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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
LEED Intent
Regional Material
Integrated Process
Ozone (O3)
2. What is acknowledged as one of the greatest threats to surface-water quality?
Green Cleaning
Salvaged Materials
Nonpoint-source pollution
Portable water uses
3. 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
Building Codes
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Acid Rain
4. Third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design - construction and operation of high performance green buildings (USGBC)
LEED
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Pollutant
Construction Administration
5. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Integrated Process Team
Water Pollution
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Emergent Properties
6. non-native plants that use less fertilizer - pesticides and water in a given landscape. these plants have adapted to the local climate and are not considered invasive plants or weeds.
Adaptive Plant
Smart Growth
Open Space
Schematic Design
7. When 2+ people share a ride in the same vehicle
Carpool
Submeter
HVAC System
Cooling Tower
8. 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.
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Biodiversity
Glare
Energy Efficient
9. Pavement that is less than 50% impervious and contains vegetation in the open cells
5 years
Regional Material
Open Grid Pavement
Ozone (O3)
10. Primary pollutants in Acid Rain are...
Regional Material
Major Construction Phases
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
11. Energy Use Intensity in term of unit
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Construction Waste Management Plan
Triple Bottom Line
12. 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
Location
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Acidification
Low Impact Development
13. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.
Low Impact Development
Water Balance
Rating system and Project size
Refrigerant
14. 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
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Emergent Properties
Building Related Illness
15. What metric is the best indicator of transportation impacts associated with a bldg project?
Carpool
Vehicle miles traveled
Integrated Process
1000 square ft
16. The percentage of waste materials diverted from traditional disposal such as landfilling or incineration to be recycled - composted or reused (EPA)
Diversion Rate
Construction and Demolition Debris
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Flush-Out
17. 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
Aquifer
Carbon Footprint
None.
Floor Area Ratio
18. Plan that covers how waste will be either disposed or reused or recycled by addressing sorting - collection - and final disposal of items used in the construction or renovation process
Integrated Pest Management
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Construction Waste Management Plan
Portable water uses
19. A review process that identifies and selects the lowest lifecycle cost options in design - materials and processes that achieves the desired level of performance - reliability and customer satisfaction
Floor-To-Area
Value Engineering
Building Commissioning
Bioswale
20. The stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in a way - and at a rate - that maintains their biodiversity - productivity - regeneration capacity - vitality and their potential to fulfill - now and in the future - relevant ecological - economic
Life-cycle cost analysis
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Diversity of Uses
Sustainable Forestry
21. If a bldg is designed to move at any point in its lifetime - what LEED certification is it eligible for?
Green Washing
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Hybrid Vehicle
None.
22. Watering using above ground sprinkler heads
Conventional Irrigation
LEED Points
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
23. Also known as green tags - RECs or tradable renewable certificates (TRCs) are tradable environmental commodities in the US which represent proof that 1 megawatt hour (MWh) of electricity was generated from an eligible renewable energy resource
Development Density
Hybrid Vehicle
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
24. The carbon overlay in LEED is used for what?
Wastewater
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Schematic Design
Flush-Out
25. 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
Sustainable
Impervious Surfaces
LEED Credit Checklist
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
26. Areas where the upper soil is no longer exposed - including paved areas - walkways - fountains - etc.
33%-39%
Baseline Vs Design
Hardscape
Predesign
27. 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
Waste Diversion
Building Codes
Carbon Neutrality
Zoning
28. Energy generated from natural resources - such as sunlight - wind - tides and geothermal heat - which are naturally replenished
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Baseline Vs Design
Renewable Energy
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
29. 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 Related Illness
Building Codes
Nonpoint-source pollution
Wastewater
30. What are the added costs of bldg green & what benefits offset those cost?
Diversion Rate
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Ambient Temperature
1000 square ft
31. Water leaving plants and soil returning back to the atmosphere
Evapotranspiration
Contaminant
Reduce light transpass
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
32. 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?
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Adaptive Reuse
Graywater (Greywater)
LEED NC&MR
33. Total area in square feet of all spaces in a building - including rooms - stairwells - elevators and hallways
1000 square ft
Square Footage of a Building
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Drip Irrigation
34. Purchase price of a hard asset such as masonry - wood - steel - carpet - tile - mechanical systems - roofing
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Hard Cost
Previously Developed Site
Chiller
35. What is the procedure required to achieve LEED cert?
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Hardscape
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
LEED Project Boundary
36. Rainwater that has been collected for uses such as landscaping irrigation - toilet flushing - or other non-potable water uses
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Harvested Rainwater
70%
Net-Zero Energy
37. The mathematical expression of Imperviousness
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Integrated Process Team
38. Air that enters into a building either naturally through pre-designed openings in the building or through the ventilation system
Baseline v. Design
Green Cleaning
Outdoor Air
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
39. Pollution of water generally results from multiple sources vs. just one source - examples are runoff from roads - drainage from buildings - seepage - runoff from farmland. pollution in a river may not be exactly pinpointed because most pollution is n
Biofuel
Airborne Pollutant
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Baseline v. Actual Use
40. 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
Glare
Waste Diversion
Light Pollution
Global Warming
41. Documentation of the results of the commissioning process - including the as-built state of the HVAC system and any unresolved issues found at the time the commissioning process was completed
Design
Commissioning Report
Heat Island Effect
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
42. When all recyclables for collection are mixed but kept separate from other waste
Commingled Recycling
Nested System
Indoor Environmental Quality
Material Reuse
43. 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
LEED Intent
Soft Cost
Transportation Demand Management
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
44. Unit of measurement by which flow rate of toilets and other flushing devices such as urinals are measured and regulated
Gallons per Flush
Non-renewable Resource
Certificate of occupancy
Positive Feedback Loop
45. The min' floor area for CI
250 square ft
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Contaminant
Montreal Protocol
46. When an exisiting building undergoes the commissioning process to discover if improvements or changes should be made to improve the building
Retrocommissioning
Material Reuse
Thermal Comfort
Refrigerant
47. The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations that are not to be exceeded during a given time in a defined area (EPA)
Air Quality Standards
Prime Farmland
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Heat Island Effect
48. A formal question asked of GBCI from the project team - who would then receive Credit Interpretation Ruling.
70%
Ecosystem
Credit Interpretation Request
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
49. The area of the project site that has been disturbed for development. this area includes the building footprint - hardscapes - and parking lots
Development Footprint
Baseline v. Design
LEED NC&MR
33%-39%
50. Indicates a material's ability to reject solar heat and is the combined value of reflectivity and emittance. measurements vary from 100 (standard white surface - most reflective) - to 0 (standard black surface - least reflective). materials with the
Vehicle miles traveled
Floor-To-Area
Predesign
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)