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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. Light that passes beyond the project boundary - i.e. parking lot lighting that passes into a park next to the project
Light Trespass
Site Disturbance
Building Codes
LEED Intent
2. 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
Adaptive Reuse
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
250 square ft
3. The relationship btw the total bldg floor area & the allowable land area the bldg can cover.
Heat Islands
Floor-To-Area
Ambient Temperature
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
4. 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
Smart Growth
Bake-Out
Integrated Pest Management
5. An assessment of the greenhouse gases (which includes more than just CO2) emitted by a particular organization - project or activity
Carbon Footprint
Embodied Energy
Site Disturbance
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
6. 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
Feedback Loop
LEED Credit Checklist
Building Density
Sick Building Syndrome
7. Material that is sourced and manufactured within 500 miles of the project. usually expressed as a percentage of total project material
Regional Material
Airborne Pollutant
Environmental Sustainability
Integrated Pest Management
8. What constitutes the largest use of energy in bldg in US? What is the 2nd?
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
Building Codes
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
9. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.
Substantial completion
Open Space
Outdoor Air
90%
10. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons that are used in refrigerants and propellants that are known to deplete the ozone layer
Street Grid Density
LEED Credit Checklist
HCFC
Perviousness
11. 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
LEED NC&MR
The % of occupants who have direct control over tempt - airflow - & lighting in their spaces.
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Irrigation Efficiency
12. 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
Gallons per Flush
LEED Credit
Sustainable Forestry
Life-cycle cost analysis
13. Being able to allow water or air to filtrate through
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Adaptive Plant
Retrocommissioning
Perviousness
14. 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
Biodegradable
Reduce light transpass
Light Pollution
Emergent Properties
15. non-native plants that use less fertilizer - pesticides and water in a given landscape. these plants have adapted to the local climate and are not considered invasive plants or weeds.
Emissivity (of a material)
Street Grid Density
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Adaptive Plant
16. What is reduced when a project uses reclaimed water in its cooling towers?
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Portable water uses
Ecosystem
Non-Potable Water
17. Gives preference to the purchase of environmentally preferable products and the companies that supply them
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Refrigerant
70%
18. All members of the project team working towards the integrated process - including building owners - maintenance staff - planners - designers - etc.
Ventilation Rate
The four LEED levels
Integrated Process Team
HCFC
19. The process of collecting (commonly from a roof) - storing and using rainwater
Non-Potable Water
Substantial completion
Submeter
Rainwater Harvesting
20. Any behavior that results in the use of less energy. examples: turning the lights off when you leave a room - and recycling aluminum cans are both ways to do this
Value Engineering
Contaminant
Xeriscaping
Energy Conservation
21. Part of construction waste management plan
Greenhouse Gases
Indoor Environmental Quality
Waste Management Plan
Rating system and Project size
22. Explores design options & alternatives with the intent to establish an agreed-upon project layout & scope of work.
Commissioning Plan
Schematic Design
Commissioning
Commissioning Report
23. Development that occurs within established urban areas where the site or area either is a vacant place between other developments or has previously been used for another urban purpose
Flush-Out
Built Environment
Infill Development
Negative Feedback Loop
24. Content from industry scraps that was diverted from the waste stream and used for other purposes. examples include sawdust - wood shavings - wood chips - and print overruns. excluded are materials that are re-incorporated into the same manufacturing
Per-Consumer Content
Baseline v. Actual Use
Contaminant
Baseline v. Design
25. 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
Integrated Process
Carbon Overlay Tool
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
26. Human made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity - ranging in scale from personal shelter and buildings to neighborhoods and cities
Building Density
Gallons per Flush
Built Environment
Commissioning Report
27. 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
250 square ft
Building Related Illness
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Acid Rain
28. 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
LEED Project Boundary
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Outdoor Air
Submeter
29. Passenger transportation services which are available for use by the general public - such as trains - subways and busses
Per-Consumer Content
Mass Transit
Agrifiber Product
Install submeters & Select local plants
30. According to the EPA - what % of time do American spend indoors?
Net-Zero Energy
Design
Performance Monitoring
90%
31. The area of the project site that has been disturbed for development. this area includes the building footprint - hardscapes - and parking lots
Development Footprint
LEED
LEED Rating System
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
32. The slow release of a gas that was trapped or adsorbed in some material. off-gassing can be significant if it collects in a closed environment where air is stagnant or recirculated and the gas has negative health effects. off-gassing example: new car
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
Conventional Irrigation
Waste Diversion
Light Trespass
33. The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion
Mass Transit
Conservation
Ambient Temperature
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
34. System or process for controlling the temperature - humidity - and sometimes the purity of the air in an interior space (office - warehouse - residence)
Air Conditioning
On-Site Wastewater Treatment
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Biodiversity
35. What's the earliest pt at which a LEED for Schools proejct can be cert?
Open Grid Pavement
To prioritize the relative impact of credits on GHG emissions
Light Pollution
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
36. LEED certification fee is base on two factors.
LEED Online
Location
Rating system and Project size
Charrette (shuh-ret)
37. Concept of integrative design emphasizes
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Energy Management System
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Commissioning Plan
38. Viewing the world as an interrelated set of systems that can influence one another
LEED Credit
Xeriscaping
Baseline Vs Design
Systems Thinking
39. A measure of the amount of illumination falling on a surface.
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Invasive Plants
LEED Prerequisites
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
40. 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
Gallons per Flush
HVAC System
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
LEED Rating System
41. Narrative - photo/render - elevations - floor plans - project details - and boundary (Project - LEED - & property)
Integrated Process Team
Waterless Urinal
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Diversity of Uses
42. The min' floor area for CI
LEED Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)
250 square ft
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Energy Star Rating
43. Any method of powering an engine that does not involve solely petroleum (e.g. electric car - petrol-electric hybrid - solar powered)
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Integrated Design
Low Impact Development
44. Achieving net zero emissions by balancing the footprint with an equivalent amount of sequestered or offset green house gases
70%
Baseline Vs Design
Carbon Neutrality
Heat Islands
45. Document that outlines the organization - schedule - allocation of resources - and documentation requirements of the commissioning process
Negative Feedback Loop
Nonpoint-source pollution
Commissioning Plan
Development Footprint
46. How can potable water use for irrigation be reduced or eliminated?
Install submeters & Select local plants
Pedestrian Access
Heat Islands
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
47. What level of CO2 concentrations indicates inadequate ventilation?
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Previously Developed Site
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Carbon Overlay Tool
48. Flush-Out
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.
Environmentally Preferable Products
Imperviousness
Gallons per Flush
49. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations (EPA)
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Byproduct
Flush-Out
Environmental Sustainability
50. 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
Solid Waste Management Policy
Major Construction Phases
Drip Irrigation
Install submeters & Select local plants
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