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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
Biodegradable
Albedo
LEED Intent
Environmental Sustainability
2. An accounting of all water volumes that enter and leave a space over a period of time
Water Balance
Light Trespass
None.
Design Development
3. 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)
HVAC System
Outdoor Air
Low Impact Development
Potable Water
4. Part of construction waste management plan
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Negative Feedback Loop
Waste Management Plan
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
5. The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion
Conservation
Waterless Urinal
Thermal Comfort
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
6. Thermal comfort is typically attributed to what env factors?
Hard Cost
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Integrated Process
7. A development company is designing a 7 story 1000 -000 sq ft condominium. He will be responsible for interior finishes - but not furniture/appliances. Which is the LEED rating system used?
LEED NC&MR
Nonpoint-source pollution
Integrated Pest Management
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
8. Ground areas that are vegetated and pervious. green roofs can be considered open space but only for urban areas
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Open Space
Raingarden
Vegetated (Green) Roof
9. Indigenous or exotic plants that spread outside cultivated areas and can damage environmental or economical resources. they grow quickly and aggressively - spreading and displacing other plants
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Embodied Energy
Green Washing
Invasive Plants
10. Any substance introduced into the environment that adversely affects the usefulness of a resource or the health of humans - animals - or ecosystems (EPA)
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Pollutant
70%
Light Trespass
11. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Regenerative
Diversion Rate
Diversity of Uses
Climate Change
12. Min' years that a LEED bldg should share its energy & water usage data with USGBCa
Integrated Process
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Environmental Sustainability
5 years
13. Green Bldg can reduce how much CO2 Emissions?
33%-39%
Construction Documents
Refrigerant
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
14. Process water can be reduced by which 2 methods?
90%
Water Pollution
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
15. Evaluation of the total cost of a building or product over its useful life - including initial - maintenance - repair and replacement costs as well as savings. LCC evaluates economic performance.
Carbon Neutrality
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Waterless Urinal
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
16. Any method of powering an engine that does not involve solely petroleum (e.g. electric car - petrol-electric hybrid - solar powered)
Baseline v. Design
Sustainable Forestry
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Wet Pond (retention pond)
17. When symptoms of diagnosable illness are identified and can be attributed to airborne building contaminants (EPA)
Building Related Illness
Gallons per Flush
5 years
Integrated Design
18. Provide a consistent source of sound technical advice with respect to products - tools and services. TAGs act in an advisory capacity in responding to credit interpretation requests (CIRs) - credit rulings and credit ruling appeals while maintaining
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Per-Consumer Content
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
19. Rainwater that has been collected for uses such as landscaping irrigation - toilet flushing - or other non-potable water uses
Integrated Pest Management
Harvested Rainwater
Light Pollution
Process Water
20. Part of the LEED rating system. projects earn points by meeting the requirements of optional credits in order to earn points towards certification
Nonpoint-source pollution
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Rating system and Project size
LEED Credit
21. How many % of environmental impacts decision are made during the 1st 10% of design process?
Value Engineering
70%
Environmental Sustainability
Integrated Process
22. The use of technology that requires less energy to perform the same function. a compact fluorescent light bulb that uses less energy than an incandescent bulb to produce the same amount of light is an example. the decision to replace an incandescent
Install submeters & Select local plants
Energy Efficient
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Location
23. Watering using above ground sprinkler heads
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Conventional Irrigation
Mass Transit
Open Grid Pavement
24. An attempt to reduce peak period transportation use - such as allowing flex time in which employees may come to work before or after rush hour
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Montreal Protocol
24%-50%
Transportation Demand Management
25. When an exisiting building undergoes the commissioning process to discover if improvements or changes should be made to improve the building
Construction Administration
Location
Retrocommissioning
Diversity of Houses
26. Systematic improvements in a market or segment of a market to achieve a lasting share of energy-efficient products and services - i.e. high efficiency washers replacing regular washing machines in the U.S.
Low Impact Development
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
LEED Points
Market Transformation
27. All the energy used to grow - extract and manufacture a product - transport it to the jobsite - complete the installation - and finally dispose of it at the end of its life cycle
Triple Bottom Line
Floor-To-Area
Embodied Energy
Previously Developed Site
28. What constitutes the largest use of energy in bldg in US? What is the 2nd?
Harvested Rainwater
Ecosystem
LEED
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
29. Gathering information - recognizing stakeholder needs - establishing project goals - & selecting site
Potable Water
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Predesign
Evapotranspiration
30. Green Bldg can reduce how much Energy Use?
Bake-Out
Building Footprint
24%-50%
Indoor Environmental Quality
31. A review process that identifies and selects the lowest lifecycle cost options in design - materials and processes that achieves the desired level of performance - reliability and customer satisfaction
LEED Project Boundary
Value Engineering
Energy Management System
Ambient Temperature
32. The licensed-pro exemption is used by a project team to do what?
Non-renewable Resource
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Nonpoint-source pollution
Bypass otherwise required submittals
33. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Retrocommissioning
Water Pollution
LEED Points
34. Plan that identifies a diversion rate goal and covers how waste will be either disposed or reused or recycled by addressing sorting - collection - and final disposal of items in an existing building
Solid Waste Management Policy
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Climate Change
35. Renewable energy such as solar - wind - biomass - hydro - and geothermal energy
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Green Power
Building Commissioning
LEED Credit Checklist
36. Water that originates from precipitation that enters the stormwater system
70%
Stormwater Runoff
Construction Waste Management Plan
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
37. System or process for controlling the temperature - humidity - and sometimes the purity of the air in an interior space (office - warehouse - residence)
Environmental Sustainability
Credit Interpretation Request
Commissioning Report
Air Conditioning
38. Wood manufactured by binding together the strands - particles - fibers - or veneers of wood - together with adhesives - to form [first word] materials
Brownfields
Commissioning
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Sustainable Forestry
39. Any opening in a building - such as windows - doors - skylights - curtain walls - etc. - designed to permit the passage of air - light - vehicles - or people
Greenfield
Airborne Pollutant
Fenestration
Montreal Protocol
40. Air that enters into a building either naturally through pre-designed openings in the building or through the ventilation system
LEED Online
Emissivity (of a material)
Externality
Outdoor Air
41. Schematic Design - Design Development - and Construction Documents
Fossil Fuels
Triple Bottom Line
Building Footprint
Design
42. Very harsh - bright - dazzling light that interferes with visibility
Glare
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Vegetated (Green) Roof
43. Capable of being decomposed by natural agents - especially bacteria
Air Conditioning
Biodegradable
Byproduct
LEED
44. Areas where the upper soil is no longer exposed - including paved areas - walkways - fountains - etc.
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Carbon Footprint
Hardscape
LEED Pilot Credit Library
45. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations
Predesign
Environmental Sustainability
Development Footprint
Montreal Protocol
46. Document that outlines the organization - schedule - allocation of resources - and documentation requirements of the commissioning process
Waste Diversion
Commissioning Plan
Portable water uses
Low Impact Development
47. Indicates a material's ability to reject solar heat and is the combined value of reflectivity and emittance. measurements vary from 100 (standard white surface - most reflective) - to 0 (standard black surface - least reflective). materials with the
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Commissioning Plan
Mass Transit
48. 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
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
LEED Prerequisites
Xeriscaping
Sustainable Forestry
49. Flush-Out
LEED
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.
Green Power
1000 square ft
50. Air quality within buildings as it relates to the health and comfort of building occupants
Indoor Air Quality
Fossil Fuels
Hard Cost
Construction Waste Management Plan