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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The measurement unit used for flush fixture water consumption and flow fixture water consumption
Soft Cost
Energy Conservation
Building Footprint
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
2. The mathematical expression of Imperviousness
Integrated Pest Management
LEED Credit Checklist
Process Water
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
3. 4 key issues that help define how location affect project
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Cooling Tower
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Commissioning
4. What are the 3D sustainability often described as the triple bottom line or 3 legged stool?
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Smart Growth
Carpool
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
5. The act of having separate stakeholders or designers work together to ensure the project is benefiting from synergy which allows for greater levels of sustainability throughout the project's life
Air Quality Standards
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Global Warming
Integrated Process
6. Colorless - odorless gas that is present in the atmosphere and is formed when any fuel containing carbon is burned. it is breathed out of animal's lungs during respiration - is produced by the decay of organic matter - and is used by plants in photos
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
LEED Pilot Credit Library
7. Schematic Design - Design Development - and Construction Documents
Conventional Irrigation
Design
Open Space
Aquifer
8. Indicates a material's ability to reject solar heat and is the combined value of reflectivity and emittance. measurements vary from 100 (standard white surface - most reflective) - to 0 (standard black surface - least reflective). materials with the
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Above 530ppm (parts per million).
Indoor Air Quality
9. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (EPA)
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Nested System
Sustainable
10. Similar to a bioswale - a depression with vegetation that filters and slows down rainwater to reduce peak discharge rates
Raingarden
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Infill Development
11. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
Daylighting
Mass Transit
70%
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
12. A development company is designing a 7 story 1000 -000 sq ft condominium. He will be responsible for interior finishes - but not furniture/appliances. Which is the LEED rating system used?
Certificate of occupancy
HVAC System
Pollutant
LEED NC&MR
13. 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
Chiller
Infill Development
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Green Cleaning
14. A collection of living things and the environment in which they live. for example - a prairie [this] includes coyotes - the rabbits on which they feed - and the grasses that feed the rabbits
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Biofuel
Development Footprint
Ecosystem
15. Green bldg emphasizes using what type of design process?
Hard Cost
Bake-Out
Integrative
Cradle to Grave
16. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations
Environmental Sustainability
Erosion
Flush-Out
Indoor Environmental Quality
17. Different term from adaptive reuse because materials are reused in a way that is the same of similar to how it was used before - i.e. saving doors in an old project to be used as doors in the new project. in LEED - this material is calculated as a pe
Material Reuse
Vehicle miles traveled
Value Engineering
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
18. Prior to submitting CIR - what strategies should be considered?
Construction Documents
Drip Irrigation
Review credit intent & self-evaluate - Review past CIR - and Consult LEED reference guide
Market Transformation
19. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Climate Change
Installing submeters & using ENERGY STAR certified cloths washers
Potable Water
Greenfield
20. Gathering information - recognizing stakeholder needs - establishing project goals - & selecting site
Bake-Out
Predesign
Adaptive Plant
Passive Design
21. Method of land use regulation used by local governments in most developed countries. zoning may be use-based (regulating the uses to which land may be put) - or it may regulate building height - lot coverage - and similar characteristics - or some co
Energy Efficient
Imperviousness
Carbon Overlay Tool
Zoning
22. Web portal and site that allows teams to register a LEED project and to upload each section of the certification application
Nonpoint-source pollution
Smart Growth
Gallons per Flush
LEED Online
23. Pavement that is less than 50% impervious and contains vegetation in the open cells
Innovation in Design & Regional Priority has 100 with 10 bonus points. Leed for home has 125.
Heat Islands
Open Grid Pavement
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
24. The use of environmentally friendly ingredients and chemicals for household - manufacturing and industrial cleaning. these techniques and products avoid the use of chemically reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals
Indoor Air Quality
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
Graywater (Greywater)
Green Cleaning
25. A site that is undeveloped and in a natural state or has been used for agriculture
Per-Consumer Content
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Greenfield
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
26. 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
Building Related Illness
Building Codes
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
Passive Design
27. How many % of environmental impacts decision are made during the 1st 10% of design process?
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
70%
Baseline Vs Design
Development Footprint
28. Carrying away or displacement of solids (sediment - soil - rock - and other particles) usually by the agents of currents such as wind - water - or ice by downward or down-slope movement in response to gravity
Stormwater Runoff
Erosion
33%-39%
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
29. A written plan that outlines strategies to reduce stormwater runoff for the purposes of reducing erosion - pollution and sedimentation of nearby bodies of water - especially important during construction where so much dirt - dust and waste are presen
High Performance Green Building
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Baseline v. Actual Use
Xeriscaping
30. 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
Biomass
Certificate of occupancy
Install submeters & Select local plants
Gallons per Minute
31. Passenger transportation services which are available for use by the general public - such as trains - subways and busses
Mass Transit
Major Construction Phases
Periodic maintenance must occur. Recommissioning along with occupant surveying (via post-occupancy evaluation) at regular interval.
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
32. A process used to remove VOCs from a bldg by elevating the tempt in the fully furnished & ventilated bldg prior to human occupancy.
Integrated Design
Previously Developed Site
Open System
Bake-Out
33. The min' floor area for NC - CS - Schools - EB - and O&M
Substantial completion
1000 square ft
Pollution
LEED Credit Checklist
34. The official recognition by a local bldg department that bldg conforms to applicable bldg & safety codes.
70%
Certificate of occupancy
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Daylighting
35. Document that outlines the organization - schedule - allocation of resources - and documentation requirements of the commissioning process
Light Pollution
Commissioning Plan
LEED Rating System
Daylighting
36. The online software used to manage the entire LEED project certification process and manage credits
Energy Efficient
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Performance Monitoring
LEED Online
37. Drinking water that is of sufficiently high quality so that it can be consumed or utilized without risk of immediate of long term harm
Emergent Properties
Baseline v. Design
Baseline v. Actual Use
Potable Water
38. 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
The four LEED levels
Thermal Comfort
GBCI committees that addresses noncompliance in LEED credential
Diversion Rate
39. 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 Costing (LCC)
Soft Cost
Water Pollution
Fossil Fuels
40. 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.
Community Connectivity
Infill Development
Green Power
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
41. Exterior surface of the building including all walls - windows - floor and roof. separates the building's inside from the outside
Building Envelope (building shell)
Regenerative
Embodied Energy
Community Connectivity
42. System that constantly takes in items from outside the system - used them and then released them as waste. this system has no feedback loop. think of a normal home where groceries - products - or water come into the house - are used and then released
1000 square ft
Rainwater Harvesting
Acid Rain
Open System
43. An expense item that is not considered a direct construction cost. soft costs include architectural - engineering - financing - and legal fees - commissioning - and other pre- and post-construction expenses
Feedback Loop
Waste Stream Audit
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
Soft Cost
44. Major Players in Design & Construction Process are...
CO2 Concentrations/Monitoring
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Conventional Irrigation
45. The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion
Conservation
Vegetated (Green) Roof
Salvaged Materials
Soft Cost
46. 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.
Schematic Design
Albedo
Cradle to Cradle
Biomass
47. How prerequisites and credits are grouped depending on the building type and rating system
Passive Design
Aquifer
Volatile Organic Compound
LEED Category
48. Narrative - photo/render - elevations - floor plans - project details - and boundary (Project - LEED - & property)
33%-39%
Invasive Plants
General requirement for LEED certification documentation
Baseline Building Performance
49. Vehicle which has both a gas powered engine and an electric engine to achieve better fuel economy and lower emissions
Major Construction Phases
Drip Irrigation
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Hybrid Vehicle
50. 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
Energy Efficient
Embodied Energy
Heat Island Effect
Location