LEED Green Associate Exam 1

What is the difference between the USGBC and GBCI?

What is the minimum floor area required for LEED NC Projects?

What are LEED credit weightings based on?

What are the parameters of the LEED site boundary?

Which sections are listed in the LEED reference guide for each credit and prerequisite?

What credits might be affected by the LEED site boundary?

What are benefits of the IPD process

What does Triple Bottom Line refer to?

What is the minimum number of occupants required to be eligible for LEED?

What information is needed when registering a LEED project?

What is the difference between a CIR and a LEED interpretation?

List the ten LEED rating systems.

What does LEED stand for?

What are the 6 major credit categories?

Which rating system addresses acoustics?

Which rating system requires recertification?

What must be included in LEED EBOM building policies?

Which rating system allows for 'pre-certification'?

How much of the interior build-out can a developer control in order to remain eligible for LEED CS?

How often must LEED EBOM projects recertify?

What are the four levels of certification and their points?

What is the difference between 'group' and 'campus' certifications?

Which 3 team members play the largest role in the IPD Process?

What are LEED project certification fees based on?

What is the role assigned to the person who registers the LEED project?

How much do credit appeals cost after the final review?

What information is required when registering a project?

What does OPR refer to?

What are the 5 areas of sensitive land protection?

What are examples of 'diverse uses' in each of 5 categories?

Define 'brownfield'

What is the organization that sets the minimum mileage rate for green vehicles? (minimum score of 40 for low emitting vehicles)

What are strategies to address stormwater runoff?

What is the baseline flush rate for toilets?

According to LEED, how many times would a man use a urinal in one day?

Which fixtures are not considered greywater fixtures?

In which climates are rainwater catchment systems most feasible?

What are benefits of a vegetated roof?

What does ASHRAE stand for?

Which systems must be commissioned?

What year must CFC's (chlorofluorocarbons) be phased out?

Which counts as a form of renewable energy?

Which represents an example of 'process energy'?

Each REC represents how many MWh of renewable energy delivered to the grid?

Which design considerations should be included when designing an area for the collection of recyclables?

What items do not apply to construction waste diversion?

What do EPD & HBD stand for?

What does FTE refer to and how do you calculate it?

What should be top priorities when selecting a location for the project site?

Which materials count as rapidly renewable?

Define Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)

Define Solar Reflectance
vs.
Solar Reflectance Index

Ambient Temperature

Aquifer

Authority having jurisdiction

Basis of design

Bioswale

Blackwater

Brownout

Building envelope (building shell)

Define 'charrette'

Chiller

Closed system

Commissioning (CX)

Construction Lien

Demand Side Management (demand reduction)

Densely Occupied Space

Density

Detention Basin

Drywell

Energy Management Systems

ENERGY STAR rating

Eutrophication

Floor to Area Ratio (FAR)

Gap Analysis

Glazing

Hard Cost
vs.
Soft Cost

What are the 7 impact categories that LEED uses for point allocation?

Integrated Design

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)

Leverage Point

Define Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Life Cycle Costing (LCC)

Load-Shifting

Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV)

Mixed-Mode System

Negative Feedback Loop

Open System

Owner's Project Requirements (OPR)

Passive Solar Design

Phosphorus

Positive Feedback Loop

What is the difference between post-consumer & pre-consumer recycled content?

Potable Water

Process Water

Rain Garden

Regenerative Design

Smart Growth

Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC)

Total Suspended Solids

Technical Advisory Group (TAG)

Thermal Envelope

U-value

Vehicle Miles Traveled

Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)

Watersense

Xeriscaping

SMACNA

GreenSeal

Green Label Plus Program

Green Label Program

GreenGuard

Energy Policy Act of 1992 and International Plumbing Code

IESNA

Green-e

SCAQMD

Fair-trade Labeling Organizations International (FLO)

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

California Air Resources Board (CARB)

What percentage of Earth's water is fresh water?

The US Geological Survey estimates that buildings contribute what percentage of the world's annual water usage?

According to a report by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, what is the average payback for both retro-commissioning and commissioning of new buildings?

Construction and demolition wastes contributes approximately what percentage of the total solid waste in the US?

According to a study by Carnegie Mellon University, Green Buildings can contribute to an increase in employee productivity from what percentage?

What are the basic prerequisites for participating in LEED?

What is the difference between people and buildings with LEED?

What role do products have with LEED certification?

What does a LEED credit structure include?

LEED for New Construction (LEED NC) applies to what?

Are LEED NC projects required to recertify?

LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (LEED EBOM) applies to what?

LEED EBOM buldings must:

When is LEED for Core & Shell used?

Which rating system includes an adjustment for square footage to discourage large 'green' mansions?

What are the Minimum Program Requirements (MPR)?

Are buildings or structures primarily dedicated to parking eligible for LEED Certification?

What are the steps to LEED Certification?

What are the 3 main phases of the Integrative Process?

Project vision statement

Iterative Process

What two items cannot be changed after registration?

The screenshot within LEED online that lists each credit the project is attempting is referred to as what?

What 6 general items must be uploaded to LEED online prior to submitting for final certification?

What is the advantage of splitting credit review into two phases? (Design Review and Construction Review)

What are Energy-Related Systems?

What are water-related systems?

Integrative Process (IP) Prerequisite 1: Integrative project planning and design

Location and Transportation (LT):
List the credits

LT Credit 1: LEED for Neighborhood Development Location

LT Credit 2: Sensitive Land Protection

LT Credit 3: High-Priority Site

What is the difference between a brownfield and a greenfield site?

LT Credit 4: Surrounding Density & Diverse Uses

LT Credit 5: Access to Quality Transit

What is the largest contributer of greenhouse gas emissions related to buildings?

LT Credit 6: Bicycle Facilities

LT Credit 6: Bicycle Facilities
How close does bike storage need to be from any functional entry?

LT Credit 7: Reduced Parking Footprint

LT Credit 8: Green Vehicles

LT Credit 8: Green Vehicles
What two options do you have to meet one of for alternative-fuel fueling stations?

Sustainable Sites - SS:
list the credits

SS Prerequisite 1: Construction Activity Pollution Prevention

SS Credit 1: Site Assessment

Complete and document a site survey that includes the following:

SS Credit 2: Site Development - Protect or Restore Habitat

SS Credit 2: Site Development - Protect or Restore Habitat

What are the two options for this credit?

SS Credit 3: Open Space

SS Credit 4: Rainwater Management

What are the two options for this credit?

SS Credit 5: Heat Island Reduction

What are the two options for this credit?

Heat Island

Heat Island Effect

Emissivity

Thermal (Infrared) Emittance

In what climates is Heat Island Effect worse?

SS Credit 6: Light Pollution Reduction

Water Efficiency - WE

What percentage of the total water use do buildings account for?

Water Efficiency - WE:
list the credits

WE Prerequisite 1: Outdoor Water Use Reduction

What are the 2 options?
and
What are some strategies?

Evapotranspiration Rate

Microclimate Factor

Greywater

WE Prerequisite 2: Indoor Water Use Reduction

How many times do people go to the bathroom in a day according to LEED default calculations?

What standards set baselines for fixtures?

WE Prerequisite 3: Building-Level Water Metering

WE Credit 1: Outdoor Water Use Reduction

What are the two options?

WE Credit 2: Indoor Water Use Reduction

WE Credit 3: Cooling Tower Water Use

WE Credit 4: Water Metering

What are the benefits of using a vegetated roof?

Energy and Atmosphere - EA

According to the USGBC, who are the 2 largest energy users in buildings?

EA Prerequisite 1: Fundamental Commissioning & Verification

Retro-Commissioning

EA Prerequisite 2: Minimum Energy Performance

EA Prerequisite 3: Building-Level Energy Metering

EA Prerequisite 4: Fundamental Refrigerant Management

What does the Montreal Protocol call for?

Halons

Leakage Rate

What do these stand for?
CFC
HCFC
HFC
ODP
GWP

Energy and Atmosphere - EA:
list the credits