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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. 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
Reuse
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Low Impact Development
2. The online software used to manage the entire LEED project certification process and manage credits
Prime Farmland
Passive Design
LEED Online
1000 square ft
3. A site that is undeveloped and in a natural state or has been used for agriculture
Energy Star Rating
Greenfield
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Building Envelope (building shell)
4. Human thermal comfort is defined by ASHRAE as the state of mind that expresses satisfaction with the surrounding environment (ASHRAE Standard 55). maintaining thermal comfort for occupants of buildings or other enclosures is one of the important goal
Thermal Comfort
Wastewater
Performance Monitoring
Commissioning Plan
5. A strategy to use existing materials in a similar or different capacity
Reuse
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Community Connectivity
LEED Pilot Credit Library
6. What are the extra categories for LEED for Home?
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
LEED Category
Integrated Process Team
7. Watering using above ground sprinkler heads
Zoning
Portable water uses
Conventional Irrigation
Albedo
8. Flat or nearby flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Floodplain
Environmental Sustainability
Adaptive Plant
9. Any method of powering an engine that does not involve solely petroleum (e.g. electric car - petrol-electric hybrid - solar powered)
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Sustainable
Chiller
10. Previously undeveloped land that is suited for agriculture
Emergent Properties
Air Quality Standards
Prime Farmland
Hard Cost
11. 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
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Sick Building Syndrome
1000 square ft
12. 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
Air Quality Standards
Graywater (Greywater)
Nested System
Value Engineering
13. Very harsh - bright - dazzling light that interferes with visibility
Glare
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
Process Water
14. Allowing pedestrians to walk between areas without interference from walls - highways or other barriers
Pedestrian Access
Environmentally Preferable Products
70%
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
15. Total square footage of buildings in a particular area divided by acre amount of the same area - expressed as SF/Acre - for example 20 -000 SF per acre
Major Construction Phases
Building Density
Development Density
Transportation Demand Management
16. Method which minimizes the use of water and fetilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants - either onto the soil surface or directly onto the root zone - through a network of valves - pipes - tubing and emitters
Waste Stream Audit
Credit Interpretation Request
Nonpoint-source pollution
Drip Irrigation
17. Water leaving plants and soil returning back to the atmosphere
Evapotranspiration
Hardscape
40%
Refrigerant
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
5 years
Sick Building Syndrome
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Underground Parking
19. 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
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Global Warming
Sustainable Forestry
20. The rate at which indoor air enters and leaves a building - usually expressed in LEED as the number of changes of outdoor air per hour (air changes per hour or "ach") ASHRAE 62 prescribes proper ventilation rates to ensure pollutants and carbon dioxi
Impervious Surfaces
Net-Zero Energy
Refrigerant
Ventilation Rate
21. Rainwater that has been collected for uses such as landscaping irrigation - toilet flushing - or other non-potable water uses
Biodiversity
Major Construction Phases
Adaptive Reuse
Harvested Rainwater
22. Provide a consistent source of sound technical advice with respect to products - tools and services. TAGs act in an advisory capacity in responding to credit interpretation requests (CIRs) - credit rulings and credit ruling appeals while maintaining
Positive Feedback Loop
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
23. The use of technology that requires less energy to perform the same function. a compact fluorescent light bulb that uses less energy than an incandescent bulb to produce the same amount of light is an example. the decision to replace an incandescent
LEED Points
Per-Consumer Content
Energy Efficient
Energy Conservation
24. The coordinated use of pest and environmental info with available pest control methods to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means and with the least possible hazard to people - property - and the environment
Ambient Temperature
Waste Stream Audit
70%
Integrated Pest Management
25. Green Bldg can reduce how much Energy Use?
Hard Cost
Commissioning Plan
Xeriscaping
24%-50%
26. Like carbon dioxide or methane - which contributes to potential climate change
Fenestration
Greenhouse Gases
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Positive Feedback Loop
27. Begins the process of spatial refinement & usually involves the 1st design of a project's energy system.
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Design Development
Airborne Pollutant
28. CD carry the design into the detail level so that construction can take place.
Construction Documents
Biodiversity
40%
Albedo
29. Gathering information - recognizing stakeholder needs - establishing project goals - & selecting site
Predesign
Energy Management System
Water Pollution
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
30. What is reduced when a project uses reclaimed water in its cooling towers?
Water Balance
Portable water uses
Rating system and Project size
Fossil Fuels
31. Explores design options & alternatives with the intent to establish an agreed-upon project layout & scope of work.
Schematic Design
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Fossil Fuels
70%
32. Purchase price of a hard asset such as masonry - wood - steel - carpet - tile - mechanical systems - roofing
Systems Thinking
Built Environment
Hard Cost
Value Engineering
33. Predesign - Design - Bid - Construction - and Occupancy
Major Construction Phases
Zoning
Carpool
Nonpoint Source Pollution
34. The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion
Indoor Environmental Quality
Conservation
Evapotranspiration
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
35. How prerequisites and credits are grouped depending on the building type and rating system
Climate Change
LEED Category
Energy Conservation
Integrated Process
36. 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
Development Footprint
Construction Waste Management Plan
Acid Rain
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
37. In LEED credit weightings - the less important impact category
Acidification
Construction Documents
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Soft Cost
38. 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
Floor-To-Area
90%
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Hardscape
39. Using local systems to treat waste generated on-site and avoid adding waste to public facilities
250 square ft
Location
Predesign
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
40. 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
Air Quality Standards
Non-renewable Resource
LEED Category
None.
41. What level of CO2 concentrations indicates inadequate ventilation?
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
42. Similar to a bioswale - a depression with vegetation that filters and slows down rainwater to reduce peak discharge rates
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Raingarden
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Green Washing
43. The licensed-pro exemption is used by a project team to do what?
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Green Cleaning
Integrated Design
Bypass otherwise required submittals
44. When costs are established and contracts for construction services are signed.
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Construction Phases Bidding
Heat Island Effect
45. A systematic process of assuring that a building and its systems performs in accordance with the design intent and the owner's requirements
LEED Online
Carpool
LEED NC&MR
Commissioning
46. 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
Diversion Rate
Biomass
Prime Farmland
Construction and Demolition Debris
47. Ground areas that are vegetated and pervious. green roofs can be considered open space but only for urban areas
Carbon Footprint
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Open Space
Waste Diversion
48. The ability of dark - non-reflective paved areas-city streets - rooftops - and sidewalks-to absorb and radiate heat - making urban areas and the surrounding suburbs noticeably hotter than rural towns nearby. other contributors include reduced airflow
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Integrated Process
Heat Island Effect
49. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations
Perviousness
Global Warming
Environmental Sustainability
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
50. Standard comparison of the efficiency of an air filter. MERV ranges from 1 (least) to 16 (most efficient) - and measures a filter's ability to remove particles from 3 to 10 microns in size. developed by ASHRAE
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Imperviousness
Native or Indigenous Plants
Negative Feedback Loop