Key Concepts
Please list the levels of certification in order from lowest to highest:
What is Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum?
The act of approving a project team's submittal and issuing an award:
What is certification?
What are the advantages of compact development? (Select 3)
a. Larger Building footprint
b. More efficient public transportation
c. Ease of automobile use
d. Less sprawl
e. More pedestrian friendly
What are:
b. More efficient public transportation
d. Less sprawl
e. More pedestrian friendly
Which of the following is true for Bicycle Storage for LEED?
a. All bike-commuters must have headlights
b. Bike lanes must be provided starting 1 mile away
c. Schools have to provide a bike-share program
d. The number of bike racks required is partially based on peak users
What is:
d. The number of bike racks required is partially based on peak users
Which one of the following is a primary responsibility of the U.S. Green Building Council
a. Providing and developing LEED based education and research programs
b. Developing the LEED Professional Accreditation exams
c. Administering the LEED project reviews and certification processes
d. Establishing continuing education requirements for LEED Accredited Professionals
What is:
a. Providing and developing LEED based education and research programs?
The three components of the LEED Triple Bottom Line
What are people, planet, and profit?
Which one of the following options is not a Minimum Program Requirement (MPR) in LEED?
a. The LEED Boundary
b. Project Size
c. A project’s location on existing land
d. A project’s energy efficiency
What is:
d. A project’s energy efficiency?
What are strategies to help reduce vehicle miles traveled to and from a project building? (Select 2)
a. Increase the size of the parking lot
b. Provide a car-share program that allows the occupants to share vehicles.
c. Provide preferred parking for fuel efficient vehicles.
d. Provide preferred parking spaces close to the entrance for carpools or vanpools.
What are:
a. Provide a car-share program that allows the occupants to share vehicles.
d. Provide preferred parking spaces close to the entrance for carpools or vanpools.
The number of points awarded to a design team for a LEED BD+C: New Construction project with a mechanical engineer and an architect that are LEED AP with a BD+C specialty, and a structural engineer that is a LEED AP with an O+M specialty.
What is One Point?
LEED v4 has seven impact Categories to accomplish the goals of the LEED rating system. How do these impact categories relate to the LEED credits?
a. They ensure some credits are achieved without fulfilling all the requirements
b. They allow for bonus points if you double the initial credit requirement threshold
c. They are used for credits outside of the scope of the LEED rating system
d. They determine which credits are worth more points
e. They have additional credit requirement options
What is:
d. They determine which credits are worth more points?
Each of the following are LEED rating system adaptations, except:
a. Retail
b. New Construction
c. Data centers
d. Multiple Buildings
e. Healthcare
What is
d. multiple buildings?
Projects encountering a unique technical condition not directly addressed by the credit requirements in a LEED rating system can proceed by:
What is an credit interpretation request?
What is the allowable distances from the project entry from an existing or planned bus, streetcar, or informal transit stop. What is the allowable distance from the project entry to a bus rapid transit or commuter rail station.
What is ¼ mile?
What is ½ mile?
To achieve LT Credit Sensitive Land Protection, which site COULD a project develop on:
a. Previously developed site that 10 feet above the elevations of the 100-year flood as defined by FEMA
b. Prime farmland as defined by USDA
c. Land that has threatened or endangered species
d. Previously undeveloped land that is within 50 feet of a body of water.
What is:
a. Previously developed site that 10 feet above the elevations of the 100-year flood as defined by FEMA
A law firm occupying a 50-year-old office building is replacing the mechanical systems to improve energy performance, and is implementing green procurement and operations policies. Which LEED rating system best applies to this project?
What is LEED for Operations and Maintenance?
The analysis of a product's partial life cycle that omits the use and disposal phases of a product:
What is Cradle-to-Gate?
LEED Project registration provides which of the following? (Select 2)
a. Three Credit Interpretation rulings
b. One point towards LEED certification for registration prior to schematic design
c. Access to online LEED Credit templates for the project
d. Establishment of contact between the USGBC and the designated project contact
e. Technical support and information on the best-practice design strategies, methods, and costs
What are:
c. Access to online LEED Credit templates for the project
d. Establishment of contact between the USGBC and the designated project contact
Which of the following are considered diverse uses for development density and community connectivity? (Select 3)
a. Fire station
b. Gas station
c. Hardware Store
d. Drive-through coffee stand
e. Museum
What are:
a. Fire station
c. Hardware Store
e. Museum
A project team is attempting compliance with the Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses credit. Which of the following strategies could assist in compliance? (Select 2)
a. Locate within ½ mile walking distance of at least 10 diverse uses
b. Locate within ½ mile of a subway station
c. Redevelop a brownfield site
d. Achieve a minimum density of 60,000 square feet per net acre
e. Designating preferred parking for low emitting and fuel efficient vehicles
What are:
a. Locate within ½ mile walking distance of at least 10 diverse uses
d. Achieve a minimum density of 60,000 square feet per net acre
LEED uses a referenced standard to determine if a vehicle is considered green. Which organization publishes the annual vehicle ratings used by LEED?
a. American Council for Electric Vehicles Guide
b. Federal Electric Power Systems Manual (FEPS)
c. American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
d. National Council for Green Vehicles Manual (NCGVM)
What is:
c. American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE)