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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. What level of CO2 concentrations indicates inadequate ventilation?
HCFC
Soft Cost
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
2. The linear view of the life of a product - from creation to the end of useful life - ie disposal
Positive Feedback Loop
Cradle to Grave
Ambient Temperature
Transportation Demand Management
3. Certified (40-49) - Silver (50-59) - Gold (60-79) - and Platinum (80+)
Predesign
Carbon Footprint
90%
The four LEED levels
4. Begins the process of spatial refinement & usually involves the 1st design of a project's energy system.
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Reduce light transpass
Design Development
Positive Feedback Loop
5. 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)
Regional Material
Floor Area Ratio
Zoning
6. 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
LEED Intent
Design Development
Regional Material
Environmentally Preferable Products
7. The measurement unit used for flush fixture water consumption and flow fixture water consumption
Cradle to Cradle
Building Codes
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
8. Heating - ventilating and air conditioning. these systems seek to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality
Baseline v. Actual Use
HVAC System
Acid Rain
Building Related Illness
9. A natural resource that cannot be produced - re-grown - regenerated - or reused on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate. these resources often exist in a fixed amount - or are consumed much faster than nature can recreate them. fossil fuels
Hardscape
Non-renewable Resource
Development Footprint
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
10. 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
Building Related Illness
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Carbon Footprint
11. A strategy to use existing materials in a similar or different capacity
Solid Waste Management Policy
Ozone (O3)
Reuse
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
12. Human made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity - ranging in scale from personal shelter and buildings to neighborhoods and cities
Built Environment
Material Reuse
Portable water uses
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
13. An unwanted airborne constituent that may reduce acceptability of the air (ASHRAE 62.1-2004)
Prime Farmland
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Contaminant
Imperviousness
14. Process water can be reduced by which 2 methods?
Graywater (Greywater)
Process Water
Daylighting
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
15. An assessment of the greenhouse gases (which includes more than just CO2) emitted by a particular organization - project or activity
Carbon Footprint
Portable water uses
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
16. Watering using above ground sprinkler heads
Market Transformation
Graywater (Greywater)
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Conventional Irrigation
17. Compounds that have a high vapor pressure and low water solubility and therefore can enter the air easily. many VOCs are human-made chemicals that are used and produced in the manufacture of paints - pharmaceuticals - and refrigerants
Volatile Organic Compound
Greenfield
Ozone (O3)
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
18. The min' floor area for CI
250 square ft
Invasive Plants
Construction Waste Management Plan
Closed System
19. 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
Irrigation Efficiency
24%-50%
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Building Codes
20. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover (USGBC)
Outdoor Air
Floor Area Ratio
Acidification
Open System
21. What are the extra categories for LEED for Home?
Schematic Design
Construction Documents
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
22. System where energy is taken from the output of a system and reapplied to the input - or A produces more of B which in turn produces more of A. i.e. population growth -- adults make children whom in turn make more adults
Positive Feedback Loop
Carpool
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
LEED Credit Checklist
23. According to the EPA - what % of time do American spend indoors?
Predesign
Thermal Comfort
Rating system and Project size
90%
24. System that constantly takes in items from outside the system - used them and then released them as waste. this system has no feedback loop. think of a normal home where groceries - products - or water come into the house - are used and then released
Construction and Demolition Debris
Credit Interpretation Request
Open System
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
25. Landscaping and gardening in ways that reduce or eliminate the need for supplemental irrigation. it is promoted in areas that do not have easily accessible supplies of fresh water and is catching on in other areas as climate patterns shift
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Site Disturbance
Xeriscaping
26. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Water Pollution
Bake-Out
Development Footprint
Thermal Comfort
27. Encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria (USGBC). there are multiple rating system
LEED Prerequisites
Integrated Process
LEED
LEED Rating System
28. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Building Commissioning
Climate Change
Reduce light transpass
Reuse
29. Narrative - photo/render - elevations - floor plans - project details - and boundary (Project - LEED - & property)
Erosion
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Hard Cost
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
30. Heat removal devices used to transfer process waste heat to the atmosphere. large office buildings - hospitals - and schools typically use one or more of these as part of their air conditioning systems
Cooling Tower
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Diversity of Uses
Global Warming
31. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Environmental Sustainability
Metering
Ambient Temperature
32. 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
Airborne Pollutant
Diversity of Houses
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
33. Used to store excess stormwater. these are basins whose outlets have been designed to detain stormwater runoff for some minimum time (e.g. 24 hrs). the stormwater will slowly seep into the ground to recharge aquifers or discharge as determined by the
Smart Growth
LEED NC&MR
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Global Warming
34. Measuring the amount of resources used over a period of time - such as water or electricity
Metering
Construction and Demolition Debris
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Predesign
35. The ability of dark - non-reflective paved areas-city streets - rooftops - and sidewalks-to absorb and radiate heat - making urban areas and the surrounding suburbs noticeably hotter than rural towns nearby. other contributors include reduced airflow
Heat Island Effect
Building Density
Pedestrian Access
Environmental Sustainability
36. The mathematical expression of Imperviousness
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Portable water uses
Smart Growth
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
37. The online software used to manage the entire LEED project certification process and manage credits
90%
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Glare
LEED Online
38. The area of the project site that has been disturbed for development. this area includes the building footprint - hardscapes - and parking lots
Carbon Neutrality
Native or Indigenous Plants
Development Footprint
Street Grid Density
39. An underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel - sand - silt or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well. these are critically important in human habitation and agriculture. t
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
Gallons per Flush
Aquifer
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
40. Ruling process for project applicants seeking technical and administrative guidance on how LEED credits apply to their projects and vice versa. (USGBC) LEED interpretations are the result of a CIR and may determine how future project teams use LEED
High Performance Green Building
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Acidification
Flush-Out
41. 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
Process Water
Predesign
Passive Design
42. A process used to remove VOCs from a bldg by elevating the tempt in the fully furnished & ventilated bldg prior to human occupancy.
Ozone (O3)
Pollutant
LEED Points
Bake-Out
43. What should take place during Occupancy?
250 square ft
Environmentally Preferable Products
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
44. Major Players in Design & Construction Process are...
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Graywater (Greywater)
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Acid Rain
45. What constitutes the largest use of energy in bldg in US? What is the 2nd?
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Heat Island Effect
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
46. 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
Rating system and Project size
LEED Project Boundary
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Value Engineering
47. Landscape elements designed to slow the flow of stormwater and increase ground water recharge while also removing silt and pollution from surface runoff water. they consist of a depressed drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with veget
Gallons per Flush
Market Transformation
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Bioswale
48. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
Development Footprint
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
70%
Diversity of Houses
49. Material - other than the principle product - generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system (EPA)
Waterless Urinal
Byproduct
Bioswale
Building Density
50. 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?
Non-renewable Resource
Baseline v. Design
LEED NC&MR
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)