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1. What are the three basic methods for ventilating buildings?
Boundary line used by school districts to determine which students attend what school based on where
Prime Farmland - Land in Flood Plain - Endangered Species Habitat - Land with 100' of Wetlands - Land withing 50' of a body of water - or Public Parkland
Mechanical Ventilation (Active ventilation) - Natural Ventilation (Passive ventilation) - Mixed-mode Ventilation (both mechanical and natural ventilation)
EPA Clean Air Act - Title VI - Rule 608

2. If an existing site has Imperviousness greater than 50% - what final percent is important for Sustainable Sites Credit 6.1?
The postdevelopment rate and quantity must be at least 25% less than the predevelopment values.
Provide vegetated open space area adjacent to the building that is equal in area to the building footprint.
40% savings - or greater
Temporary Seeding - Permanent Seeding - and Mulching

3. For previously developed or graded sites - how much Habitat needs to be restored or protected?
Green Seal Standard GS-11 (Architectural Paints and Coatings) - Green Seal Standard GC-03 (Anti-corrosive and Anti-rust Paints) - SCAQMD Rule 1113 (Clear Wood Finishes - Floor Coatings - Stains - Primers - and Shellacs)
Irrigation - fire suppression - flush fixtures - or janitorial cleaning
Restore or protect a minimum of 50% of the site (excluding the building footprint) or 20% of the total site area (including building footprint) - whichever is greater - with native or adapted vegetation
The Center for Clear Air Policy

4. What are examples of Structural Control Technologies?
45 dBA
Boundary line used by school districts to determine which students attend what school based on where
The increase in chemical nutrients - such as the nitrogen and phosphorus often found in fertilizers - in an ecosystem.
Earth Dike - Silt Fence - Sediment Trap - and Sediment Basin

5. To what relative humidity much HVAC systems in schools be designed (to limit space?) to comply with Mold Prevention (IEQc10)?
Process water - irrigation - fire suppression - etc.
45 dBA
WEc4 - Process Water Reduction
60% humidity

6. What four fundamental strategies can increase Energy Performance?
A report prepared for a real estate holding that identifies potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities.
Orientation - Site Energy Sources - Efficient Envelope - Energy Recovery System
Structural framing and general dimensional framing - flooring - subflooring - wood doors - and finishes.
Provide secure bicycle racks and/or storage within 200 yards of a building entrance for 5% or more of all building users. Don't forget - you also have to provide a shower & changing facility for .5% of FTE occupants.

7. What percentage must a NC or School project offsets building energy cost with on-site renewable energy systems to achieve Exemplary Performance?
The variety of life in all forms - level and combinations - including ecosystem diversity - species diversity - and genetic diversity.
Boundary line used by school districts to determine which students attend what school based on where
On-Site Biological Wastewater Treatment
15% = 1 ID point or 8 total points for on site renewable energy

8. What is a Foot Candle (fc)?
15%
A measure of light falling on a given surface. One footcandle is defined as the quantity of light falling on a 1-square foot area from a 1 candle light source at a distance of 1 foot (which equals 1 lumen per square foot). Footcandles can be measured
Any added Urea-Formaldehyde Resins
20% or more dissatisfied occupants

9. What qualifies as Existing interior nonstructural elements for bulding reuse - maintain interior nonstructural elements (MRc1.2)?
1/2 mile walking distance to a rail line OR 1/4 mile to 2 or more bus lines
An 8 hour occupant has an FTE value of 1.0: a part-time occupant has an FTE value based on work hours per day divided by 8.
Interior walls - doors - floor coverings - and ceiling systems
At least 1 year of post construction occupancy

10. What are impervious surfaces?
Drawdown rate or drawdown
Auditorium - Gym - Cafeteria - One or more classrooms - Swimming Pool - or Playing Field
Capture storm-water runoff and clear it of pollutants before its release. Some retention pond designs use gravity only; others use mechanical equipment - such as pipes and pumps - to facilitate transport. Some ponds are dry except during storm events
Surfaces that have a perviousness of less than 50% and promote runoff of water instead of infiltration into the subsurface. Examples include parking lots - roads - sidewalks - and plazas.

11. For sites with Local Zoning open space requirements - how much open space is required?
Option 1. Do not use refrigerants. Option 2 - Select HVAC system to minimize or eliminate ODP and GWP
Exceed the local zoning requirements by 25%
Option 1. Whole building energy simulation. Option 2. Prescriptive compliance path: ASHRAE Advanced Energy Design Guide. Option 3. Prescriptive Compliance Path: Advanced Buildings Core Performance Guide.
Building is within 1/2 mile (with clear pedestrian access) of at least 10 basic services.

12. When do you have to provide Dedicated walking or biking lanes?
3 to 6 feet above floor to represent the breathing zone
For a Schools project - if pursuing the Alternative Transportation Credit
Building envelope - HVAC - Service Water heating - Power - Lighting - Other equipment
Option 1. Determine baseline electricity use results from EAc1: Optimize energy performance or Option 2. Estimate Baseline Electricity using CBECS database

13. What does NPDES stand for?
Option 1. Determine baseline electricity use results from EAc1: Optimize energy performance or Option 2. Estimate Baseline Electricity using CBECS database
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Temporary Seeding - Permanent Seeding - and Mulching
20% discount

14. What are the three compliance path options described in Optimize energy performance (EACL)?
4 Points
Option 1. Whole building energy simulation. Option 2. Prescriptive compliance path: ASHRAE Advanced Energy Design Guide. Option 3. Prescriptive Compliance Path: Advanced Buildings Core Performance Guide.
When calculating 'master plan development footprint'
EPA's Target Finder rating tool

15. How can you earn Exemplary performance for SS Credit Development Density & Community Connectivity?
Volume (cubic feet) - Interior Surface Area (square feet) - sound absorption coefficient - surface area of interior fixed elements
CIBSE Applications Manual 10-2005 (AM10) or Macroscopic - Multizone - Analytical Moded Predicting Room-by-Room Air Flow Rates
The average density within an area twice as large as that for the base credit achievement must be at least 120 -000 square feet per acre (or double the average density for the area)
Cannot build on land lower than 5' above the 100 year flood as determined by FEMA

16. At a minimum - projects must provide dedicated area for collection and storage of what five materials?
Paper - corrugated cardboard - glass - plastics - and metals
10% Variation from Design Values
CIBSE (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers)
Restore or protect a minimum of 50% of the site (excluding the building footprint) or 20% of the total site area (including building footprint) - whichever is greater - with native or adapted vegetation

17. SRI surfaces need to be cleaned how Frequently to maintain good reflectance - as required by LEED?
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
2 Modes: General and A/V
At least every two years.
15 minutes - with a min of 1 measurement every 10 seconds

18. What are the different classification Types for a building's occupants?
1 to 1; i.e. 50/50 male to female
Full-time staff - part-time staff - peak transient (students - volunteers - visitors - customers) - or residents
25 feet
4 of 7; SSC1 Site Selection - SSc5.1 Protect/Restore Habitat - SSc5.2 Maximize Open Space - SSc6.1 Stormwater Quantity Control - SSc6.2 Stormwater Quality Control - SSc7.1 Heat Island Effect - Non-roof - or SSc8 Light Pollution Reduction

19. What are the two builing flush out paths a project can consider for an IAQ management plan - before occupancy (IEQc3.2)?
Option 1. Determine baseline electricity use results from EAc1: Optimize energy performance or Option 2. Estimate Baseline Electricity using CBECS database
Orientation - Site Energy Sources - Efficient Envelope - Energy Recovery System
14 -000 cubic feet of outdoor air per SF of floor area @ 60 deg. F at 60% humidity OR 3 -500 Cubic Feet of OSA per SF of Floor area @ min rate of .30CFM until rechign 14 -000 CF per SF
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

20. For sites with No Local Zoning requirements - (e.g. military bases) - how much open space is required?
Miscellaneous Equipment - Computers - Elevators - Excalators - Kitchen Cooking & Refrigeration Equipment - Laundry Washing & Drying - Lighting Exempt from Power Allowance (e/g/ - Medical Equipement) - and other (e.g. - waterfall or fountain pumps)
The variety of life in all forms - level and combinations - including ecosystem diversity - species diversity - and genetic diversity.
Provide vegetated open space area adjacent to the building that is equal in area to the building footprint.
USGBC's Registered Project Tools (http://www.usgbc.org/projecttools)

21. To what Standards must wastewater be treated on site for credit?
ISO 14021
Tertiary Standards
50%; some strategies include water-conserving fixtures and/or using non-potable water for conveyance
It delivers water at low pressure through buried mains and submains

22. Define 'Residential Area'
Limit site disturbance to: 40' beyond building perimeter - 10' beyond walkways and parking - 15' beyond primary roadway curbs - and 25' beyond constructed areas with permeable surfaces
IAQ best practices
EPA Clean Air Act - Title VI - Rule 608
Land zoned primarily for housing at a density of 10 units per acre or greater. These areas may have single-family and multifamily housing and include building types such as town-homes - apartments - duplexes - condominiums - or mobile homes.

23. What is the maximum number of points a project can earn for achieving exemplary performance?
Temporary Seeding - Permanent Seeding - and Mulching
Limit site disturbance to: 40' beyond building perimeter - 10' beyond walkways and parking - 15' beyond primary roadway curbs - and 25' beyond constructed areas with permeable surfaces
2.5% = 1 point
3 points

24. What is the definition of a Brownfield?
Real property whose use may be complicated by the presence or possible presence of a hazardous substance - pollutant - or contaminant
Limit site disturbance to: 40' beyond building perimeter - 10' beyond walkways and parking - 15' beyond primary roadway curbs - and 25' beyond constructed areas with permeable surfaces
Low Background Noise Inside Core Learning Spaces & Reverberation Time for Core Learning Spaces
ASHRAE Standard 55-2004

25. What is the Discount Rate required for Parking?
20% discount
Auditorium - Gym - Cafeteria - One or more classrooms - Swimming Pool - or Playing Field
Mechanical equipment - photovoltaic panels - and skylights
Demonstrate a quantifiable reduction in personal automobile use through any of multiple alternative options. You can earn an exemplary performance point for having this plan in place after achieving an SS Alternative Tranportation Credit.

26. When can certification be revoked?
Option 1. Do not use refrigerants. Option 2 - Select HVAC system to minimize or eliminate ODP and GWP
Certification may be revoked from any LEED project upon gaining knowledge on non-compliance with any applicable MPR. If such a circumstance occurs - registration and/or cerfification fees will not be refunded.
Provide secure bicycle racks and/or storage within 200 yards of a building entrance for 5% or more of all building users. Don't forget - you also have to provide a shower & changing facility for .5% of FTE occupants.
USGBC's Registered Project Tools (http://www.usgbc.org/projecttools)

27. For Schools - what do you have to do to show Pedestrian Access?
Irrigation - fire suppression - flush fixtures - or janitorial cleaning
Interior walls - doors - floor coverings - and ceiling systems
Show that the project school has an attendance boundary such that at least 80% of students live within no more than 3/4 mile walking distance for grades 8 and below - and 1 1/2 mile walking distance for grades 9 and above.
80%

28. When should a thermal comfort survey of building occupants be conducted for thermal comfort = Verification (IEQc7.2)?
6 to 18 months after occupancy
50%; some strategies include water-conserving fixtures and/or using non-potable water for conveyance
Mechanical Ventilation (Active ventilation) - Natural Ventilation (Passive ventilation) - Mixed-mode Ventilation (both mechanical and natural ventilation)
The variety of life in all forms - level and combinations - including ecosystem diversity - species diversity - and genetic diversity.

29. Regulated or (non-process) energy includes?
ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2007
5 points
Lighting (interior - parking garage - surface parking - facade - or building grounds) HVAC - service water heating for domestic or space ehating purposes.
The average density within an area twice as large as that for the base credit achievement must be at least 120 -000 square feet per acre (or double the average density for the area)

30. What percentage of dissatisfied occupants would require corrective action under thermal comfort - verification (IEQc7.2)?
Pump-and-treat - bioreactors - land farming - solar detoxification - and in situ remediation
Provide preferred parking for low emitting and fuel-efficient vehicles for 5% fo the total vehicle parking capacity of the site.
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) or Cogeneration
20% or more dissatisfied occupants

31. What distance are important for a Greenfield Site protecting habitat?

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32. What fixtures - fittings and appliances are outside the scope of the water use reduction calculations?
Lighting (interior - parking garage - surface parking - facade - or building grounds) HVAC - service water heating for domestic or space ehating purposes.
Steam cookers - dishwashers - ice makers - and clothes waters
Tertiary Standards
HVAC - Lighting Controls - DHW - Renewables

33. What is a Composting toilet?
Dry plumbing fixtures and fittings that contain and treat human waste via microbiological processes.
50% or greater
Option 1. Determine baseline electricity use results from EAc1: Optimize energy performance or Option 2. Estimate Baseline Electricity using CBECS database
ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2007

34. What percentage of wood-based products must be certified in accordance with the forest stewardship council to earn certified Wood (MRc7)?
50% = 1 point
5 points
40% savings - or greater
15%

35. What is Process water?
Water used for industrial processes and building systems such as cooling towers - boilers - and chillers. The term can also refer to water used in operational processes - such as dish washing - clothes washing - and ice making.
30% above rates required by ASHRAE 62.1-2007
Prohibit smoking both inside the building and 25; away from building entrance
EPA Region 9 Clean-up Standards

36. What do the Owner's project requirements typically include?
A measure of light falling on a given surface. One footcandle is defined as the quantity of light falling on a 1-square foot area from a 1 candle light source at a distance of 1 foot (which equals 1 lumen per square foot). Footcandles can be measured
Integrated Pest Management; The coordinated use of knowledge about pests - the environment - and pest prevention and control methods to minimize pest infestation and damage by the most economical means while minimizing hazards to people - property an
Owner and User requirements - Environmental and Sustainability Goals - Energy Efficiency Goals - Indoor Environmental Quality Requirements - Equipment and System Expectations - Building Occupant and O&M Personnel Requirements
Option 1. Simulation; Option 2. Prescriptive; Option 3. Measurement; Option 4. Combination

37. What type of Man-made structure is exempt from Site Selection?
Small man-made ponds - such as those used in stormwater retention - fire suppression - and recreation - are exempt
Wastewater from toilets and urinals is always considered blackwater. Graywater - depending on your local jurisdiction - can include sink - shower/bath - and dishwasher water
EPA Region 9 Clean-up Standards
It is a constant used to calculate the evapotranspiration rate. It takes into account the species factor - density factor - and micro climate factor of the area.

38. How do you calculate an FTE?
Combustion of municipal solid waste - forestry biomass waste other than mill residue - doaded wood - or treated wood.
An 8 hour occupant has an FTE value of 1.0: a part-time occupant has an FTE value based on work hours per day divided by 8.
Demonstrate a quantifiable reduction in personal automobile use through any of multiple alternative options. You can earn an exemplary performance point for having this plan in place after achieving an SS Alternative Tranportation Credit.
Lighting (interior - parking garage - surface parking - facade - or building grounds) HVAC - service water heating for domestic or space ehating purposes.

39. For an innovation in design credit - what must the team identify?
80% of students live within no more than 3/4 mile walking distance for grades 8 and below - and 1 1/2 mile walking distance for grades 9 and above & provide dedicated walking or biking lanes to the transit lines
Intent of proposed innovation credit - proposed requirement(s) for compliance - proposed submittals - and strategies used to meet requirement(s)
2 residents per 1-bedroom - 3 residents per 2=bedroom unit - etc.
4 points

40. What are examples of Stabilization Control Technologies?
Building is within 1/2 mile (with clear pedestrian access) of at least 10 basic services.
Temporary Seeding - Permanent Seeding - and Mulching
Full-time staff - part-time staff - peak transient (students - volunteers - visitors - customers) - or residents
EA Credit 2: On-site Renewable Energy - EA Credit 6: Green Power

41. What standards define/qualify both preconsumer and postconsumer recycled content?
EPA Clean Air Act - Title VI - Rule 608
ISO 14021
75%=1pt
Turf grass

42. What is the DIFFERENCE between graywater and blackwater?
A further investigation that collects original samples of soil - groundwater - or building materials to analyze for quantitative values of various contaminants.
Certification may be revoked from any LEED project upon gaining knowledge on non-compliance with any applicable MPR. If such a circumstance occurs - registration and/or cerfification fees will not be refunded.
Wastewater from toilets and urinals is always considered blackwater. Graywater - depending on your local jurisdiction - can include sink - shower/bath - and dishwasher water
Option 1. Whole building energy simulation. Option 2. Prescriptive compliance path: ASHRAE Advanced Energy Design Guide. Option 3. Prescriptive Compliance Path: Advanced Buildings Core Performance Guide.

43. What are the four elements needed to calculate reverberation time (RT)?
The postdevelopment rate and quantity must be at least 25% less than the predevelopment values.
2 residents per 1-bedroom - 3 residents per 2=bedroom unit - etc.
Volume (cubic feet) - Interior Surface Area (square feet) - sound absorption coefficient - surface area of interior fixed elements
Irrigation - fire suppression - flush fixtures - or janitorial cleaning

44. What length must permanent entryway systems be in the primary direction of trabel for indoor chemical and pollutant source control (IEQc5)?
10 ft long to capture dirt and particulates entering building
Auditorium - Gym - Cafeteria - One or more classrooms - Swimming Pool - or Playing Field
Paper - corrugated cardboard - glass - plastics - and metals
Surfaces that have a perviousness of less than 50% and promote runoff of water instead of infiltration into the subsurface. Examples include parking lots - roads - sidewalks - and plazas.

45. For indoor environmental quality - a naturally ventilated space refers to what referenced standard?
Option 1. Do not use refrigerants. Option 2 - Select HVAC system to minimize or eliminate ODP and GWP
The increase in chemical nutrients - such as the nitrogen and phosphorus often found in fertilizers - in an ecosystem.
CIBSE (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers)
Any added Urea-Formaldehyde Resins

46. What generates both electrical power and thermal energy from a Single Fuel source?
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) or Cogeneration
The Center for Clear Air Policy
Ceiling and Wall systems must meet - California Department of Health Services Standard Practice for Testing Volatile Organic Emissions from Various Sources Using Small-Scale Environmental Chamers - includeing 2004 addenda.
Occupants who do not use a facility on a consistent - regular - daily basis. Examples include students in higher education settings - customers in retail settings - and visitors in institutional settings.

47. What percentage will earn exemplary performance for Recycled content (MRc4)?
30% = 1 ID point
Option 1. Do not use refrigerants. Option 2 - Select HVAC system to minimize or eliminate ODP and GWP
It is a constant used to calculate the evapotranspiration rate. It takes into account the species factor - density factor - and micro climate factor of the area.
Two: Direct line of sight to perimeter glazing for 90% of regularly occupied areas and the horizontal view at seated eye height to access views

48. What usually defines Open Space requirements?
2003 EPA Construction General Permit (or local standards - whichever is more stringent)
Local zoning requirements
An economizer
20% discount

49. Define ' Tertiary Standards'
Particleboard - Medium density fiberboard (MDF) - Plywood - Wheatboard - Strawboard - Panel Substrates - and Door Cores.
Building envelope - HVAC - Service Water heating - Power - Lighting - Other equipment
1%=1 pts - 3%=2 pts - 5%=3 pts - 7%=4 pts - 9%=5 pts - 11%=6 pts - 13%=7 pts
The highest form of wastewater treatment and includes removal or organics - solids - and nutrients as well as biological or chemical polishing is it the highest?

50. Besides an EPA site Assessment - what can classify a site as a Brownfield?
A local - state - or federal government agency
Irrigation - fire suppression - flush fixtures - or janitorial cleaning
The ability to shed heat
6 to 18 months after occupancy

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