FLAD practice exam 1 Flashcards
There are how many rating systems in LEED
Five
BD+C
O+M
ID+C
ND
Homes
What are the impact categories
Reduce contributions to global climate change
Enhance human health and wellbeing
Protect and restore water resources
Protect biodiversity and ecosystem
Promote sustainability and regenerative resource cycles
Build a greener economy
Enhance social equity environmental justice and quality of life
Integrative project tam members such as contractor, vendors, tradespeople, and other stakeholders, come together at what point in the design process to first discuss project
Before schematic design begins
The mission of USGBC is
To transform the way buildings and communities are designed and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves quality o life
Waste light from building sites the produce glarem is directed upward to the sky, or is directed off the site is
Light trespass
Which of the following are green building rating systems
BREEM
REACH
Green Spheres
Green Globes
BREEM
Green Globes
What 3 areas does the Sustainable Sites (SS) category cover
Site design and Management
Rainwater management
Heat Island Effect
The Energy and Atmosphere (EA) category approaches energy from a holistic perspective, addressing which three goals (3)
Energy use reduction
Energy-efficient design strategies
Energy benchmark
Renewable energy sources
Building commissioning
Energy use reduction
Energy-efficient design strategies
Renewable energy sources
The plan that outlines measures to minimize contamination in a building during construction and describes procedures to flush the building of contaminants prior to occupancy is called
Construction indoor air quality management plan
ASHRAE 55-2010 is the standard for minimum level of
Thermal comfort
The purpose of the regional priority credit is
Give the project team an incentive to achieve credits that are a regional priority
The role of the Green Building Certificate Institute (GBCI) is to
Administer LEED certification
Clerestory windows, light shelves, and reflective paint and materials all enhance what feature of LEED buildings
Daylighting
LEED certification fees are based on
membership and square footage
What is option 1 for EQ credit - Interior Lighting
Provide individual controls for at least 90% of occupants
What are two examples of high-performance irrigation systems that channel water directly to the root system
Bubbler distribution systems
drip systems
What LEED credit encourages early analysis of energy, site, and water systems to inform design is
Integrative process
What impact category is water listed under
Protect and restore water resources
If a project team decided that a drugstore would earn the LT-credit - LEED for Neighborhood Development Location, what other Location and Transportation (LT) credit would be easy to earn
The project would not be eligible for any other LT credits
The best way to prevent indoor pollutants is to
Eliminate or control them at the source
Precedent-setting rulings reviewed by USGBC on formal inquiries submitted by LEED project teams that can be applied to multiple projects are
LEED interpretations
The location valuation factor in MR credit - Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Material Ingredients states that
Products extracted, manufactured, and purchased within 100 miles of the project are valued at 200% of their base contributing cost
USGBC vision statement is
Buildings and communities will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation
The main considerations in the Sustainable Sites (SS) category of the BD+C rating system are
Choosing a building’s site and managing that site during construction
Site not previously developed or graded that could support open space, habitat or natural hydrology are
Greenfields
Building account for approximately how much energy use today
40%
Green Seal and Environmental Choice are standards that should be met by what type of product
Green cleaning products
Rather than focusing on specific environmental problems and how they can be reduced, as LEED 2009 did, the LEED v$ rating system asks the critical question of
what should a LEED project accomplish
Two strategies that will lower demand for traditional sources of energy such as oil coal, and natural gas are
The generation of renewable energy on the project site
Joining the local utility’s demand reply program
Using Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Creating an energy portfolio that includes non-renewables, onsite renewable energy , green power, carbon offsets, and RECs
The purchase of green power
The generation of renewable energy on the project site
The purchase of green power
The absorption of heat by hardscapes, such as dark, non-reflective pavements and building, and its radiation to surrounding areas is known as
Heat Island effect
A landmark national effort to codify green building practices into adoptable, adaptable, enforceable green building codes has produced a green building code now available as an overlay to traditional building codes called the
International Green Construction Code (IGCC)
The only Sustainable Site (SS) prerequisite in BD+C for New construction rating system is
Construction Activity Pollution Prevention
Water pollution from diffuse land uses, rather than a single facility, and one of the biggest threats to surface water quality and aquatic ecosystems is called
nonpoint source pollution
