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1. A measure of how well a material rejects solar heat; the index ranges from 0 (least reflective) to 100 (most reflective). Using "cooler" materials helps prevent the urban heat island effect (the absorption of heat by roofs and pavement and its radiat
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
Site Disturbance
Commissioning Plan
2. The installed lighting power per unit area.
Bioswale
LEED Prerequisite
Lighting Power Density
Community Connectivity
3. Native plants occur naturally in a given location and ecosystem. Adapted plants are not native to a location but grow reliably with minimal attention from humans. Using native and adapted plants can reduce the amount of water required for irrigation
Native and Adapted Plants
Ambient Temperature
Commissioning (Cx)
Thermal Comfort
4. The percentage of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation and does not evaporate - blow away - or fall on hardscape. For example - overhead spray sprinklers have lower irrigation efficiencies (65%) than drip syste
Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Transportation Demand Management
Irrigation Efficiency
Community Connectivity
5. A measure of the amount of illumination falling on a surface. A footcandle is equal to one lumen per square foot. Minimizing the number of footcandles of site lighting helps reduce light pollution and protect dark skies and nocturnal animals.
LEED Green Building Rating System
Foot Candle
Salvaged Material
Ambient Temperature
6. Water from precipitation that flows over surfaces into sewer systems or receiving water bodies. All precipitation that leaves project site boundaries on the surface is considered stormwater runoff.
Biodegradable
Off-Gassing
Stormwater Runoff
Native and Adapted Plants
7. American Society of Heating - Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
Chiller
ASHRAE
Heat Island Effect
Graywater
8. Building components and appliances that use less energy to perform as well as or better than standard products.
Building Density
Salvaged Material
Energy-Efficient Products and Systems
Bioswale
9. 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
Market Transformation
Diversity of Uses or Housing Types
Construction Wast Management Plan
10. All the individuals involved in a building project from early in the design process - including the design professionals - the owner's representatives - and teh general contractor and subcontractors.
Integrated Design Team
Contaminant
Gallons per Minute (gpm)
Diversity of Uses or Housing Types
11. A voluntary - consensus-based - market-driven building rating system based on existing - proven technology. The LEED Green Building Rating System represents USGBC's effort to provide a national benchmark for green buildings. Through its use as a desi
High-Performance Green Building
LEED Green Building Rating System
Street Grid Density
Potable Water
12. Plant material from trees - grasses - or crops that can be converted to heat energy to produce electricity.
Biomass
Commissioning Plan
Ambient Temperature
Sustainability
13. Any substance introduced into the environment that harms the usefulness of a resource or the health of humans - animals - or ecosystems. (EPA) Air pollutants include emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) - sulfur dioxide (SO2) - nitrogen oxides (NOX) - m
Pollutant
Biodegradable
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Irrigation Efficiency
14. Long-term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations. (EPA)
Energy or Greenhouse Gas Emissions per Capita
Community Connectivity
Environmental Sustainability
ENERGY STAR Rating
15. A tradable commodity representing proof that a unit of electricity was generated from a renewable energy resource. RECs are sold separately from the electricity itself and thus allow the purchase of green power by a user of conventionally generated e
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
Controllability of Systems
Dry Ponds
Contaminant
16. A document that details the commissioning program overview - identification of the commissioning team - and description of the commissioning process activities.
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Gallons per Minute (gpm)
Rain Garden
Commissioning Report
17. An indicator of ventilation effectiveness inside buildings. CO2 concentrations greater than 530 parts per million (ppm) above outdoor conditions generally indicate inadequate ventilation. Absolute concentrations of greater than 800 to 1000 ppm genera
Carbon Dioxide Concentration
Certified Wood
Acid Rain
Graywater
18. An indicator of neighborhood density - calculated as the number of centerline miles per square mile. Centerline miles are the length of a road down its center. A community with high street grid density and narrow - interconnected streets is more like
Rapidly Renewable Materials and Products
Commissioning Report
Cooling Tower
Street Grid Density
19. Precipitation captured and used for indoor needs - irrigation - or both.
Graywater
Floodplain
Harvested Rainwater
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
20. The temperature of the surrounding air or other medium. (EPA)
ENERGY STAR Rating
Foot Candle
Ambient Temperature
Xeriscaping
21. The emission of volatile organic compounds from synthetic and natural products.
Biodegradable
Off-Gassing
Floor-To-Area Ratio
Irrigation Efficiency
22. The nature of air inside the space that affects the health and well-being of building occupants. It is considered acceptable when there are no known contaminants at harmful concentrations and a substantial majority (80% or more) of the occupants do n
Regional/Locally Sourced Materials
Performance Relative to Benchmark
Photovoltaic (PV) Energy
Indoor Air Quality
23. A plan that diverts construction debris from landfills through recycling - salvaging - and reuse.
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
Bake-Out
Floor-To-Area Ratio
Construction Wast Management Plan
24. Systematic improvements in the performance of a market or market segment. For example - EPA's ENERGY STAR program has shifted the performance of homes - buildings - and appliances toward higher levels of energy efficiency by providing recognition and
Foot Candle
High-Performance Green Building
astewater
Market Transformation
25. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (Brundtland Commission)
Ecosystem
Energy Use Intensity
Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Sustainability
26. A measure of greenhouse gas emissions associated with an activity. A comprehensive carbon footprint includes building construction - operation - energy use - building-related transportation - and the embodied energy of water - solid waste - and const
Sustainable Forestry
Sustained-Yield Forestry
By-Product
Carbon Footprint
27. Also known as regional materials - the amount of a building's materials that are extracted - processed - and manufactured close to a project site - expressed as a percentage of the total materials cost. For LEED - regional materials originate within
Regional/Locally Sourced Materials
Prime Farmland
Chiller
Perviousness
28. Vehicles that use low-polluting - nongasoline fuels - such as electricity - hydrogen - propane or compressed natural gas - liquid natural gas - methanol - and ethanol. In LEED - efficient gas-electric hybrid vehicles are included in this group.
Certified Wood
Alternative Fuel Vehicles
By-Product
Baseline Versus Design
29. A structure that uses water to absorb heat from air-conditioning systems and regulate air temperature in a facility.
Biodiversity
Gallons per Minute (gpm)
Cooling Tower
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
30. Not capable of being replaced; permanently depleted once used. Examples of nonrenewable energy sources are oil and natural gas; nonrenewable natural resources include metallic ores.
Nonrenewable
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
LEED Credit
Renewable Energy
31. The absorption of heat by hardscapes - such as dark - nonreflective pavement and buildings - and its radiation to surrounding areas. Particularly in urban areas - other sources may include vehicle exhaust - air-conditioners - and street equipment; re
Energy Management System
Graywater
Heat Island Effect
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
32. Waste and recyclables generated from construction and from renovation - demolition - or deconstruction of existing structures. It does not include land-clearing debris - such as soil - vegetation - and rocks.
Biodiversity
Construction and Demolition Debris
Building Envelope
Building Density
33. Electricity from photovoltaic cells that convert the energy in sunlight into electricity.
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Graywater
Photovoltaic (PV) Energy
Lighting Power Density
34. Capable of decomposing under natural conditions. (EPA)
Rain Garden
Biodegradable
Building Footprint
Commissioning (Cx)
35. The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations that is not to be exceeded during a given time in a defined area. (EPA)
Gallons per Minute (gpm)
Building Density
Air Quality Standards
Indoor Air Quality
36. A comparison of a building system's performance with a baseline that is equivalent to minimal compliance with an applicable energy code - such as ASHRAE Standard 90 or California's Title 24.
Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV)
Performance Relative to Code
Regenerative Design
Stormwater Runoff
37. The exterior surface of a building - the walls - windows - roof - and floor; also referred to as the building shell.
LEED Prerequisite
Potable Water
Building Envelope
Construction Wast Management Plan
38. A combination of symptoms - experienced by occupants of a building - that appear to be linked to time spent in the building but cannot be traced to a specific cause. Complaints may be localized in a particular room or zone or be spread throughout the
LEED Prerequisite
Bake-Out
Nonrenewable
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
39. The controlled admission of natural light into a space - used to reduce or eliminate electric lighting.
Daylighting
Biomass
Prime Farmland
British Thermal Unit (Btu)
40. The resistance of a material to penetration by a liquid. The total imperviousness of a surface - such as paving - is expressed as a percentage of total land area that does not allow moisture penetration. Impervious surfaces prevent rainwater from inf
Pre-Consumer Recycled Content
Building Envelope
Ventilation Rate
Imperviousness
41. The area on a project site that is used by the building structure - defined by the perimeter of the building plan. Parking lots - landscapes - and other nonbuilding facilities are not included in the building footprint.
Building Footprint
Commissioning Plan
ENERGY STAR Rating
Environmental Sustainability
42. A basic unit of nature that includes a community of organisms and their nonliving environment linked by biological - chemical and physical processes.
Ecosystem
Floodplain
Site Disturbance
Baseline Versus Design
43. The floor area of the building divided by the total area of the site (square feet per acre)
HVAC Systems
Commissioning Plan
LEED Green Building Rating System
Building Density
44. A measure of a building's energy performance compared with that of similar buildings - as determined by the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. A score of 50 represents average building performance.
Commissioning Report
ENERGY STAR Rating
LEED Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
HVAC Systems
45. The temperature - humidity - and airflow ranges within which the majority of people are most comfortable - as determined by ASHRAE Standard 55-2004. Because people dress differently depending on the season - thermal comfort levels vary with the seaso
Flush-Out
Acid Rain
Thermal Comfort
Controllability of Systems
46. A comparison of a building system's performance with a standard - such as ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.
Performance Relative to Benchmark
Street Grid Density
Building Envelope
Environmental Sustainability
47. The operation of mechanical systems for a minimum of two weeks using 100 percent outside air at the end of construction and prior to building occupancy to ensure safe indoor air quality.
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Flush-Out
Acid Rain
Biomass
48. Equipment - distribution systems - and terminals that provide the processes of heating - ventilating - or air-conditioning. (ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007)
Energy Use Intensity
HVAC Systems
Contaminant
Stormwater Runoff
49. The precipitation of dilute solutions of strong mineral acids - formed by the mixing in the atmosphere of various industrial pollutants (primarily sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) with naturally occurring oxygen and water vapor.
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
Acid Rain
Native and Adapted Plants
Life-Cycle Assessment
50. An optional LEED Green Building Rating System component whose achievement results in the earning of points toward certification.
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Foot Candle
Sustainability
LEED Credit