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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
Design Development
Integrated Process
Energy Efficient
Embodied Energy
2. If a bldg is designed to move at any point in its lifetime - what LEED certification is it eligible for?
None.
Construction Administration
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
70%
3. What metric is the best indicator of transportation impacts associated with a bldg project?
Byproduct
Vehicle miles traveled
Building Envelope (building shell)
Pollution
4. The spent or used water from a home - community - farm - or industry that contains dissolved or suspended matter (EPA)
Ambient Temperature
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Wastewater
Light Pollution
5. Similar to a bioswale - a depression with vegetation that filters and slows down rainwater to reduce peak discharge rates
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
None.
High Performance Green Building
Raingarden
6. The measurement method for defining Irrigation Efficiency
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
LEED Project Boundary
Metering
Integrated Pest Management
7. What is acknowledged as one of the greatest threats to surface-water quality?
Triple Bottom Line
Adaptive Reuse
Montreal Protocol
Nonpoint-source pollution
8. What constitutes the largest use of energy in bldg in US? What is the 2nd?
Carbon Overlay Tool
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Thermal Comfort
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
9. A roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and soil - or a growing medium - planted over a waterproofing membrane
Aquifer
Green Cleaning
Vegetated (Green) Roof
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
10. 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
Feedback Loop
Performance Monitoring
Environmentally Preferable Products
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
11. Being able to allow water or air to filtrate through
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Commissioning Plan
Thermal Comfort
Perviousness
12. 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
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Conservation
Biomass
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
13. 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
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
LEED Category
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
5 years
14. Gathering information - recognizing stakeholder needs - establishing project goals - & selecting site
Hardscape
Predesign
24%-50%
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.
15. Precipitation that is usually acidic. it has harmful effects on plants - aquatic animals - and infrastructure. it is mostly caused by human emissions of sulfur and nitrogen compounds which react in the atmosphere to produce acids. in recent years - m
Environmental Sustainability
Thermal Comfort
Acid Rain
Rainwater Harvesting
16. The amount of water the design case conserves vs the baseline case
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Baseline Vs Design
Potable Water
LEED Online
17. Rainwater that has been collected for uses such as landscaping irrigation - toilet flushing - or other non-potable water uses
Erosion
Transportation Demand Management
Pollutant
Harvested Rainwater
18. Excel spreadsheet that helps project teams track their credits against requirements for certification
LEED Credit Checklist
Externality
Commingled Recycling
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
19. Watering using above ground sprinkler heads
Conventional Irrigation
Environmental Sustainability
Fossil Fuels
Indoor Air Quality
20. Third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design - construction and operation of high performance green buildings (USGBC)
Potable Water
90%
Embodied Energy
LEED
21. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
Outdoor Air
Integrated Process
Floor-To-Area
70%
22. A strategy to use existing materials in a similar or different capacity
Reuse
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Retrocommissioning
Baseline v. Design
23. Solid - liquid or gaseous fuel derived from relatively recently dead biological material and is distinguished from fossil fuels - which are derived from long dead biological material
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Environmentally Preferable Products
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Biofuel
24. 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
Per-Consumer Content
None.
Transportation Demand Management
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
25. The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion
LEED Project Boundary
Commissioning Report
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Conservation
26. Properties or patterns that a complex system has - but which the individual members do not have. the end result is that the system now has more than just the sum of its parts. for example - saltiness is a property that neither sodium or chlorine have
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Biofuel
LEED Online
Emergent Properties
27. 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
Integrated Process Team
Baseline v. Design
Open System
Ecosystem
28. When all recyclables for collection are mixed but kept separate from other waste
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
90%
Impervious Surfaces
Commingled Recycling
29. An increase in the near surface temp of the earth. this has occurred in the distant past as the result of natural influences - but the term is most often used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse
Global Warming
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Air Quality Standards
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
Process Water
Green Building
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
LEED Online
31. Human made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity - ranging in scale from personal shelter and buildings to neighborhoods and cities
Prime Farmland
90%
Adaptive Plant
Built Environment
32. 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.
Market Transformation
Waste Diversion
Erosion
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
33. 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
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Development Density
Construction Waste Management Plan
Cradle to Cradle
34. Water used for building systems such as boiler feed water - cooling water for heat exchangers - chillers - etc
Process Water
Perviousness
Waste Stream Audit
LEED Intent
35. A pond designed to hold a specific amount of water indefinitely
Adaptive Plant
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Gallons per Flush
Rating system and Project size
36. Thermal comfort is typically attributed to what env factors?
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Retrocommissioning
Glare
37. To reduce site lighting impact near forestland - the exterior lighting installed should...
Reduce light transpass
Floor-To-Area
Heat Islands
Aquifer
38. 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.
Stormwater Runoff
Biodiversity
Vehicle miles traveled
Commissioning
39. A hydrocarbon deposit - such as petroleum - coal or natural gas - derived from the accumulated remains of ancient plants and animals and used as fuel. carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases generated by burning these are considered to be one of th
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Albedo
Green Building
Fossil Fuels
40. Process water can be reduced by which 2 methods?
Refrigerant
Baseline v. Actual Use
Pollution
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
41. 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
Xeriscaping
250 square ft
Baseline v. Design
LEED NC&MR
42. The number of different types of space per acre in an area - think of a mixed-use development - which has both houses and offices
Diversity of Uses
Fossil Fuels
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Building Commissioning
43. 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
Solid Waste Management Policy
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Predesign
Low Impact Development
44. 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.
Square Footage of a Building
Albedo
1000 square ft
Prime Farmland
45. 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.
Ecosystem
Location
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
46. The licensed-pro exemption is used by a project team to do what?
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Development Footprint
Pollution
Construction Administration
47. 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
Building Envelope (building shell)
70%
Pollutant
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
48. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Underground Parking
Climate Change
Invasive Plants
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
49. During Construction Phases - ________________ is the actual construction - Commissioning take place near the end of construction - once the system have been installed and are operable. Includes Substantial Completion - Final Completion - Certificate
Construction Administration
Material Reuse
Closed System
Pedestrian Access
50. 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
Global Warming
90%
Negative Feedback Loop
Bake-Out