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LEED GA: Green Associate
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Certified (40-49) - Silver (50-59) - Gold (60-79) - and Platinum (80+)
Portable water uses
The four LEED levels
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Reuse
2. Allowing pedestrians to walk between areas without interference from walls - highways or other barriers
Construction and Demolition Debris
Pedestrian Access
Indoor Environmental Quality Management Plan
Non-Potable Water
3. Major Players in Design & Construction Process are...
Construction Documents
Xeriscaping
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
4. The coordinated use of pest and environmental info with available pest control methods to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means and with the least possible hazard to people - property - and the environment
Open System
Integrated Pest Management
Energy Management System
Floor-To-Area
5. 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
Drip Irrigation
Water Balance
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Nonpoint-source pollution
6. Building design that takes advantage of the local climate to provide some or all of the heating - cooling - lighting and ventilation needs of the occupants
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Erosion
Passive Design
Regional Material
7. 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
Sick Building Syndrome
Closed System
LEED Online
Charrette (shuh-ret)
8. Area of the building as defined by the perimeter of the structure. parking lots - walkways - and landscaping are not included
Nested System
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Building Footprint
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
9. 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
Feedback Loop
Life-cycle cost analysis
LEED Points
Square Footage of a Building
10. Green Bldg can reduce how much Solid Waste?
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
70%
Ventilation Rate
250 square ft
11. What constitutes the largest use of energy in bldg in US? What is the 2nd?
Rapidly Renewable Materials
Space heating (38%). Lighting (20%)
Energy Efficient
MERV or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
12. What are the 3D sustainability often described as the triple bottom line or 3 legged stool?
Bioswale
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Building Envelope (building shell)
Greenhouse Gases
13. 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
LEED Prerequisites
Sustainable Forestry
Drip Irrigation
Integrated Process
14. Process for project teams to obtain technical guidance on how LEED requirements pertain to their projects
LEED Credit
Construction Phases Bidding
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Rating system and Project size
15. Have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose. this comparison may consider raw materials acquisition - production - manufacturing - packaging - distr
Foot Candle - A ftcandle is equal to 1-lumen/sq-ft
Green Building
Environmentally Preferable Products
Conventional Irrigation
16. 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)
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.
Green Cleaning
Underground Parking
Low Impact Development
17. An unwanted airborne constituent that may reduce acceptability of the air (ASHRAE 62.1-2004)
Ozone (O3)
Contaminant
Development Footprint
LEED Project Boundary
18. 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
70%
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Development Density
Light Trespass
19. The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion
Off-Gassing (outgassing)
Conservation
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Light Pollution
20. Any substance in air that could - in high enough concentration - harm man - other animals - vegetation - or material (EPA)
Airborne Pollutant
Ventilation Rate
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Commissioning Plan
21. Each LEED credit has requirements that must be met and documentation that must be submitted to prove the credit requirements were met
Agrifiber Product
LEED Requirements and Submittals
Contaminant
Green Power
22. The mathematical expression of Imperviousness
LEED Intent
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Dry Pond (detention ponds)
Certificate of occupancy
23. What are the extra categories for LEED for Home?
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Location
Erosion
The four LEED levels
24. When all recyclables for collection are mixed but kept separate from other waste
Ecosystem
Credit Interpretation Request
Compliant w/ the green design criteria
Commingled Recycling
25. The variation in life forms within a given ecosystem or for the entire earth. this is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems.
Ventilation Rate
Air Conditioning
Adaptive Plant
Biodiversity
26. Water leaving plants and soil returning back to the atmosphere
Performance Monitoring
Salvaged Materials
Per-Consumer Content
Evapotranspiration
27. A program that was first developed in 1992 by the US EPA as a method to identify and promote products that are energy efficient. products carrying this symbol provide a way for businesses and consumers to save money - while at the same time - protect
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
1000 square ft
Green Building
Energy Star Rating
28. Air that enters into a building either naturally through pre-designed openings in the building or through the ventilation system
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
The four LEED levels
None.
Outdoor Air
29. According to the EPA - what % of time do American spend indoors?
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
Construction and Demolition Debris
Extra categories for LEED for Neighborhood Development
90%
30. To reduce site lighting impact near forestland - the exterior lighting installed should...
Reduce light transpass
Development Density
High Performance Green Building
Rapidly Renewable Materials
31. How prerequisites and credits are grouped depending on the building type and rating system
Submeter
24%-50%
LEED Category
Emissivity (of a material)
32. Aset of rules that specify the minimum acceptable level for safety for constructed objects such as buildings and non building structures. these protect public health - safety and general welfare as they relate to the construction and occupancy of bui
Contaminant
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.
Building Codes
Integrated Process Team
33. Similar to cradle-to-cradle - processes that restore - renew or revitalize their own sources of energy and materials - creating sustainable systems that integrate the needs of society with the integrity of nature. i.e. a building or community that mi
Low Impact Development
Regenerative
Green Washing
Water Pollution
34. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
Sustainable Forestry
LEED Intent
Integrated Process
Non-renewable Resource
35. How can potable water use for irrigation be reduced or eliminated?
Performance Monitoring
Install submeters & Select local plants
Bioswale
Positive Feedback Loop
36. The online software used to manage the entire LEED project certification process and manage credits
Light Trespass
Vehicle miles traveled
LEED Online
Emissivity (of a material)
37. 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
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Albedo
Invasive Plants
Gallons per Flush & Gallons per Minute
38. When 2+ people share a ride in the same vehicle
Carpool
Cradle to Grave
Hardscape
After bldg completion & once all submittals & clarifications are reviewed.
39. Urinals that do not use water at all. these systems can save anywhere between 15000 and 45000 gallons of water per urinal per year
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Baseline v. Actual Use
Waterless Urinal
Floor Area Ratio
40. 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.
Hybrid Vehicle
Bioswale
Airborne Pollutant
41. 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
90%
LEED Rating System
Connections & Communication btw professionals & throughout the life of a project
Ambient Temperature
42. In LEED credit weightings - the most important impact category
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Open Space
Climate Change
Erosion
43. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (EPA)
Hybrid Vehicle
Albedo
Construction Waste Management Plan
Sustainable
44. Web portal and site that allows teams to register a LEED project and to upload each section of the certification application
Transportation - Site selection - Site design & management - & Stormwater management
Harvested Rainwater
Pollutant
LEED Online
45. Ground areas that are vegetated and pervious. green roofs can be considered open space but only for urban areas
Natural (or passive) Ventilation
33%-39%
Open Space
Salvaged Materials
46. 1) Cost of green bldg Each Prerequisite and Credit has 2 major components - and those are: Intents and Requirements
Native or Indigenous Plants
Ecosystem
Energy Consumption / # of sq ft. Usually in Btus or kWh/sf/yr.
Life-cycle cost analysis
47. How many % of environmental impacts decision are made during the 1st 10% of design process?
Green Washing
Integrated Design
70%
5 years
48. Purchase price of a hard asset such as masonry - wood - steel - carpet - tile - mechanical systems - roofing
Raingarden
Environmentally Preferable Products
LEED
Hard Cost
49. What metric is the best indicator of transportation impacts associated with a bldg project?
Square Footage of a Building
Pedestrian Access
Vehicle miles traveled
HCFC
50. Guidance tool designed for use by building professionals to help manage indoor air quality in commercial buildings - which should be a part of indoor air quality management plans
Baseline v. Design
Green Building
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Construction and Demolition Debris