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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. A LEED rating is achieved through earning points in each of the 6 LEED categories
Emissivity (of a material)
LEED Points
Pollution
Zoning
2. Water that originates from precipitation that enters the stormwater system
Graywater (Greywater)
Stormwater Runoff
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Rainwater Harvesting
3. What level of CO2 concentrations indicates inadequate ventilation?
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Heat Island Effect
Development Density
4. To reduce site lighting impact near forestland - the exterior lighting installed should...
Conservation
Reduce light transpass
Energy Star Rating
Building Codes
5. 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
Volatile Organic Compound
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Embodied Energy
Vehicle miles traveled
6. Heating - ventilating and air conditioning. these systems seek to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality
Green Building
Floor Area Ratio
Development Footprint
HVAC System
7. Gives preference to the purchase of environmentally preferable products and the companies that supply them
Wastewater
Passive Design
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Market Transformation
8. 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
Retrocommissioning
Biodiversity
Negative Feedback Loop
Bake-Out
9. The use of environmentally friendly ingredients and chemicals for household - manufacturing and industrial cleaning. these techniques and products avoid the use of chemically reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals
Green Cleaning
Biodiversity
Carpool
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
10. The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations that are not to be exceeded during a given time in a defined area (EPA)
Commissioning
Construction and Demolition Debris
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Air Quality Standards
11. Gathering information - recognizing stakeholder needs - establishing project goals - & selecting site
Emissivity (of a material)
Predesign
Brownfields
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
12. Urinals that do not use water at all. these systems can save anywhere between 15000 and 45000 gallons of water per urinal per year
Smart Growth
Waterless Urinal
Energy Efficient
Prime Farmland
13. A term used in life cycle analysis to describe a material or product that is recycled into a new product at the end of its useful life. an example of a closed system
Cradle to Cradle
Building Density
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Transportation Demand Management
14. 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
Regenerative
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Fossil Fuels
15. Unit of measurement by which flow rate of toilets and other flushing devices such as urinals are measured and regulated
Gallons per Flush
Acidification
Adaptive Plant
LEED Category
16. The practice of placing windows - or other transparent media - and reflective surfaces so that - during the day - natural light provides effective internal illumination
Biodiversity
Contaminant
Daylighting
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
17. 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
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
Bioswale
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
18. Centerline miles/square mile - a centerline mile is measuring a particular road down its center. higher street grid densities are beneficial for pedestrians
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Street Grid Density
Climate Change
19. 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
Closed System
Carbon Overlay Tool
Irrigation Efficiency
Embodied Energy
20. An accounting of all water volumes that enter and leave a space over a period of time
Integrated Process Team
Water Balance
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Passive Design
21. A strategy to use existing materials in a similar or different capacity
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Ambient Temperature
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Reuse
22. 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
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Cooling Tower
Chiller
HVAC System
23. 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
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Integrated Pest Management
Metering
Irrigation Efficiency
24. Advertising a product or policy to be more beneficial to the environment than is true
Green Washing
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Light Pollution
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
25. Life-cycle assessment is used to determine what?
Commingled Recycling
Baseline Vs Design
Graywater (Greywater)
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
26. A systematic process of assuring that a building and its systems performs in accordance with the design intent and the owner's requirements
Commissioning Report
LEED Rating System
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Commissioning
27. A renewable energy source - refers to plant matter grown to generate electricity or produce biofuel. it excludes organic material which has been transformed by geological processes into substances such as coal or petroleum
LEED Points
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Sustainable
Biomass
28. What's the earliest pt at which a LEED for Schools proejct can be cert?
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Waste Management Plan
Diversity of Houses
Solid Waste Management Policy
29. Process for project teams to obtain technical guidance on how LEED requirements pertain to their projects
Integrated Process
Integrated Design
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
30. 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
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Design
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Volatile Organic Compound
31. 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.
Irrigation Efficiency
Green Building
Albedo
Vegetated (Green) Roof
32. Vehicle which has both a gas powered engine and an electric engine to achieve better fuel economy and lower emissions
LEED Project Boundary
Hybrid Vehicle
70%
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
33. Water leaving plants and soil returning back to the atmosphere
Heat Islands
Transportation Demand Management
Baseline Building Performance
Evapotranspiration
34. 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.
Submeter
Previously Developed Site
Indoor Air Quality
Biodiversity
35. The process of collecting (commonly from a roof) - storing and using rainwater
Open System
Rainwater Harvesting
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Refrigerant
36. 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
Environmentally Preferable Products
Flush-Out
Construction Waste Management Plan
LEED Prerequisites
37. A project that can produce all the energy it requires on site yet still might be connected to the regular utility grid - for example - using power from the grid when there is no wind - and providing power to the grid from wind turbines on windy days
Triple Bottom Line
Negative Feedback Loop
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Net-Zero Energy
38. An intense collaborative session where participants make a concerted effort to solve a problem or plan the design of something
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
Green Washing
Regional Material
39. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
70%
Predesign
Development Footprint
5 years
40. System or process for controlling the temperature - humidity - and sometimes the purity of the air in an interior space (office - warehouse - residence)
Design
Construction Phases Bidding
Open Grid Pavement
Air Conditioning
41. According to the EPA - what % of time do American spend indoors?
Street Grid Density
90%
Thermal Comfort
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.
42. A measure of the amount of illumination falling on a surface.
Metering
LEED
Externality
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
43. Excessive or obtrusive artificial light that obscures the stars in the night sky for city dwellers - interferes with astronomical observatories - and like any other form of pollution - disrupts ecosystems and has adverse health effects
Light Pollution
Ozone (O3)
Green Cleaning
Biodegradable
44. 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
Floor-To-Area
Reuse
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Retrocommissioning
45. 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.
Building Codes
Pollutant
Indoor Environmental Quality
Xeriscaping
46. Evaluation of the total cost of a building or product over its useful life - including initial - maintenance - repair and replacement costs as well as savings. LCC evaluates economic performance.
Albedo
LEED Online
Bioswale
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
47. Mainly artificial structures--such as pavements (roads - sidewalks - driveways and parking lots) that are covered by impenetrable (impervious) materials such as asphalt - concrete - brick - and stone--and rooftops. soils compacted by urban developmen
Construction and Demolition Debris
Heat Island Effect
Ecosystem
Impervious Surfaces
48. Third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design - construction and operation of high performance green buildings (USGBC)
LEED Category
HCFC
Emissivity (of a material)
LEED
49. Part of the LEED rating system. within each LEED category there are prerequisites and credits. prerequisites must be met for building certification.
Energy Star Rating
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.
LEED Prerequisites
LEED Project Boundary
50. Achieving net zero emissions by balancing the footprint with an equivalent amount of sequestered or offset green house gases
Carbon Neutrality
5 years
Regional Material
Contaminant