Fundamental Commissioning and Verification is a prerequisite in this category of the LEED BD+C rating system.
What is Energy and Atmosphere?
100
You can earn this number of points by having a LEED Accredited Professional on the design team
What is 1?
100
Providing individual A/C or heating controls for at least 50% of occupants is a strategy for meeting this Indoor Environmental Quality credit
What is Thermal Comfort?
100
Limiting parking, providing bicycle storage, and providing preferred parking for green vehicles are strategies for this LEED category
What is Location and Transportation?
100
The absorption of solar heat by hardscapes such as roofs or parking lots causing heat gain
What is the Heat Island Effect?
200
The two prerequisites in this credit category aim to reduce the amount of landfill material by diverting waste materials to recycling plants.
What is Materials and Resources?
200
This certification level is achieved when you earn 60-79 LEED points.
What is Gold Certification Level?
200
Water supplied from wells or municipal water systems that is approved for human consumption
What is Potable water?
200
Projects that divert 50%-75% of construction waste from a project site with 3-4 material streams will achieve points toward this credit.
What is MR Credit- Construction and Demolition Waste Management?
200
The item that can be attached to an indoor water faucet to limit water flow
What is an aerator?
300
In the Energy and Atmosphere category a prerequisite requires that projects never use these CFC-based materials in new HVAC systems
What are refrigerants?
300
These are the requirements that a building must meet before it can even consider LEED certification
What are the Minimum Program Requirements?
300
The national standard used by LEED as the baseline for determining water usage?
What is EPAct of 1992?
300
This rating method categorizes luminaires according to their potential to generate light pollution.
What is BUG rating (Backlight, Uplaight, Glare)?
300
The interrelationship between credit categories, systems and components
What are synergies?
400
The Indoor Environmental Quality prerequisite, Minimum Indoor Air Quality Performance uses this national standard as the requirement for the ventilation and monitoring minimums
What is ASHRAE 62.1-2010
400
The Minimum Program Requirement for LEED dealing with project size requires that projects for LEED BD+C and LEED O+M include this number of minimum square feet.
What is 1000 SF?
400
This is the 3rd party certification program that assures that products designed for indoor spaces meet strict chemical emissions limits
What is Greenguard Certification?
400
These documents provide a comprehensive tool for determining a product's impact and evaluating its lifecycle
What is an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)?
400
A material that prevents the penetration of liquid
What is impervious material?
500
This is the only prerequisite in the Sustainable Sites LEED Category.
What is Construction Activity Pollution Prevention?
500
These are the three phases of the integrative process
What are Discovery, Implementation, and Occupancy?
500
Using xeriscaping would be a strategy for achieving this Water Efficiency Credit.
What is outdoor water use reduction?
500
To achieve points toward the Sustainable Sites credit, Open Space, project teams must provide outdoor space greater than or equal to this percentage of the total site area.
What is 30%?
500
An exterior water control feature containing a basin, soil, stone, and vegetation that reduces rainwater runoff.