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1. 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
Renewable Energy
Brownfield
Biodiversity
Energy Use Intensity
2. 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.
Xeriscaping
Dry Ponds
Reuse
Commissioning Plan
3. American Society of Heating - Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
ASHRAE
Prime Farmland
Ambient Temperature
Graywater
4. A basic unit of nature that includes a community of organisms and their nonliving environment linked by biological - chemical and physical processes.
Bake-Out
LEED Intent
Commissioning Report
Ecosystem
5. Energy derived from ancient organic remains - such as peat - coal - crude oil - and natural gas. (EPA)
Fossil Fuel
Pre-Consumer Recycled Content
Rain Garden
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
6. A structure designed to conserve water and energy; use space - materials - and resources efficiently; minimize construction waste; and create a healthful indoor environment.
ENERGY STAR Rating
High-Performance Green Building
Controllability of Systems
Harvested Rainwater
7. Building components and appliances that use less energy to perform as well as or better than standard products.
Foot Candle
Energy-Efficient Products and Systems
High-Performance Green Building
LEED Credit Interpretation Request
8. Plant material from trees - grasses - or crops that can be converted to heat energy to produce electricity.
Imperviousness
By-Product
Biomass
Thermal Comfort
9. 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
Nonrenewable
Brownfield
Controllability of Systems
Site Disturbance
10. Sustainable plans for built environments that improve existing conditions. Regenerative design goes beyond reducing impacts to create positive change in the local and global environments.
astewater
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Regenerative Design
Xeriscaping
11. Equipment - distribution systems - and terminals that provide the processes of heating - ventilating - or air-conditioning. (ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007)
Waste Diversion
Ambient Temperature
HVAC Systems
Ecosystem
12. A comparison of a building system's performance with a standard - such as ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.
Performance Relative to Benchmark
LEED Credit
Carbon Dioxide Concentration
LEED Green Building Rating System
13. 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
Transportation Demand Management
LEED Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
Particulates
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
14. A committee consisting of industry experts who assist in interpreting credits and developing technical improvements to the LEED Green Building Rating System.
LEED Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
Pollutant
ASHRAE
By-Product
15. A small fluorescent lamp - used as a more efficient alternative to incandescent lighting; also called a PL - twin-tube - or biax lamp. (EPA)
Dry Ponds
Baseline Versus Design
Building Envelope
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
16. 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
British Thermal Unit (Btu)
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
Performance Relative to Code
17. Precipitation captured and used for indoor needs - irrigation - or both.
High-Performance Green Building
Carbon Dioxide Concentration
Building Envelope
Harvested Rainwater
18. 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
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Energy Management System
Site Disturbance
Regional/Locally Sourced Materials
19. 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 Prerequisite
Foot Candle
Energy Management System
Integrated Design Team
20. 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
Blackwater
Acid Rain
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
Off-Gassing
21. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover. In green building - the objective is to build up rather than out because a smaller footprint means less diruption of the existing or created la
Floodplain
Graywater
Floor-To-Area Ratio
By-Product
22. The spent or used water from a home - community - farm - or industry that contains dissolved or suspended matter.
Recycled Content
Brownfield
astewater
Sustained-Yield Forestry
23. 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)
Nonrenewable
Perviousness
Sustained-Yield Forestry
Sustainability
24. 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
Cooling Tower
ENERGY STAR Rating
Reuse
25. 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
Site Disturbance
Xeriscaping
LEED Intent
26. Typical primary measures of energy consumption associated with buildings include kilowatt-hours of electricity - therms of natural gas - and gallons of liquid fuel.
Indoor Air Quality
Measures of Energy Use
By-Product
Commissioning (Cx)
27. 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
Recycled Content
HVAC Systems
Development Density
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
28. A document that details the commissioning program overview - identification of the commissioning team - and description of the commissioning process activities.
Potable Water
Transportation Demand Management
Commissioning Report
Performance Relative to Benchmark
29. 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
Recycled Content
Acid Rain
Cooling Tower
30. A rating that indicates the efficiency of air filters in the mechanical system. MERV ratings range from 1 (very low efficiency) to 16 (very high efficiency).
Integrated Design Team
Street Grid Density
Contaminant
Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV)
31. The total square footage of all buildings within a particular area - measured in square feet per acre or units per acre.
Certified Wood
Building Footprint
Building Envelope
Development Density
32. Excavated areas that detain stormwater and slow runoff but are dry between rain events. Wet ponds serve a similar function but are designed to hold water all the time.
Life-Cycle Assessment
Transportation Demand Management
Dry Ponds
Salvaged Material
33. The installed lighting power per unit area.
Construction Wast Management Plan
Commissioning Report
Pre-Consumer Recycled Content
Lighting Power Density
34. 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
Certified Wood
Community Connectivity
Particulates
Regenerative Design
35. 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
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Life-Cycle Assessment
Irrigation Efficiency
Sustainable Forestry
36. Previously undeveloped land with soil suitable for cultivation. Avoiding development on prime farmland helps protect agricultural lands - which are needed for food production.
Prime Farmland
Biodiversity
Renewable Energy
HVAC Systems
37. 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
Heat Island Effect
Rain Garden
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
Performance Relative to Benchmark
38. 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.
Diversity of Uses or Housing Types
Nonrenewable
Contaminant
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
39. A required LEED Green Building Rating System component whose achievement is mandatory and does not earn any points.
Xeriscaping
LEED Prerequisite
Recycled Content
Community Connectivity
40. 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.
Blackwater
Performance Relative to Code
Commissioning Report
Off-Gassing
41. The variety of life in all forms - levels - and combinations - including ecosystem diversity - species diversity - and genetic diversity.
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Biodiversity
42. 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.
Ventilation Rate
Biodiversity
Integrated Design Team
Graywater
43. The process of verifying and documenting that a building and all of its systems and assemblies are planned - designed - installed - tested - operated - and maintained to meet the owner's project requirements.
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
Energy Use Intensity
Commissioning (Cx)
Indoor Air Quality
44. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (Brundtland Commission)
Air Quality Standards
Sustainability
LEED Prerequisite
Waste Diversion
45. Capable of decomposing under natural conditions. (EPA)
Biodegradable
Diversity of Uses or Housing Types
Rapidly Renewable Materials and Products
Salvaged Material
46. The amount of water consumed by flow fixtures (lavatory faucets - showerheads - aerators - sprinkler heads)
Particulates
Market Transformation
Gallons per Minute (gpm)
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
47. 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.
Acid Rain
Particulates
Prime Farmland
Off-Gassing
48. The amount of waste disposed of other than through incineration or in landfills - expressed in tons. Examples of waste diversion include reuse and recycling.
Energy or Greenhouse Gas Emissions per Capita
ENERGY STAR Rating
By-Product
Waste Diversion
49. 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.
Gallons per Minute (gpm)
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)
Xeriscaping
Stormwater Runoff
50. The percentage of occupants who have direct control over temperature - airflow - and lighting in their spaces.
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Controllability of Systems
Particulates
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)