LEED BD And C

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1. What percentage will earn exemplary performance for Recycled content (MRc4)?
Any added Urea-Formaldehyde Resins
30% = 1 ID point
95% or more to total construction waste diverted
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.


2. For schools to achieve SITE MASTER PLAN - how many other SS credits must be met?
20% discount
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.
ANSI/ASTM-E779-03 - Standard Test Method for Determining Air Leakage Rate by Fan Pressurization.
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


3. What percentage of TSS must be removed using BMPs for stormwater credit?
4 points
80%
Provide preferred parking for low emitting and fuel-efficient vehicles for 5% fo the total vehicle parking capacity of the site.
Option 1. Flush-out - Option 2. Air testing


4. For Schools - what do you have to do to show Pedestrian Access?
2003 EPA Construction General Permit (or local standards - whichever is more stringent)
4 points
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)
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.


5. What is the Goal of a Comprehensive Transportation Management Plan?
Vehicles that are classified as zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by the California Air Resources Board
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)
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.
A further investigation that collects original samples of soil - groundwater - or building materials to analyze for quantitative values of various contaminants.


6. Who defines Prime farmland?
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
The US Department of Agriculture
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)


7. What type of Man-made structure is exempt from Site Selection?
A minimum of 90%
A minimum of 50%
Small man-made ponds - such as those used in stormwater retention - fire suppression - and recreation - are exempt
4 points


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

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9. What is required for LEED Accredited Professional (IDc2)?
1 to 1; i.e. 50/50 male to female
SCAQMD Rule #1168 (Adhesives - Sealants & Sealant Primers) - Green Seal Standard GS-36 (Commercial Adhesives)
15%=1 ID point
At least 1 principal particiapnt of the project team must be a LEED Accredited Professional


10. What SRI must the roof of a parking deck be if 50% of spaces are in it for heat island reduction credit?
A local - state - or federal government agency
Cannot build on land lower than 5' above the 100 year flood as determined by FEMA
SRI of at least 29
An economizer


11. For SCC1 Site Selection - what should you not build on?

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12. What is the DIFFERENCE between graywater and blackwater?
20%
Evapotranspiration Rate - This rate is a measurement of total amount of water needed to grow a reference plant
Wastewater from toilets and urinals is always considered blackwater. Graywater - depending on your local jurisdiction - can include sink - shower/bath - and dishwasher water
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


13. To what relative humidity much HVAC systems in schools be designed (to limit space?) to comply with Mold Prevention (IEQc10)?
60% humidity
11 PM (between 11 PM and 5 AM)
EPA Clean Air Act - Title VI - Rule 608
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System


14. What recommendations must the design criteria meet in naturally venticalted spaced for increased venticaltion (IEQc2)?

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15. What is Hydrology?
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
The study of water occurence - distribution - movement - and balances in an ecosystem
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.
50% = 1 point


16. What is the typical permitted distance for environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) control (IEQp2)?
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.
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) or Cogeneration
25 feet
Meet or Exceed SMACNA guidelines - Protect on-site and installed absorptive materials - MERV 8 filter medium on air handlers used during construction


17. To what Standards must wastewater be treated on site for credit?
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.
Process water - irrigation - fire suppression - etc.
Full-time staff - part-time staff - peak transient (students - volunteers - visitors - customers) - or residents
Tertiary Standards


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

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19. For residential buildings - what is the general rule for Occupants Per Bed?
Full-time staff - part-time staff - peak transient (students - volunteers - visitors - customers) - or residents
10% Variation from Design Values
2 residents per 1-bedroom - 3 residents per 2=bedroom unit - etc.
USGBC's Registered Project Tools (http://www.usgbc.org/projecttools)


20. What qualifies as Existing interior nonstructural elements for bulding reuse - maintain interior nonstructural elements (MRc1.2)?
Irrigation - fire suppression - flush fixtures - or janitorial cleaning
40 dBA
Interior walls - doors - floor coverings - and ceiling systems
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.


21. What are the six primary comfort factors associated with ASHRAE 55-2004?
A main building entrance
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.
An economizer
Metabolic rate - clothing insulation - air temperature - Radiant Temperature - Air speed - humidity


22. How is Preferred Parking defined?
10 ft long to capture dirt and particulates entering building
20% or more dissatisfied occupants
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.
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.


23. What does NPDES stand for?
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Within 10 months of LEED Certification
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
15 minutes - with a min of 1 measurement every 10 seconds


24. What is a Composting toilet?
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
100%
Dry plumbing fixtures and fittings that contain and treat human waste via microbiological processes.
Intent of proposed innovation credit - proposed requirement(s) for compliance - proposed submittals - and strategies used to meet requirement(s)


25. What is a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment?
Within 10 months of LEED Certification
A report prepared for a real estate holding that identifies potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities.
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.
Orientation - Site Energy Sources - Efficient Envelope - Energy Recovery System


26. What MERV rating must mechanically ventilated buildings design HVAC systems to filter supply air prior to occupancy?
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.
2 residents per 1-bedroom - 3 residents per 2=bedroom unit - etc.
MERV 13 or Higher
Irrigation - fire suppression - flush fixtures - or janitorial cleaning


27. What are some examples of GHG's?
Irrigation - fire suppression - flush fixtures - or janitorial cleaning
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)
A main building entrance
Carbon Dioxide - Methane - CFCs - etc.


28. What are examples of Stabilization Control Technologies?
2003 EPA Construction General Permit (or local standards - whichever is more stringent)
A local - state - or federal government agency
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.
Temporary Seeding - Permanent Seeding - and Mulching


29. Define 'Development Footprint'
ISO 14021
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 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.
At least 1 year of post construction occupancy


30. What should be included in a sustainable Landscape Plan?
2003 EPA Construction General Permit (or local standards - whichever is more stringent)
The Center for Clear Air Policy
Combustion of municipal solid waste - forestry biomass waste other than mill residue - doaded wood - or treated wood.
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


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

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32. How can you achieve exemplary performance for Heat Island reduction - non-roof?
ISO 14021
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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.
Weight or Volume for Construction waste management (MRc2)


33. What SLOPE is important for heat island effect - roof?
Particleboard - Medium density fiberboard (MDF) - Plywood - Wheatboard - Strawboard - Panel Substrates - and Door Cores.
Prohibit smoking both inside the building and 25; away from building entrance
Option 1. Determine baseline electricity use results from EAc1: Optimize energy performance or Option 2. Estimate Baseline Electricity using CBECS database
2:12 slope; > means steeped slope and requires SRI of 29 or greater <= means low sloped and requires an SRI of 78 or greater.


34. Process Energy is considered to include - but is not limiited to what?
2.5% = 1 point
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)
Orientation - Site Energy Sources - Efficient Envelope - Energy Recovery System
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)


35. What should the BOD include?
55%=1 pt - 75% = 2 pts - 95%=3 points.
Primary Design Assumptions - Standards - & Narrative Descriptions
At least 1 principal particiapnt of the project team must be a LEED Accredited Professional
EA Credit 2: On-site Renewable Energy - EA Credit 6: Green Power


36. How much of your building's roof must be a Vegetated Roof to earn 1 point?
1/2 mile walking distance to a rail line OR 1/4 mile to 2 or more bus lines
50% or greater
On-Site Biological Wastewater Treatment
The increase in chemical nutrients - such as the nitrogen and phosphorus often found in fertilizers - in an ecosystem.


37. What are the two options for Enhance Refrigerant Management (EAc4)?
Primary Design Assumptions - Standards - & Narrative Descriptions
Orientation - Site Energy Sources - Efficient Envelope - Energy Recovery System
Option 1. Do not use refrigerants. Option 2 - Select HVAC system to minimize or eliminate ODP and GWP
Carbon Trust 'Good Practice Guide 237'


38. What is TSS?
Fixtures - Furniture and Equipment (FF&E)
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
Particles that are too small or light to be removed from stormwater via gravity settling. Suspended solid concentrations are typically removed via filtration.
Building envelope - HVAC - Service Water heating - Power - Lighting - Other equipment


39. 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.
Option 1. Do not use refrigerants. Option 2 - Select HVAC system to minimize or eliminate ODP and GWP
Process water - irrigation - fire suppression - etc.
ANSI/ASTM-E779-03 - Standard Test Method for Determining Air Leakage Rate by Fan Pressurization.


40. What two primary areas must designers need to consider for acoutical performance?
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
Metabolic rate - clothing insulation - air temperature - Radiant Temperature - Air speed - humidity
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
Low Background Noise Inside Core Learning Spaces & Reverberation Time for Core Learning Spaces


41. SRI surfaces need to be cleaned how Frequently to maintain good reflectance - as required by LEED?
The ability to shed heat
IAQ best practices
Prohibit smoking both inside the building and 25; away from building entrance
At least every two years.


42. What Energy related systems must be commissioned?
60% humidity
Real property whose use may be complicated by the presence or possible presence of a hazardous substance - pollutant - or contaminant
HVAC - Lighting Controls - DHW - Renewables
Option 1. Do not use refrigerants. Option 2 - Select HVAC system to minimize or eliminate ODP and GWP


43. 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
LZ1 - Dark (Parks - rural areas); LZ2 - Low (residential - light industrial); LZ3 - Medium (commercial - industrial - high density residential); LZ4 - High (metro areas)
The ability to shed heat
55%=1 pt - 75% = 2 pts - 95%=3 points.


44. What percentage will earn exemplary performance for NC & Schools on Materials Reuse (MRc3)?
1 to 1; i.e. 50/50 male to female
Particleboard - Medium density fiberboard (MDF) - Plywood - Wheatboard - Strawboard - Panel Substrates - and Door Cores.
Building envelope - HVAC - Service Water heating - Power - Lighting - Other equipment
15%=1 ID point


45. What is the default gender ratio for LEED water calculations?
20% or more dissatisfied occupants
1 to 1; i.e. 50/50 male to female
It delivers water at low pressure through buried mains and submains
For a Schools project - if pursuing the Alternative Transportation Credit


46. What is the distance ALL naturally ventialted spaces must be in proximity to an operable wall or roof opening to the outdoors?
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
It refers to the absorption of heat by hardscapes - such as dark - nonreflective pavement and buildings - and its radiation to surrounding areas.
25 feet
WEc4 - Process Water Reduction


47. How is a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment more in depth?
HVAC - Lighting Controls - DHW - Renewables
A further investigation that collects original samples of soil - groundwater - or building materials to analyze for quantitative values of various contaminants.
Particleboard - Medium density fiberboard (MDF) - Plywood - Wheatboard - Strawboard - Panel Substrates - and Door Cores.
Option 1. Determine baseline electricity use results from EAc1: Optimize energy performance or Option 2. Estimate Baseline Electricity using CBECS database


48. What standard describes Thermal Comfort Conditions which includes Air Temperature - Radiant Temperature - Air Speed and Humidity?
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)
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.
ASHRAE Standard 55-2004
The Center for Clear Air Policy


49. What is Emissivity?
It refers to the absorption of heat by hardscapes - such as dark - nonreflective pavement and buildings - and its radiation to surrounding areas.
The ability to shed heat
75%=1pt
4 points


50. For sites with Local Zoning open space requirements - how much open space is required?
Steam cookers - dishwashers - ice makers - and clothes waters
50% or greater
Building is within 1/2 mile (with clear pedestrian access) of at least 10 basic services.
Exceed the local zoning requirements by 25%