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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An assessment of the greenhouse gases (which includes more than just CO2) emitted by a particular organization - project or activity
Gallons per Flush
Carbon Footprint
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
LEED Rating System
2. System that constantly takes in items from outside the system - used them and then released them as waste. this system has no feedback loop. think of a normal home where groceries - products - or water come into the house - are used and then released
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Open System
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Submeter
3. Previously used or redeveloped land that may be contaminated with hazardous waste or pollution (USGBC). the land has the potential to be reused once any hazardous substances - pollutants - or contaminants are remediated
Soft Cost
Brownfields
LEED Credit
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
4. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations (EPA)
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Value Engineering
Commingled Recycling
Environmental Sustainability
5. How can potable water use for irrigation be reduced or eliminated?
HCFC
Install submeters & Select local plants
Chiller
Water Balance
6. 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.
Construction Waste Management Plan
Sustainable
Adaptive Plant
LEED Prerequisites
7. Allowing pedestrians to walk between areas without interference from walls - highways or other barriers
Development Footprint
Pedestrian Access
Prime Farmland
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
8. 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
Adaptive Reuse
Feedback Loop
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Refrigerant
9. 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
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Street Grid Density
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
10. Heat removal devices used to transfer process waste heat to the atmosphere. large office buildings - hospitals - and schools typically use one or more of these as part of their air conditioning systems
Native or Indigenous Plants
Cooling Tower
Sustainable Forestry
Building Codes
11. 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
Prime Farmland
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Portable water uses
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
12. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
LEED Intent
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
13. A LEED rating is achieved through earning points in each of the 6 LEED categories
Biodegradable
LEED Points
Reduce light transpass
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
14. American society of heating - refrigerating and air conditioning engineers. international technical society for all individuals and organizations interested in heating - ventilation - air-conditioning and refrigeration (hvac & r)
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Integrated Process
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
15. Explores design options & alternatives with the intent to establish an agreed-upon project layout & scope of work.
Schematic Design
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
70%
16. The number of different types of space per acre in an area - think of a mixed-use development - which has both houses and offices
Vegetated (Green) Roof
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Diversity of Uses
Gallons per Flush
17. A roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and soil - or a growing medium - planted over a waterproofing membrane
Solid Waste Management Policy
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Drip Irrigation
Systems Thinking
18. What level of CO2 concentrations indicates inadequate ventilation?
Fenestration
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
19. Encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria (USGBC). there are multiple rating system
LEED
LEED Rating System
1000 square ft
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
20. Capable of being decomposed by natural agents - especially bacteria
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Building Codes
Biodegradable
21. Plan that takes into consideration all aspects of the indoor environment and documents strategies to protect the quality of the indoor environment for occupants - especially important during construction and renovations
70%
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Infill Development
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
22. The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations that are not to be exceeded during a given time in a defined area (EPA)
Chiller
Air Quality Standards
33%-39%
Montreal Protocol
23. If a bldg is designed to move at any point in its lifetime - what LEED certification is it eligible for?
None.
Design Development
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Indoor Air Quality
24. Green bldg emphasizes using what type of design process?
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Integrative
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
25. An unwanted airborne constituent that may reduce acceptability of the air (ASHRAE 62.1-2004)
Contaminant
Low Impact Development
LEED Intent
Schematic Design
26. A pond designed to hold a specific amount of water indefinitely
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Water Pollution
Biofuel
27. An expanded baseline for measuring performance - adding social and environmental dimensions to the traditional profit measure - so decisions are viewed in the long term with their impact on people - the planet - and profit
Gallons per Flush
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Smart Growth
Triple Bottom Line
28. The percentage of water volume beneficially used by plants to the volume of water delivered through an irrigation system. water wasted would evaporate - fall on hardscapes - or runoff. drip irrigation is the most efficient with a 90% irrigation effic
Indoor Environmental Quality
Hybrid Vehicle
Irrigation Efficiency
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
29. When costs are established and contracts for construction services are signed.
70%
Construction Administration
Construction Phases Bidding
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
30. Floor area of the building / the total area of the site = sq ft / acre
Zoning
Building Density
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Green Washing
31. What are the 3D sustainability often described as the triple bottom line or 3 legged stool?
Infill Development
Chiller
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
32. Green Bldg can reduce how much Energy Use?
Construction Waste Management Plan
24%-50%
Baseline v. Actual Use
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
33. 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
Building Footprint
40%
Vegetated (Green) Roof
34. An increase in the near surface temp of the earth. this has occurred in the distant past as the result of natural influences - but the term is most often used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse
Global Warming
Ecosystem
250 square ft
Triple Bottom Line
35. System where energy is taken from the output of a system and reapplied to the input - or A produces more of B which in turn produces more of A. i.e. population growth -- adults make children whom in turn make more adults
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
LEED Credit
Market Transformation
Positive Feedback Loop
36. 4 key issues that help define how location affect project
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Diversity of Uses
Closed System
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
37. Exterior surface of the building including all walls - windows - floor and roof. separates the building's inside from the outside
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Floodplain
Building Envelope (building shell)
38. The ratio of energy radiated by a particular material to energy radiated by a black body at the same temperature. measure of a material's ability to radiate absorbed energy
Baseline v. Design
Global Warming
Non-renewable Resource
Emissivity (of a material)
39. Unit of measurement that describes a building's energy use relative to its size. it's calculated by taking the total energy consumed in one year in kBTUs and dividing it by total floorspace of the building. a low number signifies good energy performa
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Low Impact Development
Closed System
40. Min' years that a LEED bldg should share its energy & water usage data with USGBCa
Flush-Out
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Integrated Design
5 years
41. Standard comparison of the efficiency of an air filter. MERV ranges from 1 (least) to 16 (most efficient) - and measures a filter's ability to remove particles from 3 to 10 microns in size. developed by ASHRAE
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Market Transformation
Biodegradable
Charrette (shuh-ret)
42. The act of having separate stakeholders or designers work together to ensure the project is benefiting from synergy which allows for greater levels of sustainability throughout the project's life
Indoor Environmental Quality
Mass Transit
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Integrated Process
43. Material - other than the principle product - generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system (EPA)
Water Pollution
Transportation Demand Management
Integrated Process
Byproduct
44. Previously undeveloped land that is suited for agriculture
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Byproduct
Transportation Demand Management
Prime Farmland
45. Administrative and procedural requirements for salvaging - recycling and disposing of non-hazardous demolition and [first phrase] -- this means it should cover waste sent to a landfill - salvaging - and recycled waste
Energy Conservation
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Construction Waste Management Plan
Green Cleaning
46. 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
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Imperviousness
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
LEED Online
47. Pavement that is less than 50% impervious and contains vegetation in the open cells
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Air Quality Standards
Open Grid Pavement
HCFC
48. What is the procedure required to achieve LEED cert?
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Heat Islands
Construction Waste Management Plan
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
49. Used by the USGBC to weight credits in the LEED system. credits that reduce the greenhouse gas emissions are given more weight than those that do not
Ambient Temperature
Diversion Rate
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Carbon Overlay Tool
50. A written plan that outlines strategies to reduce stormwater runoff for the purposes of reducing erosion - pollution and sedimentation of nearby bodies of water - especially important during construction where so much dirt - dust and waste are presen
Nested System
Waste Management Plan
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Integrated Process Team