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1. What percentage of nonstructural elements must be reused for a project to earn building reuse - maintain interior nonstructural elements (MRc1.2
50%=1 pt
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.
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
4 points

2. Define 'Native or Adapted plants'
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.
SCAQMD Rule #1168 (Adhesives - Sealants & Sealant Primers) - Green Seal Standard GS-36 (Commercial Adhesives)
Interior walls - doors - floor coverings - and ceiling systems
Low Background Noise Inside Core Learning Spaces & Reverberation Time for Core Learning Spaces

3. Regulated or (non-process) energy includes?
Particleboard - Medium density fiberboard (MDF) - Plywood - Wheatboard - Strawboard - Panel Substrates - and Door Cores.
20% or more dissatisfied occupants
Lighting (interior - parking garage - surface parking - facade - or building grounds) HVAC - service water heating for domestic or space ehating purposes.
10% Variation from Design Values

4. What is the definition of a Brownfield?
1%=1 pts - 3%=2 pts - 5%=3 pts - 7%=4 pts - 9%=5 pts - 11%=6 pts - 13%=7 pts
Real property whose use may be complicated by the presence or possible presence of a hazardous substance - pollutant - or contaminant
Water closets - urinals - lavatory faucets - showers - kitchen sink faucets - and pre-rinse spray valve
50%=1 pt

5. Schools must establish an energy performace Rating Goal using what?

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6. What is required for a project team to develop and impletment for construction waste management (MRc2)?
Steam cookers - dishwashers - ice makers - and clothes waters
80%
Fixtures - Furniture and Equipment (FF&E)
Construction Waste MAnagement Plan

7. How many calculations are required for compliance with daylight and views - views (IEQc8.2)?
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.
Full-time staff - part-time staff - peak transient (students - volunteers - visitors - customers) - or residents
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
10 Hours

8. What is an Attendance boundary?
Interior walls - doors - floor coverings - and ceiling systems
Boundary line used by school districts to determine which students attend what school based on where
Water closets - urinals - lavatory faucets - showers - kitchen sink faucets - and pre-rinse spray valve
Wastewater from toilets and urinals is always considered blackwater. Graywater - depending on your local jurisdiction - can include sink - shower/bath - and dishwasher water

9. To what Standards must wastewater be treated on site for credit?
At least 1 principal particiapnt of the project team must be a LEED Accredited Professional
Tertiary Standards
Drawdown rate or drawdown
Small HVAC units(>.5 lbs of refrigerant) - standard refrigerators - small water coolers.

10. What is the Goal of a Comprehensive Transportation Management Plan?
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
The ability to shed heat
12%
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.

11. What are the major compliance standards associated with low emitting materials - adhesives and sealants (IEQc4.1)?
Drawdown rate or drawdown
SCAQMD Rule #1168 (Adhesives - Sealants & Sealant Primers) - Green Seal Standard GS-36 (Commercial Adhesives)
Prohibit smoking both inside the building and 25; away from building entrance
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.

12. What are the benefits of Commissioning?
60% humidity
Reduced Energy USe - Lower Operating Costs - Reduced Contractor Callbacks - Better Building Documentation - Improved Occupant Productivity - and Verification that Systems perform with OPR
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)
100%

13. What is an example of a Monoculture planting - which would not help with restoring/protecting habitat?
Primary Design Assumptions - Standards - & Narrative Descriptions
25 feet
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
Turf grass

14. What types of FSC wood products to not count toward certified wood (MRc7)?
FSC Recycled of FSC Recycled Credit
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
50% or greater
Evapotranspiration Rate - This rate is a measurement of total amount of water needed to grow a reference plant

15. What is the percent for a Residential project that is going to install bike racks?
ANSI/ASTM-E779-03 - Standard Test Method for Determining Air Leakage Rate by Fan Pressurization.
50%; some strategies include water-conserving fixtures and/or using non-potable water for conveyance
15%
MERV 13 or Higher

16. How many hours of classrooms instruction per year - per full time student are needed for schools to earn The School As A Teaching Tool (IDc3)?
Building is within 1/2 mile (with clear pedestrian access) of at least 10 basic services.
Fixtures - Furniture and Equipment (FF&E)
10 Hours
A minimum of 90%

17. When verifying performance of smoking rooms/ deferential air pressure - what time period and how often are measurement intervals?
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.
15 minutes - with a min of 1 measurement every 10 seconds
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
75%=1pt

18. What is Hydrology?
15 minutes - with a min of 1 measurement every 10 seconds
S12.60-2002 - Acoustical Performance Criteria - Design Requirements and Guidelines for Schools
Option 1. Simulation; Option 2. Prescriptive; Option 3. Measurement; Option 4. Combination
The study of water occurence - distribution - movement - and balances in an ecosystem

19. What are the site and transportation/pedestrian access requirements for Schools?
Auditorium - Gym - Cafeteria - One or more classrooms - Swimming Pool - or Playing Field
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
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
Earth Dike - Silt Fence - Sediment Trap - and Sediment Basin

20. What is the typical permitted distance for environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) control (IEQp2)?
25 feet
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?
1%=1 pts - 3%=2 pts - 5%=3 pts - 7%=4 pts - 9%=5 pts - 11%=6 pts - 13%=7 pts
EPA Region 9 Clean-up Standards

21. What are the two options to determine Electricity use for Green Power (EAc6)?
One low-emitting or fuel-efficient vehicle must be provided per 3% of FTE occupants.
Option 1. Determine baseline electricity use results from EAc1: Optimize energy performance or Option 2. Estimate Baseline Electricity using CBECS database
3 points
50%; some strategies include water-conserving fixtures and/or using non-potable water for conveyance

22. If you treat storm water to Tertiary Standards - what can you then use the water for?
Process water - irrigation - fire suppression - etc.
Low Background Noise Inside Core Learning Spaces & Reverberation Time for Core Learning Spaces
Any added Urea-Formaldehyde Resins
Eliminate the potential for condensation - pay special attention to known generators of dondensation - prevent mold during unoccupied periods - address floods and leaky or failed equipemtn - and design for mold prevention

23. What four fundamental strategies can increase Energy Performance?
Within 10 months of LEED Certification
Orientation - Site Energy Sources - Efficient Envelope - Energy Recovery System
Real property whose use may be complicated by the presence or possible presence of a hazardous substance - pollutant - or contaminant
A further investigation that collects original samples of soil - groundwater - or building materials to analyze for quantitative values of various contaminants.

24. When should a thermal comfort survey of building occupants be conducted for thermal comfort = Verification (IEQc7.2)?
Particleboard - Medium density fiberboard (MDF) - Plywood - Wheatboard - Strawboard - Panel Substrates - and Door Cores.
6 to 18 months after occupancy
When calculating 'master plan development footprint'
Full-time staff - part-time staff - peak transient (students - volunteers - visitors - customers) - or residents

25. What percentage of wood-based products must be certified in accordance with the forest stewardship council to earn certified Wood (MRc7)?
40% savings - or greater
Carbon Dioxide - Methane - CFCs - etc.
100%
50% = 1 point

26. To what dBA must Background Noise from HVAC equipment be reduced for a school to achieve enhanced acoustical performance (IEQc9)?
The Center for Clear Air Policy
40 dBA
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
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

27. What is the distance ALL naturally ventialted spaces must be in proximity to an operable wall or roof opening to the outdoors?
Prohibit smoking both inside the building and 25; away from building entrance
For a Schools project - if pursuing the Alternative Transportation Credit
25 feet
Irrigation - fire suppression - flush fixtures - or janitorial cleaning

28. What additional requirement must schools follow to earn construction indoor air quality management plan - during construction (IEQC3.1)?
Prohibit smoking both inside the building and 25; away from building entrance
LZ1 - Dark (Parks - rural areas); LZ2 - Low (residential - light industrial); LZ3 - Medium (commercial - industrial - high density residential); LZ4 - High (metro areas)
The addition of soil particles to water bodies by natural and human-related activities
Real property whose use may be complicated by the presence or possible presence of a hazardous substance - pollutant - or contaminant

29. What Standard set new limits for plumbing fixture efficiencies?
95% or more to total construction waste diverted
Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 1992 and 2005
Earth Dike - Silt Fence - Sediment Trap - and Sediment Basin
Any added Urea-Formaldehyde Resins

30. What can be EXCLUDED from your roof area calculations?
Mechanical equipment - photovoltaic panels - and skylights
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.
Turf grass
Tertiary Standards

31. Besides an EPA site Assessment - what can classify a site as a Brownfield?
20% discount
MERV 13 or Higher
A local - state - or federal government agency
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

32. What percentage will earn exemplary performance for Recycled content (MRc4)?
Paper - corrugated cardboard - glass - plastics - and metals
Dry plumbing fixtures and fittings that contain and treat human waste via microbiological processes.
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.
30% = 1 ID point

33. What do Retention Ponds do?
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
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)
80%
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

34. What device is used to regulate Humidity and Temperature - making building systems more energy efficient?
An economizer
EPA's Target Finder rating tool
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.
HVAC protection - scource control - pathway interruption - housekeeping - and scheduling.

35. What is the Height requirement for the flood plain?

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36. What percentage of dissatisfied occupants would require corrective action under thermal comfort - verification (IEQc7.2)?
20% or more dissatisfied occupants
EPA Clean Air Act - Title VI - Rule 608
The Center for Clear Air Policy
3 to 6 feet above floor to represent the breathing zone

37. What are the two options for measurement and verification (EAc5)
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.
Develop and implement a M&V plan specified in IPMVP Vol III - Option D: Calibrated Simulation or Option B: Energy Conservation Measure Isolation
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
LZ1 - Dark (Parks - rural areas); LZ2 - Low (residential - light industrial); LZ3 - Medium (commercial - industrial - high density residential); LZ4 - High (metro areas)

38. What is the maximum number of points a project can under regional priority (RPc1)?
4 Points
5 points
The variety of life in all forms - level and combinations - including ecosystem diversity - species diversity - and genetic diversity.
Irrigation - fire suppression - flush fixtures - or janitorial cleaning

39. What is the DIFFERENCE between graywater and blackwater?
Mechanical Ventilation (Active ventilation) - Natural Ventilation (Passive ventilation) - Mixed-mode Ventilation (both mechanical and natural ventilation)
Wastewater from toilets and urinals is always considered blackwater. Graywater - depending on your local jurisdiction - can include sink - shower/bath - and dishwasher water
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.
Dry plumbing fixtures and fittings that contain and treat human waste via microbiological processes.

40. What is ETo?
Evapotranspiration Rate - This rate is a measurement of total amount of water needed to grow a reference plant
Carbon Trust 'Good Practice Guide 237'
Building is within 1/2 mile (with clear pedestrian access) of at least 10 basic services.
At least 1 principal particiapnt of the project team must be a LEED Accredited Professional

41. What percentage of the building occupants must have individual lighitng controls for controllabliity of systems - Lighting (IEQc6.1)?
A minimum of 90%
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
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
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

42. What percentage of TSS must be removed using BMPs for stormwater credit?
The variety of life in all forms - level and combinations - including ecosystem diversity - species diversity - and genetic diversity.
Low Background Noise Inside Core Learning Spaces & Reverberation Time for Core Learning Spaces
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.
80%

43. What is the duration and percentage a project must engage in to earn points under Green Power (EAc6)?
2 year renewable energy contract and 35% of buildings electric from green-e certified source
Interior walls - doors - floor coverings - and ceiling systems
55%=1 pt - 75% = 2 pts - 95%=3 points.
Evapotranspiration Rate - This rate is a measurement of total amount of water needed to grow a reference plant

44. Define 'Development Footprint'
1 year and 2 year 24 hour design storms (for SSc6.1)
For a Schools project - if pursuing the Alternative Transportation Credit
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.
A minimum of 90%

45. What are some examples of Rapidly Renewable materials?
The US Department of Agriculture
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
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
25 feet

46. What is the percentage Building reuse threshold for new construction under building reuse - maintain existing walls - floors - and roof (MRc1.1)?
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.
55%=1 pt - 75% = 2 pts - 95%=3 points.
WEc4 - Process Water Reduction
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.

47. When are parking - paving - and utilities included in site measurements?

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48. ETS transfer between individual residential units can be tested by conducting a blower door test in accordance to what standard?
ANSI/ASTM-E779-03 - Standard Test Method for Determining Air Leakage Rate by Fan Pressurization.
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.
4 Points
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

49. What is Emissivity?
The ability to shed heat
10 ft long to capture dirt and particulates entering building
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)
80%

50. What percentage will earn exemplary performance for construction Waste management (MRc2)?
95% or more to total construction waste diverted
Lighting (interior - parking garage - surface parking - facade - or building grounds) HVAC - service water heating for domestic or space ehating purposes.
A minimum of 50%
Garages - Housekeeping/laundry Areas - Science Laboratories - Prep Rooms - Art Rooms - Shops of Any Kind - Copying Rooms - Printing Rooms

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