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LEED BD And C

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1. What are the requirements for Community Connectivity to Basic Services?
CIBSE Applications Manual 10-2005 (AM10) or Macroscopic - Multizone - Analytical Moded Predicting Room-by-Room Air Flow Rates
On-Site Biological Wastewater Treatment
Wastewater from toilets and urinals is always considered blackwater. Graywater - depending on your local jurisdiction - can include sink - shower/bath - and dishwasher water
Building is within 1/2 mile (with clear pedestrian access) of at least 10 basic services.

2. What is IPM?
At least 1 principal particiapnt of the project team must be a LEED Accredited Professional
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
Intent of proposed innovation credit - proposed requirement(s) for compliance - proposed submittals - and strategies used to meet requirement(s)
Develop and implement a M&V plan specified in IPMVP Vol III - Option D: Calibrated Simulation or Option B: Energy Conservation Measure Isolation

3. From Where is the transportation distance measured?
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
SCAQMD Rule #1168 (Adhesives - Sealants & Sealant Primers) - Green Seal Standard GS-36 (Commercial Adhesives)
Small HVAC units(>.5 lbs of refrigerant) - standard refrigerators - small water coolers.
A main building entrance

4. When do you have to provide Dedicated walking or biking lanes?
20%
For a Schools project - if pursuing the Alternative Transportation Credit
55%=1 pt - 75% = 2 pts - 95%=3 points.
50% or greater

5. How many bike racks are Required for a commercial building?

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6. What is the percent for a Residential project that is going to install bike racks?
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.
4 Points
15%
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

7. At what percentage must an outdoor air delivery monitoring system generate an alarm for insufficient airflow values or carbon dioxide?
EPA Clean Air Act - Title VI - Rule 608
Tertiary Standards
10% Variation from Design Values
100%

8. To what relative humidity much HVAC systems in schools be designed (to limit space?) to comply with Mold Prevention (IEQc10)?
60% humidity
The postdevelopment rate and quantity must be at least 25% less than the predevelopment values.
SCAQMD Rule #1168 (Adhesives - Sealants & Sealant Primers) - Green Seal Standard GS-36 (Commercial Adhesives)
20% or more dissatisfied occupants

9. What is Eutrophication?
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.
At least 1 principal particiapnt of the project team must be a LEED Accredited Professional
4 points
The increase in chemical nutrients - such as the nitrogen and phosphorus often found in fertilizers - in an ecosystem.

10. Define 'Residential Area'
Drawdown rate or drawdown
When calculating 'master plan development footprint'
30% = 1 ID point
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.

11. What is the Goal of a Comprehensive Transportation Management Plan?
One low-emitting or fuel-efficient vehicle must be provided per 3% of FTE occupants.
15 minutes - with a min of 1 measurement every 10 seconds
A main building entrance
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.

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

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13. What is the maximum number of points a project can earn for achieving exemplary performance?
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.
95% or more to total construction waste diverted
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.
3 points

14. How do you calculate an FTE?
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.
55%=1 pt - 75% = 2 pts - 95%=3 points.
On-Site Biological Wastewater Treatment
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.

15. What device is used to regulate Humidity and Temperature - making building systems more energy efficient?
The area affected by development or by project site activity. Hard-scape - access roads - parking lots - non-building facilities - and the building itself are all included in the development footprint.
Bleed-off - or blowdown - is the release of a portion of the recirculating water from a cooling tower - this water carries dissolved solids that can cause mineral buildup
The study of water occurence - distribution - movement - and balances in an ecosystem
An economizer

16. What SRI must the roof of a parking deck be if 50% of spaces are in it for heat island reduction credit?
Photovoltaic systems - wind energy systems - solar thermal systems - biofuel based electrical systems - geothermal heating or electric systems - low impact hydroelectric power systems - wave and tidal power systems
SRI of at least 29
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.
2:12 slope; > means steeped slope and requires SRI of 29 or greater <= means low sloped and requires an SRI of 78 or greater.

17. What is BLEED-OFF?
Bleed-off - or blowdown - is the release of a portion of the recirculating water from a cooling tower - this water carries dissolved solids that can cause mineral buildup
10 Hours
Drawdown rate or drawdown
At least every two years.

18. What are the different classification Types for a building's occupants?
MERV 13 or Higher
Pump-and-treat - bioreactors - land farming - solar detoxification - and in situ remediation
Full-time staff - part-time staff - peak transient (students - volunteers - visitors - customers) - or residents
The area affected by development or by project site activity. Hard-scape - access roads - parking lots - non-building facilities - and the building itself are all included in the development footprint.

19. What are the requirements for Development Density?
Reduced Energy USe - Lower Operating Costs - Reduced Contractor Callbacks - Better Building Documentation - Improved Occupant Productivity - and Verification that Systems perform with OPR
Small man-made ponds - such as those used in stormwater retention - fire suppression - and recreation - are exempt
Construct or renovate a building on a previously developed site and in a community with a minimum density of 60 -000 square feet per acre net.
Any added Urea-Formaldehyde Resins

20. What percentage will earn exemplary performance for NC & Schools on Materials Reuse (MRc3)?
40% savings - or greater
Low Background Noise Inside Core Learning Spaces & Reverberation Time for Core Learning Spaces
15%=1 ID point
Native or adapted plants are plants indigenous to a locality or cultivars of native plants that are adapted to the local climate and are not considered invasive species or noxious weeds.

21. What are the six primary comfort factors associated with ASHRAE 55-2004?
2 Modes: General and A/V
Metabolic rate - clothing insulation - air temperature - Radiant Temperature - Air speed - humidity
HVAC - Lighting Controls - DHW - Renewables
Irrigation - fire suppression - flush fixtures - or janitorial cleaning

22. What are the three compliance path options described in Optimize energy performance (EACL)?
1 year and 2 year 24 hour design storms (for SSc6.1)
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
LZ1 - Dark (Parks - rural areas); LZ2 - Low (residential - light industrial); LZ3 - Medium (commercial - industrial - high density residential); LZ4 - High (metro areas)
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.

23. What do the Owner's project requirements typically include?
Fixtures - Furniture and Equipment (FF&E)
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
At least every two years.
MERV 13 or Higher

24. Who is not required to have a chain of custody documentation for FSC certified wood?
End User
Fixtures - Furniture and Equipment (FF&E)
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.
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

25. What are examples of Composite Wood and Agrifiber Products?
Particleboard - Medium density fiberboard (MDF) - Plywood - Wheatboard - Strawboard - Panel Substrates - and Door Cores.
50% or greater
100%
3 to 6 feet above floor to represent the breathing zone

26. Define 'Development Footprint'
50%; some strategies include water-conserving fixtures and/or using non-potable water for conveyance
The area affected by development or by project site activity. Hard-scape - access roads - parking lots - non-building facilities - and the building itself are all included in the development footprint.
40 dBA
25 feet

27. How is Preferred Parking defined?
Spots available to particular users - includes designated spaces close to the building (aside from designated handicapped spots) - designated covered spaces - discounted parking passes - and guaranteed passes in a lottery system.
Prohibit smoking both inside the building and 25; away from building entrance
10 Hours
A main building entrance

28. For sites with zoning ordinances but No Open Space requirements - what percentage of open space is required?
ASHRAE Standard 55-2004
For a Schools project - if pursuing the Alternative Transportation Credit
20%
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) or Cogeneration

29. Define building Footprint.
Steam cookers - dishwashers - ice makers - and clothes waters
Trespass Calculations for the sports fields; one with the sports lighting off and all other lights on - and then one with just the sports lighting on - measuring fc's
The area on a project site used by the building structure - defined by the perimeter of the building plan. Parking lots - landscapes - and other non-building facilities are not included in the buliding footprint.
It refers to the absorption of heat by hardscapes - such as dark - nonreflective pavement and buildings - and its radiation to surrounding areas.

30. What are the IESNA lighting zones?
Stray light from unshielded light sources and light reflecting off surfaces that then enters the atmosphere and illuminates and reflects off dust - debris and water vapor
15% = 1 ID point or 8 total points for on site renewable energy
SRI of at least 29
LZ1 - Dark (Parks - rural areas); LZ2 - Low (residential - light industrial); LZ3 - Medium (commercial - industrial - high density residential); LZ4 - High (metro areas)

31. What is the Landscape Coefficient (K l)?
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
Paper - corrugated cardboard - glass - plastics - and metals
End User
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.

32. What are the two options to determine Electricity use for Green Power (EAc6)?
11 PM (between 11 PM and 5 AM)
EA Credit 2: On-site Renewable Energy - EA Credit 6: Green Power
Option 1. Determine baseline electricity use results from EAc1: Optimize energy performance or Option 2. Estimate Baseline Electricity using CBECS database
3 to 6 feet above floor to represent the breathing zone

33. How can you achieve exemplary performance for Heat Island reduction - non-roof?
100% of non-roof impervious surfaces are high-albedo or open-grid paving - or will be shaded within 5 years; OR 100% of parking is under cover.
Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 1992 and 2005
At least 1 year of post construction occupancy
Provide vegetated open space area adjacent to the building that is equal in area to the building footprint.

34. What percentage must a NC or School project offsets building energy cost with on-site renewable energy systems to achieve Exemplary Performance?
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
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
The variety of life in all forms - level and combinations - including ecosystem diversity - species diversity - and genetic diversity.
15% = 1 ID point or 8 total points for on site renewable energy

35. What is the duration and percentage a project must engage in to earn points under Green Power (EAc6)?
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
15 minutes - with a min of 1 measurement every 10 seconds
2 year renewable energy contract and 35% of buildings electric from green-e certified source
4 Points

36. What are the Eligible On-Site renewable energy technologies or systems for (EAc2)?
40% savings - or greater
Reduced Energy USe - Lower Operating Costs - Reduced Contractor Callbacks - Better Building Documentation - Improved Occupant Productivity - and Verification that Systems perform with OPR
Photovoltaic systems - wind energy systems - solar thermal systems - biofuel based electrical systems - geothermal heating or electric systems - low impact hydroelectric power systems - wave and tidal power systems
2 Modes: General and A/V

37. What program deals with Ridership?
A further investigation that collects original samples of soil - groundwater - or building materials to analyze for quantitative values of various contaminants.
The Center for Clear Air Policy
Carbon Dioxide - Methane - CFCs - etc.
Paper - corrugated cardboard - glass - plastics - and metals

38. How many modes must classroom lighting systems be able to operate it?
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)
FSC Recycled of FSC Recycled Credit
2 Modes: General and A/V
The increase in chemical nutrients - such as the nitrogen and phosphorus often found in fertilizers - in an ecosystem.

39. For an innovation in design credit - what must the team identify?
The ability to shed heat
Turf grass
Option 1. Do not use refrigerants. Option 2 - Select HVAC system to minimize or eliminate ODP and GWP
Intent of proposed innovation credit - proposed requirement(s) for compliance - proposed submittals - and strategies used to meet requirement(s)

40. What are the two options for Enhance Refrigerant Management (EAc4)?
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
Option 1. Do not use refrigerants. Option 2 - Select HVAC system to minimize or eliminate ODP and GWP
2 Modes: General and A/V
Meet or Exceed SMACNA guidelines - Protect on-site and installed absorptive materials - MERV 8 filter medium on air handlers used during construction

41. At what heights should CO2 sensors be placed for breathing zone requirements?
Turf grass
Between 3 and 6 feet above the floor.
Small man-made ponds - such as those used in stormwater retention - fire suppression - and recreation - are exempt
95% or more to total construction waste diverted

42. With no new parking - a project my qualify for what credit?
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
SSc4.4 - Alternative Transportation - Parking Capacity
Particleboard - Medium density fiberboard (MDF) - Plywood - Wheatboard - Strawboard - Panel Substrates - and Door Cores.
Within 10 months of LEED Certification

43. What is the maximum number of points a project can under regional priority (RPc1)?
Native or adapted plants are plants indigenous to a locality or cultivars of native plants that are adapted to the local climate and are not considered invasive species or noxious weeds.
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
4 Points
Turf grass

44. What is ETo?
Drawdown rate or drawdown
Low Background Noise Inside Core Learning Spaces & Reverberation Time for Core Learning Spaces
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.
Evapotranspiration Rate - This rate is a measurement of total amount of water needed to grow a reference plant

45. What percentage of electricity must a project purchase to achieve exemplary performance under green power (EAc6)?
2 residents per 1-bedroom - 3 residents per 2=bedroom unit - etc.
A local - state - or federal government agency
100%
Examples are bambo flooring and plywood - cotton batt insulation - linoleum flooring - sunflower seed board panels - wheatboard cabinetry - wool carpeting - cork floring - bio-based paints - geotextile fabrics such as coir and jute - soy-based inluat

46. What is a Foot Candle (fc)?
Steam cookers - dishwashers - ice makers - and clothes waters
Boundary line used by school districts to determine which students attend what school based on where
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
2 residents per 1-bedroom - 3 residents per 2=bedroom unit - etc.

47. What Energy related systems must be commissioned?
Structural framing and general dimensional framing - flooring - subflooring - wood doors - and finishes.
Full-time staff - part-time staff - peak transient (students - volunteers - visitors - customers) - or residents
Tertiary Standards
HVAC - Lighting Controls - DHW - Renewables

48. For sites with Local Zoning open space requirements - how much open space is required?
Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) - Green Label Plus - Carpet and Green Label - Carpet Cushion - FloorScore (Hard Surface Flooring includes: vinyl - linoleum - laminate - wood - ceramic - rubber flooring - and wall base)
Exceed the local zoning requirements by 25%
It refers to the absorption of heat by hardscapes - such as dark - nonreflective pavement and buildings - and its radiation to surrounding areas.
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.

49. 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
List of all plant species - noting wheter or not they are native/adapted; info about invasive species and pests those plants may harbor; best maintenance practices for the chosen plans - and site maps showing boundaries for the protected habitat area
Carbon Trust 'Good Practice Guide 237'
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.

50. How is a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment more in depth?
Small HVAC units(>.5 lbs of refrigerant) - standard refrigerators - small water coolers.
Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) - Green Label Plus - Carpet and Green Label - Carpet Cushion - FloorScore (Hard Surface Flooring includes: vinyl - linoleum - laminate - wood - ceramic - rubber flooring - and wall base)
A further investigation that collects original samples of soil - groundwater - or building materials to analyze for quantitative values of various contaminants.
List of all plant species - noting wheter or not they are native/adapted; info about invasive species and pests those plants may harbor; best maintenance practices for the chosen plans - and site maps showing boundaries for the protected habitat area