LEED Basics and History
Concepts of Sustainable Design
Location, Transportation and Sustainable Sites
Water Efficiency, Energy, and Atmosphere
Materials, Resources, and Indoor Environmental Quality
100
LEED stands for this
What is leadership in energy and environmental design?
100
Sustainable Design and Building Concepts are interchangeable with this term
What is green building?
100
These are engineered basins with vegetation to increase groundwater recharge and reduce rainwater runoff
What are Bioswales?
100
Approximately buildings account for this percentage of total water usage in the United States
What is 12%?
100
Construction and demolition of buildings accounts for this percentage of total solid waste in the United States
What is 40%?
200

The United States Green Building Council was created in this year as a nonprofit organization

What is 1992?

200
The EPA estimates that Americans spend this percentage of their time indoors
What is 90%?
200

The four certification levels of the LEED rating system are

What is Certified, Silver, Gold, Platinum?

200
Flow fixtures are measured in this
What is gallons per minute (gpm)?
200

Landfills release this type of gas into the atmosphere

What is Methane?

300
During a sustainable design project, stakeholders join together to collaborate and form this group that has clear goals and discusses project progress
What is a charrette?
300

Green building can help us create more vital communities, more healthful indoor and outdoor spaces, and stronger connections to

What is Nature?

300
When creating a project, teams are encouraged to use LID. LID stands for this
What is low impact development?
300
Using native plants with soil improvements and efficient irrigation for little water use is called this
What is Xeriscaping?
300
Buildings are one of the largest consumers of this
What are natural resources?
400

The controlled admission of natural light into a space, used to reduce or eliminate electric lighting is called

What is Daylighting?

400
This is the largest use of energy in the United States
What is Space Heating?
400

*DOUBLE JEOPARDY*

What is impervious? (will accept impermeable)

400
ODP stands for this
What is Ozone-Depletng Potential?
400

Energy derived from renewable sources located within the project site perimeter is called

What is on-site renewable energy?

500
This is the highest certification of LEED which signifies proficiency within the sustainable design community
What is LEED Fellow?
500
The best time to incorporate an integrative process approach is during this part of the project.
What is Schematic Design?
500
In regards to location, a sustainable building should be placed near this and should have limited parking space to encourage this (Two part answer)
What is Mass transit and carpooling?
500
Strategies that encourage electricity customers to reduce usage during peak demand times is called this
What is Demand Response?
500

In order to conserve materials throughout a project's life cycle, you should promote source reduction in operations by encouraging people using the building to have these type of practices throughout the life of the building

What is green?

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