WorksheetsLEED Process & Project Surroundings: LEED Green Associate Part 2
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 35mins
What accounting methodology is used to evaluate the economic performance of a product or system over its useful life?
Cradle-to-cradle
Life cycle costing
Water Budget
Simple Box Energy Modelling
Life cycle assessment
A school building consumes electricity from the grid at night while contributing energy back to the grid during the day from on-site solar panels resulting in the school having no electricity costs. This is an example of:
Zero waste
Net-zero energy
Carbon neutrality
Water balance
Which of the following are salient features of LEED Interpretations? (Choose 3)
There is an initial fee
Reviewed by USGBC
Reviewed by GBCI
Applicable to multiple projects
CIRs are published in an online database
The owner of an office project wants to pursue LEED Certification for his new construction project that is half built. Which of the following is true regarding the project’s likelihood to earn LEED Certification using LEED New Construction Rating System?
The project should contact USGBC
The project can pursue LEED Certification
The project team should submit a CIR
The project is not likely to pursue LEED Certification
What should guide a LEED Project from registration to certification of a project?
LEED Online
Landscape design
Plumbing codes
LEED Reference Guide
LEED Reference standards
What are three important factors of the LEED Green Building Rating System? (Choose 3)
It is prepared by product manufacturers
It is market driven
It is consensus based
It is mandated by the U.S Government
It is voluntary
What is the purpose of having a LEED AP on a project?
To meet the prerequisites
To streamline the LEED Process
To serve as the project administrator
To submit all project data for certification
Which of the following are salient features of LEED Addenda? (Choose 3)
Addenda’s are published once a year
Reviewed by USGBC committee
Addenda incorporate changes and improvements to LEED Rating Systems and Reference Guides
LEED Addenda are applicable to all LEED Projects
Addenda’s are published as frequently as quarterly
A LEED Project is pursuing the following credits: SS Credit Places of Respite, SS Credit Direct Exterior Access, MR Credit PBT Source Reduction – Mercury and MR Credit Design for Flexibility. Which of the following project adaptations under BD+C does this project fall?
Retail
Core and Shell
Schools
New Construction
Healthcare
Which of the following projects would not be eligible for LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Certification?
An owner occupied building certified under LEED for Commercial Interiors
A tenant occupied building certified under LEED for Commercial Interiors
A twelve month old school building that has not earned any LEED Certification
A commercial building that doesn’t have any tenants yet and is unoccupied
What does the weighting and level of importance of a LEED Credit depend on?
Cost of implementation
The ease of which the credit can be earned
Environmental and human health concerns
Quantity of resources consumed
If a building has already earned LEED for New Construction Certification, what additional certifications could the building earn in the future? Choose 2
LEED Neighborhood Development
LEED Commercial Interiors
LEED Core & Shell
LEED EB: Operations & Maintenance
A LEED Project is pursuing the following credits: SS Credit Places of Respite, SS Credit Site Master Plan, Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Material Ingredients, IEQ Prerequisite Minimum Acoustic Performance. Which of the following project BD+C adaptations does this project fall under?
Schools
Core and Shell
New Construction
Retail
Hospitality
Which of the following are salient features of Project CIRs? (Choose 3)
LEED project team members need not pay for Project CIRs
There is an initial fee
Reviewed by GBCI
Applicable to multiple projects
Applicable to only one project
Economic prosperity, environmental stewardship and social responsibility define a project’s:
Minimum Program Requirements
Innovation Strategies
Triple bottom line
Sustainability
What statement is true regarding a facility manager?
A facility manager would not be part of an integrated project team
The facility manager has sole responsibility for designing a building recycling plan
A facility manager would be most involved in a project for LEED for New Construction
A facility manager would be most involved in a project for LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance
Projects under which of the following LEED Rating Systems has an option for precertification?
LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance
LEED for Commercial Interiors
LEED for Core and Shell
LEED for Schools
LEED for New Construction
A Core and Shell project in Santa Monica, California is pursuing Regional Priority credits and is searching the USGBC database to explore the six available credits to choose four credits. Which RP Group should the project download
RP Credits applicable for ID+C Projects
RP Credits applicable for Core and Shell Project Types
RP Credits applicable for New Construction
RP Credits applicable for BD+C Projects
What is the term for the analysis of the environmental aspects and potential impacts associated with a product, process, or service?
Life-cycle costing
Energy Analysis
Life-cycle assessment
Energy Audit
How many points can a project earn under innovation?
2
3
4
6
Which of the following variables affect LEED Registration Cost? (Choose 2)
Time when the project team decides to register
Substantial completion of the project
Project’s size
Location of the Project – Inside the U.S. or Outside the U.S
Project’s rating system
A potential School project team is considering LEED Certification for their new school building. Which of the following credits must the project implement in order to earn LEED Platinum Level Certification? (Choose 3)
MR Prerequisite PBT Source Reduction – Mercury
EA Prerequisite Building Level Energy Metering
MR Prerequisite Storage and Collection of Recyclables
EQ Prerequisite Minimum Acoustic Performance
EQ Credit Acoustic Performance
The LEED Credit Checklist allows project teams to mark potential credit achievement as:
Yes/No
Anticipated/Awarded/Denied
Yes/Maybe/No
Pursuing/Not Pursuing
What is a primary reason that a LEED Project can have higher development costs compared to conventional development?
Green building goals were not set in the predesign phase
Rising material costs
Team members working together instead of separately
New green building technologies were used
What intense workshop is used to establish green building goals across all aspects of the building design, drawing on the expertise of all participants?
Charrette
Facility manager meeting
LEED roundtable
Technical Advisory Group meeting
The process of green building begins with the conceptual idea of the project and continues until:
The schematic design is completed
Construction phase
The project building is reused, or recycled
The construction documents are prepared
Ownership change
A building owner’s project includes a major HVAC renovation, significant envelope modifications, and major interior rehabilitation. The owner will occupy 20% of the building’s leasable square footage. What LEED Rating System would be most appropriate for this project?
LEED for New Construction
LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance
LEED for Commercial Interiors
LEED for Core and Shell
The mechanical engineer for a registered LEED Project submitted a project CIR. How can he check the status of a project CIR?
From the GBCI website
From the LEED website
He should submit an inquiry
From the LEED Formal Inquiries page
Which of the following is not a credit category for LEED for Neighborhood Development?
Neighborhood Pattern and Design
Green Infrastructure and Buildings
Awareness and Education
Smart Location and Linkage
What LEED Rating System extends beyond the building footprint to its landscape as well as infrastructure and its local and regional context?
LEED for Homes
LEED for Schools
LEED for Retail
LEED for Neighborhood Development
What are the benefits of becoming a tenant or owner of a building that is certified under LEED for New Construction if the project team wants to also certify under LEED for Commercial Interiors?
There are no benefits
There is no registration fee
Certification fees are reduced
The project is better positioned to earn the additional certification(s)
There are no certification fees
Which of the following options allow project teams to obtain technical guidance on how LEED Requirements – Minimum Program Requirements, Prerequisites and Credits – pertain to their projects? (Choose 2)
Project CIR
Credit Appeal
LEED Interpretation
Precertification
Addenda
A project’s scope of work will include systems upgrades, minor space use changes, and minor facility alterations. What LEED Rating System would be most appropriate?
LEED for Core & Shell
LEED for New Construction
LEED O+M
LEED for Schools
What amount of time do people in the United States spend on average indoors?
60%
90%
80%
70%
50%
A multi-family building that is three stories would be certified under what rating system?
LEED for Core and Shell
LEED for Homes + Multi-Family Low-Rise
LEED for New Construction
LEED for Commercial Interiors
Sustainable design strategies are effectively implemented only by using a:
Conventional approach
Flexible approach
Incremental approach
Whole building approach
what is not covered under the LEED for Core and Shell Rating System? (Choose 2)
HVAC system
Tenant fit out
Base building structure
Building Envelope
Furniture, furnishings, and equipment (FF&E)
A new construction project was registered after a LEED Addenda for BD+C was published. Which of the following is true regarding the project?
Project teams must submit a CIR
Project teams must follow Addenda published prior to their projects registration date.
Project teams are encouraged to follow Addenda published prior to their projects registration date.
Project teams need not follow Addenda published prior to their projects registration date.
Which of the following credits are only applicable for LEED BD+C – Core and Shell Projects?
SS Credit Light Pollution Reduction
LT Credit Bicycle Facilities
LT Credit Green Vehicles
SS Credit Site Master Plan
SS Credit Tenant Design and Construction Guidelines
After project registration for a commercial project how can the project team use the LEED Certification Mark?
The LEED Certification Mark can be used in press releases
The LEED Certification Mark can be used to indicate precertification
The LEED Certification Mark can be used in advertisements or marketing materials
The LEED Certification Mark cannot be used
What must a project do to earn LEED Certification after selecting a rating system?
Satisfy all prerequisites for the selected rating system and earn a minimum number of points
Satisfy relevant prerequisites for the selected rating system and earn a minimum number of points
Pay the relevant fees and appoint a LEED Project Administrator
Earn a minimum number of points only
The submittal of a Credit Interpretation Request (CIR) should include: (Choose 3)
One specific inquiry
Plans and Drawings
A payment of $220
Cut-sheets
Literature not in excess of six hundred words
Which of the following is a Minimum Project Requirement (MPR) for LEED Certification?
A minimum occupancy rate of three hundred Full Time Equivalents (FTEs)
Making the project building area less than 2% of the site area
The project must be in a permanent location on existing land.
A minimum occupancy rate of twenty five Full Time Equivalents (FTEs)
How many points would a project earn for having three LEED APs as principal participants on a project?
0
1
3
2
What steps would be included in the pre-design phase of a green building project? (Choose 2)
Establish project goals and green building criteria
Site selection
Document green materials and systems
Prepare project schedule
What is a stakeholder meeting?
A meeting where engineers work together to discover new synergies
A meeting with everyone that has a vested interest in the outcome of a project
An intense workshop to solve a problem or plan the design of something that includes the project team and stakeholders
A meeting where research is conducted about materials
What major concepts are integral to green building and sustainability? (Choose 3)
Integrated process
Life cycle approach
Systems thinking
Open systems
The portion of the project site submitted for LEED Certification is referred to as the:
Property Area
Property Boundary
LEED Boundary
Project Boundary
What term refers to the investigation and evaluation of the environmental impacts of a given product or service caused or necessitated by its existence?
Simple box Energy Modelling
Soft cost
Life cycle assessment
Hard cost
Life cycle costing
What tool provides cost-effective streamlined certification processes for multiple building certifications?
LEED Online
ENERGY STAR Target Finder
ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
LEED Volume Program
What is not true about a closed system in the built environment?
Used resources are released outside the system
All aspects of closed ecosystem are highly integrated to ensure maximum efficiency
There is no waste
Materials in a closed system are used for other purposes at the end of their useful life
A declarant is the person on the project team who:
Is technically qualified to verify the information on the LEED Credit Forms and is authorized by the project administrator to sign the form
Assigns credits to each of the team members through LEED Online
Submits Credit Interpretation Requests (CIRs)
Registers the project
Creates the project narrative on LEED Online
A project complying with all prerequisites will earn:
Silver Certification
Zero points
Gold Certification
Platinum Certification
Identify the process that is related to high performance building systems that will save money over the life of a project?
Life cycle assessment
Energy modeling
Value engineering
Life cycle costing
Green Raters are relevant to:
All LEED Projects
LEED BD+C Projects
LEED for Homes Rating System Projects
LEED Projects needing help
A owner of an existing building wants to improve its ongoing sustainable building operations. Which rating systems should the project utilize?
LEED Homes
LEED BD+C
LEED O+M Existing Buildings
LEED Neighborhood Development
The LEED Project Boundary may not include land that is owned by a party other than that which owns the LEED Project unless:
The land is associated with and supports normal building operations for the LEED Project Building
The land is part of a larger campus project
The land will be included in a future LEED Certification
The land will be donated for the purposes of earning an ID Point
The land is a public property
The mechanical engineer for a registered LEED Project wants to submit a project CIR for a LEED Credit that he has been assigned by the project administrator. Where and how can he submit the project CIR?
He should submit the CIR to LEED Project Administrator who will then use LEED Online to submit the CIR
He should submit the CIR along with the payment through LEED Online
He should mail the CIR with payment to GBCI
He should submit the CIR to LEED Project Administrator
What are the key criteria that define green building performance?
Credits
Innovative designs
Prerequisites
Minimum program requirements
What factor impacts the cost of earning LEED Building Certification?
The type of land the building was built on
The number of stories the building has
Square footage of the building
The number of Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) that will occupy the finished building
What are the goals of the Minimum Program Requirements? Choose 3
Decrease the cost of LEED Certification Fees
Reduce certification process challenges
Protect the integrity of the LEED Program
Give clear guidance to customers
Verify buildings are meeting environmental goals
Which of the following is an example of value engineering?
Replacing a parking lot material with less costly crushed gravel that has higher SRI
Integrating LEED Guidelines into Engineering and Design of the project
Selecting Window systems with higher upfront costs but lower life cycle costs
Choosing an insulation system that has higher costs and lower impact on the environment over a material that lower costs and a greater environmental impact
What are acceptable ways to reference LEED in product literature? (Choose 2)
ABC Carpet flooring contributes to satisfying certain LEED Credits under Materials and Resources Category
ABC Carpet flooring is a LEED Product
ABC Carper flooring complies with certain credits within the Materials and Resources Credit Category in LEED
ABC Carpet flooring is a LEED Certified Product
ABC Carpet flooring is LEED Qualified Product
