LEED Process
Total points available in the LEED rating system
What are 110 total points?
Number of rating system adaptions and credit categories
What are 21 adaptations and 8 categories?
Prime farmland, flood plains & wetlands are all considered?
What are sensitive land types?
This project type within BD+C has an Integrative Process Prerequisite: "Integrative Project Planning and Design"
What is Healthcare?
A site whose perimeter adjoins currently developed land with urban uses
What is an infill site?
Length of time that a project team can wait to submit for construction phase review
What is no later than 2 years after the project is substantially complete?
Handles all LEED products and services
What is USGBC?
This site is the best choice if the project wants to qualify for LT Credit Sensitive Land Protection
What is a previously developed site near similar projects?
During what phase must you establish an energy performance target?
What is no later than SD?
Locating a project on a brownfield helps to achieve this LT Credit
What is LT Credit High Priority Site?
Rule that defines which rating system should be selected based on gross floor area of the LEED project building or space.
What is the 40/60 rule?
A third-party organization that provides independent oversight of professional credentialing and project certification programs related to green building
What is GBCI?
A project team that selects a high-priority site is likely to also fulfill the requirements of which other credit?
What is LT Credit Sensitive Land Protection?
To support high-performance, cost-effective, equitable project outcomes through early analysis of the interrelationships among systems
What is the intent of the Integrative Process Credit?
This is the maximum distance from a functional entry to transit stops in order to obtain the LT Access to Quality Transit Credit
What is 1/4-mile (400-meter) walking distance from planned bus/transit stop or 1/2-mile to a rapid transit station?
Managing 100% of the rainwater that falls within the project boundary would obtain which type of credit?
What is exemplary performance?
Names and photos of credentialed individuals are published here
What is the USGBC directory?
This is the minimum distance from wetlands required to comply LT Credit Sensitive Land Protection
What is at least 50 feet (15 meters) from wetlands?
Two possible "Discovery" systems that can be analyzed in order to achieve the IP Credit
What are:
Energy related systems, water related systems, site selection, social equity, health & wellbeing?
Locating a LEED BD+C project within this LEED Certified location will maximize the number of points in the L&T category
What is LEED v4 LEED Neighborhood Development (ND) Certified Plan?
A project was registered in January of 2013. In April 2013 USGBC published Addenda for a credit the project team is pursuing. Which version is used to evaluate the credit?
The project team can choose to follow any addenda published after April, 2013
How USGBC supports its mission (4 things)
What are education programs, advocacy, research, network of local chapters, LEED green building program?
A project team can place an impervious pedestrian pathway here while still earning LT Credit Sensitive Land Protection
What is within a wetland buffer?
Integrative Process Facilitator provides a summary of the team’s integrative process approach and the differences it made in terms of improving interaction and performance
What describes the implementation portion of the Integrative Process Credit?
This is the minimum density required for LT Credit Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses (Option 1 Surrounding Density)
What is a combined surrounding density of 22,000 SF / acre of buildable land?