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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. Urinals that do not use water at all. these systems can save anywhere between 15000 and 45000 gallons of water per urinal per year
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Energy Star Rating
Baseline Vs Design
Waterless Urinal
2. Plan that takes into consideration all aspects of the indoor environment and documents strategies to protect the quality of the indoor environment for occupants - especially important during construction and renovations
Portable water uses
Commissioning
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Ventilation Rate
3. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Positive Feedback Loop
Byproduct
250 square ft
Water Pollution
4. Exterior surface of the building including all walls - windows - floor and roof. separates the building's inside from the outside
LEED Online
Building Envelope (building shell)
Global Warming
Commissioning Report
5. 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
Open Space
1000 square ft
Acidification
6. 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
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Square Footage of a Building
The four LEED levels
Open Space
7. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas
Heat Islands
Construction and Demolition Debris
Baseline Vs Design
Charrette (shuh-ret)
8. A natural resource that cannot be produced - re-grown - regenerated - or reused on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate. these resources often exist in a fixed amount - or are consumed much faster than nature can recreate them. fossil fuels
Non-renewable Resource
Montreal Protocol
Diversity of Houses
Schematic Design
9. An intense collaborative session where participants make a concerted effort to solve a problem or plan the design of something
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Carbon Overlay Tool
10. 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
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Construction Waste Management Plan
Ambient Temperature
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
11. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Refrigerant
Schematic Design
70%
12. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Bake-Out
70%
Commissioning
Climate Change
13. Colorless - odorless gas that is present in the atmosphere and is formed when any fuel containing carbon is burned. it is breathed out of animal's lungs during respiration - is produced by the decay of organic matter - and is used by plants in photos
Life-cycle cost analysis
Non-Potable Water
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
14. 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
Refrigerant
Zoning
Cooling Tower
Environmental Sustainability
15. 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
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Native or Indigenous Plants
Airborne Pollutant
16. Being able to allow water or air to filtrate through
Design Development
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Retrocommissioning
Perviousness
17. Unit of measurement that describes a building's energy use relative to its size. it's calculated by taking the total energy consumed in one year in kBTUs and dividing it by total floorspace of the building. a low number signifies good energy performa
Building Codes
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Impervious Surfaces
18. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.
Biodiversity
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Substantial completion
Cradle to Cradle
19. What is acknowledged as one of the greatest threats to surface-water quality?
Nonpoint-source pollution
Passive Design
Site Disturbance
Potable Water
20. What metric is the best indicator of transportation impacts associated with a bldg project?
Vehicle miles traveled
250 square ft
Building Density
Closed System
21. Purchase price of a hard asset such as masonry - wood - steel - carpet - tile - mechanical systems - roofing
Byproduct
Hard Cost
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
HVAC System
22. 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
Carpool
Embodied Energy
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
40%
23. What are the 3D sustainability often described as the triple bottom line or 3 legged stool?
Agrifiber Product
The four LEED levels
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
24. All members of the project team working towards the integrated process - including building owners - maintenance staff - planners - designers - etc.
Feedback Loop
Integrated Process Team
Building Codes
Sick Building Syndrome
25. 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
Hardscape
Integrated Pest Management
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Emergent Properties
26. Waste building materials - dredging materials - tree stumps - and rubble resulting from [first word] - remodeling - repair - and [second word] of homes - commercial buildings and other structures and pavements
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Integrated Design
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Construction and Demolition Debris
27. Explores design options & alternatives with the intent to establish an agreed-upon project layout & scope of work.
Zoning
Material Reuse
Schematic Design
Commissioning
28. 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
Imperviousness
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Green Power
Building Codes
29. 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.
Erosion
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Albedo
Biodiversity
30. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
LEED Intent
Fenestration
90%
40%
31. How can potable water use for irrigation be reduced or eliminated?
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Carpool
Install submeters & Select local plants
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
32. Very harsh - bright - dazzling light that interferes with visibility
Square Footage of a Building
Biofuel
Glare
Submeter
33. Area of the building as defined by the perimeter of the structure. parking lots - walkways - and landscaping are not included
Building Footprint
Graywater (Greywater)
None.
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
34. 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)
Carbon Footprint
Building Footprint
Location
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
35. Similar to a bioswale - a depression with vegetation that filters and slows down rainwater to reduce peak discharge rates
Integrated Process Team
Biodiversity
Baseline v. Actual Use
Raingarden
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
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Aquifer
LEED Online
Location
37. To reduce site lighting impact near forestland - the exterior lighting installed should...
Building Envelope (building shell)
Reduce light transpass
Construction Waste Management Plan
Energy Efficient
38. The portion of the project site submitted for LEED certification. for multiple building developments - the LEED project boundary may be a portion of the development as determined by the project team
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Graywater (Greywater)
Building Related Illness
LEED Project Boundary
39. Ruling process for project applicants seeking technical and administrative guidance on how LEED credits apply to their projects and vice versa. (USGBC) LEED interpretations are the result of a CIR and may determine how future project teams use LEED
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Integrated Design
Heat Island Effect
Air Conditioning
40. A mixture of sizes and cost of houses in an area that allows for a mixture of socioeconomic types of people in an area -- i.e. young families and older couples in a neighborhood
Diversion Rate
Diversity of Houses
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Transportation Demand Management
41. A continuous process of collecting and analyzing data to compare how well a project is working against expected results of the project based on performance indicators. the goal is use the indicators to achieve efficiency where possible
Performance Monitoring
Impervious Surfaces
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
42. Doing this in the air for the purposes of assessing indoor air quality
Invasive Plants
Albedo
Bioswale
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
43. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons that are used in refrigerants and propellants that are known to deplete the ozone layer
Ambient Temperature
Energy Efficient
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
HCFC
44. Total area in square feet of all spaces in a building - including rooms - stairwells - elevators and hallways
Glare
Adaptive Reuse
Square Footage of a Building
Underground Parking
45. The carbon overlay in LEED is used for what?
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Biomass
Pollution
Byproduct
46. 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
Schematic Design
None.
Carbon Overlay Tool
47. Credit weightings are based on...
LEED Project Boundary
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
48. Third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design - construction and operation of high performance green buildings (USGBC)
Hybrid Vehicle
Fenestration
Charrette (shuh-ret)
LEED
49. 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
Light Pollution
Negative Feedback Loop
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
50. Green Bldg can reduce how much Energy Use?
Acidification
24%-50%
Adaptive Reuse
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
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