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LEED GA: Green Associate

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Begins the process of spatial refinement & usually involves the 1st design of a project's energy system.






2. What metric is the best indicator of transportation impacts associated with a bldg project?






3. Waste water from toilets & urinals is known as?






4. 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






5. Process for project teams to obtain technical guidance on how LEED requirements pertain to their projects






6. If a bldg is designed to move at any point in its lifetime - what LEED certification is it eligible for?






7. Major Players in Design & Construction Process are...






8. 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






9. An intense collaborative session where participants make a concerted effort to solve a problem or plan the design of something






10. Uses the natural forces of wind and buoyancy to deliver fresh air into buildings through doors - windows or other designed opening (chimneys)






11. Material - other than the principle product - generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system (EPA)






12. Prior to final selection of site - owner & design team should confirm that the site is...






13. 4 key issues that help define how location affect project






14. 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






15. Indigenous or exotic plants that spread outside cultivated areas and can damage environmental or economical resources. they grow quickly and aggressively - spreading and displacing other plants






16. Green Bldg can reduce how much CO2 Emissions?






17. Potential credits and categories that may be used in upcoming versions of the LEED rating systems






18. 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






19. An increase in the near surface temp of the earth. this has occurred in the distant past as the result of natural influences - but the term is most often used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse






20. 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






21. The practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource efficient throughout a building's life cycle from siting to design - construction - operation - maintenance - renovation and deconstruction. thi






22. The use of technology that requires less energy to perform the same function. a compact fluorescent light bulb that uses less energy than an incandescent bulb to produce the same amount of light is an example. the decision to replace an incandescent






23. Capable of being decomposed by natural agents - especially bacteria






24. Third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design - construction and operation of high performance green buildings (USGBC)






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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






28. Materials from construction sites or existing buildings that are reused in the same or different capacity. examples can include flooring - brick - beams - and doors






29. 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






30. Air that enters into a building either naturally through pre-designed openings in the building or through the ventilation system






31. Urinals that do not use water at all. these systems can save anywhere between 15000 and 45000 gallons of water per urinal per year






32. 1) Cost of green bldg Each Prerequisite and Credit has 2 major components - and those are: Intents and Requirements






33. Document that outlines the organization - schedule - allocation of resources - and documentation requirements of the commissioning process






34. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons that are used in refrigerants and propellants that are known to deplete the ozone layer






35. A process used to remove VOCs from a bldg by elevating the tempt in the fully furnished & ventilated bldg prior to human occupancy.






36. The min' floor area for CI






37. Exterior surface of the building including all walls - windows - floor and roof. separates the building's inside from the outside






38. 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






39. Predesign - Design - Bid - Construction - and Occupancy






40. 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






41. The linear view of the life of a product - from creation to the end of useful life - ie disposal






42. An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion






43. Advertising a product or policy to be more beneficial to the environment than is true






44. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.






45. The process of verifying - in new construction - that all the systems and subsystems are efficiently designed and installed properly to achieve the owner's project requirements and as designed by the building architects and engineers.






46. Green Bldg can reduce how much Energy Use?






47. Process water can be reduced by which 2 methods?






48. 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






49. 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.






50. The mathematical expression of Imperviousness