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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Purchase price of a hard asset such as masonry - wood - steel - carpet - tile - mechanical systems - roofing
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Byproduct
Soft Cost
Hard Cost
2. Passenger transportation services which are available for use by the general public - such as trains - subways and busses
Mass Transit
LEED Intent
Solid Waste Management Policy
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
3. Water that is not treated to drinking water standards and is not meant for human consumption
250 square ft
Non-Potable Water
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Baseline v. Design
4. Total building energy costs (including all plug loads) annually. this value is intended to be used to compare against design cases to compute energy savings from a proposed design
Baseline Building Performance
Thermal Comfort
Ambient Temperature
Acidification
5. A system where the output may signal the system to stop changing - i.e. - a thermostat -- at a certain point the temp feedback will tell the system to cut off
LEED Credit
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Development Footprint
Negative Feedback Loop
6. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Prime Farmland
Heat Islands
7. A term used in the US to describe the heating or cooling capacity of a system or fuels. this is understood to represent [this]'s per hour when referring to power. this derives its measurement from the amount of energy it takes to raise the temperatur
Vehicle miles traveled
Integrated Design
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Life-cycle cost analysis
8. How prerequisites and credits are grouped depending on the building type and rating system
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
LEED Category
Passive Design
Integrated Design
9. Advertising a product or policy to be more beneficial to the environment than is true
Agrifiber Product
Green Washing
Building Related Illness
Perviousness
10. Mainly artificial structures--such as pavements (roads - sidewalks - driveways and parking lots) that are covered by impenetrable (impervious) materials such as asphalt - concrete - brick - and stone--and rooftops. soils compacted by urban developmen
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Process Water
Impervious Surfaces
Hard Cost
11. Colorless - odorless gas that is present in the atmosphere and is formed when any fuel containing carbon is burned. it is breathed out of animal's lungs during respiration - is produced by the decay of organic matter - and is used by plants in photos
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Low Impact Development
Renewable Energy
12. LID is an approach to land development (or re-development) that works with nature to manage stormwater as close to its source as possible (EPA)
Baseline Vs Design
Low Impact Development
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Byproduct
13. Predesign - Design - Bid - Construction - and Occupancy
Emissivity (of a material)
Potable Water
Net-Zero Energy
Major Construction Phases
14. Any substance introduced into the environment that adversely affects the usefulness of a resource or the health of humans - animals - or ecosystems (EPA)
Pollutant
Water Pollution
Integrative
LEED NC&MR
15. Like carbon dioxide or methane - which contributes to potential climate change
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Greenhouse Gases
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Retrocommissioning
16. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Montreal Protocol
Fenestration
Environmental Sustainability
17. Gathering information - recognizing stakeholder needs - establishing project goals - & selecting site
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Environmentally Preferable Products
Impervious Surfaces
Predesign
18. The stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in a way - and at a rate - that maintains their biodiversity - productivity - regeneration capacity - vitality and their potential to fulfill - now and in the future - relevant ecological - economic
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Adaptive Reuse
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Sustainable Forestry
19. Properties or patterns that a complex system has - but which the individual members do not have. the end result is that the system now has more than just the sum of its parts. for example - saltiness is a property that neither sodium or chlorine have
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Cooling Tower
Air Conditioning
Emergent Properties
20. Any method of powering an engine that does not involve solely petroleum (e.g. electric car - petrol-electric hybrid - solar powered)
Energy Management System
Pollution
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
LEED Online
21. Energy generated from natural resources - such as sunlight - wind - tides and geothermal heat - which are naturally replenished
Hardscape
Global Warming
Renewable Energy
Invasive Plants
22. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
Carpool
LEED Intent
Site Disturbance
Cradle to Grave
23. The variation in life forms within a given ecosystem or for the entire earth. this is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Biodiversity
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Biodegradable
24. A process used to remove VOCs from a bldg by elevating the tempt in the fully furnished & ventilated bldg prior to human occupancy.
LEED NC&MR
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Design Development
Bake-Out
25. Products made from agricultural fiber such as wheat board and straw board
Xeriscaping
Agrifiber Product
Zoning
Feedback Loop
26. All members of the project team working towards the integrated process - including building owners - maintenance staff - planners - designers - etc.
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Substantial completion
Integrated Process Team
27. Pollution of water generally results from multiple sources vs. just one source - examples are runoff from roads - drainage from buildings - seepage - runoff from farmland. pollution in a river may not be exactly pinpointed because most pollution is n
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
24%-50%
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Nonpoint Source Pollution
28. The spent or used water from a home - community - farm - or industry that contains dissolved or suspended matter (EPA)
Wastewater
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Previously Developed Site
29. Which LEED rating systems has more than 100 points
Conventional Irrigation
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Diversity of Houses
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
30. A site that was previously built on - has been graded - or contained a parking lot - roadway - or other structure
Imperviousness
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Previously Developed Site
31. Potential credits and categories that may be used in upcoming versions of the LEED rating systems
Major Construction Phases
Nonpoint-source pollution
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Adaptive Reuse
32. A quantity between a site and the surrounding [area]. it is measured by pedestrian access to housing basic services such as restaurants - post offices - hospitals - libraries - etc.
The operation of mechanical systems for a minimum of 2 wks using 100% outdoor air at the end of construction & prior to bldg occupancy to ensure safe indoor air quality.
Harvested Rainwater
Waterless Urinal
Community Connectivity
33. Drinking water that is of sufficiently high quality so that it can be consumed or utilized without risk of immediate of long term harm
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Building Footprint
Potable Water
Construction Waste Management Plan
34. The measurement unit used for flush fixture water consumption and flow fixture water consumption
Heat Islands
Construction Administration
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Submeter
35. The relationship btw the total bldg floor area & the allowable land area the bldg can cover.
Floor-To-Area
Byproduct
40%
Underground Parking
36. The measurement method for defining Irrigation Efficiency
Pollution
Drip Irrigation
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Cradle to Grave
37. This concept is thought of as more sustainable. ex: plants grow in a field - produce oxygen - take in water - then die and decay which helps plants grow. these can be linked so one system uses the byproducts of another
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Rating system and Project size
Closed System
Aquifer
38. How can potable water use for irrigation be reduced or eliminated?
LEED Online
40%
Install submeters & Select local plants
Montreal Protocol
39. Prior to submitting CIR - what strategies should be considered?
Carbon Overlay Tool
Raingarden
5 years
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
40. An accounting of all water volumes that enter and leave a space over a period of time
Per-Consumer Content
Process Water
Water Balance
Charrette (shuh-ret)
41. The coordinated use of pest and environmental info with available pest control methods to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means and with the least possible hazard to people - property - and the environment
Building Commissioning
Market Transformation
Integrated Pest Management
Impervious Surfaces
42. Materials from construction sites or existing buildings that are reused in the same or different capacity. examples can include flooring - brick - beams - and doors
Indoor Air Quality
Salvaged Materials
Feedback Loop
Integrated Process
43. When all recyclables for collection are mixed but kept separate from other waste
Open Grid Pavement
Energy Conservation
Commingled Recycling
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
44. The amount of water the design case conserves vs the baseline case
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Baseline Vs Design
Building Related Illness
Square Footage of a Building
45. Any of various halocarbon compounds consisting of carbon - hydrogen - chlorine - and fluorine - once used widely as aerosol propellants and refrigerants. these are believed to cause depletion of the atmospheric ozone layer
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Conventional Irrigation
Floor-To-Area
Commissioning Report
46. The comparison between a standard gage and the estimated in a building's design scenario. in LEED - the [first word] usually refers to the EPAct 1992 water flow and flush rates
Integrated Process
Baseline v. Design
Cooling Tower
Energy Efficient
47. The use of environmentally friendly ingredients and chemicals for household - manufacturing and industrial cleaning. these techniques and products avoid the use of chemically reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals
Green Cleaning
Net-Zero Energy
Diversity of Uses
Volatile Organic Compound
48. Plan that covers how waste will be either disposed or reused or recycled by addressing sorting - collection - and final disposal of items used in the construction or renovation process
Construction Waste Management Plan
Sustainable
Outdoor Air
Emergent Properties
49. A collection of living things and the environment in which they live. for example - a prairie [this] includes coyotes - the rabbits on which they feed - and the grasses that feed the rabbits
Ecosystem
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Site Disturbance
Triple Bottom Line
50. Material - other than the principle product - generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system (EPA)
Submeter
Per-Consumer Content
Street Grid Density
Byproduct