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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. Thermal comfort is typically attributed to what env factors?
Hard Cost
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Conventional Irrigation
LEED Project Boundary
2. According to the EPA - what % of time do American spend indoors?
Energy Conservation
90%
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Erosion
3. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Montreal Protocol
Commingled Recycling
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
4. 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
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Building Envelope (building shell)
Hybrid Vehicle
5. Schematic Design - Design Development - and Construction Documents
Construction Waste Management Plan
LEED Points
Value Engineering
Design
6. In green building - location includes the natural context (climate - plants - wind - sun) the social context (cultural history - traditions - local regulations) - and an infrastructural context (roads - local materials - utilities - public transit)
Location
Wastewater
Sustainable Forestry
Net-Zero Energy
7. Narrative - photo/render - elevations - floor plans - project details - and boundary (Project - LEED - & property)
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Potable Water
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
8. What are the added costs of bldg green & what benefits offset those cost?
Energy Efficient
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Previously Developed Site
9. Centerline miles/square mile - a centerline mile is measuring a particular road down its center. higher street grid densities are beneficial for pedestrians
Street Grid Density
Install submeters & Select local plants
250 square ft
Value Engineering
10. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Environmental Sustainability
Invasive Plants
Energy Efficient
11. Water that originates from precipitation that enters the stormwater system
LEED
Stormwater Runoff
24%-50%
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
12. The application of solar cells for energy by converting sunlight directly into electricity
Retrocommissioning
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Emissivity (of a material)
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
13. 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)
Waste Management Plan
Indoor Environmental Quality
Waterless Urinal
14. Method which minimizes the use of water and fetilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants - either onto the soil surface or directly onto the root zone - through a network of valves - pipes - tubing and emitters
Construction Waste Management Plan
Cradle to Grave
33%-39%
Drip Irrigation
15. The variation in life forms within a given ecosystem or for the entire earth. this is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems.
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Biodiversity
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
The four LEED levels
16. 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
Invasive Plants
Open Space
Solid Waste Management Policy
Air Quality Standards
17. Meters placed on smaller portions of a larger system - i.e. submeteres monitoring water use on each floor of a project
Embodied Energy
Brownfields
Green Power
Submeter
18. The percentage of waste materials diverted from traditional disposal such as landfilling or incineration to be recycled - composted or reused (EPA)
Outdoor Air
Low Impact Development
Air Quality Standards
Diversion Rate
19. Very harsh - bright - dazzling light that interferes with visibility
Glare
Smart Growth
Biodegradable
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
20. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Open Space
Waste Management Plan
Water Pollution
Reduce light transpass
21. 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
Flush-Out
Construction Waste Management Plan
Ozone (O3)
Brownfields
22. When symptoms of diagnosable illness are identified and can be attributed to airborne building contaminants (EPA)
Salvaged Materials
Building Related Illness
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
23. Credit weightings are based on...
Bake-Out
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
24. Each LEED credit has requirements that must be met and documentation that must be submitted to prove the credit requirements were met
Flush-Out
Carpool
Reuse
LEED Requirements and Submittals
25. Any substance introduced into the environment that adversely affects the usefulness of a resource or the health of humans - animals - or ecosystems (EPA)
Pollutant
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Environmental Sustainability
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
26. Vehicle which has both a gas powered engine and an electric engine to achieve better fuel economy and lower emissions
LEED Credit Checklist
Hybrid Vehicle
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
Hard Cost
27. 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
Carbon Overlay Tool
Global Warming
Imperviousness
Wet Pond (retention pond)
28. To reduce site lighting impact near forestland - the exterior lighting installed should...
Reduce light transpass
Ventilation Rate
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Passive Design
29. Previously undeveloped land that is suited for agriculture
Cradle to Grave
Renewable Energy
Prime Farmland
LEED Intent
30. An attempt to reduce peak period transportation use - such as allowing flex time in which employees may come to work before or after rush hour
Transportation Demand Management
Previously Developed Site
Environmentally Preferable Products
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
31. Urinals that do not use water at all. these systems can save anywhere between 15000 and 45000 gallons of water per urinal per year
Waterless Urinal
Irrigation Efficiency
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
LEED Intent
32. How many % of environmental impacts decision are made during the 1st 10% of design process?
Flush-Out
Bake-Out
70%
Predesign
33. Exterior surface of the building including all walls - windows - floor and roof. separates the building's inside from the outside
Environmental Sustainability
Negative Feedback Loop
250 square ft
Building Envelope (building shell)
34. 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.
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Potable Water
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Indoor Environmental Quality
35. Systems withing systems that are related because they affect and effect each other
Flush-Out
Non-renewable Resource
Imperviousness
Nested System
36. Water that is not treated to drinking water standards and is not meant for human consumption
Acidification
Non-Potable Water
Byproduct
LEED Online
37. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Community Connectivity
Climate Change
Conventional Irrigation
38. 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.
Adaptive Plant
Submeter
Renewable Energy
Wet Pond (retention pond)
39. 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
Integrative
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Metering
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
40. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations (EPA)
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Regenerative
Environmental Sustainability
Erosion
41. How can potable water use for irrigation be reduced or eliminated?
70%
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Install submeters & Select local plants
Life-cycle cost analysis
42. 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
Negative Feedback Loop
Baseline Building Performance
Pollutant
Wet Pond (retention pond)
43. The min' floor area for CI
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Drip Irrigation
Open Space
250 square ft
44. 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 Envelope (building shell)
Commissioning Plan
Acid Rain
Wastewater
45. In LEED credit weightings - the less important impact category
Certificate of occupancy
LEED Credit Checklist
Acidification
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
46. The amount of water the design case conserves vs the baseline case
Brownfields
Solid Waste Management Policy
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Baseline Vs Design
47. How prerequisites and credits are grouped depending on the building type and rating system
Diversity of Houses
Greenhouse Gases
Wet Pond (retention pond)
LEED Category
48. A site that is undeveloped and in a natural state or has been used for agriculture
Greenfield
Indoor Environmental Quality
Albedo
Carbon Neutrality
49. Plan that covers how waste will be either disposed or reused or recycled by addressing sorting - collection - and final disposal of items used in the construction or renovation process
Rating system and Project size
Integrated Process
Value Engineering
Construction Waste Management Plan
50. 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
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Salvaged Materials
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Zoning
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