According to USGBC, people spend how much of their day indoors.
What is 90%?
100
This calculation is used for non residential buildings to determine the number of bike racks required (SS Credit 4.2- Bicycle Storage & Changing rooms).
What is
Peak Building Users x 5%?
100
A material with a 10-year growth cycle is considered this.
What is Rapidly Renewable?
100
This Reference Standard is used to determine minimum Energy Performance.
What is ASHRAE 90.1?
100
The distance a regional product can be manufactured from project site in order to achieve MR Credit 5.
What is 500 miles?
200
The minimum development density required for SS Credit 2- Development Density & Community Connectivity.
What is 60,000sf/acre?
200
The amount of recycled content in a product is determined by this factor.
What is weight?
200
FTE is the acronym for the this term used for a variety of credits in the LEED Rating System.
What is Full Time Equivalent?
200
MERV 8 Filters are used on duct work during this phase of a project.
What is ‘During Construction’?
200
In order to achieve the EA Credit 6- Green Power, the LEED project must purchase this % of power.
What is 35%?
300
This is a cost of a CIR.
What is $220?
300
In order to calculate MR Credit 7- Certified Wood, these two pieces of information divided to find the percentage.
What is
Certified Wood ($) / Total New Wood ($)?
300
This is water that is untreated but has not come into contact with toilet waste.
What is gray water?
300
This is an example of a sustainable energy system that would not qualify in EA Credit 1- Optimize Energy Performance.
What is Passive solar and daylighting, Ground Source Heat Pump, Green Power…
300
In order to achieve all 10 points in the EA Credit 1- Optimize Energy Performance category, A new building must perform this much better than the baseline.
What is 42%?
400
The amount of time given and number of questions on the LEED AP Exam.
What is is 80 questions in 2 hours?
400
In MR Credit 3- Materials Reuse this calculation is used to determine the % of Materials used.
What is
cost to replace salvaged materials /
Total Cost of materials ?
400
If looking to achieve SS Credit 7.1- Heat Island Effect- Non-Roof, the paving material must have a 29 or higher in this rating index.
What is SRI?
400
Exemplary Performance Credit is granted for what abount of power in EA Credit 6-Green Power?
What is 70%?
400
This is one factor (out of 6) used in determining the Glazing Factor in EQ Credit 8- Daylight & Views.
What is Window Area, Floor Area, Window Geometry Factor, Actual Tvis, Minimum Tvis or Window Height factor?
500
It is assumed that women and men use the restroom this many times a day, urinals and waterclosets.
What is women; 0-3 and men; 2-1?
500
This is how you calculate the landscape coefficient.
What is
species factor x density factor x microclimate factor?
500
This is considered the Breathing Zone.
What is the region in an occupied space between 3 and 6 feet above the ground.
500
One thing that an Enhanced Commissioning Agent is required to do that Fundamental Commissioning does not cover.
What is develop a systems manual, review building after date of substantial completion (w/in 10 mo), verify requirements for training bldg. Personnel?
500
The 6 areas development is prohibited when achieving SS Credit 1- Site Selection.
What is
-Prime Farmland,
-Less than 5 ft. above 100-year floodline
-Within 100 ft. of wetlands
-Within 50 ft of a body of water
-Public park land
-Endangered species habitat