Forestry
28. Urinals that do not use water at all. these systems can save anywhere between 15000 and 45000 gallons of water per urinal per year
Charrette (shuh-ret)
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Waterless Urinal
Floodplain
29. 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
LEED Rating System
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Floodplain
30. 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
Non-renewable Resource
Xeriscaping
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Water Balance
31. Developing in areas near transportation - housing - and jobs therefore leaving open spaces and farmland free from development
Zoning
Heat Islands
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Smart Growth
32. Concept of integrative design emphasizes
LEED Points
LEED Credit
Floor-To-Area
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
33. 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
Invasive Plants
Transportation Demand Management
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Waste Diversion
34. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
90%
Carbon Overlay Tool
Waste Diversion
70%
35. Previously undeveloped land that is suited for agriculture
LEED Rating System
Sick Building Syndrome
Prime Farmland
Diversity of Uses
36. This concept is thought of as more sustainable. ex: plants grow in a field - produce oxygen - take in water - then die and decay which helps plants grow. these can be linked so one system uses the byproducts of another
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Brownfields
Air Conditioning
Closed System
37. How prerequisites and credits are grouped depending on the building type and rating system
Building Envelope (building shell)
Potable Water
LEED Category
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
38. An interactive energy management tool for tracking and assessing energy and water consumption across an entire portfolio of buildings
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Integrative
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
39. Centerline miles/square mile - a centerline mile is measuring a particular road down its center. higher street grid densities are beneficial for pedestrians
Fossil Fuels
Outdoor Air
Street Grid Density
Potable Water
40. Development that occurs within established urban areas where the site or area either is a vacant place between other developments or has previously been used for another urban purpose
Regional Material
Infill Development
Fenestration
Floor-To-Area
41. Any opening in a building - such as windows - doors - skylights - curtain walls - etc. - designed to permit the passage of air - light - vehicles - or people
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Fenestration
Acidification
Nonpoint-source pollution
42. Properties or patterns that a complex system has - but which the individual members do not have. the end result is that the system now has more than just the sum of its parts. for example - saltiness is a property that neither sodium or chlorine have
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Rainwater Harvesting
Emergent Properties
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
43. The official recognition by a local bldg department that bldg conforms to applicable bldg & safety codes.
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Non-renewable Resource
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Certificate of occupancy
44. What are the added costs of bldg green & what benefits offset those cost?
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Carbon Overlay Tool
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Fossil Fuels
45. What metric is the best indicator of transportation impacts associated with a bldg project?
Pedestrian Access
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Vehicle miles traveled
90%
46. Process water can be reduced by which 2 methods?
Ozone (O3)
Site Disturbance
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
47. All members of the project team working towards the integrated process - including building owners - maintenance staff - planners - designers - etc.
Airborne Pollutant
Built Environment
Integrated Process Team
Baseline Vs Design
48. A gas composed of 3 oxygen atoms. it's not usually emitted directly into the air - but at ground level is created by a chemical reaction between oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the presence of sunlight. ozone has the
Ozone (O3)
Life-cycle cost analysis
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Heat Islands
49. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Water Pollution
70%
Impervious Surfaces
50. 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
Non-renewable Resource
Integrated Design
Sustainable
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.