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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
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Hybrid Vehicle
LEED Intent
Life-cycle cost analysis
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
LEED Intent
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Contaminant
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
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Impervious Surfaces
Transportation Demand Management
Built Environment
4. Air that enters into a building either naturally through pre-designed openings in the building or through the ventilation system
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Outdoor Air
Gallons per Flush
Global Warming
5. The relationship btw the total bldg floor area & the allowable land area the bldg can cover.
LEED NC&MR
Xeriscaping
Floor-To-Area
24%-50%
6. Third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design - construction and operation of high performance green buildings (USGBC)
LEED
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Construction Phases Bidding
Agrifiber Product
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
Stormwater Runoff
Construction Waste Management Plan
Embodied Energy
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
8. Heating - ventilating and air conditioning. these systems seek to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality
Commingled Recycling
HVAC System
Certificate of occupancy
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
9. Water used for building systems such as boiler feed water - cooling water for heat exchangers - chillers - etc
Process Water
Building Footprint
Adaptive Reuse
Retrocommissioning
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
Commingled Recycling
Design
Energy Star Rating
Adaptive Reuse
11. Green Bldg can reduce how much CO2 Emissions?
Integrated Process
Commingled Recycling
Install submeters & Select local plants
33%-39%
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
Diversity of Uses
Pedestrian Access
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
33%-39%
13. If a bldg is designed to move at any point in its lifetime - what LEED certification is it eligible for?
Integrated Process
Light Trespass
Underground Parking
None.
14. What is the procedure required to achieve LEED cert?
Street Grid Density
Airborne Pollutant
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Diversity of Uses
15. Thermal comfort is typically attributed to what env factors?
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Value Engineering
70%
16. All members of the project team working towards the integrated process - including building owners - maintenance staff - planners - designers - etc.
Reuse
Integrated Process Team
Carbon Overlay Tool
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
17. What's the earliest pt at which a LEED for Schools proejct can be cert?
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Xeriscaping
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Airborne Pollutant
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
Street Grid Density
Built Environment
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Building Codes
19. Flat or nearby flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding
Bioswale
Floodplain
Process Water
Portable water uses
20. The min' floor area for NC - CS - Schools - EB - and O&M
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Environmental Sustainability
Regional Material
1000 square ft
21. When costs are established and contracts for construction services are signed.
Outdoor Air
Integrated Process
Open System
Construction Phases Bidding
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
Net-Zero Energy
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Green Building
Conservation
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
Performance Monitoring
Sustainable
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Green Cleaning
24. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
Soft Cost
Non-Potable Water
LEED Intent
Pedestrian Access
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
Air Quality Standards
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Adaptive Plant
Solid Waste Management Policy
26. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
70%
LEED Intent
Building Commissioning
Development Footprint
27. Similar to a bioswale - a depression with vegetation that filters and slows down rainwater to reduce peak discharge rates
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Raingarden
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Green Power
28. Temperature of the surrounding air or other medium (EPA)
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Positive Feedback Loop
Ambient Temperature
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
Material Reuse
Pollution
Life-cycle cost analysis
Diversity of Houses
30. Developing in areas near transportation - housing - and jobs therefore leaving open spaces and farmland free from development
Smart Growth
Acidification
Construction Phases Bidding
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
31. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.
Mass Transit
Biodiversity
Open System
Substantial completion
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
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.
Irrigation Efficiency
Credit Interpretation Request
Portable water uses
33. Using local systems to treat waste generated on-site and avoid adding waste to public facilities
Install submeters & Select local plants
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
34. According to the EPA - what % of time do American spend indoors?
90%
None.
Life-cycle cost analysis
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
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
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Diversity of Uses
Energy Management System
Water Balance
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
Thermal Comfort
Aquifer
Drip Irrigation
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
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)
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Renewable Energy
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Submeter
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)
Certificate of occupancy
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Emissivity (of a material)
Location
39. Life-cycle assessment is used to determine what?
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
40. Concept of integrative design emphasizes
High Performance Green Building
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Development Density
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
41. Purchase price of a hard asset such as masonry - wood - steel - carpet - tile - mechanical systems - roofing
Hard Cost
Passive Design
Indoor Air Quality
Smart Growth
42. Green Bldg can reduce how much Energy Use?
Install submeters & Select local plants
Volatile Organic Compound
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
24%-50%
43. The licensed-pro exemption is used by a project team to do what?
Commingled Recycling
Building Commissioning
Greenfield
Bypass otherwise required submittals
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)
Byproduct
Built Environment
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Square Footage of a Building
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
Rainwater Harvesting
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
HCFC
Positive Feedback Loop
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
Pedestrian Access
Soft Cost
Construction Waste Management Plan
Diversity of Houses
47. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Waste Diversion
Heat Islands
Hard Cost
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
HVAC System
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Biofuel
Invasive 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
Cooling Tower
Building Commissioning
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Water Balance
50. An unwanted airborne constituent that may reduce acceptability of the air (ASHRAE 62.1-2004)
Erosion
Cradle to Cradle
Diversity of Uses
Contaminant