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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. The application of solar cells for energy by converting sunlight directly into electricity
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Adaptive Reuse
Construction Waste Management Plan
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
2. 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
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Triple Bottom Line
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Global Warming
3. Part of a refrigeration system - a machine that removes heat from liquid via a vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycle
Chiller
250 square ft
Positive Feedback Loop
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
4. An accounting of all water volumes that enter and leave a space over a period of time
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Location
Indoor Environmental Quality
Water Balance
5. 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)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Mass Transit
Submeter
Hard Cost
6. Renewable energy such as solar - wind - biomass - hydro - and geothermal energy
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Infill Development
Green Power
Hard Cost
7. A system where the output may signal the system to stop changing - i.e. - a thermostat -- at a certain point the temp feedback will tell the system to cut off
Design Development
Indoor Air Quality
Baseline v. Design
Negative Feedback Loop
8. What level of CO2 concentrations indicates inadequate ventilation?
Per-Consumer Content
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Building Related Illness
Sick Building Syndrome
9. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas
Hardscape
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Nested System
Heat Islands
10. The relationship btw the total bldg floor area & the allowable land area the bldg can cover.
Light Trespass
Floor-To-Area
Process Water
Vehicle miles traveled
11. Viewing the world as an interrelated set of systems that can influence one another
HCFC
HVAC System
Commingled Recycling
Systems Thinking
12. Materials and products are made from plants that are typically harvested within a 10 year cycle or shorter and are grown and harvested sustainably
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Square Footage of a Building
Non-Potable Water
Rapidly Renewable Materials
13. 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
Greenfield
Biofuel
Construction Waste Management Plan
Greenhouse Gases
14. 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
Irrigation Efficiency
Sustainable Forestry
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Xeriscaping
15. Watering using above ground sprinkler heads
Non-renewable Resource
Daylighting
Acid Rain
Conventional Irrigation
16. What's the earliest pt at which a LEED for Schools proejct can be cert?
Non-renewable Resource
Emissivity (of a material)
Building Footprint
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
17. Floor area of the building / the total area of the site = sq ft / acre
Building Density
LEED Points
70%
Raingarden
18. 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
Emissivity (of a material)
Development Density
Integrated Design
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
19. The concept that takes into consideration all impacts of the indoor environment on human health and performance - including indoor air quality - daylighting and views - and visual and thermal comfort.
Value Engineering
Underground Parking
Indoor Environmental Quality
LEED Prerequisites
20. Method of land use regulation used by local governments in most developed countries. zoning may be use-based (regulating the uses to which land may be put) - or it may regulate building height - lot coverage - and similar characteristics - or some co
Sustainable
LEED
Prime Farmland
Zoning
21. Comparison between a standard gage and an actual result. in LEED - the [first part] usually refers to the EPAct 1992 water flow and flush rates while the [second part] would represent an existing building.
Schematic Design
Baseline v. Actual Use
Value Engineering
Low Impact Development
22. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.
Rating system and Project size
Carpool
Nonpoint-source pollution
Smart Growth
23. 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
Construction and Demolition Debris
Green Building
Invasive Plants
Baseline Vs Design
24. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion
Diversity of Houses
Building Commissioning
Negative Feedback Loop
Montreal Protocol
25. 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
Net-Zero Energy
Building Related Illness
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Carbon Overlay Tool
26. Exterior surface of the building including all walls - windows - floor and roof. separates the building's inside from the outside
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Triple Bottom Line
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Building Envelope (building shell)
27. 4 key issues that help define how location affect project
70%
Waste Stream Audit
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
28. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Climate Change
Green Washing
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Erosion
29. Colorless - odorless gas that is present in the atmosphere and is formed when any fuel containing carbon is burned. it is breathed out of animal's lungs during respiration - is produced by the decay of organic matter - and is used by plants in photos
Green Building
Development Footprint
Construction Waste Management Plan
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
30. The practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource efficient throughout a building's life cycle from siting to design - construction - operation - maintenance - renovation and deconstruction. thi
Green Building
Xeriscaping
Closed System
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
31. A term used in life cycle analysis to describe a material or product that is recycled into a new product at the end of its useful life. an example of a closed system
LEED Online
Pollutant
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Cradle to Cradle
32. Heating - ventilating and air conditioning. these systems seek to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality
Wastewater
Floodplain
HVAC System
Closed System
33. The measurement method for defining Irrigation Efficiency
Global Warming
Adaptive Reuse
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
LEED Pilot Credit Library
34. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Impervious Surfaces
Embodied Energy
Construction Phases Bidding
Water Pollution
35. 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
Embodied Energy
Transportation Demand Management
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Solid Waste Management Policy
36. Total area in square feet of all spaces in a building - including rooms - stairwells - elevators and hallways
Square Footage of a Building
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Integrated Process
37. 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
Open System
Construction Waste Management Plan
Waterless Urinal
Potable Water
38. Explores design options & alternatives with the intent to establish an agreed-upon project layout & scope of work.
Light Pollution
Schematic Design
1000 square ft
LEED Rating System
39. The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations that are not to be exceeded during a given time in a defined area (EPA)
Green Washing
Construction Administration
Air Quality Standards
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
40. Gives preference to the purchase of environmentally preferable products and the companies that supply them
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Location
Xeriscaping
41. 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?
Open Grid Pavement
Development Footprint
Aquifer
LEED NC&MR
42. The number of different types of space per acre in an area - think of a mixed-use development - which has both houses and offices
Diversity of Uses
Pollutant
Location
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
43. Any opening in a building - such as windows - doors - skylights - curtain walls - etc. - designed to permit the passage of air - light - vehicles - or people
Nonpoint-source pollution
Fenestration
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Hardscape
44. Waste water from toilets & urinals is known as?
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Market Transformation
Pollutant
45. Drinking water that is of sufficiently high quality so that it can be consumed or utilized without risk of immediate of long term harm
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
LEED Points
Waterless Urinal
Potable Water
46. Different term from adaptive reuse because materials are reused in a way that is the same of similar to how it was used before - i.e. saving doors in an old project to be used as doors in the new project. in LEED - this material is calculated as a pe
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Volatile Organic Compound
Construction Waste Management Plan
Material Reuse
47. System or process for controlling the temperature - humidity - and sometimes the purity of the air in an interior space (office - warehouse - residence)
Air Conditioning
Development Density
Glare
Open System
48. The min' floor area for CI
Biofuel
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Hard Cost
250 square ft
49. 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
Site Disturbance
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Baseline v. Design
50. The use of environmentally friendly ingredients and chemicals for household - manufacturing and industrial cleaning. these techniques and products avoid the use of chemically reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals
Passive Design
Green Cleaning
High Performance Green Building
Bake-Out