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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The min' floor area for NC - CS - Schools - EB - and O&M
Ozone (O3)
1000 square ft
LEED
Development Density
2. Predesign - Design - Bid - Construction - and Occupancy
Major Construction Phases
Passive Design
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
3. 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
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Waste Stream Audit
4. The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations that are not to be exceeded during a given time in a defined area (EPA)
Integrated Process Team
Credit Interpretation Request
Air Quality Standards
5 years
5. The licensed-pro exemption is used by a project team to do what?
Bypass otherwise required submittals
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Nested System
6. What is acknowledged as one of the greatest threats to surface-water quality?
Building Density
Native or Indigenous Plants
Nonpoint-source pollution
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
7. Prior to submitting CIR - what strategies should be considered?
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Substantial completion
Indoor Environmental Quality
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
8. 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)
Conventional Irrigation
Hybrid Vehicle
Location
Energy Star Rating
9. 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
Development Footprint
Emergent Properties
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Energy Conservation
10. Smart Location & Linkage. Neighborhood Pattern & Design. Green Infrastructure & Bldg.
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
LEED Pilot Credit Library
11. The amount of water the design case conserves vs the baseline case
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Life-cycle cost analysis
Baseline Vs Design
Embodied Energy
12. Advertising a product or policy to be more beneficial to the environment than is true
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Green Washing
Air Quality Standards
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
13. 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
Design Development
Material Reuse
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
14. Certified (40-49) - Silver (50-59) - Gold (60-79) - and Platinum (80+)
The four LEED levels
Air Conditioning
Nested System
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
15. 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
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
LEED Points
LEED Rating System
Ecosystem
16. Resistance to penetration by a liquid and is calculated as the percentage of area covered by a paving system that does not allow moisture to soak into the ground
Graywater (Greywater)
Imperviousness
Daylighting
Metering
17. Any substance in air that could - in high enough concentration - harm man - other animals - vegetation - or material (EPA)
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
90%
Airborne Pollutant
18. Used to describe situations in which building occupants experience acute health and comfort effects that appear to be linked to time spent in a building - but no specific illness or cause can be identified
Floor-To-Area
Sick Building Syndrome
Previously Developed Site
LEED
19. 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
Underground Parking
Smart Growth
Environmentally Preferable Products
Schematic Design
20. The linear view of the life of a product - from creation to the end of useful life - ie disposal
Cradle to Grave
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Agrifiber Product
HCFC
21. 4 key issues that help define how location affect project
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
High Performance Green Building
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Glare
22. 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
Carbon Overlay Tool
LEED Prerequisites
Outdoor Air
Green Washing
23. 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
Integrated Design
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Building Density
Per-Consumer Content
24. When large amounts of outdoor air are forced through a recently completed building for a period of time so that the majority of pollutant emissions from building materials - finishes and furnishings can be removed from the building before occupancy.
Regenerative
Flush-Out
Mass Transit
Biofuel
25. Wood manufactured by binding together the strands - particles - fibers - or veneers of wood - together with adhesives - to form [first word] materials
Development Density
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Bake-Out
Construction Waste Management Plan
26. A control system capable of monitoring environmental and system loads and adjusting HVAC operations accordingly in order to conserve energy while maintaining comfort (EPA)
Energy Management System
Construction Administration
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Process Water
27. The process of collecting (commonly from a roof) - storing and using rainwater
Predesign
Pollution
Baseline v. Actual Use
Rainwater Harvesting
28. 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
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Conventional Irrigation
Net-Zero Energy
Design
29. Under building - tuck-under - or a stacked parking structure that minimizes the need for exposed parking and parking lots
Construction Phases Bidding
LEED NC&MR
Refrigerant
Underground Parking
30. Air quality within buildings as it relates to the health and comfort of building occupants
Potable Water
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Building Envelope (building shell)
Indoor Air Quality
31. Substances used to transfer heat during the mechanical cooling process within air conditioning and refrigerator systems. they act as the heat carrier which changes from gas to liquid and then back to gas in the refrigeration cycle
Refrigerant
Greenfield
Agrifiber Product
Vehicle miles traveled
32. 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
Building Codes
Zoning
Diversity of Houses
Rapidly Renewable Materials
33. 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?
Heat Islands
Carbon Overlay Tool
LEED NC&MR
LEED Points
34. 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.
Schematic Design
Drip Irrigation
Waste Management Plan
35. How many % of environmental impacts decision are made during the 1st 10% of design process?
Carbon Overlay Tool
70%
Process Water
Emissivity (of a material)
36. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion
Design Development
Impervious Surfaces
LEED Points
Montreal Protocol
37. A LEED rating is achieved through earning points in each of the 6 LEED categories
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Construction Waste Management Plan
LEED Points
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
38. 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
Open Grid Pavement
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
39. Side effect or consequence of an industrial or commercial activity that affects other parties without this being reflected in the price of the goods or services involved - i.e. the pollution created in power generation for one state blown over anothe
Biodiversity
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
Previously Developed Site
Externality
40. When an exisiting building undergoes the commissioning process to discover if improvements or changes should be made to improve the building
Xeriscaping
Retrocommissioning
Energy Management System
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
41. Process for project teams to obtain technical guidance on how LEED requirements pertain to their projects
Integrated Process
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Sustainable
Erosion
42. 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
Carbon Footprint
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Global Warming
Cradle to Cradle
43. Temperature of the surrounding air or other medium (EPA)
Baseline Vs Design
Ambient Temperature
Potable Water
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
44. 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
Biofuel
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Hard Cost
None.
45. What is the procedure required to achieve LEED cert?
Carbon Overlay Tool
Building Codes
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Soft Cost
46. When symptoms of diagnosable illness are identified and can be attributed to airborne building contaminants (EPA)
33%-39%
Building Related Illness
Stormwater Runoff
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
47. How prerequisites and credits are grouped depending on the building type and rating system
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Aquifer
Construction Waste Management Plan
LEED Category
48. Comparison between a standard gage and an actual result. in LEED - the [first part] usually refers to the EPAct 1992 water flow and flush rates while the [second part] would represent an existing building.
Per-Consumer Content
Biodegradable
Baseline v. Actual Use
Floor Area Ratio
49. A site that is undeveloped and in a natural state or has been used for agriculture
Greenfield
Substantial completion
Nested System
Street Grid Density
50. LID is an approach to land development (or re-development) that works with nature to manage stormwater as close to its source as possible (EPA)
Zoning
Acid Rain
Low Impact Development
Triple Bottom Line