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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Enables project team members to work together from the project outset to develop solutions that have synergies and multiple benefits. the approach invests in design activities that increase the opportunity for integrated solutions with an eye to bett
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
Integrated Process Team
Integrated Process
Portable water uses
2. Have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose. this comparison may consider raw materials acquisition - production - manufacturing - packaging - distr
Outdoor Air
Conventional Irrigation
Environmentally Preferable Products
Prime Farmland
3. Flush-Out
Renewable Energy
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.
Biomass
Predesign
4. The min' floor area for CI
Nonpoint-source pollution
Net-Zero Energy
Agrifiber Product
250 square ft
5. 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
Integrated Process Team
Heat Island Effect
Commissioning Report
Global Warming
6. What are the 3D sustainability often described as the triple bottom line or 3 legged stool?
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Climate Change
Biomass
Commissioning Report
7. The area of the project site that is impacted by construction activity - LEED project should attempt to limit site disturbance
Waste Diversion
Negative Feedback Loop
LEED Points
Site Disturbance
8. Narrative - photo/render - elevations - floor plans - project details - and boundary (Project - LEED - & property)
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Previously Developed Site
Baseline Vs Design
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
9. Human made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity - ranging in scale from personal shelter and buildings to neighborhoods and cities
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Construction Phases Bidding
Built Environment
Vehicle miles traveled
10. Wood manufactured by binding together the strands - particles - fibers - or veneers of wood - together with adhesives - to form [first word] materials
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Indoor Air Quality
Net-Zero Energy
Open System
11. Temperature of the surrounding air or other medium (EPA)
Design
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Ambient Temperature
Water Pollution
12. When an exisiting building undergoes the commissioning process to discover if improvements or changes should be made to improve the building
Waste Diversion
Retrocommissioning
Negative Feedback Loop
LEED Category
13. Waste water from toilets & urinals is known as?
Site Disturbance
Construction and Demolition Debris
Biodiversity
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
14. 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
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Integrated Process
Building Envelope (building shell)
LEED Requirements and Submittals
15. A site that is undeveloped and in a natural state or has been used for agriculture
Erosion
Greenfield
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Construction Waste Management Plan
16. Viewing the world as an interrelated set of systems that can influence one another
Systems Thinking
Hard Cost
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Light Pollution
17. The online software used to manage the entire LEED project certification process and manage credits
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
LEED Online
Ambient Temperature
Transportation Demand Management
18. Part of the LEED rating system. projects earn points by meeting the requirements of optional credits in order to earn points towards certification
LEED Credit
Certificate of occupancy
Sustainable
HCFC
19. A measure of the amount of illumination falling on a surface.
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
High Performance Green Building
Perviousness
Process Water
20. 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)
Low Impact Development
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Acid Rain
21. A formal question asked of GBCI from the project team - who would then receive Credit Interpretation Ruling.
LEED Credit
Floor-To-Area
Passive Design
Credit Interpretation Request
22. 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
Integrated Design
Regional Material
Design Development
Closed System
23. Which LEED rating systems has more than 100 points
Net-Zero Energy
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Open System
Evapotranspiration
24. The measurement method for defining Irrigation Efficiency
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Material Reuse
Built Environment
Agrifiber Product
25. During Construction Phases - ________________ is the actual construction - Commissioning take place near the end of construction - once the system have been installed and are operable. Includes Substantial Completion - Final Completion - Certificate
Vehicle miles traveled
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Rainwater Harvesting
Construction Administration
26. Similar to cradle-to-cradle - processes that restore - renew or revitalize their own sources of energy and materials - creating sustainable systems that integrate the needs of society with the integrity of nature. i.e. a building or community that mi
Regenerative
Rating system and Project size
Gallons per Flush
Certificate of occupancy
27. 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
Energy Star Rating
Irrigation Efficiency
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
28. Concept of integrative design emphasizes
Construction Administration
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Indoor Environmental Quality
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
29. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion
Montreal Protocol
Adaptive Reuse
24%-50%
LEED Online
30. Material that is sourced and manufactured within 500 miles of the project. usually expressed as a percentage of total project material
Regional Material
Commissioning
LEED Online
1000 square ft
31. 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
Integrative
Street Grid Density
Baseline v. Design
Pollution
32. 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
Carbon Overlay Tool
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Light Trespass
33. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.
Rating system and Project size
Transportation Demand Management
Low Impact Development
Green Washing
34. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover (USGBC)
Integrated Design
Floor Area Ratio
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Process Water
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
Sick Building Syndrome
Externality
Transportation Demand Management
Floodplain
36. Part of a refrigeration system - a machine that removes heat from liquid via a vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycle
Predesign
Street Grid Density
Salvaged Materials
Chiller
37. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Hardscape
Drip Irrigation
Positive Feedback Loop
Water Pollution
38. 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
Acid Rain
Adaptive Reuse
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Feedback Loop
39. 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
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Energy Efficient
LEED Prerequisites
40. Green Bldg can reduce how much Energy Use?
24%-50%
Building Density
Embodied Energy
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
41. Total building energy costs (including all plug loads) annually. this value is intended to be used to compare against design cases to compute energy savings from a proposed design
Baseline Building Performance
Stormwater Runoff
Building Footprint
Integrative
42. Under building - tuck-under - or a stacked parking structure that minimizes the need for exposed parking and parking lots
LEED Category
Triple Bottom Line
Underground Parking
70%
43. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (EPA)
Sustainable
High Performance Green Building
Passive Design
Montreal Protocol
44. 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
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Daylighting
Performance Monitoring
Nonpoint Source Pollution
45. Waste materials diverted from traditional disposal such as landfills or incineration to be recycled - composted - or re-used. (EPA) measured in tons
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Waste Diversion
Pollutant
46. Predesign - Design - Bid - Construction - and Occupancy
Major Construction Phases
Air Quality Standards
Pollution
Native or Indigenous Plants
47. A member based nonprofit organization whose mission is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed - built - and operated - enabling an environmentally and socially responsible - healthy and prosperous environment that improves the qu
Ventilation Rate
Performance Monitoring
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
48. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Xeriscaping
Heat Islands
Contaminant
49. Excessive or obtrusive artificial light that obscures the stars in the night sky for city dwellers - interferes with astronomical observatories - and like any other form of pollution - disrupts ecosystems and has adverse health effects
Light Pollution
Passive Design
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Construction Phases Bidding
50. 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
Integrated Design
Systems Thinking
Building Codes
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)