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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. 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
Byproduct
Baseline v. Design
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
2. Waste building materials - dredging materials - tree stumps - and rubble resulting from [first word] - remodeling - repair - and [second word] of homes - commercial buildings and other structures and pavements
Construction and Demolition Debris
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
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.
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
3. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas
Heat Islands
LEED Credit
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Hybrid Vehicle
4. Smart Location & Linkage. Neighborhood Pattern & Design. Green Infrastructure & Bldg.
Ecosystem
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
5. Resistance to penetration by a liquid and is calculated as the percentage of area covered by a paving system that does not allow moisture to soak into the ground
Air Conditioning
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Imperviousness
6. The rate at which indoor air enters and leaves a building - usually expressed in LEED as the number of changes of outdoor air per hour (air changes per hour or "ach") ASHRAE 62 prescribes proper ventilation rates to ensure pollutants and carbon dioxi
Embodied Energy
Glare
Ventilation Rate
Value Engineering
7. 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
Closed System
The four LEED levels
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Hybrid Vehicle
8. A project must: Comply w/ Environmental Laws - Be a Complete - Permanent bldg/space - Use a reasonable Site Boundary - Comply with min' Floor Area requirements - Comply with min' Occup' Rates - Commit to Sharing whole bldg energy & water Usage Data
Diversity of Uses
Environmentally Preferable Products
Passive Design
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
9. Materials and products are made from plants that are typically harvested within a 10 year cycle or shorter and are grown and harvested sustainably
Water Pollution
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Pollutant
Substantial completion
10. Info of a result of a system returning to the system so that the system can make appropriate modifications. think of a thermostat reading the indoor air temp. info must flow to make [this]. without info - changes are less likely to happen
Feedback Loop
High Performance Green Building
Development Footprint
Pollution
11. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Rating system and Project size
70%
12. Water that is not treated to drinking water standards and is not meant for human consumption
Non-Potable Water
Irrigation Efficiency
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Positive Feedback Loop
13. The percentage of material in a product that was consumer waste. the recycled material was generated by household - commercial - industrial or institutional end-users and can no longer be used for its intended purpose. it includes returns of material
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Pollution
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Open Space
14. Areas where the upper soil is no longer exposed - including paved areas - walkways - fountains - etc.
Hardscape
Environmentally Preferable Products
Smart Growth
Open Grid Pavement
15. Potential credits and categories that may be used in upcoming versions of the LEED rating systems
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Passive Design
Regenerative
16. A LEED rating is achieved through earning points in each of the 6 LEED categories
LEED Points
Material Reuse
Carbon Neutrality
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
17. Gives preference to the purchase of environmentally preferable products and the companies that supply them
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
18. Process for project teams to obtain technical guidance on how LEED requirements pertain to their projects
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Integrated Design
Floodplain
19. Building design that takes advantage of the local climate to provide some or all of the heating - cooling - lighting and ventilation needs of the occupants
Passive Design
HCFC
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
High Performance Green Building
20. Unit of measurement by which flowing devices such as faucets and showers are measured and regulated
Gallons per Minute
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Albedo
Thermal Comfort
21. What are the extra categories for LEED for Home?
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Construction and Demolition Debris
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
22. Web portal and site that allows teams to register a LEED project and to upload each section of the certification application
LEED Online
Systems Thinking
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.
Construction Phases Bidding
23. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (EPA)
The four LEED levels
LEED Online
Sustainable
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
24. Material that is sourced and manufactured within 500 miles of the project. usually expressed as a percentage of total project material
Negative Feedback Loop
Albedo
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Regional Material
25. 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.
Integrated Pest Management
Heat Island Effect
Biodiversity
Adaptive Reuse
26. What are the added costs of bldg green & what benefits offset those cost?
Low Impact Development
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Soft Cost
27. A program that was first developed in 1992 by the US EPA as a method to identify and promote products that are energy efficient. products carrying this symbol provide a way for businesses and consumers to save money - while at the same time - protect
Community Connectivity
Reduce light transpass
Energy Star Rating
Agrifiber Product
28. Products made from agricultural fiber such as wheat board and straw board
Indoor Environmental Quality
Location
Agrifiber Product
Ventilation Rate
29. A systematic process of assuring that a building and its systems performs in accordance with the design intent and the owner's requirements
LEED Intent
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Commissioning
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
30. Guidance tool designed for use by building professionals to help manage indoor air quality in commercial buildings - which should be a part of indoor air quality management plans
Development Footprint
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
Prime Farmland
31. Min' years that a LEED bldg should share its energy & water usage data with USGBCa
Climate Change
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Glare
5 years
32. Part of the LEED rating system. within each LEED category there are prerequisites and credits. prerequisites must be met for building certification.
Glare
LEED Prerequisites
Raingarden
Smart Growth
33. 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
Environmental Sustainability
Green Building
Solid Waste Management Policy
Water Balance
34. Under building - tuck-under - or a stacked parking structure that minimizes the need for exposed parking and parking lots
The four LEED levels
Hard Cost
Carpool
Underground Parking
35. Ground areas that are vegetated and pervious. green roofs can be considered open space but only for urban areas
Heat Island Effect
Mass Transit
Energy Efficient
Open Space
36. A measure of the amount of illumination falling on a surface.
Bake-Out
Integrated Design
Floor-To-Area
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
37. Systems withing systems that are related because they affect and effect each other
Site Disturbance
Nested System
Indoor Environmental Quality
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
38. The process of verifying - in new construction - that all the systems and subsystems are efficiently designed and installed properly to achieve the owner's project requirements and as designed by the building architects and engineers.
None.
Building Commissioning
Portable water uses
Commissioning Report
39. Concept of integrative design emphasizes
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Montreal Protocol
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
None.
40. non-native plants that use less fertilizer - pesticides and water in a given landscape. these plants have adapted to the local climate and are not considered invasive plants or weeds.
Air Conditioning
Water Balance
Adaptive Plant
Aquifer
41. The number of different types of space per acre in an area - think of a mixed-use development - which has both houses and offices
Value Engineering
LEED Category
Diversity of Uses
Carbon Neutrality
42. The min' floor area for CI
Adaptive Reuse
Daylighting
250 square ft
Graywater (Greywater)
43. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.
Xeriscaping
5 years
Rating system and Project size
Substantial completion
44. A continuous process of collecting and analyzing data to compare how well a project is working against expected results of the project based on performance indicators. the goal is use the indicators to achieve efficiency where possible
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Performance Monitoring
Market Transformation
45. A natural resource that cannot be produced - re-grown - regenerated - or reused on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate. these resources often exist in a fixed amount - or are consumed much faster than nature can recreate them. fossil fuels
Non-renewable Resource
Harvested Rainwater
Construction and Demolition Debris
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
46. Green Bldg can reduce how much Energy Use?
Major Construction Phases
Diversity of Houses
24%-50%
Energy Conservation
47. The online software used to manage the entire LEED project certification process and manage credits
LEED Online
1000 square ft
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Renewable Energy
48. The measurement method for defining Irrigation Efficiency
Cooling Tower
Schematic Design
Sustainable
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
49. A review of consumables waste of a project. essentially - finding out what makes up the projects waste can help determine ways to increase recycling or reduce waste through other methods
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Waste Stream Audit
HCFC
Process Water
50. 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
Open System
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Vehicle miles traveled
Cooling Tower