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LEED Green Associate Glossary
40/60 rule - correct answer ✔✔A method used to choose the appropriate rating system for the project if the project seems to fit under multiple rating systems. Active daylighting - correct answer ✔✔Is a system that tracks and collects the sunlight using mechanical devices, but they may not function well on cloudy days. Adapted plants - correct answer ✔✔Types of plants that do not occur naturally in a specific location, however, they can nonetheless adapt easily to the climate of the region. Adjacent site - correct answer ✔✔A site containing a previously developed site at its minimum 25% of the boundary bordering parcels. Albedo - correct answer ✔✔A type of reflectivity measurement from "0" to "1", which "0" represents black surfaces that absorb all the solar radiation, while "1" represents white surfaces that reflects all the solar radiation. Alternative compliance paths (ACPs) - correct answer ✔✔Enable international projects to earn the appropriate prerequisites/credits by allowing them to meet international standards or their local standards instead of U.S. based standards. Alternative fuel vehicles - correct answer ✔✔Vehicles that consume nongasoline, low-polluting fuels like hydrogen, electricity, propane, compressed natural gas, liquid natural gas, methanol or ethanol. Alternative fuel - correct answer ✔✔Low-polluting fuels like hydrogen, electricity, propane, compressed natural gas, liquid natural gas, methanol or ethanol. Alternative water source - correct answer ✔✔Non-potable water from on-site surfaces, or freshwater sources, such as graywater, on-site reclaimed water, collected rainwater, captured condensate, and rejected water from reverse osmosis systems. Water from the public utilities is excluded.
Basis Of design (BOD) - correct answer ✔✔Describes the information necessary to accomplish the owner's project requirements, which includes system requirements, design criteria, standards, guidelines etc., developed by the architect/engineer. Bio-based materials - correct answer ✔✔Are products other than food that are biological products, renewable agricultural materials or forestry materials. Biobased materials are derived from biomass. Plants and animals can be an example of biobased materials, however, hide products, such as leather and other animal skin material are excluded in LEED calculations. Biofuel - correct answer ✔✔Fuels produced from organic material. Biofuel includes untreated wood waste, landfill, gas ,agricultural crops or waste, animal waste, and other types of organic waste. Bioswale - correct answer ✔✔A stormwater control feature which uses a combination of engineered basin, soils and vegetation. Blackwater - correct answer ✔✔Is the term to describe the used water that has come into contact with waste. Thus, the water collected from the urinals and toilets can be classified as blackwater. Blowdown - correct answer ✔✔Removal of the cooling tower's water in order to minimize deposit of scales. Brownfield site - correct answer ✔✔A previously developed site that was contaminated with waste or pollution. A site that is left from an abandoned building which the contamination is not yet known can also be classified as a brownfield site. BUG rating method - correct answer ✔✔A luminaire classification system that classifies a luminaire according to backlight, uplight, and glare. Building automation system (BAS) - correct answer ✔✔A computer based monitoring system which can monitor, coordinate and control every individual building system.
Commissioning (Cx) - correct answer ✔✔Is a systematic investigation by skilled personnel that compares building performance with the project goals, design specifications, and most importantly, the owner's project requirements (OPR). Conventional irrigation - correct answer ✔✔Common system used for irrigation, such as irrigation through sprinkler heads above the ground. corporate Sustainability Reports (CSR) - correct answer ✔✔Provides information about the manufacturer or raw-material supplier of a product that has been verified to employ sustainable principles during the creation of their products. cradle-to-cradle - correct answer ✔✔Evaluates materials to have infinite life-cycles through recycling to form a closed system. Cradle-to-grave - correct answer ✔✔Investigates materials from their extraction to their disposal. Cradle-to-gate assessment - correct answer ✔✔Evaluates a product's partial life- cycle from its resource extraction/harvesting to becoming a manufactured product ready for sales at the factory gate. Current facility requirements (CFR) - correct answer ✔✔Requirements to fulfill owner's operational needs. Demand response (DR) - correct answer ✔✔An intentional reduction in the electricity usage, in response to a demand response (DR) event, or changes in the price of electricity. Demand response event (curtailment event) - correct answer ✔✔The period that the utility company asks for a reduction in electricity usage from its program participants. Development footprint - correct answer ✔✔Named for the sum of all the areas that are affected by the project's activity in the project site.
District energy system (DES) - correct answer ✔✔A central energy conversion plant that provide thermal energy, shared by a group of buildings. Diverse use - correct answer ✔✔Publicly available businesses, which provide daily need goods or services. According to USGBC, diverse uses does not include ATMs, wending machines and touchscreens. Diversion rate - correct answer ✔✔Percentage of waste materials diverted from landfill. Drip irrigation systems - correct answer ✔✔Are the types of micro-irrigation systems that drip water to the roots Of plants to minimize the use of irrigation water and fertilizers. They are the most water efficient systems, and have very short payback periods. Dry ponds (detention ponds) - correct answer ✔✔Hold the excess rainwater for some time, thereby allowing the rainwater to slowly seep into the ground without contamination. Dry ponds are excavated areas that detain and slow down stormwater, but are dry at other times. EDUCATION @USGBC - correct answer ✔✔Education portal of USGBC. Embodied energy - correct answer ✔✔The total energy consumed resulting from a product's manufacturing, transportation, installation, use and disposal. Emergent properties - correct answer ✔✔Emergence of certain properties in the systems as a result of interaction of individual elements. Emissivity (infrared or thermal emittance) - correct answer ✔✔Is a measure which shows how much heat or infrared radiation a material can shed back into the atmosphere. Energy rater - correct answer ✔✔Professionals with a HERS rater credential that conducts the performance testing in LEED for Homes projects.
Functional entry - correct answer ✔✔Any building opening that is open and used by pedestrians during the business hours. Gallons per flush (gpf) - correct answer ✔✔A unit of measurement used to calculate the water usage of flush fixtures such as toilets and urinals. Gallons per minute (gpm) - correct answer ✔✔A unit of measurement used to calculate the water usage of flow fixtures such as sink faucets, shower heads, and aerators. Geothermal heat pumps - correct answer ✔✔Also known as "geoexchange" "earth coupled" or "ground source heat pumps", geothermal heat pumps are central heating and/or cooling systems that transfer heat to or from the ground. In winter, this system uses the Earth as a heat source, while in summer, the Earth is used as a heat sink. Graywater - correct answer ✔✔Is the untreated household water that did not come into contact with toilet waste Used water from bathtubs, showers, bathroom wash basins, and water from clothes washers and laundry tubs can be examples of graywater, and may be used as a flush water in toilets or urinals. This definition can change depending on the local codes. Green building - correct answer ✔✔According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), green building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and deconstruction. This practice expands and complements the classical building design concerns of economy, utility, durability, and comfort. Green cleaning program - correct answer ✔✔Specifies the green building products to be used (such as products that meet Green Seal, Environmental Choice or EPA standards), chemicals allowed to be used inside the building, training of the cleaning personnel for the use of chemicals and green cleaning practices, indoor pest control plans and energy efficient cleaning equipment. Green cleaning - correct answer ✔✔The use of environmentally friendly products by also employing environmentally friendly cleaning principles in cleaning.
Green infrastructure - correct answer ✔✔Infrastructure to direct the rainwater collected from the impervious surfaces to the vegetation and soil surfaces without giving them to the storm sewer system. Green power - correct answer ✔✔Off-site renewable energy. Green vehicles - correct answer ✔✔Vehicles that achieve a minimum green score of 45 on the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) annual vehicle rating guide (or a local equivalent for projects outside the U.S.). Greenfield - correct answer ✔✔The term used to define undeveloped land. Greenwashing - correct answer ✔✔Refers to the presentation of a product or a material as being more environmentally friendly than it actually is. Halons - correct answer ✔✔Chemicals used in fire suppression systems. Hard cost - correct answer ✔✔Costs that physically contribute to the construction, such as labor costs, the cost of construction materials, and equipment. Health Product Declaration (HPD) - correct answer ✔✔Disclosure that provides a product's material ingredients, list of potential chemicals, related concerns, and additional health information. Heat island effect - correct answer ✔✔Dark colored, non-reflective surfaces absorb heat during hot weather, and release it into the atmosphere, and this releasing of heat is called the heat island effect. Home Energy Rater (HERS Rater) - correct answer ✔✔Energy rater credential administered by the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET). Home size adjustment (HSA) - correct answer ✔✔In the LEED for Homes rating system, points are adjusted in all the categories according to the square footage of
Landscape water requirement (LWR) - correct answer ✔✔Is the amount of water that the landscape of the site will require during the site's peak watering month. LEED AP with specialty - correct answer ✔✔LEED credential, created for professionals with advanced knowledge in green building practices and specialized in a particular LEED rating system. LEED Campus Program - correct answer ✔✔Used to certify multiple projects that are located on a single campus which are owned by the same entity. LEED combined review - correct answer ✔✔A type of LEED certification review, which the documentation for all the design and construction prerequisites/credits are submitted for review at the end of the construction phase (for LEED BD+C and LEED ID+C rating systems). LEED Fellow - correct answer ✔✔LEED credential created to designate the most exceptional professionals in the green building industry and it is the most prestigious designation awarded. LEED for Homes Green Rater - correct answer ✔✔Professional that provide in-field verification to LEED for Homes projects (the other rating systems do not require any in-field verification.) LEED for Homes Provider Organization - correct answer ✔✔Responsible to oversee all the certification process and incorporate the LEED for Homes rating system requirements into the project's design and construction. LEED Green Associate - correct answer ✔✔LEED credential, created for professionals with a proven, up-to-date understanding of green building principles and practices. LEED impact categories - correct answer ✔✔Also called system goals, are the key elements that every LEED project aims to accomplish that consists of 7 items. LEED project boundary - correct answer ✔✔Portion of the site submitted for LEED certification. Defined by the platted property line of the project, including all land and water within it.
LEED re-certification - correct answer ✔✔Necessary for LEED 0+M projects to continue their certification in every 5 years. LEED certification granted to projects under the other LEED rating systems do not need a re-certification. LEED split review - correct answer ✔✔A type of LEED certification review which the design prerequisites/credits are submitted for review during the design phase, and both the additional design prereqUisites/credits and all the construction prerequisites/credits are submitted at the end of the construction phase (for LEED BD+C and LEED ID+C rating systems). LEED Pro Reviewer - correct answer ✔✔Professionals that evaluate the educational LEED courses on the EDUCATION @USGBC. LEED Volume Program - correct answer ✔✔A streamlined certification process for organizations that plan to certify more than 25 prototype-based construction projects within 3 years. Leverage point - correct answer ✔✔The point where any action taken in the system can bring about significant results. Life-cycle approach - correct answer ✔✔Evaluates the entire life of a project, product, or service. Life-cycle assessment (LCA) - correct answer ✔✔Evaluates all the environmental effects of a product quantitatively for the whole lifetime of that material. Life-cycle costing (LCC) - correct answer ✔✔Assesses a product's total cost for the whole lifetime of the product by evaluating both the initial price and the operating costs. Light shelves - correct answer ✔✔Are horizontal, light reflecting overhangs which is positioned accordingly to reflect the daylight into the desired area of the building. Light tubes - correct answer ✔✔Also called sun tubes or sun pipes, are structures that are used to transport sunlight inside a building.
Mulching - correct answer ✔✔A protective layer applied to the surface of soil, will help to keep the roots of the plants cool and therefore prevent evaporation Native plants (indigenous plants) - correct answer ✔✔Are the type of plants that occur and develop naturally in a specific location. Natural refrigerants - correct answer ✔✔Refrigerants that occur in nature's biological and chemical cycles with_ out human involvement, such as carbon dioxide (C02), water (H20), ammonia (NH3), air, and hydrocarbons such as propane, ethane, and butane. Negative feedback loops - correct answer ✔✔A change brings an additional change in the opposite direction. If a room gets warmer than the set temperature, the thermostat will send a signal to the air condi_ tioning, and the air conditioning will stop blowing warm air. Net-zero energy project - correct answer ✔✔A project that only use its own generated energy. Nonpoint source pollution - correct answer ✔✔Type of pollution which its source cannot be identified and gen_ erally results from multiple sources. Non-potable water - correct answer ✔✔Water that does not meet the human consumption standards. Non-process energy (regulated energy) - correct answer ✔✔The energy consumed by the items that are used to condition spaces and maintain comfort and amenities for building occupants. Open systems - correct answer ✔✔Systems that constantly consume other items, use them, and produce waste at the end. Open-grid pavement - correct answer ✔✔A pavement system with at least 50% unbound.
Passive daylighting - correct answer ✔✔Is a system that both collects the sunlight using static and non-moving items such as windows, glass doors, some skylights, light tubes and light shelves. Pilot Credits - correct answer ✔✔Credits being tested for the updated version of LEED. Places of respite - correct answer ✔✔An area in a natural environment, dedicated to connect patients, visitors, in the hospitals. Plug loads (receptacle load) - correct answer ✔✔Represents the electrical use by all the equipment that is connected to the electrical system via electrical receptacle. Positive feedback loop - correct answer ✔✔A producing B, which in turn produces more of A. An example of this would be an interest earning savings account. As the account grows, more interest is earned which in turn brings further account growth. Postconsumer recycled content - correct answer ✔✔Is the recycled content of a used material. For example, a recyclable printer paper can be send to recycling after being used and can become a part of a new printer paper. Other types of materials with postconsumer recycled content can be aluminum cans, water bottles, most of the glass, wood and steel products, newspapers and more. Potable water - correct answer ✔✔Water that is approved for human use, which meets or exceeds U.S. Environmental Protection Agency drinking water quality standards (or a local equivalent outside the U.s.). Preconsumer recycled content - correct answer ✔✔Is the content of a material that is recycled before getting used by any consumer. An example may be a saw dust generated during the manufacturing Of a wood product is recycled to be used inside a MDF board (medium density fiberboard). Preferred parking - correct answer ✔✔Parking spaces that are closest to the main entrance of a building. prerequisites: The minimum requirements that all buildings under a certain rating system must meet in order to achieve LEED certification.
Renewable energy - correct answer ✔✔A type of energy that is derived from renewable sources. Renewable energy includes solar, wind, wave, biomass, and geothermal power, plus certain forms of hydropower. Reverberation time - correct answer ✔✔Is the time span between a sound is produced and it dies away. Scope 1 energy - correct answer ✔✔Relates to the direct energy from the owned or controlled sources. Scope 2 energy - correct answer ✔✔Energy relates to the purchased energy. Scope 3 energy - correct answer ✔✔Relates to the energies that are not owned or directly controlled. Sensitive lands - correct answer ✔✔Ecologically sensitive areas such as prime farmland, floodplain, habitat, water bodies or wetland. Short term bicycle storage - correct answer ✔✔Typically used by visitors for less than two hours, which typically does not provide an enclosed parking. Simple box energy modeling - correct answer ✔✔A preliminary building model used to assess the building's energy loads. Site assessment - correct answer ✔✔Is a part of the integrative process, which clearly shows the project teams the properties of the site, including its topography, hydrology, climate, soil types, water availability, and human health effects. Skylights - correct answer ✔✔Are horizontal elements in the roof of the buildings, which are made of opaque materials (mostly glass) to allow sunlight into the building. Smart growth - correct answer ✔✔A neighborhood development approach that protects undeveloped lands and contributes to project development in locations near jobs, schools, shops and other diverse us_ es.
Soft cost - correct answer ✔✔Covers everything needed for developing a project that does not physically contribute to the building. All the management and supervision costs, design costs, permits and taxes can be seen as the soft costs. Softscape - correct answer ✔✔Part of a landscape that consists of live, horticultural elements. Solar reflectance (SR) value - correct answer ✔✔Shows the solar energy that is reflected by a surface on a scale of 0 to 1. A black surface will have a SR of 0, while a white surface will have a SR of 1. Solar reflectance index (SRI) value - correct answer ✔✔Indicates a material's ability to stay cool by reflecting solar radiation and emitting thermal radiation. Thus, both the solar reflectance and emissivity of a material will be combined to rank the material. Source reduction - correct answer ✔✔Refers to the exact sizing of the materials to be produced through prefabrication, modular construction, or similar methods, in order to prevent waste. Spatial daylight autonomy (sDA) - correct answer ✔✔Is a metric used to describe annual sufficiency of ambient daylight in building interiors. Stakeholder meetings - correct answer ✔✔Meetings that are conducted among the project team, stakeholders, neighbors, and community members in order to understand and discuss community needs, issues, and concerns. Suburban sprawl - correct answer ✔✔The expansion of populations away from central urban areas into low density areas. Systems thinking - correct answer ✔✔Refers to the understanding of each and every system of a building, while also understanding their relationships and looking at the project as a whole.
