LEED Green Exam -1
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| show | 30%
According to USGBC, the average commercial building can achieve a 30% water savings. Normally, this doesn't come at any added cost.
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| What does the emissivity of a material refer to? | show 🗑
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| What can be used to compare the energy performance of two buildings? | show 🗑
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| show | Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) by the California Air Resources Board
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| show | thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy acceptable if 80% or more of occupants find them acceptable. This standard is used in the IEQ category.
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| On average what percent energy consumed per unit of floor space lower in green buildings compared to traditional buildings? | show 🗑
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| show | Life-cycle analysis
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| show | HFCs have next to no ozone depletion potential but have high global warming potential.
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| What type of fixtures use the least amount of water? | show 🗑
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| show | Protect the integrity of the LEED program. Give clear guidance to customers. Reduce certification process challenges.
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| show | 10 or more dwelling units per acre of buildable land. 20 or more is very high density.
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| What defines the open space of a site area if there is no local zoning? | show 🗑
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| Open space must be? | show 🗑
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| show | 2.2 gallons per minute (gpm) per the EPAct of 1992.
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| show | Economic prosperity, environmental stewardship and social responsibility. Also known as 'people, planet, profit'
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| Life-cycle analysis is what? | show 🗑
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| show | Air and surface temperature differences between developed and undeveloped areas
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| show | A site that wasn't previously graded that could support open space, habitat, or agriculture.
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| Each LEED 2009 Rating System has ___ Regional Priority credits specified by zip code and can earn ___ points for the Regional Priority section. | show 🗑
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| How is the quantity of locally harvested and manufactured materials used on a project calculated? | show 🗑
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| Solar reflectance is also called? | show 🗑
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| What best defines durability? | show 🗑
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| show | Green score of 40 or more from the ACEEE annual vehicle rating guide.
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| What does a REC represent? | show 🗑
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| What should be included in a construction waste management plan? | show 🗑
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| show | usgbc.org
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| show | ASHRAE 90.1-2007 is used to measure building energy performance.
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| Source reduction is what? | show 🗑
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| What standards would be used for the Energy and Atmosphere category? | show 🗑
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| EPAct 1992 is used for what and what category? | show 🗑
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| What is the most commonly used energy code in the United States and includes information such as R-values for insulation? | show 🗑
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| show | Gather documentation for 40 points of the 110 points available & Gather documentation for the prerequisites
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| show | Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
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| What organization is responsible for qualifying sources of off-site renewable energy acceptable by LEED? | show 🗑
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| What project issues are addressed by guidelines from SMACNA? | show 🗑
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| show | ASHRAE 90.1-2007 Exterior lighting can impact nighttime visibility and nocturnal life. Light pollution reduction is achieved by not exceeding the lighting power densities that are defined in ASHRAE 90.1-2007.
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| Life-cycle cost analysis | show 🗑
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| show | Commercial toilets: 1.6 gpf
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| By the EPAct 1992 a Commercial (urinal) should use how much water? | show 🗑
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| How can regional priority credits be earned? | show 🗑
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| On average what part of a building consumes the most energy in the United States? | show 🗑
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| What percent of water chillers in existing buildings still use CFCs? | show 🗑
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| show | Amonia
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| show | HFC or HCFC, which are refrigerants that cause environmental issues and are not natural refrigrants.
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| What should be included in a building program detailing the project's green building requirements? | show 🗑
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| show | The IPMVP Volume III is used for measurement & verification, and provides best practice techniques for verifying the energy performance of a new building.
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| What minimum water savings are LEED v3 projects required to achieve? | show 🗑
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| show | A project must occupy at least 250 square feet (22 square meters) of gross floor area to earn LEED for Commercial Interiors certification.
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| show | Design Charrette: No later than the design development phase and preferably during schematic design, conduct at least one full-day integrated design workshop with the project team.
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| The LEED Credit Checklist allows project teams to mark potential credit achievement as: | show 🗑
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| show | The open space must be in the LEED boundary. The LEED boundary is the portion of the project site submitted for LEED
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| What information can be entered in the LEED Score Card? | show 🗑
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| What percentage of waste does construction and demolition debris contribute to landfills each year in the United States? | show 🗑
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| show | Water efficiency (WE) category has the least number of points.
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| Reduced emissions are a benefit of purchasing? | show 🗑
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| show | 90% The importance of the Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) category is partly due to how much time people spend indoors.
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| Average housing density is defined as: | show 🗑
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| show | The project boundary is the platted property line of the project defining land and water within it. (USGBC)
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| What laws and guidelines are specifically relevant to LEED projects vs. typical construction? | show 🗑
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| show | Designing a smaller building footprint and maximizing the floor-area ratio
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| The number of occupants in a building would be used for what calculations? | show 🗑
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| How does a life cycle assessment (LCA) differ from life cycle costing (LCC)? | show 🗑
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| show | A green roof does not necessarily reduce water needs. In LEED green roofs help with reducing the heat island effect. They can also increase the energy efficiency of a building by providing insulation.
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| show | higher, higher
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| show | Land cannot be excluded for the purposes of complying with a credit/prerequisite. This is known as gerrymandering.
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| show | The owner or tenant must occupy more than 50% of the building's leasable square footage to pursue LEED NC otherwise the project should pursue LEED for Core & Shell.
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| Can a CIR be submited for a Prerequisite? | show 🗑
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| show | LEED for Core and Shell LEED for Core & Shell project, the project team may apply for precertification
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| show | Visit the USGBC website Regional Priority credits are listed in an Excel spreadsheet and available from USGBC's website
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| What is the root cause of global climate change? | show 🗑
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| All LEED projects must comply with a minimum building to site area ratio. What is that ratio? | show 🗑
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| show | helps the project team decide what specific design criteria will be met. Used At each step during the project - design, construction, etc,.
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| show | Indoor Environmental Quality
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| show | EPAct 1992 is used to determine the baseline for commercial fixtures, fittings, and appliances. Commercial toilets: 1.6 gpf Commercial urinals: 1.0 gpf Commercial faucets: 2.2 gpm
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| show | LEED EB: O&M measures building performance over time. This allows the building owner to see how the building is performing and make corrections to get better performance.
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| Green Seal score is used for what product? | show 🗑
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| Green Label is used for what product? | show 🗑
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| show | Center for Resource Solutions
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| 40/60 rule is provided for guidance what does it intell? | show 🗑
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| show | Green Power is not generated on site.
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| show | 250 square feet (22 square meters)
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| show | 1,000 square feet (93 square meters)
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| show | cleaning products.
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| What residence has at least 15% more efficiency than the 2004 International Residential Code? | show 🗑
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| A density radius calculation is used in what credit? | show 🗑
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| show | 30% Landscape irrigation consumes 30% of potable water in the U.S. each day on average. (USGBC)
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| How is lighting power density determined? | show 🗑
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| show | Property area
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| show | The declarant is the person who will sign a submittal template. Each template can have a different declarant.
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| show | HCs have a lower global warming potential (GWP) than HCFCs. HCs are environmentally benign to the atmosphere while HCFCs are not
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| show | On company letterhead. A company could use the logo in their letterhead for marketing purposes. This is why USGBC created the logo guidelines and why the issue is addressed in the logo guidelines.
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| show | Limit the availability of parking at the site
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| What is true regarding a material's emittance and solar reflectance (albedo)? | show 🗑
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| show | By environmental category. The LEED Scorecard is organized just like the LEED Rating System - by environmental category
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| show | IESNA The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America is the publisher of lighting design and illumination standards.
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| What does the IPMVP Volume III provide information on? | show 🗑
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| What is the minimum occupancy rate required for LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance to earn certification? | show 🗑
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| What is not covered under the LEED for Core and Shell rating system? | show 🗑
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| How does LEED evaluate the environmental performance of a building? | show 🗑
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| The portion of the project site submitted for LEED certification is referred to as the? | show 🗑
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| show | Yes/Maybe/No The score card allows users to select credit achievement as Yes/Maybe/No
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| What does 'LEED Certified' indicate? | show 🗑
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| show | LEED for Schools or LEED for New Construction
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| show | Platted property line of the project defining land and water within it
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| What best defines the property area? | show 🗑
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| What tool provides cost-effective streamlined certification processes for multiple building certifications? | show 🗑
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| The owner or tenant must occupy more than __ of the building's leasable square footage | show 🗑
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| Who rules on CIRs? | show 🗑
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| show | There is a recertification option for LEED EB: O&M projects. Projects can recertify as frequently as every year but at least every 5 years. If the project team does not recertify the building at least every 5 years the building loses its certification.
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| show | Appeals can be submitted after the final application review.
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| show | Comply with environmental laws, Must be a permanent building, Must use a reasonable site boundary, Must comply with mim floor area, Comply with minimum occupancy, Must share energy + water data, Must comply with a minimum building area to site area ratio
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| show | LEED for Core and Shell
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| What has USGBC adapted to establish metrics and rating systems to measure building performance? | show 🗑
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| What are the goals of the LEED 2009 Minimum Program Requirements? | show 🗑
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| What is the average LEED certification fee for a project registered by a USGBC member? | show 🗑
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| ___________ of a LEED project must be certified under a single rating system. | show 🗑
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| show | There are no space requirements for LEED CI certification, other than the Minimum Program Requirements for any certification which requires: 'The LEED project must include a minimum of 250 square feet (22 square meters) of gross floor area.'
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| The property boundary and the LEED project boundary are what? | show 🗑
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| show | LEED for Core and Shell the owner will occupy 50% or less of the building. In this example the owner will occupy 20% of the building.
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| show | the LEED scorecard
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| show | LEED Score Card The project scorecard is available free of charge from USGBC's website.
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| What information can be entered in the LEED Score Card? | show 🗑
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| A project's scope of work will include systems upgrades, minor space-use changes, and minor facility alterations. What LEED rating system would be most appropriate? | show 🗑
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| The LEED credit categories common among the rating systems are? | show 🗑
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| show | The prerequisites are the key criteria that define green building performance. - GBCI
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| What is the LEED project boundary for a single building development? | show 🗑
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| What are excluded from the calculations in a density radius calculation? | show 🗑
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| show | Decreased building operating costs Reduced drawdown of potable water from water bodies and aquifers
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| show | Property area NOT Development footprint
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| What aspects of integrated project planning are NOT the most important to be integrated? | show 🗑
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| Locating a project near mass transit would have what economic benefit? | show 🗑
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| Is it true that RPCs are not new credits; they are 'bonus points'? | show 🗑
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| A single building commercial project is not part of a multi-building project. What would increasing the amount of open space for the project impact? | show 🗑
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| show | Commingled recycling takes up less space & People are more likely to participate in the recycling program
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| show | HCs have a lower global warming potential (GWP) than HCFCs HCs are environmentally benign to the atmosphere while HCFCs are not
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| What is true about integrative design? | show 🗑
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| show | Increasing greenhouse gas emissions
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| If a refrigeration system is inefficient, what is the indirect impact? | show 🗑
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| show | Chillers' operating efficiency
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| What project design strategy would minimize a project's water usage the most? | show 🗑
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| If an HVAC engineer is a LEED AP and also a principle participant on a project, what type of credit can be earned?? | show 🗑
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| show | Designing a smaller building footprint and maximizing the floor-area ratio
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| show | Heat Island Effect is covered by LEED, so no additional points would be given
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| show | Best practices for verifying the energy performance of a new building
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| What project team meeting is used to integrate green strategies across all aspects of the building design, drawing on the expertise of all participants? | show 🗑
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| show | Within the LEED boundary
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| What should be included in a building program detailing the project's green building requirements? | show 🗑
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| The LEED Credit Checklist allows project teams to mark potential credit achievement as: | show 🗑
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| What information can be entered in the LEED Score Card? | show 🗑
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| The number of occupants in a building would be used for what calculations? | show 🗑
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| show | Innovation in Design & Energy and Atmosphere
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| the Clean Air Act does what? | show 🗑
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| There are five refrigerants that are benign to the earth's atmosphere. They are? | show 🗑
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