LEED Study Guide Flashcards
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What is the percentage of greenhouse gases from the built environment ?
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2/3 or 67%
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How much can a team save by using the integrative process?
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From 2-10%
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What does building design include?
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Site, structure, systems and use, and design decisions.
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Integrative process steps:
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Pre-design, design, construction plans, bidding process, construction, commissioning the building, occupancy and recommissioning, building end of life reuse or demolition.
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What is the most important part of the predesign phase?
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Life cycle approach
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What does the LEED volume program help with?
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Cost effective LEED certification on a volume scale
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When would the campus program be used?
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The campus program is used when there are less than 25 projects and they are non-uniform in size. The projects do not have to be adjacent.
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How many LEED adaptations are there?
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What LEED rating system has recertification?
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LEED operation and maintenance
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How often must LEED O plus M projects recertify?
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Every five years
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What are the LEED impact category?
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Reverse contribution to global climate change. Enhance individual human health and well-being. Protect and restore water resources. Protect enhance and restore biodiversity in ecosystem services. Promote sustainable and regenerated material resources.
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What are three important factors of the LEED Green building rating system?
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Voluntary. Consensus-based. Market driven.
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What are the point values of a L EE D credit based on?
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The ability to mitigate the environmental harms of the building into promote beneficial effects.
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What are CFCs?
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CFCs stands for chlorofluorocarbon. This is a type of hydrocarbon that is used in most types of refrigerant for building applications such as centrifugal chiller’s, refrigerators and humidifiers.
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What do you CFCs do to the environment?
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CFCs destroy the ozone layer.
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What other green buildings rating systems are available?
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Green globes. BREEAM. Green star. I GCC.
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What standard defines a green power?
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Green-e
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What type of system Use CFCs?
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Chillers. Refrigerators. Humidifiers.
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What are alternatives to using refrigeration with CFCs?
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Natural ventilation. Refrigerants would lower ODB and GWP. Natural refrigerant.
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What does GWP stand for?
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Global warming potential
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What category does lighting power density have the greatest impact on?
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Energy and atmosphere
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What is lighting power density?
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Install lighting power of per unit area
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What does ODP stand for?
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Ozone depletion potential
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What is a baseline building performance?
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ASHRAE 90.1 defined minimum standards of design. A buildings baseline building performance would be the annual energy costs for a building design to those minimum standards.
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What is natural ventilation?
Natural ventilation uses the natural forces of wind and bouyancy to deliver fresh air into buildings
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What standard applies to natural ventilation?
ASHRAE 62.1
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What type of impact do you H FC's have on the ozone layer?
HFC's have a low impact on the ozone layer but many agencies have a high global warming potential GWP.
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What is free energy?
Energy was low to no cost that comes as a result of the building design. Examples include the lighting natural didn't relation or on-site solar power/wind energy.
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What is global warming potential as it relates to refrigerants?
A measurement of how much is that the given refrigerant will have on global warming in relation to carbon dioxide, where CO2 has a DWP of one. In this case the lower the value of GWP the better the refrigerator.
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What is ozone depletion potential as a relates to refrigerants?
The potential for a single molecule of the refrigerant to destroy the ozone layer the less the value of the ODP the better the refrigerant is for the ozone layer.
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Is it better for a refrigerant to have a higher or lower ODP and GWP?
Lower
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What is the fundamental refrigeration management?
To reduce stratospheric ozone depletion
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What is fundamental refrigerant management?
A minimum threshold for refrigerant selection. LEED requires zero use of CFCs based refrigerant in new base building HVAC&R systems.
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What variables measured a refrigerant impact on the environment?
Global warming potential GWP and ozone depletion potential. ODP
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What does air pollution cause?
Harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or damages the natural environment into the atmosphere.
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What is a lifecycle cost analysis?
Lifecycle cost analysis calculate expected future operating, maintenance and replacement costs of designs in features used to assist in developing a realistic design and budget estimate.
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What is net metering?
It promotes water runoff instead of infiltration into the subsurface this term is mostly use when discussing hard scape surfaces.
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What types of power have the greatest negative environmental impact?
Coal. Gas. Hydropower. Other fossil fuels.
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What is demand response?
A change in electricity used by demand side resources from their normal consumption patterns in response to changes in the price of electricity or to incentive payments designed to induce lower electricity use at times of high wholesale market price.
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An energy simulation model or energy model is generated for what reason?
The simulation model or energy model are used provide the anticipated energy consumption of the building permits a comparison of energy performance.
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What do greenhouse gases due to their environment?
Absorbed and emit radiation at specific wavelengths within the spectrum of thermal infrared radiation emitted by surface, clouds and the atmosphere. Can contribute to global climate change
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What is a demand response event?
A specific period of time when the utility or independent service calls for a change in the pad or a level of using grade base electricity from its program participants.
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What is the main ASHRAE standard in which HVAC systems must adhere?
ASHRAE 90.1
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What is a carbon offset?
That is reduced, avoided or sequestered to compensate for admissions occurring elsewhere
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What is in REC?
Renewable energy credits or green tags or tradable renewable certificate, are tradable environmental commodity in the US which represent proof that 1 MWh of electricity was generated from the elegible renewable energy resource.
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What is radon?
A cancer-causing radioactive gas, found in the ground, groundwater or building materials enters working in living spaces and disintegrates
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Where can our RECs be purchased?
Anywhere in are not bound by geography. They differ from actual electricity which must be purchased from a local provider.
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Standard qualifies carbon offsets?
Green – E climate certified
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How is the buildings energy efficiency benchmark?
EPA's energy Star portfolio manager
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What is the LEED online?
The primary resource for managing documentation process
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What are the LEED reference guides used for?
A users manual that guides a project from registration to certification of a project and construction of the project.
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What are some of the features of LEED online?
Manage project details, complete documentation requirements for credits and prerequisites , upload supporting files, submit application review, review feedback, earned certification
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What is the purpose of a LEED scorecard?
The scorecard is to assist in determining the total project score and achievable credits at the inception of the LEED project
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What do you the reference guides contain?
Strategies, case studies, and documentation requirements for each credit and prerequisite in the rating system.
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Who can access the LEED Online?
Anyone assigned to a project by the project admin
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What general documentation must be submitted for certification?
Project narrative. Project photos/drawings. Typical floorplans. Elevations
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What organization is responsible for LEED project registration?
GBCI
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What does a prerequisite represent?
It represents that key criteria that define green building performance. They must be completed for a project to earn certification
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What is a LEED intent?
Identify the main sustainability goal or benefit of the prerequisite or credit
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Why do projects need to meet prerequisites?
Because they are key criteria that define green building performance
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How many certification levels are visible to a LEED project?
4
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What are the different certification levels a project can earn?
Certified. Silver. Gold. Platinum
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How are CIRs submitted?
Credit interpretation request must be submitted through LEED Online
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What are the amount of points based on?
How will the credit addresses environmental and health concern
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What is environmental sustainability?
Long-term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations
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What is considered a construction hard cost?
Construction hard costs are considered to be tangible or physical products for building
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What is a construction hard cost?
The hard cause I mostly comprised of the actual construction cost to build the project examples include masonry, would, steel, carpet, etc.
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What are construction soft costs?
Soft costs are expense items that are not considered direct construction costs such as legal fees and building permitting
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What is meant by lifecycle assessment?
In lifecycle assessment is an analysis of the environment aspects and potential impacts associated with the project, process, or service
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What factors dictate how much your private certification fees will cost?
The rating system in which the project is registered under, the size of the project and square feet, and the date in which the project was registered
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LEED promotes what type of approach to sustainability?
A whole building approach
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What has USGBC adapted to establish metrics in rating systems to measure building performance?
Triple bottom line
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What does each category in the rating system consist of?
Prerequisites and credits
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When can a project the eligible to display the LEED plaque and other marketing material?
Following the acceptance of a final certification review
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What does LEED stand for?
Leadership in energy and environmental design
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What is LEED?
And internationally recognized green buildings certification system, providing third-party very verification that a building or community was designed and built strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most.
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What part of the LEED rating system are optional?
Credits are optional prerequisites are required
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How is LEED developed?
The rating system is developed through an open consensus based process led by LEED volunteer committees
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What is the total number of points available a LEED project can earn?
110
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What is Green Seal used for?
Green seal is an independent nonprofit organization that identifies and promotes products that are environmentally preferable
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What type of products are related to the Green Seal standard?
Paints and primers
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What LEED credit category has credits that reference the Green Seal standard
Indoor environmental quality
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What are LEED credit templates ?
The documentation forms used to prove the requirements of a prerequisite or credit have been met. These will be filled out in LEED Online
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What is Preliminary Rating?
The target score the project team will attempt to achieve. The final score, based on the number of points awarded, may be more or less than the preliminary rating
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How should projects reduce runoff?
Replicating the natural hydrology and water balance of the site
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What are ways to manage runoff?
Low impact development LID and green infrastructure
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What products can have a WaterSense label ?
Toilets
Private lavatory faucets
Shower heads
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What is energy use intensity measured in?
energy consumed per unit of floor space
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What is the Owners Projects Requirements document ?
A written document that details the ideas, concepts, and criteria determined by the owner to be important to the success of the project.
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What is Bus rapid transit
BRT is an enhanced bus system that operates on exclusive bus lanes or other transit rights of way. The system is designed to combine the flexibility of buses with the efficiency of rail
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What does tracking building level energy use help with ?
Identifying additional energy savings over time
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What is adaptive reuse ?
The practice of redesigning and using a structure for use that is significantly different from the buildings original use
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What do the credits In the MR category focus on?
Minimizing the embodied impacts associated with the entire life cycle of building materials
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What is the purpose of a life cycle assessment ?
To understand the trade offs of material selection and energy performance
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What is extended producer responsibility?
Measures undertaken by the maker of the product to except it's own and sometimes other me pictures products as postconsumer waste at the end of the product useful life?
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What is a flush out?
A flush out runs the mechanical systems with 100% outside air to remove contaminants. Flush out are usually done after construction is complete and prior occupant moving in.
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What is IPM?
Integrated pest management a method of pest management that protects human health and the surrounding environment and improves economic returns
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What is a common issue with the daylighting?
Glare
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What does the lighting help reduce?
The need for artificial lighting
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What are the benefits of good acoustics?
Increased learning in schools. Increased privacy in healthcare. Increased employee productivity.
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What are ways to provide thermal comfort?
Operable windows. Individual thermal comfort controls. Controls for shared spaces.
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What is a negative environmental externality of locating a project in an area that does not have diverse uses and is not densely developed?
Increased air pollution
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What are the benefits of LEED certified building?
Lower operating costs and increase acid. Reduce waste sent to landfills. Energy and water conservation. More helpful and productive environment for occupants. Reductions in greenhouse gas omissions. Qualification for tax rebates.
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What is the most impactful way that a project can help to reverse contribution to climate change?
Reducing fossil fuel based energy consumption
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What is a ride share?
A transit service in which individuals travel together in a passenger car or in a van that seat at least four people.
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What is a regulated load?
Any building and use that has either a mandatory or a prescriptive requirement in ASHRAE standard 90.1
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What is SMACNA in a used for?
Sheet metal and air conditioning contractors national Association guidelines play a key role in construction activity pollution prevention
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What lead category would SMACNA be for.?
Indoor environmental quality
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Recycled content is defined in accordance with what document?
ISO 14021 international organization of standards document
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What are examples of non-financial incentives for green building?
Technical assistance. Marketing assistance
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What is a regular building occupant?
Habitual users of the building
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Name the different types of regular building occupants?
Employees. Staff. Volunteers. Resident. Primary and secondary school students. Hotel guest. Inpatient.
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What is a visitor?
Visitors intermittently use a building
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Name the different type of building visitors
Retail customers. Outpatient. Volunteering. Higher education students.
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What is the most important of the integrated process?
Discovery
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What is a commissioning authority?
The individual designated to organize, lead, and review the completion of commissioning process activities
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What is low impact development LID?
In approach to managing rainwater runoff emphasizes on site natural features to protect water quality by replicating the natural land cover hydrologic Regime of watersheds and addressing runoff
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What are low VOC products?
Materials that have less off gassing resulting in improved indoor air quality
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What are examples of occupant controls?
Occupant controls the system of switch that a person in the space can directly access and use. Which include a task light, and open switch and blinds.
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Can a project earn multiple certifications
Yes
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What types of projects would LEED BD+C schools be used for?
The design and construction of K through 12 schools
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What LEED category can earn points for low emitting materials?
Indoor environmental quality
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What is lifecycle costing?
Evaluate the products economic performance
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What is lifecycle assessment
The investigation and valuation of the environmental impacts of a given product or service caused or necessitated by its existence
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When should lifecycle assessment?
When considering the products long-term environmental impact over the products lifetime
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Why should you use lifecycle costing ?
When their existing project alternatives filled the same performance requirements, but different with respect to initial costs and operating costs. The comparison can help maximize net savings
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What is value engineering?
Analysis of the requirements of a project for the purpose of achieving the essential functions at the lowest total cost
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What can cause the heat island effect?
Dart surfaces. Vehicle exhaust. Air-conditioners. Reduced airflow from tall buildings and narrow streets
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What is heat island effect?
The heat island effect is a situation where the absorption of fat hard scapes, buildings, and dark materials then radiate to surrounding areas
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What is solar reflectance index?
A measure of the constructed surfacings ability to stay cool in the sun by reflecting solar radiation and in meeting thermal radiation
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What are the benefits of reducing heat island effect?
Reducing heat island reduces air temperatures which would reduce the need to cool that air in the building
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What are some ways to reduce on automobile parking?
Select a site near mass transit, promote carpooling, install less parking, install bicycle rack
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What are some types of diverse uses?
Bank, Place of worship, convenience store, grocery, daycare, cleaners, fire station, beauty salon, hardware
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What is a Brownfield?
Real property who's use may be complicated by the presence of possible presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant
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What do reflective materials help with?
Reducing the heat island effect
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What are ways to reduce single passenger vehicles traveling to a project site?
Locate the site near mass transit
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What does preferred parking referred to?
Preferred parking refers to the parking spots that are closest to the main entrance of the project for parking passes provide it at a discounted rate
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What type of paving systems that are open and allow moisture to soak into the ground below?
Pervious
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By what amount can heat island effect temperatures in urban areas
10° or more
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What minimum green score is required by LEED for a vehicle to qualify as a green vehicle?
45 is required on the American Council for an energy efficient economy annual vehicle rating guide
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What strategies are employed to reduce heat islands?
Using materials with Higher solar reflectance properties in the site design, provide shaded areas and reduce her speech services by installing vegetative roofs
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Heat islands impact what LEED categories.?
Sustainable sites and energy and atmosphere
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What generally defines open space area?
Local zoning requirements
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What does the building footprint consist of?
The area on a project site used by the building structure and defined by the perimeter of the building plan
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What is light pollution?
Waste light from building site that produce glare, is directed outward to the sky
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What is A greenfield site?
A site not previously developed or graded that could support open space habitat or agriculture
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What are examples of impervious surfaces?
Parking lots and sidewalks
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How is development density calculated?
Buy drawing a radius from the project building
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What is the purpose of locating a project in an area with diverse uses ?
Located near diverse uses promotes walking
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What is a diverse use?
A distinct, officially recognize business, nonprofit, civic, religious, or governmental organization, or dwelling units, or offices
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How are diverse uses identified for project?
By walking distance from the project site
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What is pedestrian access?
Pedestrian access allows pedestrians to walk between areas without interference
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What is a previously developed site?
Site there was previously built on, has been graded, or container parking lot, roadway or other structure
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What is the development footprint?
The development separate includes all areas of the site affected by the development of project site activity. Include hard skates, parking lot, access roads, none building facilities and the building itself
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What is open-space?
Open space is undeveloped land but is different from Greenfield sites since open space could have been developed in the past and restore to an undeveloped state
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What is a full-time equivalent? FTE
A regular building occupant who spends 40 hours per week in the project building
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What are transient occupants?
Building visitors and other part-time or occasional occupants such as students, volunteers, visitors
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How can potable water use reduced for irrigation?
Use graywater or rainwater for watering . Use drip irrigation. Install a native and adaptive plants
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What two measurements are used to calculate a percent reduction in water use?
A baseline design case and an installed design case
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What is energy efficiency?
Energy-efficient see is the use of technology that requires less energy to perform the same function as a conventional item.
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What is global warming?
Global warming refers to climate change that causes an increase in the average temperature of the lower atmosphere of the earth.
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What are three types of LEED improvements made on a regular basis?
ERRATA and addenda. Adaptations. Next version of LEED
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What are greenhouse gas?
A gas, such as carbon dioxide or methane, which contributes to potential climate change
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In what three ways are LEED interpretations different project CIRS?
Precedent setting. Published online. Subject to consensus-based review.
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What are three benefits of LEED interpretations?
Can be applied to multiple projects. Part of the L EE D conversation. Reviewed by USGBC committees.
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What types of projects require a master site for registration?
Campus
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What LEED developments address specific space types in international requirement?
LEED rating system adaptations
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What is the LEED pilot credit library?
Allows credits to be refined through project evaluations before they complete the balloting process for introduction into L EE D
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What is LPE?
Licensed professional exemption LPE is in optional credit documentation path in which professionals can submit license information and a declaration of compliant in Lieu of a number of otherwise required submittal.
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What is a closed system?
They closed system is a system would a closed loop and is thought of as a more sustainable process.
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What is an open system?
And open system is a system that constantly takes and items from outside the system, uses them and then releases them as waste.
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What is a negative feedback loop?
A negative feedback loop is a system where the output make signaled the system to stop changing.
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What is the most effective way to optimize energy efficiency?
The most effective way to optimize energy-efficient is by utilizing an integrative whole building approach
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What are the phases of the LEED integrative process?
Discovery. Design and construction. Occupancy, operations, and performance feedback.
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What steps occurred in the pre-design phase?
Develop green vision. Established project goals. Green design criteria. Set priorities. Develop building program. Establish budget. Assemble green team. Develop partnering strategies. Develop project schedule. Review laws and standards. Conduct research.
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How does integrated design differ from the conventional building process?
The integrated process is iterative
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What is at the core of the integrative process?
Collaborative team members
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What does the ISO 14000 standard do?
Assesses environmental performance of products and services and provide guidance on improving their environmental performance
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What does the Energy star standard do?
Energy star is specific to energy performance and can be used to compare building performance.
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What is infill development?
Infill development occurs within established urban areas where the site or area either is a bacon place between other developments or has previously been used for another purpose
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What document assist with determining recommended parking?
ITE transportation planning handbook
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What is a site assessment?
In a valuation of in areas above ground and subsurface characteristics, including its structures, geology and hydrology. Site assessments typically help determine whether contamination has occurred in the extent and concentration of any release of pollutants
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Construction activity pollution prevention should address what environmental protection measures?
Soil erosion. Waterway sedimentation. Airborne dust
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What team member creates an erosion and sedimentation control plan for a construction activity pollution prevention?
Civil engineer
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What does protecting in restoring habitat help with?
Promoting biodiversity
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What is embodied energy?
That available energy that was used in the work of making a product. Embodied energy is an accounting methodology which aims to find some total of the energy necessary for an entire product lifecycle
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What is post consumer recycled content?
It is the percentage of material in a product that was consumer waste
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What is the pre-design phase of an environmentally responsive design?
In edit step to the design process which includes good integrative process defining environmental design guidelines and assembly and integrative project team
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Reusing an existing building can help earn credit in what category?
Materials and resources
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What is pre-consumer recycled content?
Free consumer recycled content is formally known as postindustrial cotton, is a percentage of material in a product that is recycled from manufacturing waste
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What is recycled content?
Recycled content is the proportion by mass, of preconsumer or post consumer recycled material in a product. ISO 14021
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What is commingled recycling?
Commingled recycling is sips a wide range of recyclable materials. This allows materials to be collected in one bin or location prior to being sent to recycling facility for separation
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What is waste diversion?
Reducing the amount of recyclable material being thrown away and ultimately wasted by disposal in the landfill.
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What are examples of pre-consumer recycled content?
Saw Dust, walnut shells, trim materials, Over issue publications
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What are examples of content that is excluded from pre-consumer recycled content?
Rework, regrind, or scrap material capable of being reclaim within the same process that generated them.
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What are I codes?
The international codes published by ICC provide minimum safeguards for people at home, at school and in the workplace
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What is the IgCC?
The IgCC provides the building industry with language that built broadens in strengthens building codes in a way that will celebrate the construction of high performance green buildings
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What are LEED the interpretations?
LEED Interpretations just like project credit interpretation rolling our official answers to technical inquiries about implementing L EE D on a project. They help people understand how their projects can meet LEED requirements
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What are LEED addendum?
US GBC publishes clarifications to address errors in the LEED rating systems and reference guides
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what is a HERs index
The home energy rating system index is a standard by which a home energy efficiency is measured
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What is a BUG rating?
The back like a blight glare method is used in LEED before for light pollution reduction
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What does increasing ventilation in the building help with?
Reduced absenteeism
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Where should smoking the prohibited around the building?
Near entrances, operable windows, and air intakes
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What does the type entryway system selected for a building impact?
Indoor air quality
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Green power must be certified by which organization for L EE D credit?
Green – E
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When would natural ventilation be a good design choice?
In cooler climate where temperatures are lower
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What are the environmental benefits of an REC?
Avoid the carbon dioxide emissions associated with conventional electricity and reduce some air pollution
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What are environmental externalities?
Transaction in which one or more parties to the transaction or not compensated and may have little choice in this transaction. Air pollution for example, is a visible externality of manufacturing, the cost of which is generally paid by others.
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What is Product transparency?
Need to building disclosure in optimization credit in the materials and resources section 2 options for compliance. The first option is for material transparency was in the material or how was it obtained. There are third-party certification use.
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What is it environmental products declaration EPD?
The environmental project declaration is a standard does weight of want to find environmental impact of a product or system it is a statement that the item that environment to requirements of I S014021, ISO 14025, and EN 15804
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What is a health product declaration HPD ?
Health product declaration provide a full disclosure of the potential chemicals of concern and products by comparing product ingredients to a wide variety of hazard List published by government authorities in scientific association
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What is a corporate sustainability report CSR?
A CSR Report is a third-party verified report that includes information on how the main deck sure where extract or sources materials
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What is density?
A measure of the total building floor area or dwelling units on a parcel of land relative to the buildable land of that parcel
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What is buildable land?
The portion of the site where construction can occur, including land voluntarily set aside and not constructed. When used in density calculation buildable land excludes public right of way and land excluded from development by codified law
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How is water performance measurement accomplished?
Metering and submetering
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What is a floor area ratio FAR?
The density of nonresidential land use, exclusive of parking, measured as the total non-residential building floor area divided by the total buildable land area available for non-residential structure
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What is occupied space?
Enclosed area is intended for human activity
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For multiple building developments who determines the LEED project boundary?
The project team
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What is the purpose of an REC?
A renewable energy certificate is a tradable commodity that allows organizations without access to off-site green power to purchase the benefits of green power
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What are examples of unoccupied spaces?
Mechanical rooms, stairwells, closets
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What is in regularly occupied space?
Conference rooms, guest rooms, kitchen, Hotel lobby
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What is commissioning?
The process of verifying and documenting that a building and all of its systems and assembly are plan, design, installed, tested, operated, and maintain to meet the owners project requirements.
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What is retro commissioning?
A commissioning process that can be performed on existing buildings to identify and recognize system improvements that make the building more suitable for current use
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What are examples of high-priority designation area?
Historic district. Priority designation sites. Brownfield
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What are types of habitat?
Prime farmland, floodplains, endangered habitat, what are bodies on the wetlands
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What is WaterSense used for in L EE D?
To identify fixtures in a LEED Building are both water efficient and high performing
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What is chain of custody COC certification?
Chain of custody refers to chronological documentation or paper trail. COC is important when dealing with certified wood
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What are the diverse use categories?
Food retail. Community serving retail. Services. Civic and community facilities. Community anchor uses
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What does designing for flexibility mean?
Designing for flexibility is a concept that considers the future use of the building and how it may be modified while at the same time reducing waste and reducing the need for new materials
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What are three examples of building product disclosure?
Raw materials sourcing. Material ingredients. Environmental project disclosure
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What are US GBC seven guiding principles?
Promote the triple bottom line. Establish leadership. Reconcile humidity with nature. Foster social equity. Maintain integrity. Be inclusive. Exhibit transparency
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What does a building automation system do?
Collect data about a building system and track it over time
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What standards can be used to identify green cleaning products?
Environmental choice and green seal
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What is vision glazing?
The glass portion of an exterior window that permits views to the exterior or interior
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What is the waste reduction hierarchy ?
Source reduction. Reuse. Recycling . Waste to energy
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What is USGBC MISSION ?
To transform the way buildings and communities are design, built and operated, enabling in environmentally and socially responsible, healthy and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life
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What is waste to energy ?
The process of generating energy in the form of electricity and or heat from the incineration of waste
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What is ASHRAE 90.1 related to?
ASHRAE 90.1 relates to HVAC systems are defined as: equipment and terminals that provide the processes of heating, ventilating, or air conditioning
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What is USGBC vision?
Buildings and communities will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation
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What is the roles of GBCI?
Administration of the LEED exams. Overseeing LEED credential maintenance. Third party technical reviews of registered LEED Projects
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What is ASHRAE 62.1 related to?
ASHRAE 62.1 is related to ventilation, controlling air contaminant levels, humidity, and temperature within a space
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What is ASHRAE 55 related to ?
ASHRAE 55 is related to the comfort criteria of a specific design conditions that take into Account temperature, humidity, air speed, outdoor temperature,outdoor humidity, seasonal clothing, and expected activity.
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What environmental benefit does purchasing off-site renewable energy have?
Emissions reductions
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What does ASHRAE stand for ?
American society of heating, refrigerating and air-conditioning engineers
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What ASHRAE standard would be used for the energy and atmosphere category
ASHRAE 90.1
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What ASHRAE Standard would be used for the indoor environmental quality category?
ASHRAE 62.1 is related to ventilation and ASHRAE 55 is related to the thermal comfort criteria of occupants
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What standard addresses the thermal comfort of building occupants?
ASHRAE 55
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What LEED category would use the Green-E standard be used for ?
Energy and atmosphere
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What LEED Categories contains standards related to VOC emissions
Materials and resources and indoor environmental quality
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What is MERV rating ?
Minimum efficiency reporting value. MERV ratings are used to rate the ability of an air conditioning filter to remove dust from air as it passes through the filter
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What is the EPAct of 1992 ?
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 covers many products and services related to energy. It also sets standard for toilets and other water fixtures in both commercial and residential models
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What is ISO 14021
It is series standard Environmental Labels and Declaration are communication tools that convey information on environmental aspects of a product or service to the market.
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What is IESNA?
Illuminating engineering Society of North America. Publisher of lighting design and illuminations
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What does certification by forest stewardship Council mean?
Certification means for risk managers have adopted environmentally and socially responsible Forest management practices
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What are credit interpretation rulings CIRS?
They are designed for technical in a ministry to guidance for MPR, prerequisites, and credits
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Where can the LEED scorecard be found?
USGBC website
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CIR can be used for what purposes?
CIR are used to ask one clear and concise question for technical and administrative guidance
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What are the benefits of regional materials
Reduced transportation costs, support of local resources
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What is source reduction?
The practice of designing, manufacturing, purchasing or using materials in ways that reduce the amount or Toxicity of trash created
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What credit category addresses recycled content?
Materials and resources
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How many points can be in the Innovation category?
Six
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How many regional priority credits can a project earn?
Four points
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How many L EE D APs are required to participate in a project to earn one innovation point?
At least 1 principle participant
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Who is the project administrator?
The individual who initially registers the project will be identified as the project admin
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How can innovation credit be earned?
Doubling the credit requirements, using a new strategy that is quantifiable or achieving pilot credits
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How does the integrative whole building approach apply to project?
The integrated whole building approach is the most effective way to optimize energy efficiency, by collaboration among all team members, beginning at the start of a project, this method is necessary in design buildings
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What is a design charrette?
Design charrette is in intense collaborative design activity that allows project teams to develop implant project strategies and evaluate and identify both financial and environmental impacts
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What does the holistic approach pertain to?
A holistic approach evaluates energy consumption early in the design process to allow project teams to target methods to improve the building energy consumption and performance
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What LEED credit category awards points for achieving exemplary performance?
Innovation
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How do you earn innovation credit for exemplary performance?
By earning the next step in the threshold progression on the credits that allow exemplary performance
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What are the requirements for submitting in Innovacion credit for an innovative strategy?
Identify the following in writing: The intent of the credit, the requirement for compliance, the proposed submittals to demonstrate compliance, the design approach used to meet the requirements
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How are innovation points for innovation performance is measured?
This a minute credit must be quantifiable
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What is the maximum number of points of project can earn under the regional credit category
4
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During the site selection process what members should a project team include?
Landscape architects, ecologist, Environmental engineers, civil engineers, and local professionals
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With are credit synergies?
Credit Synergies happen when credits work together and have in increased benefit many times at a lower combined cost
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Who fills out the LEED scorecard?
The project team does during the Charette
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Who can become a LEED AP specialist
Anyone that passes the exams
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What do LEED APs with specialty do on a project?
Help streamline the certification process
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What is exemplary performance?
Performance above and beyond the L EE D requirements
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What are the long-term effects of climate change?
Higher sea levels. Higher temperatures. Longer droughts
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What are alternative compliance paths?
Alternative compliance paths or ACP allow international projects to identify equivalent means of demonstrating compliance to the credit requirements
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What are examples of structural incentives for green building?
Expedited review/permitting process. Density and height bonuses
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What are examples of financial incentives for green building?
Tax credits. Fee reductions/waivers. Grants. Revolving loan funds
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What do you call a collaborative facilitated approach to project design and execution.?
An integrative process
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What should a project vision include?
A statement that embraces sustainable principles and integrative process
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What can increase the ventilation in a building have a negative impact on?
Creasing ventilation in a building increases energy use EA
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At was stage is it critical to incorporate green building practices into the project?
Pre-design
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Local zoning requirements are defined as?
Local government regulations imposed to promote orderly development of private lands and prevent land use conflicts
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Which has precedent in a project LEED requirements or local codes?
Local codes
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What codes must LEED projects follow?
Projects should review relevant and applicable laws, codes, local ordinances, statutes, and industry related standards
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What must be check to determine what type of building can be built on a piece of land?
Local zoning requirements
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What are local ordinances?
A lot usually found in a municipal code
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What are local codes?
State and local jurisdictions may develop their own regulations or adopt building code based on national model code. Codes can be published by the ICC
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What additional green building project in building construction budget are there?
Lifecycle cost analysis. Green building experts. Contingency plans for additional research.
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What is system thinking?
In understanding of the build environment as a series of relationships in which all parts influence many other parts
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What is the integrative process used for?
Support high performance, cost-effective project outcomes through in early analysis of the interrelationships among systems.
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What are the benefits of using an integrated process?
Higher performing buildings and healthier buildings and cost savings over the long-term
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What is our REACH used for?
The regulation on registration evaluation authorization and restriction of chemicals requires all companies manufacturing or important chemical substances into the European Union in quantities of 1 ton or more per year to be registered
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What are salvage materials?
Construction materials recovered from building sites and reused on different building sites in the same or a different capacity.
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What is reuse?
Strategy to use existing materials in a similar or different capacity that allows for the preservation of natural resources
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At minimum what materials must a commercial project included in a recycling program
cardboard, glass, plastics, metals
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What variables are used in determining FTE calculations?
The type of building Occupant and the hours worked per week
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What does runoff contribute to?
Soil erosion and sedimentation of local waterways
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Harvested rainwater can be substituted for what types of potable water?
Landscape irrigation, fire suppression, toilet and urinal flushing and custodial juices
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What does a vegetative roof consist of?
Vegetation, growing medium, filter fabric, drainage, and a waterproof membrane.
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What does GPF stand for?
Gallons per flush. The unit of measurement for flush fixtures
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What is bioswale?
Landscape elements designed to remove silt and pollution from surface runoff water.
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What does GPM stand for?
Gallons per minute. The unit of measurement for flow fixtures ie faucets, showers
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What is sedimentation?
When runoff deposits sediment into waterways leading to a decline in water quality by blocking sunlight
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What is graywater?
Domestic water composed of wash water from kitchen, bathroom and laundry sinks, tubs and washers
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What codes define gray water?
Local and state authorities along with the uniform plumbing code UPC And the IPC
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Irrigation impacts would LEED category?
Water efficiency and energy and atmosphere
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What is black water ?
It is wastewater from toilets and urinals. Wastewater from kitchen sinks, showers, or bathtub is consider black water under some state or local codes
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What is Xeriscaping ?
It is a landscaping method that makes routine irrigation unnecessary. If uses drought adapted and low water plants as well as soil amendment such as compost and mulch is to reduce evaporation
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What are saving fixtures can reduce water use in a project by what amount?
30%
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What is drip irrigation?
Drip irrigation delivers water at low-pressure through buried mains and sub maines. Water is distributed to the soil through a network of perforated tubes or emitters
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What are noxious weeds?
They are an invasive species of plants that inhibit the cultivation and growth of local or adapted plants
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What are native or indigenous plants?
They are adapted to a given area during a defined time. And are not invasive
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What are considered invasive plants?
They are non-native to the ecosystem and likely to cause harm wants introduce. These species are characteristically adaptable and aggressive have a high reproductive capacity intend to overrun the ecosystem that they enter
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What is the definition of potable water?
Potable water meets or exceeds EPA's drink your water quality standards and is approved for human consumption by the state or local authorities
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What are some uses of non-potable water?
Landscape irrigation, toilet and urinal Flushing, Custodial purposes and building system
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What are some of the benefits of vegetative roofs?
They reduce the heat island effect, they retain run off, insulating benefits, visually pleasing, have longer life
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What would you use the EPA act of 1992 for?
Measuring the baseline case what are use for the water efficiency credits
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Reduction in potable water consumption from what it efficient landscaping are attributed to what techniques?
Choosing the correct plant species, irrigation efficiency, use of captured rainwater, recycled waste water
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What are some ways to capture rainwater to prevent run off
Rain gardens. Green roofs. Retention pond. Bio retention pond
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What factors are used to establish a baseline water demand when calculating for water efficiency in commercial or residential applications
Calculations are based on estimated occupancy usage and must include only the following fixtures in fixture fittings I E: what are closets, urinals, faucets
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In water efficiency address is what environmental concerns for building use and disposal?
Monitoring water consumption performance, reduction in indoor potable water consumption, reduction in water consumption to save energy and improve environmental well-being, and to practice water efficient landscaping
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Process water is used for what purpose?
Process water is used for industrial processes such as cooling towers, boilers and chillers
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What is aquifer?
A underground water bearing rock formation or group of formations that supply groundwork, Wells or springs
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Low flow fixtures use less water than what standard?
EPAct of 1992
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What are some examples of applications that use automatic fixture sensors
Sinks, water closets, urinals
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Wastewater from toilets is what type?
Blackwater
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Wastewater from kitchen sinks is what type of water ?
Blackwater
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Wastewater from faucet is what type of water?
Graywater
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What is WaterSense ?
A partnership program sponsored the EPA helping consumers identify water efficient products and programs
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What type of water is drinking water?
Potable water
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What are adapted plants?
Non-native plants that use less fertilizer, pesticides in the water in a given landscape. These plants have adapted to the local climate in are not considered invasive plants or weeds
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What is irrigation efficiency?
Percentage of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation and does not evaporate, blow away, or fall on hard scape
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What is the baseline flow rate of a faucet?
2.2 GPM
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What is the baseline flush rate of the urinal?
1GPF
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What is the baseline plus rate of a water closet?
1.6 GPF
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How much water does A waterless urinal consume?
None
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What type of what it is municipally supply reclaim/recycle water?
Non-potable water
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The water use of a faucet is measured using what units
Gallons per minute
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The water use of a water closet is measured in what units?
Gallons per flush
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What are the benefits of native plants?
Native plants require less water, less maintenance, less fertilizer and are more pest resistant
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What is reclaimed water?
Reclaimed water is water that has been treated for reuse
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What type of plant does LEED recommended using in landscape design?
Native or adaptive plants
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What is harvested rain water?
Harvested Rainwater is rain water that has been collected for uses such as landscaping irrigation, toilet flushing, or other non-potable water uses
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What are some types of flow fixtures?
Showerhead, spray Valve , lavatory faucet
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What are some types of flushing fixtures?
Urinal, water closet
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What is the baseline water demand of a building?
Estimated usage of a project fixtures in the teens using the flush and flow rates from the EPAct 1992 standard
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What Standard is used to determine the baseline wooden building demand?
EPAct of 1992
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What are examples of post consumer recycled content?
Construction and demolition debris, materials collected through recycling programs, discarded furniture, landscaping waste
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What type of recycled content is a material that contains recycled newspaper?
Post consumer recycled content
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What is the FSC?
The Forest stewardship Council established in 1933 in response to those concerns over global deforestation
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What is the environmental benefits of using salvaged materials?
It reduces the demand for virgin material
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What is a VOC?
Volatile organic compounds can cause negative health effects when inhaled
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What is construction and demolition debris?
Construction and demolition debris are waist building materials, tree stumps, rubble resulting from construction, remodeling repair and demolition of homes, etc.
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What materials are not allowed to be included in the calculations for construction waste management?
Excavated material such as dirt and trees. hazardous materials such as Asbestos and lead cover debris
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What is a construction waste management plan?
Construction waste management plan our administrative and procedural requirements for salvaging recycling and disposing of nonhazardous demolition and construction waste
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What is a green score
A green score measures the greenness of an automobile
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What is a LEED credit?
Part of the rating system. Projects can earn points by meeting the requirements of credits in order to achieve building certification
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What credit categories are shared among most LEED rating system?
Location and transportation, sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, innovation
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What is a LEED category?
A subset of the LEED rating system. Each rating system has several green building categories.
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What is the highest LEED certification level?
Platinum
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What is USGBC?
A nonprofit trade organization that promotes sustainability and how buildings are design, built and operated
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What type of projects would LEED BD+C be used for?
New construction and major renovation
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What does sustainability mean?
Sustainability is meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
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Who develops LEED?
Volunteer committee
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What are some examples of gray water?
Water from bathtubs, showers, bathroom wash basin, water from clothes washers and laundry tub. And in some cases kitchen sink
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What is the triple bottom-line?
A change from being primarily financially driven to considering economics environment and social responsibility
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What are some ways the triple bottom line is referred to?
Ecology, environment, economics. People, profit, planet. Economics, ecology, social equity
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What are greenhouse gases?
A gas, such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen dioxide, which contribute to climate change.
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The building footprint is also considered what?
Project Boundary
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What is albedo?
Reflectivity of a material
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Which of the following strategies can help in achieving the Demand Response credit?
Acceptable strategies for achieving the Demand Response credit include load-shedding and shifting peak demand.
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What does the Construction Carbon Calculator measure?
The Construction Carbon Calculator measures the embodied carbon of the construction process.
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What are examples of process energy?
Process energy is considered by LEED to include office equipment, computers, laundry washing and drying, kitchen cooking and refrigeration. Non-process (regulated) energy includes lighting, HVAC, service water heating, chillers, boilers, etc.
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What are examples of uses of process water?
Water used for building systems such as boiler feed water, cooling water, chillers, etc.
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What is eutrophication?
Eutrophication is the ecosystem’s response to excess nitrates or phosphates from fertilizers or sewage.
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What is net metering?
Net metering is selling electricity generated from renewable sources back to the utility.
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Which of the following are the largest energy users in buildings, according to the USGBC?
Lighting and space heating are the largest energy users in buildings.
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Green buildings can contribute to what percentage reduction in solid waste?
Green buildings can contribute to a 70% reduction in solid waste.
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The Solar Reflectance Index measures which of the following?
The Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) is the ability of a surface to reflect and reject solar heat on a scale of 0 to 100. SRI is a combination of reflectance and emittance.
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What is the LEED project administrator’s role?
The LEED project administrator is the main point of contact with GBCI during the certification process.
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Which of the following would help to reduce greenhouse gases?
Providing preferred parking for low emitting and fuel efficient vehicles could encourage occupants to drive green vehicles instead of conventional vehicles, which would reduce greenhouse gases.
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To achieve credit for Interior Lighting - Lighting Control, which of the following is not required?
Interior Lighting - Lighting Control encourages individual task lighting for multi-occupant spaces that incorporates a minimum three level control system (on, off, mid-level), switches should be in the same place as the luminaires and lighting controls for any separate projection or presentations in the space should be separately controlled. Uplighting is a feature of lighting quality, not of lighting control.
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Which of the following substances does tertiary treatment remove from water?
Tertiary treatment is the highest form of water treatment, and removes phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater.
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Which is the most significant energy load resulting from increased ventilation?
Increased ventilation creates a greater energy load from heating and cooling the extra air.
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Which of the following strategies can reduce stormwater runoff?
open space, harvesting rainwater, reducing impervious surfaces
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What does a daylight harvesting system do?
A daylight harvesting system adjusts the lighting levels in the building based on the amount of daylight entering the building.
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what can contribute to a building’s energy efficiency?
vegetative roofs, natural ventilation, using Energy Star Appliances
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Equivalent standards to Green-e products must address:
Verifiable Chain of Custody, Tracking of GhG reductions, Verifiable age of renewable energy
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Open space is:
Open space is defined as the project’s property area minus the development footprint.
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Which standards addresses MERV filters for ventilation?
ASHRAE 52.2 refers to MERV filtration in air handlers.
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Which term refers to using low emitting materials based on the measurement of total VOC concentration in the building’s indoor air?
The LEED VOC budget is the measurement of the total VOC concentration in the building’s indoor air. A VOC budget is allowed for Low-Emitting Materials.
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What is bioremediation?
Bioremediation is the use of living organisms to remove pollutants from contaminated sites and water.
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What is passive solar?
Passive solar is a system that collects, stores and distributes solar energy in the form of heat without use of mechanical or electrical equipment. It is not considered renewable energy in LEED.
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What is the LEED Volume Program?
The LEED Volume Program is designed for individuals who have a lot of buildings and want to implement LEED on a large scale.
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Which materials require dedicated storage for recycling or disposal for achieving Storage and Collection of Recyclables Credit?
Mixed paper requires dedicated storage for recycling. Batteries and electronic waste require dedicated storage for safe disposal. Wood storage is not mandatory.
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what is not a reason that natural ventilation is preferable to mechanical ventilation?
While natural ventilation requires less energy, fewer refrigerants, and less money to operate, it is less effective at removed pollutants from indoor air than mechanical ventilation.
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Which factors determine thermal comfort?
The main factors affecting thermal comfort are: Air Temperature, Radiant Temperature, Air Velocity, Humidity, Clothing Insulation and Metabolic Heat.
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The main factors affecting thermal comfort are: Air Temperature, Radiant Temperature, Air Velocity, Humidity, Clothing Insulation and Metabolic Heat.
A daylight harvesting system adjusts the lighting levels in the building based on the amount of daylight entering the building. This decreases the building’s energy use, therefore contributing to Minimum Energy Performance and/or Optimize Energy Performance.
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What Prius effect
The "Prius Effect" involves delivering real-time energy information by installing meters to improve efficiency of energy systems
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Low emitting and fuel efficient vehicles are determined by which standard?
LEED defines a low emitting and fuel efficient vehicle as either a Zero Emissions Vehicle (as defined by the California Air Resources Board) or a vehicle that scores a minimum of 40 on the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy Guide.
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Environmentally preferable materials are those that?
Are durable, toxin free, support local economy, recycled and made in factories that support health and human rights.
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What standards are there for ventilation ?
ASHRAE 62.1
CEN standard EN 15251-2007
CISBE Manuals
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IGCC
International Green Construction Code provides model code language to establish baseline regulations for new and existing buildings related to energy conservation, water efficiency, building owner responsibility, site impacts, building waste, and materials and construction
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What is the process of operations and maintenance of a high performing building ?
Plan, audit, measure. Analyze, adjust
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Transportation to and from work accounts for what percentage of greenhouse gases ?
50%
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What are the methods to reduce erosion and sedimentation ?
Mulching,erosion control blankets , sediment fencing, berms and constructed ponds, seeding, straw bales
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What is a compressed work week?
10 hour days 4 days a week (4/10) or 9 hour days for 9 days straight (9/80)
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Refrigerants worst to best ?
CFC, HCFC, HC, Natural refrigerants
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Who can act as the CxA (commissioning authority) for a new construction office project of 50,000 square feet that is applying for enhanced commissioning?
An owner's employee and/or a sub-consultant of the architectural team (e.g. Energy Modeler) can act as the CxA.
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What is appropriate activity to schedule at the beginning of a LEED project? (Choose 2)
Choosing a commissioning agent (CxA) and determining the Owner’s Project Requirements are important first steps because they will be engaged throughout design and construction.
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The ASTM E-1527-05 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment determines which type of land?
The ASTM E-1527-05 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment defines contaminated land, including brownfields.
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According to LEED, which of the following describes average water closet use for women?
According to LEED, women make three bathroom trips per day, all three of which are water closet trips.
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A retail store has a 10,000 square foot manufacturing facility. For the facility to be considered a densely occupied space, it must have more than ___ occupants?
A densely occupied space, according to LEED, has more than 25 people per 1000 square feet. A 10,000 square foot facility would need to have 250 people, minimum, to be considered densely occupied (25 x 10 = 250).
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What is the best method of comparing the efficiency of HVAC systems?
The efficiency of air conditioners is often rated by the Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER).
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What are strategies for erosion and sedimentation control?
Strategies for erosion and sedimentation control include temporary and permanent seeding, mulching, earthen dikes, silt fencing, sediment traps, and sediment basins.
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According to LEED, which of the following describes average bathroom use per day for men?
According to LEED, men make three bathroom trips per day, two of which are urinal trips and one of which is a water closet trip.
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In the renovation of a blighted building, what percent of the building's surface area can be excluded from the calculations due to damage?
Up to 25% of the building surface area may be excluded in this credit, due to damage.
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What is the formulas for bike storage?
For the Bicycle Facilities credit, bike storage must be provided for 2.5% of all peak visitors and 5% of regular building occupants users (but no fewer than 4 in addition to the visitor/short-term spaces). 100 full time employees + 0.5 (200 part time employees) = 200 total full-time employees. 5% of 200 FTE = 10 spaces. 2.5% of 100 peak time visitors is 2.5 spaces. So, in total, the project must have 12.5 spaces, or 13 (rounded up - you can’t have half a space).
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For which project type is it necessary and appropriate to use default occupancy counts?
Core and Shell requires default occupancy counts.
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Which of the following are true regarding the Water Budget?
The Water Budget is a project-specific method of calculating the amount of water required by the building and associated grounds, including indoor, outdoor and process water. It can be calculated weekly, monthly or yearly.
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Composting toilets contribute to how many prerequisites and credits in the Water Efficiency credit category?
Composting toilets contribute to Indoor Water Use Reduction, both the prerequisite and credit.
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What is the baseline for water use in showerheads (in gallons per minute)?
LEED’s baselines for showerheads is 2.5 gpm (at 80 psi per shower stall).
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What can contribute to the landscape coefficient, or the amount of water lost via evapotranspiration?
The plant species factor, plant density factor, and microclimate factor contribute to the landscape coefficient.
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Which of the following are acceptable forms of renewable energy for the Renewable Energy Production credit?
LEED considers wind energy, untreated wood waste, and photovoltaics as valid forms of on-site renewable energy.
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Which of the following systems must be commissioned under the Fundamental Commissioning Prerequisite?
Fundamental Commissioning requires that mechanical, electrical, plumbing and renewable energy systems and assemblies are commissioned.
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To use the LEED New Construction and Major Renovations Rating System, a project owner or tenant must occupy at least ___ % of a building.
The project owner or tenant must occupy at least 50% of the building to use the New Construction and Major Renovations Rating System.
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Default occupancy can be found where ?
a. Default occupant density from ASHRAE 62.1-2010, Table 6-1
b. Default occupant density from CEN Standard EN 15251, Table B.2 c. Appendix 2 Default Occupancy Counts
d. Results from applicable studies.
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What is the main difference between Scope I and Scope II Emissions?
Scope I emissions are direct greenhouse gas emissions from sources owned or controlled by the entity, such as emissions from fossil fuels burned on site. Scope II emissions are indirect greenhouse gas emissions associated with the generation of purchased electricity, heating/cooling, or steam off site, through a utility provider for the entity’s consumption.
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The Green Vehicles credit awards points to buildings that develop and implement a plan for a bus that meets the limits for the following:
For a bus to qualify for the Green Vehicles credit, it must have nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions of 0.50 grams or less per brake horsepower-hour and particulate matter emissions of 0.01 grams or less per brake horsepower-hour.
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ENERGY STAR is used for Minimum Energy Performance requirements in which of the following rating systems?
ENERGY STAR is used in the LEED for Homes and LEED for Existing Buildings rating systems for Minimum Energy Performance.
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What is the Precautionary Principle?
By adhering to the precautionary principle and supporting green chemistry, the Building Product Disclosure and Optimization credits encourage project teams to avoid products containing potentially harmful chemicals, which will ultimately spur innovation in materials from manufacturers.
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Why are VOC content limits used for the Low-Emitting Materials credit even though air concentration measurements from chamber testing are a better predictor of air emissions over time?
Air concentration measurements from chamber testing are a much better predictor of emissions over time than VOC content limits. However, chamber emissions testing is generally more expensive, less widely adopted for wet-applied products, and unable to evaluate emissions generated at the time of application
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Integrated pest management is:
Integrated pest management is minimizing pest infestation and damage by the most economical means while minimizing hazards to people, property, and the environment.
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How long must LEED projects commit to sharing their whole-project water usage to meet the Building-Level Water Metering prerequisite requirements?
According to LEED, the project team must “commit to sharing with USGBC the resulting whole-project water usage data for a five-year period beginning on the date the project accepts LEED certification or typical occupancy, whichever comes first”.
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Which types of spaces are eligible for shared use by the general public in the Joint Use of Facilities credit?
Schools can share at least three of the following types of spaces to earn the Joint Use of Facilities credit: auditorium, gymnasium, cafeteria, classrooms, playing fields and stadiums, and joint parking.
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Which credit can the ISO 26000: 2010 Guidance on Social Responsibility framework help to achieve?
ISO 26000: 2010 Guidance on Social Responsibility is one of the acceptable CSR frameworks that can be used for a manufacturer’s third-party verified CSR report for the credit.
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Can projects without demand response programs still earn the credit?
Projects that do not have a demand response program available can still earn a point for the Demand Response credit by making the building demand response-ready.
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Which of the following is true regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control inside new commercial LEED certified buildings?
The LEED v4 Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control prerequisite requires that all new construction buildings, with the exception of Residential, must prohibit smoking in interiors and all exterior spaces except designated smoking spaces which are 25' from any air-intake.
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Providing collection and storage areas for which kinds of recyclables can contribute to the Storage and Collection of Recyclables prerequisite?
The prerequisite dictates: “Recyclable materials must include mixed paper, corrugated cardboard, glass, plastics, and metals. Take appropriate measures for the safe collection, storage, and disposal of two of the following: batteries, mercury-containing lamps, and electronic waste.”
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LEED building should be guided by:
Green building design and construction should be guided by energy efficiency, community issues, environmental impacts, resource conservation, recycling, and indoor environmental quality. The costs of acquiring the property and design are less important than the life cycle costs in LEED building.
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An environmental product declaration must meet the environmental requirements of any of the following standards
An environmental product declaration is a statement that the item meets the environmental requirements of ISO 14021–1999, ISO 14025–2006 and EN 15804, or ISO 21930–2007.
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What are PBTs?
PBTs are Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic chemicals associated with the life cycle of building materials.Mercury, lead, cadmium and copper are PBTs addressed in LEED for Healthcare.
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The Cooling Tower Water Use credit intends to:
The intent of Cooling Tower Water Use is to reduce potable water consumption for cooling tower equipment via effective water management or use of non-potable water.
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Which organization created and administers the WaterSense program?
The US Environmental Protection Agency created and administers the WaterSense program.
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What percentage of chemicals on the U.S. market have never been screened for health effects?
Despite the regulatory safeguards for some toxic chemicals, 96% of the roughly 85,000 chemicals on the U.S. market have never been screened for possible health effects.
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Which of the following is an example of a material stream on a construction site?
A material stream is defined as a flow of materials coming from a job site into markets for building materials. Examples of material streams include deconstructed materials sent to reuse markets, commingled waste sent to mixed-waste recycling facility, source separation where each material is sent to a specific facility, manufacturers’ or suppliers’ take-back of materials, and reuse of deconstructed materials on-site.
452
To earn the Advanced Energy Metering credit, the project must install advanced energy metering for which of the following?
Projects must install advanced energy metering for all whole-building energy sources used by the building and for any individual energy end uses that represent 10% of more of the building’s total annual energy consumption.
453
Which of the following general emissions evaluation standard must (non-inherently non-emitting) products comply with in order to qualify for Low-Emitting Materials?
CDPH Standard Method
454
The TAG rules on:
The TAG (Technical Advisory Group) performs the rulings on Credit Interpretation Requests (CIRs).
455
What is the GreenScreen Benchmark 1?
The GreenScreen hazard assessment method evaluates individual chemicals. GreenScreen v1.2 Benchmark is one of the options for complying with Option 2, Material Ingredient Optimization, in Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Material Ingredients.
456
What does the ANSI Standard S12.60–2010 standard address?
ANSI Standard S12.60–2010 addresses acoustics and is referenced in the Acoustic Performance credit.
457
Which of the following best describes the plant species factor?
The plant species factor is a constant used to calculate the landscape coefficient, also referred to as Ks. It reflects the biological features of a certain plant species.
458
Composite wood must comply with which of the following standards for formaldehyde if used as a low-emitting material?
California Air Resources Board ATCM
459
Which of the following strategies can be classified as enhanced IAQ strategies?
Preventing interior Cross-Contamination, replacing filters before occupancy and preventing exterior contamination from outdoor intakes are enhanced IAQ strategies. Entryway systems must be maintained on a weekly basis.
460
Which of the following water subsystems are applicable to the Water Metering credit?
Boiler
Irrigation systems
Reclaimed water
An outdoor pool
461
What are examples of natural refrigerants?
Examples of natural refrigerants include hydrocarbons, water, carbon dioxide, ammonia, propane, butane and isopentane.
