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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. Heating - ventilating and air conditioning. these systems seek to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality
HVAC System
Built Environment
Ambient Temperature
Location
2. Doing this in the air for the purposes of assessing indoor air quality
Embodied Energy
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
The four LEED levels
Externality
3. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Water Pollution
Reduce light transpass
Invasive Plants
Flush-Out
4. 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)
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
5. Areas where the upper soil is no longer exposed - including paved areas - walkways - fountains - etc.
Hardscape
Cradle to Grave
Commissioning Plan
40%
6. 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
Externality
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Integrated Process
Process Water
7. Pavement that is less than 50% impervious and contains vegetation in the open cells
Environmental Sustainability
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Open Grid Pavement
8. The measurement method for defining Irrigation Efficiency
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Non-renewable Resource
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
9. Renewable energy such as solar - wind - biomass - hydro - and geothermal energy
Green Power
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.
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
10. A LEED rating is achieved through earning points in each of the 6 LEED categories
LEED Points
Brownfields
HCFC
Solid Waste Management Policy
11. 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)
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Green Washing
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
12. Systematic improvements in a market or segment of a market to achieve a lasting share of energy-efficient products and services - i.e. high efficiency washers replacing regular washing machines in the U.S.
Integrated Design
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
LEED Online
Market Transformation
13. 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
33%-39%
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Feedback Loop
Energy Star Rating
14. 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
Design Development
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Positive Feedback Loop
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
15. Temperature of the surrounding air or other medium (EPA)
Ambient Temperature
Submeter
Heat Islands
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
16. A systematic process of assuring that a building and its systems performs in accordance with the design intent and the owner's requirements
Commissioning
Negative Feedback Loop
Mass Transit
Non-renewable Resource
17. Mixture of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette - pipe - or cigar and smoke exhaled by the smoker
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Nonpoint-source pollution
Metering
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
18. 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
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Zoning
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
19. American society of heating - refrigerating and air conditioning engineers. international technical society for all individuals and organizations interested in heating - ventilation - air-conditioning and refrigeration (hvac & r)
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Air Conditioning
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
20. Developing in areas near transportation - housing - and jobs therefore leaving open spaces and farmland free from development
70%
Embodied Energy
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Smart Growth
21. System or process for controlling the temperature - humidity - and sometimes the purity of the air in an interior space (office - warehouse - residence)
Value Engineering
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Air Conditioning
22. A roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and soil - or a growing medium - planted over a waterproofing membrane
Air Quality Standards
Energy Conservation
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Vegetated (Green) Roof
23. Capable of being decomposed by natural agents - especially bacteria
Biodegradable
Submeter
Xeriscaping
Chiller
24. Begins the process of spatial refinement & usually involves the 1st design of a project's energy system.
LEED Credit Checklist
Community Connectivity
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Design Development
25. 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
Development Footprint
Carpool
Water Balance
Integrated Design
26. The use of technology that requires less energy to perform the same function. a compact fluorescent light bulb that uses less energy than an incandescent bulb to produce the same amount of light is an example. the decision to replace an incandescent
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Energy Efficient
The four LEED levels
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
27. What constitutes the largest use of energy in bldg in US? What is the 2nd?
Waste Stream Audit
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Rainwater Harvesting
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
28. Gathering information - recognizing stakeholder needs - establishing project goals - & selecting site
Potable Water
Predesign
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Green Power
29. 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.
Credit Interpretation Request
Environmental Sustainability
Non-Potable Water
Indoor Environmental Quality
30. The linear view of the life of a product - from creation to the end of useful life - ie disposal
Cradle to Grave
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Underground Parking
Cradle to Cradle
31. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.
Hybrid Vehicle
Rating system and Project size
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Baseline Building Performance
32. Water used for building systems such as boiler feed water - cooling water for heat exchangers - chillers - etc
Potable Water
Process Water
Sustainable
Albedo
33. 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
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Raingarden
Floor-To-Area
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
34. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.
Biofuel
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Substantial completion
Building Footprint
35. 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
70%
Indoor Environmental Quality
Carbon Overlay Tool
Cradle to Grave
36. Schematic Design - Design Development - and Construction Documents
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Air Conditioning
Design
37. 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
Invasive Plants
Global Warming
Brownfields
38. A pond designed to hold a specific amount of water indefinitely
Nonpoint-source pollution
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Zoning
39. A process used to remove VOCs from a bldg by elevating the tempt in the fully furnished & ventilated bldg prior to human occupancy.
Carbon Neutrality
Albedo
None.
Bake-Out
40. 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
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Adaptive Reuse
Value Engineering
Closed System
41. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons that are used in refrigerants and propellants that are known to deplete the ozone layer
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
HCFC
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.
Performance Monitoring
42. The process of collecting (commonly from a roof) - storing and using rainwater
Building Related Illness
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Rainwater Harvesting
Biomass
43. Process water can be reduced by which 2 methods?
Adaptive Reuse
Feedback Loop
Rating system and Project size
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
44. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Climate Change
Location
Floor-To-Area
Aquifer
45. Green Bldg can reduce how much Water Use?
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
40%
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Commissioning Report
46. Different term from adaptive reuse because materials are reused in a way that is the same of similar to how it was used before - i.e. saving doors in an old project to be used as doors in the new project. in LEED - this material is calculated as a pe
Building Footprint
Material Reuse
Conventional Irrigation
Open Grid Pavement
47. 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
Floor Area Ratio
LEED Credit
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Environmental Sustainability
48. What are the added costs of bldg green & what benefits offset those cost?
Feedback Loop
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Water Pollution
49. 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
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Regional Material
Erosion
Indoor Environmental Quality
50. Document that outlines the organization - schedule - allocation of resources - and documentation requirements of the commissioning process
Commissioning Plan
Building Footprint
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
LEED Credit
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