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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. 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
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Performance Monitoring
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Building Related Illness
2. Green bldg emphasizes using what type of design process?
Embodied Energy
Integrative
LEED Prerequisites
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
3. 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
Baseline Building Performance
Soft Cost
Diversion Rate
4. What should take place during Occupancy?
Mass Transit
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Aquifer
5. According to the EPA - what % of time do American spend indoors?
Daylighting
Air Quality Standards
Positive Feedback Loop
90%
6. The portion of the project site submitted for LEED certification. for multiple building developments - the LEED project boundary may be a portion of the development as determined by the project team
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Air Conditioning
Pollution
LEED Project Boundary
7. 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
Development Density
Ecosystem
Reduce light transpass
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
8. 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
Climate Change
Retrocommissioning
Passive Design
Biodegradable
9. 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
Design
Non-renewable Resource
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Externality
10. Ruling process for project applicants seeking technical and administrative guidance on how LEED credits apply to their projects and vice versa. (USGBC) LEED interpretations are the result of a CIR and may determine how future project teams use LEED
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Airborne Pollutant
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Portable water uses
11. 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
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Commissioning
Carbon Overlay Tool
Biodiversity
12. An expense item that is not considered a direct construction cost. soft costs include architectural - engineering - financing - and legal fees - commissioning - and other pre- and post-construction expenses
Carbon Neutrality
Soft Cost
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
13. Achieving net zero emissions by balancing the footprint with an equivalent amount of sequestered or offset green house gases
Baseline Building Performance
Floodplain
Carbon Neutrality
Waste Management Plan
14. 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
Outdoor Air
Credit Interpretation Request
Emergent Properties
Raingarden
15. Exterior surface of the building including all walls - windows - floor and roof. separates the building's inside from the outside
Regional Material
Building Envelope (building shell)
Irrigation Efficiency
Construction Phases Bidding
16. Pavement that is less than 50% impervious and contains vegetation in the open cells
Adaptive Plant
Open Grid Pavement
Non-Potable Water
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
17. When 2+ people share a ride in the same vehicle
Soft Cost
Carpool
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Externality
18. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (EPA)
Sustainable
Material Reuse
90%
Site Disturbance
19. Total square footage of buildings in a particular area divided by acre amount of the same area - expressed as SF/Acre - for example 20 -000 SF per acre
90%
Energy Conservation
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Development Density
20. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Regenerative
LEED Intent
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
21. Water used for building systems such as boiler feed water - cooling water for heat exchangers - chillers - etc
Process Water
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Building Envelope (building shell)
Externality
22. Viewing the world as an interrelated set of systems that can influence one another
Carbon Footprint
1000 square ft
Systems Thinking
Adaptive Plant
23. A survey of building occupants that asks questions about the green cleaning program and helps determine if occupants are exposed to pollutants
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Substantial completion
Non-Potable Water
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
24. Narrative - photo/render - elevations - floor plans - project details - and boundary (Project - LEED - & property)
Gallons per Minute
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Material Reuse
Regenerative
25. How can potable water use for irrigation be reduced or eliminated?
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Install submeters & Select local plants
Emissivity (of a material)
Closed System
26. 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
Value Engineering
Heat Island Effect
Retrocommissioning
LEED Rating System
27. A site that is undeveloped and in a natural state or has been used for agriculture
Construction Documents
LEED Project Boundary
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Greenfield
28. Development that occurs within established urban areas where the site or area either is a vacant place between other developments or has previously been used for another urban purpose
Heat Islands
Construction Waste Management Plan
Infill Development
5 years
29. Vehicle which has both a gas powered engine and an electric engine to achieve better fuel economy and lower emissions
Greenhouse Gases
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Refrigerant
Hybrid Vehicle
30. Each LEED credit has requirements that must be met and documentation that must be submitted to prove the credit requirements were met
Bioswale
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Pedestrian Access
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
31. Landscape elements designed to slow the flow of stormwater and increase ground water recharge while also removing silt and pollution from surface runoff water. they consist of a depressed drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with veget
Bioswale
70%
Retrocommissioning
Baseline v. Actual Use
32. What are the extra categories for LEED for Home?
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Ecosystem
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
33. 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
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Feedback Loop
Building Density
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
34. 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)
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Performance Monitoring
Construction Waste Management Plan
35. Side effect or consequence of an industrial or commercial activity that affects other parties without this being reflected in the price of the goods or services involved - i.e. the pollution created in power generation for one state blown over anothe
Xeriscaping
High Performance Green Building
Biomass
Externality
36. 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
250 square ft
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Sustainable Forestry
Impervious Surfaces
37. The measurement unit used for flush fixture water consumption and flow fixture water consumption
Negative Feedback Loop
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Open Grid Pavement
38. 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
Wastewater
Commissioning Plan
Cooling Tower
Bake-Out
39. What are the added costs of bldg green & what benefits offset those cost?
Baseline v. Actual Use
Previously Developed Site
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
40. Solid - liquid or gaseous fuel derived from relatively recently dead biological material and is distinguished from fossil fuels - which are derived from long dead biological material
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Green Building
Biofuel
Sustainable
41. Web portal and site that allows teams to register a LEED project and to upload each section of the certification application
Greenfield
Water Pollution
LEED Online
LEED Points
42. Substances used to transfer heat during the mechanical cooling process within air conditioning and refrigerator systems. they act as the heat carrier which changes from gas to liquid and then back to gas in the refrigeration cycle
Construction Administration
Flush-Out
Refrigerant
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
43. 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
Carbon Overlay Tool
Systems Thinking
Building Envelope (building shell)
Waste Stream Audit
44. A material's ability to reflect sunlight measured on a scale of 0 (black) to 1 (white). a value of 0.0 indicates that the surface absorbs all solar radiation and a value of 1.0 represents total reflectivity.
Water Balance
Acid Rain
Albedo
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
45. 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
Externality
Aquifer
Embodied Energy
Volatile Organic Compound
46. Any substance in air that could - in high enough concentration - harm man - other animals - vegetation - or material (EPA)
Environmental Sustainability
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Airborne Pollutant
Cradle to Grave
47. 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
Xeriscaping
Floor Area Ratio
Water Balance
Open System
48. The licensed-pro exemption is used by a project team to do what?
Indoor Air Quality
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
49. An intense collaborative session where participants make a concerted effort to solve a problem or plan the design of something
LEED Online
Contaminant
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Rating system and Project size
50. When symptoms of diagnosable illness are identified and can be attributed to airborne building contaminants (EPA)
Building Related Illness
Environmental Sustainability
Construction Phases Bidding
Integrated Design