2022 01 LEED Green Associate LEED PROCESS 1

What are the roles of USGBC?

• Overseeing LEED credential maintenance and third-party technical reviews of registered LEED projects

• Administering and creating the LEED rating systems and issuing LEED building certifications

• Auditing member companies and providing building grants to for-profit companies

• Promoting the triple bottom line and administering the LEED exams

Answer explanation

USGBC is responsible for administering and creating the LEED rating systems.USGBC issues LEED building certifications once they have been approved by GBCI's third-party review.

How does USGBC support achievement of its mission "to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life"?

• Partnership with GBCIs.

• Financial incentives

• Free consulting

• Local chapters

Answer explanation

Connecting LEED professionals in a region elevates the knowledge base of that community to transform their built environment.

What is USGBC's vision?

• Transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built, and operated

• Buildings and communities that will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation

• See the transformation of a built environment that leads to a sustainable future

  This is CaGBC's vision.

• Lead and accelerate the transformation to high-performing, healthy green buildings, homes, and communities throughout the United States

Answer explanation

This is USGBC's vision.

"To transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built, and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life" denotes which of the following:

• USGBC's mission

• USGBC's vision

• USGBC's 2013-2015 strategic plan

• The purpose of LEED Online

Answer explanation

This statement describes USGBC's mission.

Promoting the triple bottom line is a part of USGBC's:

• Guiding principles

• Vision

• Mission

• Strategic goals

Answer explanation

USGBC has seven guiding principles outlined in the 2013-2015 strategic plan.They are:PROMOTE THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE - USGBC will pursue robust triple bottom line solutions (people, planet, profit) that clarify and strengthen a healthy and dynamic balance between environmental, social, and economic prosperity.ESTABLISH LEADERSHIP - USGBC will foster both revolutionary and evolutionary leadership by championing societal models that achieve a more robust triple bottom line.RECONCILE HUMANITY WITH NATURE - USGBC will endeavor to create and restore harmony between human activities and natural systems.FOSTER SOCIAL EQUITY - USGBC will continue to respect all communities and cultures and aspire to be a fully inclusive movement that embraces opportunities which broaden and expand our reach through partnerships and initiatives.MAINTAIN INTEGRITY - USGBC will be guided by the precautionary principle in utilizing technical and scientific data to protect, preserve and restore the health of the global environment, ecosystems, and species.BE INCLUSIVE - USGBC will ensure inclusive, interdisciplinary, multi-sector, and democratic decision making with the objective of building understanding and shared commitments toward a greater common good. In this spirit, USGBC will continue to seek common ground and partner with allied, influential organizations and leaders in the field to confront mutual challenges.EXHIBIT TRANSPARENCY - USGBC will continue to operate in an organizational culture that places honesty, openness, and transparency above all else.

Which of the following instances of documentation is an acceptable form when the name of the organization is appearing in a press release for the first time?

• United States Green Building Council

• U.S.G.B.C.

• U.S. GBC

• U.S. Green Building Council

Answer explanation

USGBC Name: The official organization name is the U.S. Green Building Council. "USGBC" is the official acronym. Use the complete name for any first reference. Subsequent references in copy may use USGBC. NOTE: When using "USGBC" as a noun, do not precede with "the." For example: Contact USGBC for more information.

A member company wants to display its USGBC member logo. What would be an appropriate use for the USGBC member logo?

• On a company's product to show product endorsement

• On company letterhead

• On legal documents

• On any partner website of the member company

Answer explanation

While we receive many comments about the relevance of these types of questions, the subject matter may come up on your exam.A LEED Green Associate's tasks includes creating project profiles/case studies/press releases which require knowledge of the USGBC trademark and logo policies.Use of the USGBC member logo is limited to member companies.

What does LEED stand for?

• Leadership in Energy Efficient Design

• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

• Leadership in Energy and Efficient Design

• Leadership in Environmental Efficient Design

Answer explanation

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Grammatically, what language is the appropriate usage to describe a project that has been certified at any level?

• LEED Certified

• LEED certification

• LEED-certified

• LEED Certified certified

Answer explanation

"LEED-certified" with lowercase "c" is used to describe a project that has been certified.

What describes a project that has been certified to the base level?

• LEED's Certified

• LEED Accredited

• LEED Certified

• LEED Certified certified

Answer explanation

"LEED Certified" with capital "C" (and no hyphen) is used to describe a project that has been certified to the base level: Certified.