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LEED GA: Green Associate
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1. Mixture of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette - pipe - or cigar and smoke exhaled by the smoker
Global Warming
Pollutant
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Contaminant
2. Used by the USGBC to weight credits in the LEED system. credits that reduce the greenhouse gas emissions are given more weight than those that do not
Carbon Overlay Tool
Native or Indigenous Plants
Construction and Demolition Debris
Underground Parking
3. 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
Sustainable
Commingled Recycling
Previously Developed Site
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
4. Process water can be reduced by which 2 methods?
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
LEED Category
Acidification
5. Credit weightings are based on...
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Acidification
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
6. The min' floor area for NC - CS - Schools - EB - and O&M
1000 square ft
Install submeters & Select local plants
Construction Documents
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
7. 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
Performance Monitoring
Acidification
Ventilation Rate
Biomass
8. Products made from agricultural fiber such as wheat board and straw board
LEED Points
Agrifiber Product
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Aquifer
9. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas
Bioswale
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Commissioning Report
Heat Islands
10. A LEED rating is achieved through earning points in each of the 6 LEED categories
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
LEED Points
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Greenfield
11. How can potable water use for irrigation be reduced or eliminated?
Acidification
Predesign
HVAC System
Install submeters & Select local plants
12. Major Players in Design & Construction Process are...
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Construction and Demolition Debris
Reuse
13. What is acknowledged as one of the greatest threats to surface-water quality?
Integrated Process
Biomass
Nonpoint-source pollution
5 years
14. Evaluation of the total cost of a building or product over its useful life - including initial - maintenance - repair and replacement costs as well as savings. LCC evaluates economic performance.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
LEED Credit Checklist
Integrative
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
15. 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
Soft Cost
Feedback Loop
Install submeters & Select local plants
Triple Bottom Line
16. Landscape elements designed to slow the flow of stormwater and increase ground water recharge while also removing silt and pollution from surface runoff water. they consist of a depressed drainage course with gently sloped sides and filled with veget
Construction Waste Management Plan
Bioswale
Acidification
Retrocommissioning
17. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
Rapidly Renewable Materials
70%
Integrated Process
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
18. 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.
Albedo
Gallons per Flush
Drip Irrigation
Triple Bottom Line
19. Unit of measurement by which flow rate of toilets and other flushing devices such as urinals are measured and regulated
Waste Stream Audit
Gallons per Flush
Low Impact Development
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
20. Purchase price of a hard asset such as masonry - wood - steel - carpet - tile - mechanical systems - roofing
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Embodied Energy
Wet Pond (retention pond)
Hard Cost
21. Water that originates from precipitation that enters the stormwater system
Light Trespass
Biofuel
Stormwater Runoff
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
22. A measure of the amount of illumination falling on a surface.
Construction Administration
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
HVAC System
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
23. American society of heating - refrigerating and air conditioning engineers. international technical society for all individuals and organizations interested in heating - ventilation - air-conditioning and refrigeration (hvac & r)
Hybrid Vehicle
Pollution
Regional Material
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
24. The online software used to manage the entire LEED project certification process and manage credits
Energy Efficient
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
LEED Online
Energy Conservation
25. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.
Acidification
Nested System
Potable Water
Substantial completion
26. Advertising a product or policy to be more beneficial to the environment than is true
Green Washing
Portable water uses
Building Related Illness
Contaminant
27. 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
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Open Space
Drip Irrigation
LEED Points
28. Part of the LEED rating system. projects earn points by meeting the requirements of optional credits in order to earn points towards certification
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
LEED Credit
Albedo
29. When all recyclables for collection are mixed but kept separate from other waste
Green Building
Commingled Recycling
Acid Rain
Baseline v. Actual Use
30. Areas where the upper soil is no longer exposed - including paved areas - walkways - fountains - etc.
Green Washing
Energy Efficient
Erosion
Hardscape
31. Total area in square feet of all spaces in a building - including rooms - stairwells - elevators and hallways
Submeter
Rating system and Project size
LEED Project Boundary
Square Footage of a Building
32. The application of solar cells for energy by converting sunlight directly into electricity
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Triple Bottom Line
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
33. 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
33%-39%
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Biomass
Value Engineering
34. 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
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Energy Star Rating
Impervious Surfaces
Construction and Demolition Debris
35. Passenger transportation services which are available for use by the general public - such as trains - subways and busses
Light Trespass
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Mass Transit
36. Allowing pedestrians to walk between areas without interference from walls - highways or other barriers
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
Pedestrian Access
37. 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)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Closed System
Low Impact Development
Performance Monitoring
38. 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
Non-Potable Water
Value Engineering
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
39. An intense collaborative session where participants make a concerted effort to solve a problem or plan the design of something
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Vehicle miles traveled
Greenfield
Adaptive Reuse
40. Material that is sourced and manufactured within 500 miles of the project. usually expressed as a percentage of total project material
Air Conditioning
Carbon Neutrality
Floor-To-Area
Regional Material
41. An unwanted airborne constituent that may reduce acceptability of the air (ASHRAE 62.1-2004)
Waste Management Plan
40%
Contaminant
Ambient Temperature
42. Part of construction waste management plan
Waste Management Plan
LEED Credit
Commissioning Report
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
43. 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
Hardscape
Development Density
Sulfur dioxide & Nitrogen oxide
Integrated Process Team
44. When symptoms of diagnosable illness are identified and can be attributed to airborne building contaminants (EPA)
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
Carbon Footprint
Building Related Illness
45. An expanded baseline for measuring performance - adding social and environmental dimensions to the traditional profit measure - so decisions are viewed in the long term with their impact on people - the planet - and profit
Greenfield
Triple Bottom Line
Site Disturbance
Graywater (Greywater)
46. Heating - ventilating and air conditioning. these systems seek to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality
Acid Rain
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
HVAC System
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
47. 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
LEED Category
Floodplain
Floor-To-Area
Per-Consumer Content
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
Global Warming
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Imperviousness
49. Gives preference to the purchase of environmentally preferable products and the companies that supply them
Water Balance
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Predesign
50. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Montreal Protocol
Construction Administration
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)