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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover (USGBC)
Non-Potable Water
Floor Area Ratio
Underground Parking
Air Quality Standards
2. The process of collecting (commonly from a roof) - storing and using rainwater
Biodegradable
Rainwater Harvesting
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
LEED Online
3. 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
Irrigation Efficiency
Construction Waste Management Plan
Rating system and Project size
High Performance Green Building
4. The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations that are not to be exceeded during a given time in a defined area (EPA)
Pedestrian Access
Air Quality Standards
Material Reuse
Drip Irrigation
5. A project must: Comply w/ Environmental Laws - Be a Complete - Permanent bldg/space - Use a reasonable Site Boundary - Comply with min' Floor Area requirements - Comply with min' Occup' Rates - Commit to Sharing whole bldg energy & water Usage Data
Market Transformation
Harvested Rainwater
Cradle to Cradle
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
6. When an exisiting building undergoes the commissioning process to discover if improvements or changes should be made to improve the building
Integrative
40%
Retrocommissioning
Biodiversity
7. A strategy to use existing materials in a similar or different capacity
Integrated Process
Reuse
Erosion
Heat Island Effect
8. 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
Open System
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Market Transformation
9. Predesign - Design - Bid - Construction - and Occupancy
Conservation
Major Construction Phases
Net-Zero Energy
Construction Documents
10. 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
Irrigation Efficiency
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Air Quality Standards
11. LID is an approach to land development (or re-development) that works with nature to manage stormwater as close to its source as possible (EPA)
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Stormwater Runoff
Underground Parking
Low Impact Development
12. Non-industrial wastewater generated from domestic processes such as dish washing - laundry and bathing. some states and local authorities allow kitchen sink water to be included. check local codes in order to comply with local regulations.
Graywater (Greywater)
5 years
LEED Prerequisites
Perviousness
13. Passenger transportation services which are available for use by the general public - such as trains - subways and busses
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Sustainable Forestry
Soft Cost
Mass Transit
14. 4 key issues that help define how location affect project
High Performance Green Building
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Indoor Air Quality
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
15. 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
Global Warming
Fossil Fuels
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Raingarden
16. 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
LEED Points
Fenestration
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
17. What is reduced when a project uses reclaimed water in its cooling towers?
Submeter
Montreal Protocol
Portable water uses
70%
18. 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
Major Construction Phases
Triple Bottom Line
Airborne Pollutant
19. Materials from construction sites or existing buildings that are reused in the same or different capacity. examples can include flooring - brick - beams - and doors
Green Power
Biodegradable
Salvaged Materials
Construction Administration
20. What level of CO2 concentrations indicates inadequate ventilation?
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Volatile Organic Compound
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
21. Life-cycle assessment is used to determine what?
Greenhouse Gases
Development Footprint
Non-Potable Water
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
22. A pond designed to hold a specific amount of water indefinitely
Construction Phases Bidding
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Site Disturbance
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
23. Drinking water that is of sufficiently high quality so that it can be consumed or utilized without risk of immediate of long term harm
Potable Water
Sustainable Forestry
Light Trespass
Integrated Pest Management
24. A measure of the amount of illumination falling on a surface.
Waterless Urinal
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Net-Zero Energy
Conservation
25. Native plants are adapted to local conditions and are easier to grow and maintain. this low-maintenance approach means savings in both time and money. once established - native plants better withstand variations in local climate such as droughts and
1000 square ft
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Native or Indigenous Plants
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
26. Controllability of Systems
Major Construction Phases
Green Building
Pollution
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
27. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Non-renewable Resource
LEED Intent
Street Grid Density
28. Areas where the upper soil is no longer exposed - including paved areas - walkways - fountains - etc.
Pollutant
Hardscape
Site Disturbance
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
29. A LEED rating is achieved through earning points in each of the 6 LEED categories
LEED Points
Conventional Irrigation
Energy Star Rating
33%-39%
30. 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
Stormwater Runoff
None.
Waste Diversion
31. Green Bldg can reduce how much Energy Use?
24%-50%
Salvaged Materials
Sustainable Forestry
Triple Bottom Line
32. 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
Bake-Out
Carpool
Square Footage of a Building
33. 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
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Impervious Surfaces
Wastewater
Waste Diversion
34. Solid - liquid or gaseous fuel derived from relatively recently dead biological material and is distinguished from fossil fuels - which are derived from long dead biological material
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Energy Conservation
Location
Biofuel
35. In LEED credit weightings - the less important impact category
Acidification
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Bake-Out
36. Flat or nearby flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding
Value Engineering
Pollution
Floodplain
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
37. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality (EPA)
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Water Pollution
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
5 years
38. Each LEED credit has requirements that must be met and documentation that must be submitted to prove the credit requirements were met
Energy Star Rating
Baseline Vs Design
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
LEED Requirements and Submittals
39. Total area in square feet of all spaces in a building - including rooms - stairwells - elevators and hallways
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Baseline Building Performance
Square Footage of a Building
Chiller
40. Using local systems to treat waste generated on-site and avoid adding waste to public facilities
Commissioning
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Schematic Design
Sustainable
41. Under building - tuck-under - or a stacked parking structure that minimizes the need for exposed parking and parking lots
Chiller
Underground Parking
Embodied Energy
Adaptive Reuse
42. Watering using above ground sprinkler heads
Conventional Irrigation
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Building Footprint
Cradle to Grave
43. Vehicle which has both a gas powered engine and an electric engine to achieve better fuel economy and lower emissions
Soft Cost
Water Balance
Material Reuse
Hybrid Vehicle
44. 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
Floor-To-Area
Environmental aspect & potential impacts
Daylighting
Integrated Process
45. 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
Systems Thinking
Design
Sustainable Forestry
Baseline Building Performance
46. All members of the project team working towards the integrated process - including building owners - maintenance staff - planners - designers - etc.
Energy Efficient
Integrated Process Team
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
47. 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
Embodied Energy
Drip Irrigation
Gallons per Minute
LEED Online
48. A system where the output may signal the system to stop changing - i.e. - a thermostat -- at a certain point the temp feedback will tell the system to cut off
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Negative Feedback Loop
Diversity of Houses
Ozone (O3)
49. A review of consumables waste of a project. essentially - finding out what makes up the projects waste can help determine ways to increase recycling or reduce waste through other methods
Heat Island Effect
Chiller
Waste Stream Audit
Greenhouse Gases
50. Human made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity - ranging in scale from personal shelter and buildings to neighborhoods and cities
Solid Waste Management Policy
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Built Environment
70%