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1. What are the requirements for Community Connectivity to Basic Services?
Building is within 1/2 mile (with clear pedestrian access) of at least 10 basic services.
Carbon Dioxide - Methane - CFCs - etc.
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)
25 people or more per 1 -000 square feet.

2. For sites with No Local Zoning requirements - (e.g. military bases) - how much open space is required?
2 Modes: General and A/V
Carbon Trust 'Good Practice Guide 237'
Provide vegetated open space area adjacent to the building that is equal in area to the building footprint.
The ability to shed heat

3. For sites with Local Zoning open space requirements - how much open space is required?
75%=1pt
Pump-and-treat - bioreactors - land farming - solar detoxification - and in situ remediation
Exceed the local zoning requirements by 25%
Option 1. Determine baseline electricity use results from EAc1: Optimize energy performance or Option 2. Estimate Baseline Electricity using CBECS database

4. What is a Composting toilet?
25 people or more per 1 -000 square feet.
Volume (cubic feet) - Interior Surface Area (square feet) - sound absorption coefficient - surface area of interior fixed elements
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)

5. What is Eutrophication?
3 to 6 feet above floor to represent the breathing zone
The addition of soil particles to water bodies by natural and human-related activities
The increase in chemical nutrients - such as the nitrogen and phosphorus often found in fertilizers - in an ecosystem.
45 dBA

6. What two synergy credits help Mitigate energy use impact by using renewable energy when Optimizing Energy Performance?
50% or greater
A minimum of 90%
EA Credit 2: On-site Renewable Energy - EA Credit 6: Green Power
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

7. 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 increase in chemical nutrients - such as the nitrogen and phosphorus often found in fertilizers - in an ecosystem.
80%
Pump-and-treat - bioreactors - land farming - solar detoxification - and in situ remediation

8. What are the different classification Types for a building's occupants?
Full-time staff - part-time staff - peak transient (students - volunteers - visitors - customers) - or residents
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.
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
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

9. How is Drip Irrigation effective in saving water?
It delivers water at low pressure through buried mains and submains
Local zoning requirements
10% Variation from Design Values
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.

10. What are some examples of GHG's?
SCAQMD Rule #1168 (Adhesives - Sealants & Sealant Primers) - Green Seal Standard GS-36 (Commercial Adhesives)
12%
A report prepared for a real estate holding that identifies potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities.
Carbon Dioxide - Methane - CFCs - etc.

11. What bio-fuel systems are NOT eligible for On-Site Renewable Energy?
Prohibit smoking both inside the building and 25; away from building entrance
Earth Dike - Silt Fence - Sediment Trap - and Sediment Basin
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.
Combustion of municipal solid waste - forestry biomass waste other than mill residue - doaded wood - or treated wood.

12. For increased Ventilation (IEQc2) - what percentage must mechanically ventilated spaces increase outdoor air ventilation rates required by ASHRAE 62.1-2007?
30% above rates required by ASHRAE 62.1-2007
2 Modes: General and A/V
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)
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.

13. What is the exemplary percentage for process water reduction?
25 feet
40% savings - or greater
FSC Recycled of FSC Recycled Credit
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

14. SRI surfaces need to be cleaned how Frequently to maintain good reflectance - as required by LEED?
At least every two years.
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)
EPA's Target Finder rating tool
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.

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

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16. How is a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment more in depth?
Within 10 months of LEED Certification
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.
25 people or more per 1 -000 square feet.
A further investigation that collects original samples of soil - groundwater - or building materials to analyze for quantitative values of various contaminants.

17. What are impervious surfaces?
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.
Structural framing and general dimensional framing - flooring - subflooring - wood doors - and finishes.
Tertiary Standards
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.

18. How many points can a project earn for using No Potable Water for irrigation?
6 to 18 months after occupancy
2 year renewable energy contract and 35% of buildings electric from green-e certified source
Meet or Exceed SMACNA guidelines - Protect on-site and installed absorptive materials - MERV 8 filter medium on air handlers used during construction
4 points

19. How can you achieve exemplary performance for Heat Island reduction - non-roof?
Wastewater from toilets and urinals is always considered blackwater. Graywater - depending on your local jurisdiction - can include sink - shower/bath - and dishwasher water
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.
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.
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

20. What are the Distances for Alternative Transportation - Rail/Bus?
4 points
1/2 mile walking distance to a rail line OR 1/4 mile to 2 or more bus lines
Irrigation - fire suppression - flush fixtures - or janitorial cleaning
SCAQMD Rule #1168 (Adhesives - Sealants & Sealant Primers) - Green Seal Standard GS-36 (Commercial Adhesives)

21. What does NPDES stand for?
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
S12.60-2002 - Acoustical Performance Criteria - Design Requirements and Guidelines for Schools
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
Option 1. Determine baseline electricity use results from EAc1: Optimize energy performance or Option 2. Estimate Baseline Electricity using CBECS database

22. What is the percentage Building reuse threshold for new construction under building reuse - maintain existing walls - floors - and roof (MRc1.1)?
Earth Dike - Silt Fence - Sediment Trap - and Sediment Basin
SRI of at least 29
55%=1 pt - 75% = 2 pts - 95%=3 points.
Auditorium - Gym - Cafeteria - One or more classrooms - Swimming Pool - or Playing Field

23. What must composite wood and Agrifiber Products NOT contain (IEQc4.4)?
IAQ best practices
Any added Urea-Formaldehyde Resins
Building is within 1/2 mile (with clear pedestrian access) of at least 10 basic services.
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.

24. What do the Owner's project requirements typically include?
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)
20%
3 points
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

25. What percentage of wood-based products must be certified in accordance with the forest stewardship council to earn certified Wood (MRc7)?
10% Variation from Design Values
25 people or more per 1 -000 square feet.
Volume (cubic feet) - Interior Surface Area (square feet) - sound absorption coefficient - surface area of interior fixed elements
50% = 1 point

26. What generates both electrical power and thermal energy from a Single Fuel source?
EPA's Target Finder rating tool
Local zoning requirements
Turf grass
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) or Cogeneration

27. What is required for LEED Accredited Professional (IDc2)?
Process water - irrigation - fire suppression - etc.
At least 1 principal particiapnt of the project team must be a LEED Accredited Professional
It delivers water at low pressure through buried mains and submains
Option 1. Determine baseline electricity use results from EAc1: Optimize energy performance or Option 2. Estimate Baseline Electricity using CBECS database

28. What is the typical permitted distance for environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) control (IEQp2)?
25 feet
95% or more to total construction waste diverted
The Center for Clear Air Policy
A minimum of 90%

29. What is a Foot Candle (fc)?
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
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.
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.
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

30. 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)?
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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
10 Hours

31. To what Standards must wastewater be treated on site for credit?
LZ1 - Dark (Parks - rural areas); LZ2 - Low (residential - light industrial); LZ3 - Medium (commercial - industrial - high density residential); LZ4 - High (metro areas)
Structural framing and general dimensional framing - flooring - subflooring - wood doors - and finishes.
Volume (cubic feet) - Interior Surface Area (square feet) - sound absorption coefficient - surface area of interior fixed elements
Tertiary Standards

32. How is Preferred Parking defined?
Carbon Trust 'Good Practice Guide 237'
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
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)
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.

33. Constructed Wetlands can contribute to what Water EFFICIENCY Credit?
On-Site Biological Wastewater Treatment
A local - state - or federal government agency
Boundary line used by school districts to determine which students attend what school based on where
Interior walls - doors - floor coverings - and ceiling systems

34. What standards define/qualify both preconsumer and postconsumer recycled content?
15 minutes - with a min of 1 measurement every 10 seconds
100%
55%=1 pt - 75% = 2 pts - 95%=3 points.
ISO 14021

35. What are some examples of Rapidly Renewable materials?
45 dBA
Steam cookers - dishwashers - ice makers - and clothes waters
Drawdown rate or drawdown
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

36. What is the maximum number of points a project can earn under innovation in design?
50%; some strategies include water-conserving fixtures and/or using non-potable water for conveyance
Full-time staff - part-time staff - peak transient (students - volunteers - visitors - customers) - or residents
5 points
ANSI/ASTM-E779-03 - Standard Test Method for Determining Air Leakage Rate by Fan Pressurization.

37. What percentage of nonstructural elements must be reused for a project to earn building reuse - maintain interior nonstructural elements (MRc1.2
50%=1 pt
Local zoning requirements
Temporary Seeding - Permanent Seeding - and Mulching
Interior walls - doors - floor coverings - and ceiling systems

38. What is IPM?
CIBSE Applications Manual 10-2005 (AM10) or Macroscopic - Multizone - Analytical Moded Predicting Room-by-Room Air Flow Rates
Provide vegetated open space area adjacent to the building that is equal in area to the building footprint.
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
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

39. When an organization/agency is providing space for shared use to students - what should be included?
Auditorium - Gym - Cafeteria - One or more classrooms - Swimming Pool - or Playing Field
The ability to shed heat
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.
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.

40. What percentage of dissatisfied occupants would require corrective action under thermal comfort - verification (IEQc7.2)?
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.
Steam cookers - dishwashers - ice makers - and clothes waters
20% or more dissatisfied occupants
End User

41. What are examples of Stabilization Control Technologies?
Temporary Seeding - Permanent Seeding - and Mulching
3 to 6 feet above floor to represent the breathing zone
1 to 1; i.e. 50/50 male to female
Tertiary Standards

42. What are examples of Composite Wood and Agrifiber Products?
10% Variation from Design Values
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?
The Center for Clear Air Policy
Particleboard - Medium density fiberboard (MDF) - Plywood - Wheatboard - Strawboard - Panel Substrates - and Door Cores.

43. If a company is willing to provide FEV;s for a Share Program - what percentage is required?
Any added Urea-Formaldehyde Resins
100%
Option 1. Determine baseline electricity use results from EAc1: Optimize energy performance or Option 2. Estimate Baseline Electricity using CBECS database
One low-emitting or fuel-efficient vehicle must be provided per 3% of FTE occupants.

44. What percentage of TSS must be removed using BMPs for stormwater credit?
95% or more to total construction waste diverted
80%
Building envelope - HVAC - Service Water heating - Power - Lighting - Other equipment
The addition of soil particles to water bodies by natural and human-related activities

45. Define building Footprint.
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) or Cogeneration
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.
Mechanical equipment - photovoltaic panels - and skylights
40% savings - or greater

46. What refrigerant management Procedure governs reducing annual leakage of CFC-based refrigerants to 5% or less?
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.
50%; some strategies include water-conserving fixtures and/or using non-potable water for conveyance
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.
EPA Clean Air Act - Title VI - Rule 608

47. What are the benefits of Commissioning?
Boundary line used by school districts to determine which students attend what school based on where
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)
Reduced Energy USe - Lower Operating Costs - Reduced Contractor Callbacks - Better Building Documentation - Improved Occupant Productivity - and Verification that Systems perform with OPR
15% = 1 ID point or 8 total points for on site renewable energy

48. What is the distance ALL naturally ventialted spaces must be in proximity to an operable wall or roof opening to the outdoors?
4 points
10 ft long to capture dirt and particulates entering building
A further investigation that collects original samples of soil - groundwater - or building materials to analyze for quantitative values of various contaminants.
25 feet

49. What SLOPE is important for heat island effect - roof?
Auditorium - Gym - Cafeteria - One or more classrooms - Swimming Pool - or Playing Field
2:12 slope; > means steeped slope and requires SRI of 29 or greater <= means low sloped and requires an SRI of 78 or greater.
Volume (cubic feet) - Interior Surface Area (square feet) - sound absorption coefficient - surface area of interior fixed elements
FSC Recycled of FSC Recycled Credit

50. If you treat storm water to Tertiary Standards - what can you then use the water for?
2:12 slope; > means steeped slope and requires SRI of 29 or greater <= means low sloped and requires an SRI of 78 or greater.
30% above rates required by ASHRAE 62.1-2007
Option 1. Simulation; Option 2. Prescriptive; Option 3. Measurement; Option 4. Combination
Process water - irrigation - fire suppression - etc.

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