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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Evapotranspiration
Externality
Green Building
Location
2. A site that was previously built on - has been graded - or contained a parking lot - roadway - or other structure
Baseline Vs Design
Previously Developed Site
Sustainable
Biomass
3. The application of solar cells for energy by converting sunlight directly into electricity
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Commingled Recycling
4. 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
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Gallons per Flush
Infill Development
Development Density
5. A LEED rating is achieved through earning points in each of the 6 LEED categories
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Nested System
LEED Rating System
LEED Points
6. 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
Construction Documents
Construction Administration
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Emergent Properties
7. Urinals that do not use water at all. these systems can save anywhere between 15000 and 45000 gallons of water per urinal per year
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Environmentally Preferable Products
Waterless Urinal
Performance Monitoring
8. 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.
Environmentally Preferable Products
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Commissioning Plan
Indoor Environmental Quality
9. Which LEED rating systems has more than 100 points
Vehicle miles traveled
Integrated Process Team
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Life-cycle cost analysis
10. How can potable water use for irrigation be reduced or eliminated?
LEED Category
Water Balance
Install submeters & Select local plants
Embodied Energy
11. 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.
Albedo
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Carbon Footprint
Energy Conservation
12. The process of adapting old structures for purposes other than those initially intended. this saves on new materials needed. ex: warehouse turned into condos. also refers to the design of a new building with consideration to what it could be used for
Adaptive Reuse
Baseline v. Actual Use
Potable Water
Fossil Fuels
13. A process used to remove VOCs from a bldg by elevating the tempt in the fully furnished & ventilated bldg prior to human occupancy.
Bake-Out
Systems Thinking
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Agrifiber Product
14. Part of a refrigeration system - a machine that removes heat from liquid via a vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycle
Acid Rain
Chiller
Metering
Hybrid Vehicle
15. What are the added costs of bldg green & what benefits offset those cost?
Invasive Plants
Outdoor Air
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
16. The coordinated use of pest and environmental info with available pest control methods to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means and with the least possible hazard to people - property - and the environment
Construction Documents
Global Warming
Integrated Pest Management
Major Construction Phases
17. Schematic Design - Design Development - and Construction Documents
Hybrid Vehicle
Design
None.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
18. What should take place during Occupancy?
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Reuse
Transportation Demand Management
19. Content from industry scraps that was diverted from the waste stream and used for other purposes. examples include sawdust - wood shavings - wood chips - and print overruns. excluded are materials that are re-incorporated into the same manufacturing
Greenfield
Per-Consumer Content
Non-renewable Resource
Construction Waste Management Plan
20. Part of the LEED rating system. within each LEED category there are prerequisites and credits. prerequisites must be met for building certification.
Portable water uses
Water Pollution
LEED Prerequisites
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
21. Mixture of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette - pipe - or cigar and smoke exhaled by the smoker
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Irrigation Efficiency
Bypass otherwise required submittals
22. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
Systems Thinking
LEED Intent
Imperviousness
Open System
23. Provide a consistent source of sound technical advice with respect to products - tools and services. TAGs act in an advisory capacity in responding to credit interpretation requests (CIRs) - credit rulings and credit ruling appeals while maintaining
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
Install submeters & Select local plants
Acidification
24. Vehicle which has both a gas powered engine and an electric engine to achieve better fuel economy and lower emissions
Ozone (O3)
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Hybrid Vehicle
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
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)
Acidification
Biofuel
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Energy Management System
26. 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
Energy Conservation
Externality
Climate Change
Erosion
27. 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
Waste Stream Audit
Invasive Plants
Sick Building Syndrome
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
28. 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
Carbon Overlay Tool
Pollutant
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Passive Design
29. Smart Location & Linkage. Neighborhood Pattern & Design. Green Infrastructure & Bldg.
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Carpool
Hard Cost
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
30. A formal question asked of GBCI from the project team - who would then receive Credit Interpretation Ruling.
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Greenfield
Credit Interpretation Request
Commingled Recycling
31. 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
70%
Regional Material
Diversion Rate
Erosion
32. The percentage of waste materials diverted from traditional disposal such as landfilling or incineration to be recycled - composted or reused (EPA)
Erosion
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Diversion Rate
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
33. Gathering information - recognizing stakeholder needs - establishing project goals - & selecting site
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Predesign
Integrative
34. When an exisiting building undergoes the commissioning process to discover if improvements or changes should be made to improve the building
Baseline Vs Design
Retrocommissioning
Agrifiber Product
Integrated Pest Management
35. 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
Location
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Certificate of occupancy
Infill Development
36. 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?
Baseline v. Actual Use
Retrocommissioning
Drip Irrigation
LEED NC&MR
37. The spent or used water from a home - community - farm - or industry that contains dissolved or suspended matter (EPA)
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Energy Star Rating
Wastewater
38. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas
Heat Islands
Green Cleaning
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
39. Major Players in Design & Construction Process are...
Volatile Organic Compound
Erosion
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Hard Cost
40. Doing this in the air for the purposes of assessing indoor air quality
Reuse
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
70%
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
41. The measurement unit used for flush fixture water consumption and flow fixture water consumption
Systems Thinking
Harvested Rainwater
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
42. 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
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Carbon Overlay Tool
Montreal Protocol
Install submeters & Select local plants
43. Min' years that a LEED bldg should share its energy & water usage data with USGBCa
Native or Indigenous Plants
5 years
Non-renewable Resource
Fossil Fuels
44. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (EPA)
Sustainable
Indoor Air Quality
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
33%-39%
45. Meters placed on smaller portions of a larger system - i.e. submeteres monitoring water use on each floor of a project
Location
Submeter
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Nested System
46. 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
Portable water uses
Environmental Sustainability
Soft Cost
Net-Zero Energy
47. The min' floor area for NC - CS - Schools - EB - and O&M
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
LEED Category
1000 square ft
Building Codes
48. 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
Portable water uses
Building Envelope (building shell)
Regenerative
Green Cleaning
49. 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
Zoning
Design
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Building Density
50. 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
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Global Warming
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Heat Island Effect