Glossary Flashcards
(22 cards)
Buildings account for
38% of carbon monoxide
Scope 1 Energy
Scope 2 Energy
Scope 3 Energy
Owned or controlled sources
Purchased energy
That are not owned or directly controlled
40/60 Rule
The method used to choose the appropriate rating system for the project if the project seems to fit under multiple rating systems.
Active daylighting
collects the sunlight using mechanical devices but may not work well on cloudy days
Albedo
between 0 and 1. 1 represents white surfaces that reflect all the solar radiation.
Alternative Compliance Paths (ACPs)
enable international projects to earn the appropriate prerequisite/credits by allowing them to meet international standards or their local standards instead of US based standards.
Alternative fuel
hydrogen, electricity, propane, compressed natural gas, liquid natural gas, methanol, or ethanol
Basis of Design (BoD)
describes the information necessary to accomplish the owner’s project requirements, which includes system requirements, design criteria, standards, and guidelines developed by the architect/engineer
BUG rating
a luminaire classification system that classifies a luminaire according to backlight, uplight, and glare
Building automation system (BAS)
a computer-based monitoring system which can monitor, coordinate and control every individual building system
Carbon neutrality
to emit no more carbon emissions than can realistically be offset
Chain of Custody (CoC)
Procedure of tracking a product from extraction/harvesting to its distribution. An example may be the FSC certification, which provides chain-of-custody certification for wood-based products.
Closed system
System that does not produce any waste product at the end by circulating the same medium.
Commissioning (Cx)
is a systematic investigation by skilled personnel that compares building performance with the project goals, design specifications, and, most importantly, the owner’s project requirements (OPR).
Corporate Sustainability Reports (CSR)
provides information about the manufacturer or raw-material supplier of a product that has been verified to employ sustainable principles during the creation of their products.
Points
Certified 40-49
Silver 50-59
Gold 60-79
Platinum 80+
Minimum Program required
- permanent location on existing land
- must use reasonable leed boundaries (the gross floor area of the leed project should not be less than 2% of the gross land area within the leed project boundary)
- must comply with minimum project size
1,000 sf for new construction and maintenance, 250 sf for ID+C.
Project Administrator
Must be assigned in the project registration phase
Simple box energy modeling
enables the team to see the approximate energy use of the building and to evaluate strategies on how to reduce the energy use.
FAR floor area ratio
calculated by dividing the total square feet of a building by the total square feet of the lot of the building
zero-lot-line projects
buildings that are built on the entire lot
ACEEE
Green Score for cars above 45 to qualify
