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What does “USGBC” stand for?
What does “GBCI” stand for?
What does “LEED” stand for?
What are the different levels of LEED certification?
The connection between a site and the surrounding community is referred to as ____________?
The total square footage of all buildings within a particular area is referred to as ____________?
What does “USGBC” stand for?
What does “GBCI” stand for?
What does “LEED” stand for?
What are the different levels of LEED certification?
The connection between a site and the surrounding community is referred to as ____________?
The total square footage of all buildings within a particular area is referred to as ____________?
Green Building Certification Institute
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United States Green Building Council
Certified (40-49 Points) Silver (50-59 Points) Gold (60-79 Points) Platinum (80+ Points)
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Development Developme nt Density
Community Connectivity
What is “imperviousness”?
What 2 factors influence the Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)?
What is the time period within which to appeal a credit rejection?
How much does an appeal cost?
Where can documentation for appeals be found?
True or False: A project must must meet all MPRs.
Emmissivity and Albedo
The resistance of a material to penetration by a liquid such as water.
$500 per credit
25 business days after reciept of the credit rejection.
True
LEED Online
What is a “hard cost”?
When would the New Construction rating system be used?
When would the Core and Shell rating system be used?
What rating system would be used for a high school campus?
When would the Commercial Interiors rating system be used?
When is LEED for Homes applicable?
New buildings OR existing buildings with significant HVAC or envelope modifications. Building types include: Offices, institutional buildings, hotels, and residential buildings with 4 or more stories. Owener must occupy more than 50% of the building.
The guts of a building: framing, equipment and building materials.
LEED for Schools (Building Design & Construction)
If 50% or less of the building is occupied by the owner
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Single-family homes. Low-rise multi-family homes. Production and major remodels of existing homes.
For situations where the tenant does not occupy the entire building.
When would the LEED for Building Operations & Maintenance rating system be applicable?
Is a building certified under the Building Operations & Maintenance rating system required to have previous certification?
What is the minimum performance period for Building Operations & Maintenance?
Name the credit topics under the LEED rating system.
What is the goal of Sustainable Sites?
What credit category refers to the EPA Construction General Permit?
No. However, having the building previously certified is helpful.
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Sustainable Sites Water Efficiency Energy & Atmosphere Materials & Resources Indoor Environmental Quality Innovations Regional Priority
Construction Activity Pollution Prevention
On existing buildings’ maintenance plans and operations.
Three months.
To reduce the impact of a new building or major remodel on the surrounding environment.
Which types of land should be avoided when selecting a site?
What determines if a site is a “brownfield”?
“Low-emitting” and “fuelefficient vehicles” are defined as vehicles that are classified as _______?
Name 10 types of basic services in regards to community connectivity.
What type of water exceeds EPA standards for drinking?
What is blackwater?
Either designation by a government agency OR an ASTM E1903-97 Phase II Environmental Site Assessment
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Banks Schools Laundry Services Churches Libraries Parks Senior Care Facilities Post offices Theaters Hardware Stores
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Community Centers Pharmacies Restaurants Small grocery stores Supermarkets Daycare centers Fire Stations Fitness Centers Museums Beauty Salons
Toilet and urinal waste water.
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Prime farmland Flood prone areas Any habitat for threatened or endangered species
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Wetlands Undeveloped land within 50 feet of a body of water Land that was a public park
Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) by the California Air Resources Board or have achieved a minimum green score of 40 on the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
Potable water.
What types of materials are recyclable?
What are regional materials?
Name some examples of rapidly renewable materials.
What is the acceptable threshold for formaldehyde?
What are the standards for adhesives and sealants?
How can you achieve Innovation credits?
Materials that have been harvested, recovered, or manufactured within 500 miles of a project site.
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27 parts per billion.
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Achieving significant, measurable environmental performance using a strategy not addressed in the Rating System
Paper Corrugated Cardboard Glass Plastic Metal
Cork Bamboo Natural Rubber Wheat
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Cotton Straw Linseed
SCAQMD Rule 1168 GreenSeal GS-36 Standard for Commercial Adhesives Requirements.
How many points are available for having a LEED AP on staff?
What is the minimum passing score for the LEED Examinations?
When is the LEED Scorecard constructed for a project?
How long can a CIR (Credit Interpretation Request) be?
How much does a CIR cost?
What is the purpose of a CIR?
170.
One point is available.
No more than 600 words or 4,000 characters.
During the integrated design process. (or eco-charette)
Used for clarification or special exceptions to a credit.
$220.
During which 2 phases of a project can LEED documents be submitted?
Which rating system cannot use a 2-phase submittal option?
Name another strategy for controlling transportation.
Which is more desirable: A low SRI or a high SRI?
What is the baseline flush rate for water closets?
What is the baseline flush rate for urinals?
Building Operations & Maintenance
Design or Construction.
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A high value is more desriable. (78 or higher)
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1.0 Gallons Per Flush (GPF)
Locate near mass transit Limit parking Encourage carpooling Promote alternative fuel vehicles Offer incentives Support alternative transportation.
1.6 Gallons Per Flush (GPF)
Where can baseline flush rates be found?
What is one way to reduce indoor water use?
What are strategies for reducing outdoor water use?
What are two options for acquiring renewable energy?
What is the goal of Energy & Atmosphere credits?
Which protocol bans the use of CFC refrigerants?
Install efficient plumbing fixtures. Use non-potable water. Install submeters.
Renewable Energy can be generated on-site (using wind, solar or other forms of power) or purchased through renewable energy programs.
The Montreal Protocol
Energy Policy Act of 1992.
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Choose locally adapted plants. Use xeriscaping. Select efficient irrigation technologies. Use non-potable water. Install submeters.
To reduce the amount of energy used, and to reduce the amount of pollutants released into the atmosphere.
Name some examples of renewable energy.
For LEED purposes, how long does it take for renewable materials to grow or raise?
Which credit topic suggests developing a plan for construction waste?
LEED requires you to follow what guidelines for construction IAQ management?
Name some ways to help control the amount of airborne contaminants in the encironment.
Which credit topic refers to indoor air quality and thermal comfort, lighting and acoustics?
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10 years or less.
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SMACNA 2007 guidelines.
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Wave/Tidal Bio-fuels Low-impact Hydroelectric
Materials & Resources.
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Indoor Environmental Quality.
Solar Wind Geothermal
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Use permanent entry systems that can be cleaned (such as a system of grates) Use exhaust systems to create negative pressure in areas with potential sources of pollution Install new air filters with a MERV rating of 13 or more for incoming and outgoing air Provide sealed, temporary storage for hazardous waste (ideally outside)
What is a “VOC”?
Name some strategies for improving outdoor environments.
What standard is referenced by low-emitting vehicle requirements?
Wate Use Reduction references which standard?
Who certifies wood and paper products?
Who produces the Green Label Testing program?
Use daylighting Install operable windows Give occupants thermal controls Give occupants ventilation controls Give occupants lighting controls Conduct occupant surveys to ensure occupants are content with their environments.
A Volatile Organic Compound. A VOC is an off-gas from many materials, including adhesives, sealants, paints, carpets and particle board.
The International Code Council International Plumbing Code 2006, Section 604: Design of Building Water Distribution Systems.
The California Air Resources Board Zero-Emission Definition.
The Carpet and Rug Institute.
The Forest Stewardship Council. (FSC)
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What does ASHRAE stand for?
A sustainable purchasing policy is used in which rating system?
What does ASTM 773-03 determine?
What does NPDES stand for?
The LEED for Green Building Design & Construction Reference Guide is applicable to which rating systems?
The LEED for Green Interior Design & Construction Reference Guide is applicable to which rating systems?
The Building Operations & Maintenance rating system.
The American Society for Heating, Refrigeration, and Air conditioning Engineers.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
Air leakage rates using fan pressurization. It’s used in the Indoor Environmental Quality credits.
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LEED 2009 for Commercial Interiors Rating System.
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LEED for New Construction & Major Renovation LEED 2009 for Core & Shell Development Rating System LEED 2009 for Schools New Construction and Major Renovations Rating System
The LEED for Green Building Operations & Maintenance Reference Guide applies to which rating systems?
The LEED for Homes Reference Guide applies to which rating systems?
The clearing of land for development often destroys _______________?
What are the impacts of extracting, manufacturing and transporting materials?
In the United States, buildings account for the highest proportion of what?
Green Building practices can lower what?
LEED for Homes Rating System.
LEED 2009 for Existing Buildings Operations & Maintenance Rating System.
Additional vehicle use, excessive energy consumption, and other environmental effects.
Wildlife habitats.
The use of natural resources, and they can lower operating costs.
Energy usage.
What effect does green building have on humans?
Federal, state and local government agencies have adopted more ___________?
The General Services Administration requires that all new federal government buildings achieve what?
Life Cycle Assessment includes ___________?
Using an integrative approach can mean bringing these people together.
Green building costs and benefits can include: _______________?
Sustainable building practices.
Green buildings can increase human productivity.
Planning, design, construction, operations, retirement and renewability.
LEED certification. A Silver rating is encouraged
Lower maintenance cost, less energy usage, high occupant satisfaction, lower CO2 emissions.
Building owners, operators, architects, planners, engineers and contractors to develop innovative solutions.
The U.S. EPA conducted a study and found that on average, we spend how much of our time indoors?
The mission of the USGBC is _______________?
The LEED rating systems were created by the USGBC for what reason?
LEED promotes a wholebuilding approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in _____________?
GBCI manages all aspects of the LEED professional Accreditation program. What are the three levels?
GBCI is accredited by what third party certification body?
Transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentaly and socially responsible, healthy and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.
We spend 90% of our time indoors.
Location and planning, sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, indoor environmental quality, innovative strategies, and regional priority.
To provide a framework for meeting sustainability goals and assessing building performance.
The American National Standards Institute.
LEED Green Associate LEED Accredited Professional LEED Fellow
The LEED for New Construction rating system addresses the full design and construction of what type of building?
LEED for Neighborhood Development is Designed to address what?
Each category of the LEED rating systems include what 2 elements?
LEED Rating Systems generally have how many base points?
The score for each LEED credit is estimated based on the carbon footprint for __________________.
A building’s carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas emissions associated with its _________________.
The land use planning of entire neighborhoods, including buildings, infrastructure, street design and open space.
Location & Linkages and Awareness & Education
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Prerequisites and Credits
Construction and Operations
A typical LEED buidling.
Which organization determines whether or not a site is prime farmland?
Achieving LEED certification requires _____________?
The LEED certification process begins with ________________?
LEED certification documentation is submitted in how many stages?
Where can the team upload information and documentation on a LEED certification project?
If a question of issue arises on a LEED certification project, a team can submit __________________?
Satisfying all prerequisites and earning a minimum of 40 points.
The USDA.
Documentation can be submitted in one or two stages.
Project registration, form completion and fee payment.
A Credit Interpretation Request.
LEED Online.
The sustainability of a site has several aspects that include ____________?
A site contaminated with hazardous materials is called _________________?
What does it mean if an area has a lighting zone level of 4?
Efficient Irrigation Systems include _____________?
Projects can reduce transportation impacts by using a variety of practical strategies like _________________?
Projects located in a highdensity location can easily utilize what type of transportation system?
A brownfield.
Transportation, Site selection, Site design and management, and Stormwater management.
Micro-irrigation Moisture Sensors Rain shutoffs Evapotranspiration Controllers Drip Irrigation
LZ4 areas are major metropolitan areas with high activity. These areas generally have a lot of light, and commerical districts fall into this zone.
Mass transit systems, such as busses or light rail.
Providing alternative modes of transportation, encouraging walking and bicycling, providing fueling facilities for alternative fuel vehicles, and reducing the number and lengths of automobile trips.
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What is included in the building envelope?
What is a pollutant?
Define xeriscaping.
Exemplary performance for Sustainable Sites can be achieved by ___________?
Occupants who have control over their temperature, airflow and lighting have what?
What is the ventilation rate?
A harmful substance that is introduced to an environment.
The exterior surface of the building: Walls, windows, roof and floor. This is also known as the building shell.
Doubling the credit requirement or exceeding the credit threshold
A method of using only native, adaptable and low-water plants for landscaping.
The amount of air circulated through a space.
Controllability of systems.
Name 4 strategies for reducing waste.
Why is staff training important?
What’s a CxA?
What does the Montreal Protocol ban?
What natural resources can be used to benefit the entire building?
What are 4 strategies for reducing energy demand?
Knowledge of the operations of a green building can lead to better efficiency.
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Compost Encourage reycling Size the building appropriately Implement a construction waste management plan
The use of CFC refrigerants. It also encourages phasing out HCFC refrigerants.
Commissioning Authority
Establish design goals Size the building appropriately Use free energy Insulate Monitor consumption
Sun and wind can be used for heating, cooling, daylight and energy.
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What is the calculation for determining greenhouse gas emissions per capita?
What are some typical measures of energy?
What does “GPF” stand for?
Which have lower irrigation efficiencies: Overhead spray systems or drip systems?
Where is water used in a building?
LEED recognizes “smart locations” for building, which fall within a 1/4-mile walk of _______________?
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British Thermal Units (BTUs) of energy Kilowatt-Hours of electricity Therms of natural gas Gallons of liquid fuel
A community’s total greenhouse gas emission divided by the number of residents.
Overhead spray sprinklers.
Bus or streetcar stops, and 1/2 mile of rapid transit stations, light or heavy passenger rail stations, ferry terminals or tram terminals.
Gallons Per Flush.
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Indoors for restrooms and kitchens Outdoors for landscaping. Industrial uses.
What does “VMT” stand for?
Define Street Grid Density.
What is a footcandle?
How many review phases are required under the LEED for Homes rating system?
Which two sections are only applicable to LEED for Homes?
LEED for Neighborhood Development has two credit categories that aren’t applicable anywhere else. What are they?
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The number of centerline miles per square mile.
Vehicle Miles Traveled
5 steps are required under the verification process.
The amount of illumination falling on a surface.
Neighborhood Pattern and Design Green Infrastructure and Buildings
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Location and Linkages Education and Awareness
Which rating system has 136 available points?
What is wetland vegetation?
What does “BTU” stand for?
If a material is biodegradable, it is ___________?
What does LEED deliver?
Where is HFC-23 mainly used?
Plants that require saturated soils to survive.
LEED for Homes.
Capable of decomposing over time under natural conditions.
British Thermal Unit. This is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 lb. of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit.
In ultra-low temperature refrigeration systems.
Third-party certification through the independent Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI. org) assures that LEED buildings are constructed as intended. GBCI includes a network of ISO-compliant international certifying bodies, ensuring the consistency, capacity and integrity of the LEED certification process.
How much does it cost to take the Green Associate exam if you aren’t a member of the USGBC?
Did Langdon find green buildings to cost more in the long run, or less than traditional, non-green structures?
How much does it currently cost to register a project that is less than 50,000 square feet under LEED for New Construction for USGBC members?
Can a project be built offsite, then relocated?
What is the recertification fee for Building Operations & Maintenance Certified Buildings?
How many points are obtainable for Regional Priority?
