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LEED BD And C

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1. What is the maximum number of points that schools projects can chose to earn for IEQ credits 4.1-4.6?
80%
The study of water occurence - distribution - movement - and balances in an ecosystem
Process water - irrigation - fire suppression - etc.
4 points

2. What is an example of a Monoculture planting - which would not help with restoring/protecting habitat?
40% savings - or greater
Fixtures - Furniture and Equipment (FF&E)
15 minutes - with a min of 1 measurement every 10 seconds
Turf grass

3. What is the major compliance Standard associated with low-emitting materials - ceiling and wall systems (IEQc4.6)?
15% = 1 ID point or 8 total points for on site renewable energy
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.
20% discount
Garages - Housekeeping/laundry Areas - Science Laboratories - Prep Rooms - Art Rooms - Shops of Any Kind - Copying Rooms - Printing Rooms

4. What can be EXCLUDED from your roof area calculations?
Mechanical equipment - photovoltaic panels - and skylights
Lighting (interior - parking garage - surface parking - facade - or building grounds) HVAC - service water heating for domestic or space ehating purposes.
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.
EPA Region 9 Clean-up Standards

5. What is the definition of a Brownfield?
Interior walls - doors - floor coverings - and ceiling systems
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.
Real property whose use may be complicated by the presence or possible presence of a hazardous substance - pollutant - or contaminant

6. What are the different classification Types for a building's occupants?
SCAQMD Rule #1168 (Adhesives - Sealants & Sealant Primers) - Green Seal Standard GS-36 (Commercial Adhesives)
CIBSE Applications Manual 10-2005 (AM10) or Macroscopic - Multizone - Analytical Moded Predicting Room-by-Room Air Flow Rates
Full-time staff - part-time staff - peak transient (students - volunteers - visitors - customers) - or residents
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?

7. When can certification be revoked?
12%
The ability to shed heat
1 to 1; i.e. 50/50 male to female
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.

8. What standards define/qualify both preconsumer and postconsumer recycled content?
ISO 14021
Option 1. Determine baseline electricity use results from EAc1: Optimize energy performance or Option 2. Estimate Baseline Electricity using CBECS database
ANSI/ASTM-E779-03 - Standard Test Method for Determining Air Leakage Rate by Fan Pressurization.
Any added Urea-Formaldehyde Resins

9. For schools - the Brownfield clean-up must be more stringent than what?
EPA Region 9 Clean-up Standards
SRI of at least 29
55%=1 pt - 75% = 2 pts - 95%=3 points.
75%=1pt

10. What do the Owner's project requirements typically include?
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
2.5% = 1 point
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
Turf grass

11. What types of FSC wood products to not count toward certified wood (MRc7)?
3 points
50% = 1 point
FSC Recycled of FSC Recycled Credit
30% above rates required by ASHRAE 62.1-2007

12. Calculations need to be calculated by what for Construction Waste Management (MRc2)?
Weight or Volume for Construction waste management (MRc2)
Water closets - urinals - lavatory faucets - showers - kitchen sink faucets - and pre-rinse spray valve
EPA's Target Finder rating tool
15% = 1 ID point or 8 total points for on site renewable energy

13. What percentage of the building occupants must have individual lighitng controls for controllabliity of systems - Lighting (IEQc6.1)?
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Temporary Seeding - Permanent Seeding - and Mulching
A local - state - or federal government agency
A minimum of 90%

14. What are the four options to achieve daylighting for Daylighting and Views - Daylighting (IEQc8.1)?
Low Background Noise Inside Core Learning Spaces & Reverberation Time for Core Learning Spaces
HVAC - Lighting Controls - DHW - Renewables
Option 1. Simulation; Option 2. Prescriptive; Option 3. Measurement; Option 4. Combination
Provide vegetated open space area adjacent to the building that is equal in area to the building footprint.

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

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16. What percentage of Non-carpet finished flooring must be floorScore-Certified to follow the alternative compliance path using FloorScore?
100%
Pump-and-treat - bioreactors - land farming - solar detoxification - and in situ remediation
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.
Particleboard - Medium density fiberboard (MDF) - Plywood - Wheatboard - Strawboard - Panel Substrates - and Door Cores.

17. What is IPM?
Any added Urea-Formaldehyde Resins
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
EPA Clean Air Act - Title VI - Rule 608
FSC Recycled of FSC Recycled Credit

18. What is the percent for a Residential project that is going to install bike racks?
Dry plumbing fixtures and fittings that contain and treat human waste via microbiological processes.
Fixtures - Furniture and Equipment (FF&E)
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?
15%

19. What are the two options for measurement and verification (EAc5)
ISO 14021
Develop and implement a M&V plan specified in IPMVP Vol III - Option D: Calibrated Simulation or Option B: Energy Conservation Measure Isolation
At least 1 principal particiapnt of the project team must be a LEED Accredited Professional
1/2 mile walking distance to a rail line OR 1/4 mile to 2 or more bus lines

20. Who defines Prime farmland?
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.
Small HVAC units(>.5 lbs of refrigerant) - standard refrigerators - small water coolers.
LZ1 - Dark (Parks - rural areas); LZ2 - Low (residential - light industrial); LZ3 - Medium (commercial - industrial - high density residential); LZ4 - High (metro areas)
The US Department of Agriculture

21. What is Biodiversity?
The variety of life in all forms - level and combinations - including ecosystem diversity - species diversity - and genetic diversity.
50% = 1 point
Combustion of municipal solid waste - forestry biomass waste other than mill residue - doaded wood - or treated wood.
Between 3 and 6 feet above the floor.

22. What is the DIFFERENCE between graywater and blackwater?
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
Reduced Energy USe - Lower Operating Costs - Reduced Contractor Callbacks - Better Building Documentation - Improved Occupant Productivity - and Verification that Systems perform with OPR
Wastewater from toilets and urinals is always considered blackwater. Graywater - depending on your local jurisdiction - can include sink - shower/bath - and dishwasher water
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)

23. Define 'Native or Adapted plants'
Real property whose use may be complicated by the presence or possible presence of a hazardous substance - pollutant - or contaminant
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.
An economizer
SSc4.4 - Alternative Transportation - Parking Capacity

24. What is the exemplary percentage for process water reduction?
40% savings - or greater
EPA's Target Finder rating tool
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)
SSc4.4 - Alternative Transportation - Parking Capacity

25. For increased Ventilation (IEQc2) - what percentage must mechanically ventilated spaces increase outdoor air ventilation rates required by ASHRAE 62.1-2007?
10% Variation from Design Values
30% above rates required by ASHRAE 62.1-2007
EPA's Target Finder rating tool
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

26. What is the Goal of a Comprehensive Transportation Management Plan?
25 feet
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.
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 addition of soil particles to water bodies by natural and human-related activities

27. 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
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
USGBC's Registered Project Tools (http://www.usgbc.org/projecttools)
ASHRAE Standard 55-2004

28. What is the maximum number of points a project can earn under innovation in design?
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
Garages - Housekeeping/laundry Areas - Science Laboratories - Prep Rooms - Art Rooms - Shops of Any Kind - Copying Rooms - Printing Rooms
5 points
50%=1 pt

29. To what Standards must wastewater be treated on site for credit?
A report prepared for a real estate holding that identifies potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities.
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
Metabolic rate - clothing insulation - air temperature - Radiant Temperature - Air speed - humidity
Tertiary Standards

30. Define 'Residential Area'
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.
Auditorium - Gym - Cafeteria - One or more classrooms - Swimming Pool - or Playing Field
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
EPA's Target Finder rating tool

31. What qualifies as Existing interior nonstructural elements for bulding reuse - maintain interior nonstructural elements (MRc1.2)?
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.
SRI of at least 29
Interior walls - doors - floor coverings - and ceiling systems
For a Schools project - if pursuing the Alternative Transportation Credit

32. What should project teams NOT consider for base building elements under composite wood and agrifiber products?
25 people or more per 1 -000 square feet.
Provide preferred parking for low emitting and fuel-efficient vehicles for 5% fo the total vehicle parking capacity of the site.
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)
Fixtures - Furniture and Equipment (FF&E)

33. What two synergy credits help Mitigate energy use impact by using renewable energy when Optimizing Energy Performance?
EA Credit 2: On-site Renewable Energy - EA Credit 6: Green Power
A further investigation that collects original samples of soil - groundwater - or building materials to analyze for quantitative values of various contaminants.
Paper - corrugated cardboard - glass - plastics - and metals
The ability to shed heat

34. How is Preferred Parking defined?
45 dBA
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.
25 people or more per 1 -000 square feet.
5 points

35. What is the minimum background noise level required for HVAC equipment in classrooms required for minimum acoustical performance (IEQp3)
Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 1992 and 2005
45 dBA
A local - state - or federal government agency
Evapotranspiration Rate - This rate is a measurement of total amount of water needed to grow a reference plant

36. How long must a measurement and verification period cover?
Process water - irrigation - fire suppression - etc.
6 to 18 months after occupancy
At least 1 year of post construction occupancy
SSc4.4 - Alternative Transportation - Parking Capacity

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

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38. For Schools - what do you have to do to show Pedestrian Access?
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.
15% = 1 ID point or 8 total points for on site renewable energy
The postdevelopment rate and quantity must be at least 25% less than the predevelopment values.
Construction Waste MAnagement Plan

39. To what relative humidity much HVAC systems in schools be designed (to limit space?) to comply with Mold Prevention (IEQc10)?
Temporary Seeding - Permanent Seeding - and Mulching
The increase in chemical nutrients - such as the nitrogen and phosphorus often found in fertilizers - in an ecosystem.
4 points
60% humidity

40. What does EPA's I-Beam program deal with?
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.
IAQ best practices
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

41. What should the BOD include?
EPA Region 9 Clean-up Standards
Primary Design Assumptions - Standards - & Narrative Descriptions
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
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

42. What is the percentage Building reuse threshold for new construction under building reuse - maintain existing walls - floors - and roof (MRc1.1)?
Exceed the local zoning requirements by 25%
A report prepared for a real estate holding that identifies potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities.
The US Department of Agriculture
55%=1 pt - 75% = 2 pts - 95%=3 points.

43. After what Timedo you have to Reduce Input Power on interior lights - with a diret line of site to exterior openings - to 50% for light pollution reduction?
ISO 14021
EA Credit 2: On-site Renewable Energy - EA Credit 6: Green Power
The US Department of Agriculture
11 PM (between 11 PM and 5 AM)

44. What percentage of dissatisfied occupants would require corrective action under thermal comfort - verification (IEQc7.2)?
20% or more dissatisfied occupants
Structural framing and general dimensional framing - flooring - subflooring - wood doors - and finishes.
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.
55%=1 pt - 75% = 2 pts - 95%=3 points.

45. What is Emissivity?
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) or Cogeneration
95% or more to total construction waste diverted
2 year renewable energy contract and 35% of buildings electric from green-e certified source
The ability to shed heat

46. What are the Eligible On-Site renewable energy technologies or systems for (EAc2)?
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
Between 3 and 6 feet above the floor.
2003 EPA Construction General Permit (or local standards - whichever is more stringent)
Vehicles that are classified as zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by the California Air Resources Board

47. How is Drip Irrigation effective in saving water?
An economizer
It delivers water at low pressure through buried mains and submains
Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 1992 and 2005
55%=1 pt - 75% = 2 pts - 95%=3 points.

48. When selecting natural ventialtion what two ways demonstrate credit compliance?
50%; some strategies include water-conserving fixtures and/or using non-potable water for conveyance
CIBSE Applications Manual 10-2005 (AM10) or Macroscopic - Multizone - Analytical Moded Predicting Room-by-Room Air Flow Rates
MERV 13 or Higher
2 residents per 1-bedroom - 3 residents per 2=bedroom unit - etc.

49. What percentage of TSS must be removed using BMPs for stormwater credit?
EPA Clean Air Act - Title VI - Rule 608
80%
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.
Paper - corrugated cardboard - glass - plastics - and metals

50. Define 'Development Footprint'
4 points
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.
An economizer
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