LEED Projects
Levels of LEED expertise and experience
What are: LEED Green Associate, LEED AP (Accredited Professional), and LEED Fellow
Number of rating system adaptions and categories
What are: 21 adaptations and 5 categories
Any man-made environment, which provides a structure for human activity
What is: "built environment"
Buildings account for approximately this amount of total energy used today
What is: 40%
The main focus of the triple bottom line
What are: Stakeholders
Allows project teams to submit and track their project through the LEED Certification process
What is: LEED Online
Handles all LEED products and services
What is: USGBC
Offers incentives for developers and owners to enhance environmental performance of their buildings (3 answers)
What are: Government agencies, utility companies, manufacturers
How much more energy is expended commuting vs consumed by a building itself (percent)
What is: 30%
Water conservation technique reducing or eliminating potable water use
What is: Xeriscaping
Certifies multiple buildings that may not have the same design or function, located on the same site, under control of a single entity
LEED Campus Program
A third-party organization that provides independent oversight of professional credentialing and project certification programs related to green building
What is: GBCI
Built environment accounts for this amount of greenhouse gas emissions
What is: more than 2/3
The process of verifying and documenting that a building and all its systems and assemblies are planned, designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained to meet the owner’s project requirements
What is: Commissioning
Phases of the integrative process
What is: Discovery, schematic design, feedback
For organizations planning to certify a large number of new construction projects and existing buildings
What is: LEED Volume Program
Names and photos of credentialed individuals are published here
What is: USGBC directory
The assumption versus the reality between green building and cost
What is: There is no significant difference between the average cost of a LEED-certified building and other new construction in the same category
Banned production of CFC refrigerants and began phasing out HCFC refrigerants - new buildings cannot use CFC based refrigerants and existing buildings must completely phase out CFC's before project is finished
What is: Montreal Protocol
A database of credits tested for future versions of LEED and to earn credits in the Innovation (IN) category - located on the USGBC website
What is: Pilot Credit Library
40/60 Rule
What is: If a rating system is appropriate for less than 40% of the gross floor area of the LEED project building or space in question, the rating system should not be selected. If a rating system is appropriate for more than 60% of the gross floor area of the LEED project building or space in question, the rating system should be selected. If the appropriate rating systems apply to between 40% and 60% of the gross floor area, project teams must decide which rating system is most applicable
How USGBC supports its mission (4 things)
What are: Education programs, advocacy, research, network of local chapters, LEED green building program
A closed system that can use only as much water and energy as can produce
A regenerative building
High ODP, low GWP and 0 ODP, but high GWP
What is: Refrigerant Tradeoff
Person granted authority by owner to register project and accept certification agreement
What is: Agent