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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Achieving net zero emissions by balancing the footprint with an equivalent amount of sequestered or offset green house gases
Montreal Protocol
LEED Prerequisites
Carbon Neutrality
Chiller
2. A measure of the amount of illumination falling on a surface.
Light Pollution
Design
Brownfields
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
3. A systematic process of assuring that a building and its systems performs in accordance with the design intent and the owner's requirements
Greenfield
Commissioning
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Refrigerant
4. 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
Systems Thinking
Value Engineering
Impervious Surfaces
Pedestrian Access
5. 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
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Light Trespass
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
Fossil Fuels
6. An accounting of all water volumes that enter and leave a space over a period of time
Previously Developed Site
Water Balance
LEED Points
Floor-To-Area
7. 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.
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Open System
Albedo
8. Life-cycle assessment is used to determine what?
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Integrated Process
Energy Efficient
Light Pollution
9. Which LEED rating systems has more than 100 points
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Building Commissioning
10. Predesign - Design - Bid - Construction - and Occupancy
Light Pollution
Major Construction Phases
Nonpoint Source Pollution
LEED NC&MR
11. Schematic Design - Design Development - and Construction Documents
Design
Regenerative
Water Pollution
LEED Prerequisites
12. Info of a result of a system returning to the system so that the system can make appropriate modifications. think of a thermostat reading the indoor air temp. info must flow to make [this]. without info - changes are less likely to happen
Baseline v. Actual Use
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Stormwater Runoff
Feedback Loop
13. 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
LEED Points
Integrated Design
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
14. If a bldg is designed to move at any point in its lifetime - what LEED certification is it eligible for?
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Portable water uses
Building Commissioning
None.
15. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations (EPA)
Construction Waste Management Plan
Previously Developed Site
Environmental Sustainability
Ozone (O3)
16. A formal question asked of GBCI from the project team - who would then receive Credit Interpretation Ruling.
Indoor Environmental Quality
Conservation
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Credit Interpretation Request
17. An unwanted airborne constituent that may reduce acceptability of the air (ASHRAE 62.1-2004)
Ventilation Rate
Contaminant
Diversity of Houses
Square Footage of a Building
18. Viewing the world as an interrelated set of systems that can influence one another
Biofuel
Glare
Systems Thinking
Non-Potable Water
19. 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
LEED Rating System
Solid Waste Management Policy
Heat Island Effect
Green Washing
20. Certified (40-49) - Silver (50-59) - Gold (60-79) - and Platinum (80+)
Daylighting
Refrigerant
The four LEED levels
Certificate of occupancy
21. 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
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
Energy Star Rating
70%
Glare
22. 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
Closed System
Light Pollution
Commingled Recycling
Ozone (O3)
23. An interactive energy management tool for tracking and assessing energy and water consumption across an entire portfolio of buildings
LEED Intent
Climate Change
Building Envelope (building shell)
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
24. The measurement method for defining Irrigation Efficiency
70%
Value Engineering
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Vegetated (Green) Roof
25. 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
Sustainable Forestry
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Albedo
LEED
26. A strategy to use existing materials in a similar or different capacity
Reuse
70%
Pollutant
Prime Farmland
27. Drinking water that is of sufficiently high quality so that it can be consumed or utilized without risk of immediate of long term harm
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Potable Water
Composite Wood (engineered lumber)
Bypass otherwise required submittals
28. CD carry the design into the detail level so that construction can take place.
Construction Documents
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Value Engineering
Diversity of Houses
29. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover (USGBC)
Install submeters & Select local plants
Floor Area Ratio
Erosion
Certificate of occupancy
30. Excel spreadsheet that helps project teams track their credits against requirements for certification
Glare
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
LEED Credit Checklist
31. The percentage of waste materials diverted from traditional disposal such as landfilling or incineration to be recycled - composted or reused (EPA)
Diversion Rate
Agrifiber Product
Building Commissioning
Light Pollution
32. What's the earliest pt at which a LEED for Schools proejct can be cert?
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Volatile Organic Compound
Embodied Energy
Value Engineering
33. Enables project team members to work together from the project outset to develop solutions that have synergies and multiple benefits. the approach invests in design activities that increase the opportunity for integrated solutions with an eye to bett
Metering
Retrocommissioning
Sustainable
Integrated Process
34. System where energy is taken from the output of a system and reapplied to the input - or A produces more of B which in turn produces more of A. i.e. population growth -- adults make children whom in turn make more adults
LEED Intent
Positive Feedback Loop
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Imperviousness
35. 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
Carbon Footprint
Glare
Embodied Energy
Commissioning Report
36. Water leaving plants and soil returning back to the atmosphere
Square Footage of a Building
Energy Efficient
Evapotranspiration
Development Footprint
37. 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
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Pollution
LEED Project Boundary
38. Total area in square feet of all spaces in a building - including rooms - stairwells - elevators and hallways
Square Footage of a Building
Integrated Pest Management
LEED Online
Green Washing
39. Heating - ventilating and air conditioning. these systems seek to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality
HVAC System
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Indoor Air Quality
Reduce light transpass
40. 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.
Biodiversity
Imperviousness
Raingarden
33%-39%
41. A process used to remove VOCs from a bldg by elevating the tempt in the fully furnished & ventilated bldg prior to human occupancy.
Energy Star Rating
Bake-Out
LEED Credit Checklist
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
42. Unit of measurement by which flow rate of toilets and other flushing devices such as urinals are measured and regulated
Heat Island Effect
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Gallons per Flush
43. The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion
Vehicle miles traveled
Ozone (O3)
Pedestrian Access
Conservation
44. A quantity between a site and the surrounding [area]. it is measured by pedestrian access to housing basic services such as restaurants - post offices - hospitals - libraries - etc.
Open System
5 years
Community Connectivity
24%-50%
45. Explores design options & alternatives with the intent to establish an agreed-upon project layout & scope of work.
Schematic Design
Integrated Process
Waste Management Plan
Charrette (shuh-ret)
46. Part of a refrigeration system - a machine that removes heat from liquid via a vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycle
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Submeter
Indoor Air Quality
Chiller
47. What are the 3D sustainability often described as the triple bottom line or 3 legged stool?
Acidification
Transportation Demand Management
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
48. 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
Commissioning
Imperviousness
Native or Indigenous Plants
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
49. 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
Feedback Loop
Building Commissioning
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
50. A LEED rating is achieved through earning points in each of the 6 LEED categories
Square Footage of a Building
LEED Points
Gallons per Flush
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)