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LEED GA: Green Associate

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1. Vehicle which has both a gas powered engine and an electric engine to achieve better fuel economy and lower emissions






2. Disciplinary Review Committee (Investigate) - Disciplinary Hearing Committee (Judgment) - and Credential Steering Committee (Final Decision) 2) Types of advantages discovered when initial investment are made in more durable products and efficient bld






3. An attempt to reduce peak period transportation use - such as allowing flex time in which employees may come to work before or after rush hour






4. Air that enters into a building either naturally through pre-designed openings in the building or through the ventilation system






5. The relationship btw the total bldg floor area & the allowable land area the bldg can cover.






6. Third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design - construction and operation of high performance green buildings (USGBC)






7. All the energy used to grow - extract and manufacture a product - transport it to the jobsite - complete the installation - and finally dispose of it at the end of its life cycle






8. Heating - ventilating and air conditioning. these systems seek to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality






9. Water used for building systems such as boiler feed water - cooling water for heat exchangers - chillers - etc






10. A program that was first developed in 1992 by the US EPA as a method to identify and promote products that are energy efficient. products carrying this symbol provide a way for businesses and consumers to save money - while at the same time - protect






11. Green Bldg can reduce how much CO2 Emissions?






12. Any of various halocarbon compounds consisting of carbon - hydrogen - chlorine - and fluorine - once used widely as aerosol propellants and refrigerants. these are believed to cause depletion of the atmospheric ozone layer






13. If a bldg is designed to move at any point in its lifetime - what LEED certification is it eligible for?






14. What is the procedure required to achieve LEED cert?






15. Thermal comfort is typically attributed to what env factors?






16. All members of the project team working towards the integrated process - including building owners - maintenance staff - planners - designers - etc.






17. What's the earliest pt at which a LEED for Schools proejct can be cert?






18. Aset of rules that specify the minimum acceptable level for safety for constructed objects such as buildings and non building structures. these protect public health - safety and general welfare as they relate to the construction and occupancy of bui






19. Flat or nearby flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding






20. The min' floor area for NC - CS - Schools - EB - and O&M






21. When costs are established and contracts for construction services are signed.






22. 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






23. A written plan that outlines strategies to reduce stormwater runoff for the purposes of reducing erosion - pollution and sedimentation of nearby bodies of water - especially important during construction where so much dirt - dust and waste are presen






24. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit






25. Plan that identifies a diversion rate goal and covers how waste will be either disposed or reused or recycled by addressing sorting - collection - and final disposal of items in an existing building






26. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?






27. Similar to a bioswale - a depression with vegetation that filters and slows down rainwater to reduce peak discharge rates






28. Temperature of the surrounding air or other medium (EPA)






29. 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






30. Developing in areas near transportation - housing - and jobs therefore leaving open spaces and farmland free from development






31. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.






32. 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






33. Using local systems to treat waste generated on-site and avoid adding waste to public facilities






34. According to the EPA - what % of time do American spend indoors?






35. The number of different types of space per acre in an area - think of a mixed-use development - which has both houses and offices






36. 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






37. 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)






38. In green building - location includes the natural context (climate - plants - wind - sun) the social context (cultural history - traditions - local regulations) - and an infrastructural context (roads - local materials - utilities - public transit)






39. Life-cycle assessment is used to determine what?






40. Concept of integrative design emphasizes






41. Purchase price of a hard asset such as masonry - wood - steel - carpet - tile - mechanical systems - roofing






42. Green Bldg can reduce how much Energy Use?






43. The licensed-pro exemption is used by a project team to do what?






44. Material - other than the principle product - generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system (EPA)






45. A member based nonprofit organization whose mission is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed - built - and operated - enabling an environmentally and socially responsible - healthy and prosperous environment that improves the qu






46. 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






47. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas






48. Indigenous or exotic plants that spread outside cultivated areas and can damage environmental or economical resources. they grow quickly and aggressively - spreading and displacing other plants






49. 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






50. An unwanted airborne constituent that may reduce acceptability of the air (ASHRAE 62.1-2004)