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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. Purchase price of a hard asset such as masonry - wood - steel - carpet - tile - mechanical systems - roofing
Carbon Footprint
Hard Cost
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
2. 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
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Externality
Thermal Comfort
3. Any behavior that results in the use of less energy. examples: turning the lights off when you leave a room - and recycling aluminum cans are both ways to do this
Outdoor Air
Climate Change
Energy Conservation
Irrigation Efficiency
4. Any method of powering an engine that does not involve solely petroleum (e.g. electric car - petrol-electric hybrid - solar powered)
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Transportation Demand Management
Diversity of Houses
Graywater (Greywater)
5. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Impervious Surfaces
70%
Integrated Design
6. The spent or used water from a home - community - farm - or industry that contains dissolved or suspended matter (EPA)
Airborne Pollutant
Sick Building Syndrome
Wastewater
Ecosystem
7. Collaborative - facilitated approach to project design and execution. the approach invests in design activities that increase the opportunity for integrated solutions with an eye to better performance and life cycle savings
Sustainable Forestry
Integrated Design
Baseline Vs Design
Design Development
8. 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
Evapotranspiration
Regenerative
Irrigation Efficiency
Underground Parking
9. A site that is undeveloped and in a natural state or has been used for agriculture
Construction Phases Bidding
Greenfield
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Baseline v. Actual Use
10. According to the EPA - what % of time do American spend indoors?
Construction Waste Management Plan
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
90%
Green Washing
11. Water leaving plants and soil returning back to the atmosphere
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Energy Conservation
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Evapotranspiration
12. Investigation and valuation of the environmental impacts of a given product or service. LCA evaluates environmental performance. this view takes into account the whole life of a product or project (not assessing it from a single point in time)
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Environmental Sustainability
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
13. Which LEED rating systems has more than 100 points
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Credit Interpretation Request
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
Imperviousness
14. Green bldg emphasizes using what type of design process?
Integrative
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Pedestrian Access
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
15. Prior to final selection of site - owner & design team should confirm that the site is...
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Nonpoint Source Pollution
LEED NC&MR
16. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.
Rating system and Project size
Schematic Design
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
LEED NC&MR
17. Primary pollutants in Acid Rain are...
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Prime Farmland
18. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal or natural gas - derived from the accumulated remains of ancient plants and animals and used as fuel. carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases generated by burning these are considered to be one of th
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Fossil Fuels
Chiller
Bioswale
19. Any substance in air that could - in high enough concentration - harm man - other animals - vegetation - or material (EPA)
Airborne Pollutant
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
LEED Online
20. When costs are established and contracts for construction services are signed.
Construction Phases Bidding
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Acidification
21. Carrying away or displacement of solids (sediment - soil - rock - and other particles) usually by the agents of currents such as wind - water - or ice by downward or down-slope movement in response to gravity
Erosion
Conventional Irrigation
Built Environment
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
22. Air that enters into a building either naturally through pre-designed openings in the building or through the ventilation system
Outdoor Air
33%-39%
Acidification
Predesign
23. 4 key issues that help define how location affect project
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Passive Design
Ambient Temperature
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
24. A mixture of sizes and cost of houses in an area that allows for a mixture of socioeconomic types of people in an area -- i.e. young families and older couples in a neighborhood
Diversity of Houses
Value Engineering
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Retrocommissioning
25. A control system capable of monitoring environmental and system loads and adjusting HVAC operations accordingly in order to conserve energy while maintaining comfort (EPA)
Regenerative
1000 square ft
Energy Management System
Hard Cost
26. Building that is energy and resource efficient
Green Washing
33%-39%
Floor Area Ratio
High Performance Green Building
27. The official recognition by a local bldg department that bldg conforms to applicable bldg & safety codes.
Daylighting
Schematic Design
Certificate of occupancy
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
28. Type of lamp designed to replace an incandescent lamp and fit into existing light fixtures formerly used for incandescent bulbs. compared to incandescent lamps giving the same amount of visible light - these generally use less power - have a longer r
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
29. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (EPA)
Mass Transit
Climate Change
Biomass
Sustainable
30. What metric is the best indicator of transportation impacts associated with a bldg project?
Integrated Process
Raingarden
Vehicle miles traveled
LEED Online
31. Precipitation that is usually acidic. it has harmful effects on plants - aquatic animals - and infrastructure. it is mostly caused by human emissions of sulfur and nitrogen compounds which react in the atmosphere to produce acids. in recent years - m
Building Related Illness
Acid Rain
Environmental Sustainability
Green Washing
32. Part of the LEED rating system. within each LEED category there are prerequisites and credits. prerequisites must be met for building certification.
Built Environment
The four LEED levels
Renewable Energy
LEED Prerequisites
33. Gives preference to the purchase of environmentally preferable products and the companies that supply them
Biodegradable
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Development Density
Building Related Illness
34. 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.
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Community Connectivity
Built Environment
35. Used to store excess stormwater. these are basins whose outlets have been designed to detain stormwater runoff for some minimum time (e.g. 24 hrs). the stormwater will slowly seep into the ground to recharge aquifers or discharge as determined by the
Commissioning
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
36. 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
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Open Grid Pavement
Passive Design
Schematic Design
37. 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
Biodegradable
Sick Building Syndrome
Bioswale
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
38. Achieving net zero emissions by balancing the footprint with an equivalent amount of sequestered or offset green house gases
LEED Category
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Carbon Neutrality
LEED Requirements and Submittals
39. The relationship btw the total bldg floor area & the allowable land area the bldg can cover.
Waterless Urinal
Floor-To-Area
Substantial completion
Montreal Protocol
40. 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?
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Commissioning Plan
LEED NC&MR
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
41. Human made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity - ranging in scale from personal shelter and buildings to neighborhoods and cities
LEED Points
Built Environment
Global Warming
Smart Growth
42. A roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and soil - or a growing medium - planted over a waterproofing membrane
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Commissioning Plan
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
Baseline Building Performance
43. 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
Heat Island Effect
Acidification
Net-Zero Energy
Global Warming
44. Mixture of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette - pipe - or cigar and smoke exhaled by the smoker
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Energy Management System
Cradle to Cradle
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
45. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations
Pollutant
Environmental Sustainability
Major Construction Phases
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
46. 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
Hardscape
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
LEED Points
Open Grid Pavement
47. Credit weightings are based on...
Emissivity (of a material)
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Albedo
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
48. What are the 3D sustainability often described as the triple bottom line or 3 legged stool?
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
Emergent Properties
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
49. The carbon overlay in LEED is used for what?
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Hybrid Vehicle
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
50. Water that is of sufficiently high quality so that it can be consumed or utilized without risk of immediate of long term harm by humans or animals
Potable Water
Conventional Irrigation
Predesign
Chiller