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1. The amount of air circulated through a space - measured in air changes per hour (the quantity of infiltration air in cubic feet per minute divided by the volume of the room). Proper ventilation rates - as prescribed by ASHRAE Standard 62 - ensure tha
Indoor Air Quality
By-Product
Ventilation Rate
Bake-Out
2. The installed lighting power per unit area.
Lighting Power Density
Brownfield
ENERGY STAR Rating
Reuse
3. 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
Life-Cycle Assessment
Transportation Demand Management
Thermal Comfort
Wetland Vegetation
4. The variety of life in all forms - levels - and combinations - including ecosystem diversity - species diversity - and genetic diversity.
Development Density
Imperviousness
Biodiversity
Stormwater Runoff
5. Equipment - distribution systems - and terminals that provide the processes of heating - ventilating - or air-conditioning. (ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007)
Commissioning Plan
Floor-To-Area Ratio
HVAC Systems
Building Envelope
6. A process used to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from a building by elevating the temperature in the fully furnished and ventilated building prior to human occupancy.
Construction Wast Management Plan
Commissioning Plan
Bake-Out
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
7. 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.
Performance Relative to Benchmark
By-Product
Integrated Design Team
Brownfield
8. 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
LEED Credit
Biomass
Building Density
9. 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
Street Grid Density
Gallons per Flush (gpf)
Building Envelope
Contaminant
10. Solid particles or liquid droplets in the atmosphere. The chemical composition of particulates varies - depending on location and time of year. Sources include dust - emissions from industrial processes - combustion products from the burning of wood
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
Particulates
Native and Adapted Plants
Environmental Sustainability
11. Previously used or developed land that may be contaminated with hazardous waste or pollution. Once any environmental damage has been re-mediated - the land can be reused. Redevelopment on brownfields provides an important opportunity to restore degra
Brownfield
Integrated Design Team
Floodplain
Performance Relative to Code
12. A device that removes heat from a liquid - typically as part of a refrigeration system used to cool and dehumidify buildings.
Chiller
Foot Candle
Performance Relative to Code
Reuse
13. A small fluorescent lamp - used as a more efficient alternative to incandescent lighting; also called a PL - twin-tube - or biax lamp. (EPA)
Baseline Versus Design
Daylighting
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Building Envelope
14. A document that details the commissioning program overview - identification of the commissioning team - and description of the commissioning process activities.
Commissioning Report
Perviousness
Performance Relative to Code
Foot Candle
15. Capable of decomposing under natural conditions. (EPA)
Heat Island Effect
Baseline Versus Design
Regenerative Design
Biodegradable
16. 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. This includes returns of mate
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
LEED Credit Interpretation Request
Fossil Fuel
Energy Management System
17. A measure of transportation demand that estimates the travel miles associated with a project - most often for single-passenger cars. LEED sometimes uses a complementary metric for alternative-mode miles (e.g. - In high-occupancy autos).
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
Transportation Demand Management
Construction Wast Management Plan
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
18. Management of a forest to produce in perpetuity a high-level annual or regular periodic output - through a balance between increment and cutting. (Society of American Foresters)
Sustained-Yield Forestry
Rain Garden
Controllability of Systems
Floodplain
19. The exterior surface of a building - the walls - windows - roof - and floor; also referred to as the building shell.
Construction and Demolition Debris
HVAC Systems
Building Envelope
Flush-Out
20. A landscaping method that makes routine irrigation unnecessary by using drought-adaptable and low-water plants - as well as soil amendments such as compost and mulches to reduce evaporation.
Performance Relative to Code
Nonrenewable
Ventilation Rate
Xeriscaping
21. Wood that has been issued a certificate from an independent organization with developed standards of good forest management. This certificate verifies that wood products come from responsibly managed forests.
Potable Water
Wetland Vegetation
Performance Relative to Code
Certified Wood
22. 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
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
Perviousness
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
Heat Island Effect
23. Wastewater from toilets and urinals; definitions vary - and wastewater from kitchen sinks (perhaps differentiated by the use of a garbage disposal - showers - or bathtubs is considered blackwater under some state or local codes.
HVAC Systems
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Chiller
Blackwater
24. 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
Imperviousness
Regenerative Design
Development Density
Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV)
25. A stormwater control feature that uses a combination of an engineered basin - soils - and vegetation to slow and detain stormwater - increase groundwater recharge - and reduce peak stormwater runoff.
Bioswale
Baseline Versus Design
Sustainable Forestry
Rapidly Renewable Materials and Products
26. 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
Energy Management System
Contaminant
Carbon Dioxide Concentration
Building Density
27. Resources that are not depleted by use. Examples include energy from the sun - wind - and small (low-impact) hydropower - plus geothermal energy and wave and tidal systems. Ways to capture energy from the sun include photovoltaic - solar thermal - an
Waste Diversion
Blackwater
Renewable Energy
Bake-Out
28. A stormwater management feature consisting of an excavated depression and vegetation that collects and filters runoff and reduce peak discharge rates.
Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV)
Site Disturbance
Rain Garden
Waste Diversion
29. The percentage of occupants who have direct control over temperature - airflow - and lighting in their spaces.
Performance Relative to Code
Recycled Content
Controllability of Systems
Building Density
30. Precipitation captured and used for indoor needs - irrigation - or both.
Harvested Rainwater
Indoor Air Quality
Photovoltaic (PV) Energy
Regenerative Design
31. Energy consumption divided by the number of square feet in a building - often expressed as British thermal units (Btus) per square foot or as kilowatt-hours of electricity per square foot per year (kWh/sf/yr)
Energy Use Intensity
Certified Wood
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
Performance Relative to Benchmark
32. 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.
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Flush-Out
Potable Water
Regional/Locally Sourced Materials
33. Land that is likely to be flooded by a storm of a given size (e.g. A 100-year storm).
Energy or Greenhouse Gas Emissions per Capita
Floodplain
Sustained-Yield Forestry
Controllability of Systems
34. Building components and appliances that use less energy to perform as well as or better than standard products.
Indoor Air Quality
Sustainability
Energy-Efficient Products and Systems
Salvaged Material
35. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (Brundtland Commission)
Sustainability
Biodegradable
Transportation Demand Management
Integrated Design Team
36. 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
Indoor Air Quality
Rapidly Renewable Materials and Products
Pre-Consumer Recycled Content
Gallons per Flush (gpf)
37. A committee consisting of industry experts who assist in interpreting credits and developing technical improvements to the LEED Green Building Rating System.
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
Performance Relative to Code
LEED Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
LEED Credit
38. Electricity from photovoltaic cells that convert the energy in sunlight into electricity.
Photovoltaic (PV) Energy
Building Density
ENERGY STAR Rating
Market Transformation
39. Water that meets or exceeds the EPA's drinking water quality standards and is approved for human consumption by the state or local authorities having jurisdiction; it may be supplied from wells or municipal water systems.
Potable Water
Pollutant
Thermal Comfort
Nonrenewable
40. The total square footage of all buildings within a particular area - measured in square feet per acre or units per acre.
Environmental Sustainability
Particulates
Development Density
Recycled Content
41. A required LEED Green Building Rating System component whose achievement is mandatory and does not earn any points.
Commissioning Report
Energy-Efficient Products and Systems
Daylighting
LEED Prerequisite
42. A material - other than the principal product - generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system. (EPA)
Prime Farmland
By-Product
LEED Prerequisite
Controllability of Systems
43. 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
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Construction Wast Management Plan
Market Transformation
Waste Diversion
44. 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
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
Floodplain
ASHRAE
Xeriscaping
45. The amount of water consumed by flush fixtures (water closets - or toilets - and urinals). The baseline flush rate for water closets is 1.6 gpf - and for urinals - 1.0 gpf (EPAct 1992)
Controllability of Systems
Building Density
Gallons per Flush (gpf)
Diversity of Uses or Housing Types
46. A formal USGBC process in which a project team experiencing difficulties in the application of a LEED prerequisite or credit can seek and receive clarification - issued as a Credit Interpretation Ruling. Typically - difficulties arise when specific i
Carbon Footprint
LEED Credit
LEED Credit Interpretation Request
Energy-Efficient Products and Systems
47. 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.
Energy-Efficient Products and Systems
Foot Candle
Baseline Versus Design
Pre-Consumer Recycled Content
48. Construction items recovered from existing buildings or construction sites and reused. Common salvaged materials include structural beams and posts - flooring - doors - cabinetry - brick - and decorative items.
Regional/Locally Sourced Materials
Building Envelope
Waste Diversion
Salvaged Material
49. An optional LEED Green Building Rating System component whose achievement results in the earning of points toward certification.
Biodegradable
Bioswale
LEED Credit
Perviousness
50. Long-term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations. (EPA)
Waste Diversion
Environmental Sustainability
Recycled Content
astewater