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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Being able to allow water or air to filtrate through
Floor-To-Area
Building Commissioning
Construction Waste Management Plan
Perviousness
2. Meters placed on smaller portions of a larger system - i.e. submeteres monitoring water use on each floor of a project
Negative Feedback Loop
Energy Management System
Major Construction Phases
Submeter
3. 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
Prime Farmland
Irrigation Efficiency
Greenfield
Certificate of occupancy
4. Flush-Out
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.
Cradle to Grave
1000 square ft
Renewable Energy
5. When costs are established and contracts for construction services are signed.
Vehicle miles traveled
Construction Phases Bidding
Wastewater
Conventional Irrigation
6. Excel spreadsheet that helps project teams track their credits against requirements for certification
Floor-To-Area
Certificate of occupancy
Biodegradable
LEED Credit Checklist
7. Document that outlines the organization - schedule - allocation of resources - and documentation requirements of the commissioning process
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Commissioning Plan
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Climate Change
8. Controllability of Systems
The four LEED levels
Potable Water
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Waterless Urinal
9. A project must: Comply w/ Environmental Laws - Be a Complete - Permanent bldg/space - Use a reasonable Site Boundary - Comply with min' Floor Area requirements - Comply with min' Occup' Rates - Commit to Sharing whole bldg energy & water Usage Data
Ventilation Rate
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Gallons per Minute
10. 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
24%-50%
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Building Density
Acidification
11. 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
250 square ft
Systems Thinking
Per-Consumer Content
33%-39%
12. LID is an approach to land development (or re-development) that works with nature to manage stormwater as close to its source as possible (EPA)
Water Pollution
Design
Low Impact Development
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
13. The percentage of waste materials diverted from traditional disposal such as landfilling or incineration to be recycled - composted or reused (EPA)
Building Codes
Diversion Rate
Baseline Vs Design
Feedback Loop
14. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.
Cradle to Grave
Waste Stream Audit
Biodiversity
Rating system and Project size
15. 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
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Baseline v. Actual Use
Potable Water
Pedestrian Access
16. Water used for building systems such as boiler feed water - cooling water for heat exchangers - chillers - etc
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Non-renewable Resource
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Process Water
17. Building that is energy and resource efficient
Xeriscaping
Portable water uses
High Performance Green Building
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
18. Any opening in a building - such as windows - doors - skylights - curtain walls - etc. - designed to permit the passage of air - light - vehicles - or people
Fenestration
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Value Engineering
Previously Developed Site
19. What should take place during Occupancy?
Baseline v. Actual Use
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Integrated Process
Prime Farmland
20. A formal question asked of GBCI from the project team - who would then receive Credit Interpretation Ruling.
Credit Interpretation Request
Volatile Organic Compound
Substantial completion
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
21. The amount of water the design case conserves vs the baseline case
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Baseline Vs Design
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
22. Min' years that a LEED bldg should share its energy & water usage data with USGBCa
Predesign
Building Density
5 years
Byproduct
23. The process of collecting (commonly from a roof) - storing and using rainwater
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Integrated Design
Rainwater Harvesting
33%-39%
24. How can potable water use for irrigation be reduced or eliminated?
Nested System
Heat Island Effect
Soft Cost
Install submeters & Select local plants
25. 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
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Building Codes
26. 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
Cradle to Grave
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
HCFC
27. An unwanted airborne constituent that may reduce acceptability of the air (ASHRAE 62.1-2004)
Contaminant
Drip Irrigation
Gallons per Flush
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
28. Development that occurs within established urban areas where the site or area either is a vacant place between other developments or has previously been used for another urban purpose
Value Engineering
Carbon Overlay Tool
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Infill Development
29. 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?
Impervious Surfaces
Greenfield
Schematic Design
LEED NC&MR
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
High Performance Green Building
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Green Building
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
31. Uses the natural forces of wind and buoyancy to deliver fresh air into buildings through doors - windows or other designed opening (chimneys)
Portable water uses
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Waste Management Plan
32. Substances used to transfer heat during the mechanical cooling process within air conditioning and refrigerator systems. they act as the heat carrier which changes from gas to liquid and then back to gas in the refrigeration cycle
Rating system and Project size
1000 square ft
Refrigerant
Integrative
33. 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)
Zoning
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Mass Transit
34. 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
Erosion
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Low Impact Development
LEED Credit
35. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
Refrigerant
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Conventional Irrigation
70%
36. The application of solar cells for energy by converting sunlight directly into electricity
None.
Open Grid Pavement
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Construction Phases Bidding
37. Water leaving plants and soil returning back to the atmosphere
Evapotranspiration
Ozone (O3)
Baseline v. Actual Use
Glare
38. 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
Emergent Properties
Major Construction Phases
Externality
Floodplain
39. A review process that identifies and selects the lowest lifecycle cost options in design - materials and processes that achieves the desired level of performance - reliability and customer satisfaction
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Value Engineering
Floor Area Ratio
40. Viewing the world as an interrelated set of systems that can influence one another
Non-Potable Water
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Systems Thinking
Ozone (O3)
41. The relationship btw the total bldg floor area & the allowable land area the bldg can cover.
Floor-To-Area
Erosion
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Closed System
42. The carbon overlay in LEED is used for what?
Chiller
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Closed System
None.
43. Mixture of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette - pipe - or cigar and smoke exhaled by the smoker
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Certificate of occupancy
Portable water uses
44. The area of the project site that is impacted by construction activity - LEED project should attempt to limit site disturbance
Retrocommissioning
Commissioning Report
Site Disturbance
Sick Building Syndrome
45. Material - other than the principle product - generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system (EPA)
Acidification
Byproduct
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
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.
46. Drinking water that is of sufficiently high quality so that it can be consumed or utilized without risk of immediate of long term harm
Energy Conservation
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Environmental Sustainability
Potable Water
47. Narrative - photo/render - elevations - floor plans - project details - and boundary (Project - LEED - & property)
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Commissioning Report
Construction and Demolition Debris
Retrocommissioning
48. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion
Construction Waste Management Plan
Acid Rain
Conservation
Montreal Protocol
49. Process water can be reduced by which 2 methods?
Building Footprint
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
Reduce light transpass
50. 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
Sustainable
Nonpoint-source pollution
LEED Online