Things I should Know
What are the economic benefits of installing a vegetated Roof?
What is lower cooling cost for HVAC
The Green Label plus certification is used for what material?
What is Carpets
What type of plants do the most to help reduce water use for landscaping?
A. Turf Grass B. Trees C. Native Plants D. Annual Flowers
What is
Native plants
Every LEED rating system contains credits for ?
A. Radon Measurements B. Innovation C. Carbon Offsets or D. Fundamental refrigerant management
What is
B. Innovation
What are the environmental benefits of selecting a previously developed site for a project?
What is
Preserving open space
What is the proper designation for a project that has earned 80 points and met all prerequisites?
What is
LEED Platinum
What is the best type of site to develop on ?
What is
a previously developed site
What is a way LEED encourages the purchase and use of low emitting and fuel efficient vehicles?
A. Setting up a carpool notification system B. Implementing a car share membership C. Providing discounted parking passes to the owner of low emitting and fuel efficient vehicles or D. Locate the project in a densely developed neighborhood.
What is
C. Providing discounted parking passes to the owners of low emitting and fuel efficient vehicles
Which of the following projects would not meet the minimum program requirements for certification?
A. A modular classroom that can be moved to another location on the school property B. A new building on an office campus located next door to an existing certified building. C. a building project that is 3 stories or D. A new lab building that will be located partially underground
what is
A. A modular class that can be moved
What impacts a projects ability to achieve Development Density?
What is
Measuring an accurate boundary line
What rating system adjusts the certification level (platinum,gold,silver,certified) based on the project size?
What is
LEED for Homes
What should the project team do with the LEED Score card once it has been completed for a new construction project?
What is
Refer to it during the construction process
What happens after the project registration fee is paid to GBCI?
What is
The project team gains access to LEED online
What would having a project with pedestrian access between the project building and a city park help with ?
What is
Community Connectivity
What area would not be considered previously developed?
A. Unoccupied Big Box store
B. Cotton Field
C. Old torn down steel mill
D.Parking Lot grown over into a field
What is
B. Cotton Field
A bioswale would be used to help earn credit in what LEED category?
Energy and atmosphere, water efficiency, indoor environmental quality or sustainable sites
What is sustainable sites.
LEED credit forms must be signed by which person?
project owner, local code official, project manager, or declarant
What is
the Declarant
What is an example of a construction hard cost?
A. Permit fees B. on site renewable energy system
C. Measurement and verification of a buildings energy's consumption over time.
D. Payments received from recycled materials
What is:
B. on site renewable energy system
What defines the density of a nonresidential building?
A. Site area/ ACre of Buildable land B. Building Footprint/ Acre of buildable land C. Floor area/ 120,000 sq ft or D. Floor area/ Acre of Buildable Land
What is
D. Floor area/ Acre of Buildable Land
What types of Land does LEED prefer project teams build on?
What is
Brownfields
Sustainable Design strategies are effectively implemented only by using a :
Flexible approach, whole building approach, incremental approach, conventional approach
What is:
Whole Building Approach
What is the primary purpose of registering a project for LEED?
A.To register individuals B. to get media publicity c. to obtain free USGBC consulting or D. to gain access to project tools and resources
What is
D. To gain access to project tools and resources
What does ASHRAE 55-2004 specify?
A. Thermal Comfort B. Commuting surveys C. Indoor Air Quality D. Energy Performance
What is
A. Thermal Comfort
How can automobile use be reduced?
A. Providing incentives for purchasing fuel efficient vehicles B. Creating a ride share board C. Creating parking further from the building entrance. or D. Replacing the parking lot with underground parking
What is
B.Creating a ride share board
An office park design includes a parking lot. How could the parking be redesigned to reduce the Heat Island effect?
A. Place the parking lot underground
B. Designate Preferred spaces
C. Use Black asphalt for the parking lot
D. Encourage occupants to use public transportation one day a week
what is
A. Place the parking underground
What type of system is more sustainable?
A. Dynamic system
B. Open system
C. Closed System
D. Neutral System
What is
c. Closed system
Which LEED system has pre certification?
LEED for Commercial interiors
LEED for schools
LEED for new construction
LEED for core and Shell
What is
LEED for Core and Shell
What is a LEED strategy to reduce single occupant automobile transportation to the project site?
What is
Designate preferred parking spaces for car pools
A project team has selected a previously developed lot in an urban area to build a new condominium. If the project site is near a public library what would this help with?
What is
Community Connectivity
Building Permit Fees for a project are what type of cost?
What is
SOFT COST
Fertilized landscape plantings can create new sources of pollution in conventional development if what is not controlled?
What is
Storm water run off
What is a car share membership?
What is
A program where cars can be rented on an hourly basis to reduce automobile ownership
Which of the following is not a goal of the LEED Volume Program?
What is
Identify the basic construction and development activities for which the LEED program was designed to evaluate
How are the sections in the LEED scorecard grouped ?
What is
By environmental Category
Which LEED rating system topic addresses the creation of walkable streets, compact development, and diverse communities?
a. Transportation
B. Neighborhood pattern and design
c. Ongoing performance
D. Community Connectivity
what is
B. Neighborhood pattern and design
What is an example of adaptive reuse?
A. Designing classrooms
B. Designing a building with a flexible floor plan
C. Renovating a historic Home
D. Tearing down an old steel mill and putting residences there
What is
C. Renovating a historic Home
Which of the following is NOT an example of passive design?
A. Orienting a building for optimal sun exposure
B. Using Natural refrigerants
C. Using Wind for natural ventilation
D. Capturing sunlight for natural lighting
What is
B. Using Natural refrigerants
A CIR submission should be made
What is
After project registration
What does the LEED Volume Program help with?
what is
Cost effective LEED certification on a volume scale
What area would not be considered previously developed?
A. site of an old barn
B. Abandoned urban parking lot
C. Wetland
D. Railroad Yard
what is
C. wetland
For a building project when does the life cycle approach begin?
What is
With the Initial pre-design decisions and goal setting
What type of products would carry a GREEN Seal Label?
What is
Paints
What is one of the goals of filling in the LEED score Card?
What is
To determine the target certification level
What would not help earn Heat Island effect non Roof ?
A. Increasing the # of above ground parking spaces
B. Using paving materials with High SRI values
C.Planting large non native trees for shading
D. Placing parking undercover
What is
A. Increasing the # of above ground parking spaces
Which of the following is not a strategy for reducing the heat island effect of a proposed parking lot?
A. Planting trees that will provide shade
B. Placing the parking spaces under the building
C. Using open grid paving
D. Painting the parking lot with a material with a low SRI value
what is
D. Painting the parking lot with a material with a low SRI value.