LEED Green Associate Certification
What materials qualify as "biobased" in LEED v4? - correct answer ✔✔Materials
meeting the criteria of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard.
In LEED v4 Biobased materials are no longer defined by the harvest cycle of the raw
materials; instead, products must meet the Sustainable Agriculture Standard to
count toward certain materials and resources (MR) credits.
Which of the following materials contains pre-consumer content? - correct answer
✔✔Manufacturer overrun print publications that are converted to recycled paper.
Pre-consumer recycled content materials are generated by manufacturers and
processors, and may consist of scrap, trimmings and other by-products that were
never used in the consumer market. Examples include planer shavings, sawdust,
bagasse, walnut shells, culls, trimmed materials, overissue publications, and
obsolete inventories. The designation excludes rework, regrind, or scrap materials
capable of being reclaimed within the same process that generated them. Formerly
known as postindustrial content.
What is Albedo? - correct answer ✔✔The reflectivity of a material.
Albedo is defined as the ability of a surface to reflect sunlight, or the reflectivity, of
a material.
"Graywater" can be reused for which of the following purposes? - correct answer
✔✔Toilet flushing, cooling towers and irrigation.
Graywater is defined as "untreated household waste water which has not come into
contact with toilet waste." Graywater includes used water from bathtubs, showers,
bathroom wash basins, and water from clothes-washers and laundry tubs. It must
not include waste water from kitchen sinks or dishwashers.
Which of the following is NOT required for a project to become LEED certified? -
correct answer ✔✔On site visit from a GBCI representative prior to certification.
On site visit by representatives from USGBC and/or GBCI is not part of the LEED
Certification process.
