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Worksheets2022 02 LEED Green Associate LEED PROCESS 2
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 43mins
Exemplary performance and pilot credits are awarded in what LEED category?
Awareness and education
Innovation
Sustainable Sites
Core and Shell
Which of the following is not a credit category for LEED for Neighborhood Development?
Smart Location and Linkage
Neighborhood Pattern and Design
Green Infrastructure and Buildings
Awareness and Education
What LEED credit category encourages strategies that minimize the impact on ecosystems and water resources?
Sustainable Sites
Water Efficiency
Location and Transportation
Regional Priority
What LEED credit category rewards projects within relatively dense areas, near diverse uses, with access to a variety of transportation options, or on sites with development constraints?
Location and Transportation
Sustainable Sites
Innovation
Smart Location and Linkage
What rating system has a credit category named Smart Location and Linkage?
LEED BD+C
LEED ND
LEED O+M
LEED ID+C
What is the intent of the Indoor Environmental Quality credits?
Promote better indoor air quality and access to daylight and views
Using reused materials inside the building envelope
Reducing indoor potable water use
Decreasing the lighting power density for interior lights
What impact category most directly helps with the people aspect of the triple bottom line?
Promote sustainable and regenerative material resources cycles
Protect and restore water resources
Enhance social equity, environmental justice, and community quality of life
Protect, enhance, and restore biodiversity and ecosystem services
Which of the following impact categories is given the greatest weight in LEED?
Promote Sustainable and Regenerative Material Resources Cycles
Enhance Individual Human Health and Well-Being
Protect and Restore Water Resources
Protect, Enhance and Restore Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Reverse Contribution to Global Climate Change
Which of the following impact categories are given the greatest weight in LEED?
Reverse Contribution to Global Climate Change and Enhance Individual Human Health and Well-Being
Protect and Restore Water Resources and Protect, Enhance and Restore Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Promote Sustainable and Regenerative Material Resources Cycles and Reverse Contribution to Global Climate Change
Build a Greener Economy and Enhance Social Equity, Environmental Justice, Community Health and Quality of Life
Which of the following are LEED impact categories?
Social Capital, Natural Capital, and Economic Capital
Reuse Dependence on Fossil Fuels and Create a Strong Sense of Place
Build a Greener Economy and Protect and Restore Water Resources
Natural Context, Infrastructural Context, and Social Context
Which of the following appropriately refers to LEED's system goals?
Impact Categories
Prerequisites
Credits
Prerequisites and Credits
What components are included in the impact category for Reverse Contribution to Global Climate Change?
GHG Emissions Reduction from a Cleaner Energy Supply and Protect Human Health from Direct Exposure to Negative Health Impacts
GHG Emissions Reduction from Materials and Water Embodied Energy Use and Water Quality Protection
GHG Emissions Reduction from Materials and Water Embodied Energy Use and Move to Cyclical, Non-Depleting Material Cycles
GHG Emissions Reduction from Building Operations Energy Use and GHG Emissions Reduction from a Cleaner Energy Supply
Protecting human health globally and across the entire built environment life cycle is part of what impact category?
Enhance Individual Human Health and Well-Being
Create a Strong Sense of Place
Sustainable Use and Management of Ecosystem Services
Promote Innovation and Integration of Green Building Products and Services
What impact category addresses reducing negative environmental impacts throughout the materials life-cycle?
Protect, Enhance and Restore Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Reverse Contribution to Global Climate Change
Promote Sustainable and Regenerative Material Resources Cycles
GHG Emissions Reduction from Materials and Water Embodied Energy Use
What is the scope of the Protect and Restore Water Resources impact category?
GHG Emissions Reduction by Embodied Energy of Water Reduction and GHG Emissions Reduction from Materials and Water Embodied Energy Use
Water Conservation, Water Quality Protection, and Protection and Restoration of Water Regimes and Natural Hydrological Cycles
Protection and Restoration of Water Regimes and Natural Hydrological Cycles and Local Biodiversity, Habitat Protection and Open Spaces
Water Quality Protection, GHG Emissions Reduction from Materials and Water Embodied Energy Use, and Protect, Enhance and Restore Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
A LEED credit that supports local economies and strengthens the green building industry and supply chains supports what impact category?
Build a Greener Economy
Promote Sustainable and Regenerative Material Resources Cycles
Enhance Social Equity, Environmental Justice, Community Health and Quality of Life
Global Biodiversity, Habitat Protection and Land Preservation
A project team is shrinking the building footprint to increase the amount of open space on a project. What impact category does this design decision support?
Protect, Enhance and Restore Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Protection and Restoration of Water Regimes and Natural Hydrological Cycles
Protect Human Health from Direct Exposure to Negative Health Impacts
Provide Affordable, Equitable and Resilient Communities
Which of the following is NOT a component of the impact category Enhance Social Equity, Environmental Justice, Community Health and Quality of Life?
Create a Strong Sense of Place
Provide Affordable, Equitable and Resilient Communities
Promote Access to Neighborhood Completeness Resources
Promote Human Rights and Environmental Justice
Support Occupant Comfort and Well-Being
How are the number of points a credit can earn in LEED determined?
Each credit is independently evaluated by USGBC within the seven impact categories.
The points are assigned by the GHG emissions related to the credit.
Member companies vote on which credits should receive the most points.
The points are set by how difficult the credit is to achieve.
How are LEED credits that significantly contribute to accomplishing the system goals of the seven impact categories given more emphasis?
The requirements are easier to achieve
The have more options to meet the requirements
They contain third party standards
They can earn more points
What is true about a project that earns 38 points towards certification?
The project would be LEED Certified
The project would be LEEDs Certified
The project would be LEED certified
The project would not earn certification
The project would be LEED Silver
What is the proper designation for a project that has earned 80 points and met all prerequisites?
LEED Certified Platinum
LEED Platinum
LEED Gold
LEED Certified Gold
Which of the following determines the level of certification a project earns?
The number of points a project earns
The size of the building
The rating system selected
The number of prerequisites attempted
What is the minimum certification level in LEED?
certified
Certified
Accredited
Approved
A project that earns 65 points would earn what level of certification?
Certified
Silver
Gold
Platinum
For a project to be LEED Platinum a minimum of how many points must be earned?
60
70
80
90
What is the point range for a project to earn LEED Gold?
70-79
50-59
60-69
60-79
What is the point range for a project to earn LEED Silver?
40-49
50-59
60-69
70-79
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
Earn a minimum number of points only
Pay the relevant fees and have a Green Rater approve the project
LEED requires which of the following to be done in order for a project to earn certification?
Include a LEED AP on the project
Have the project administrator be a LEED AP
Meet the Minimum Program Requirements
Achieve at least 50 points
At a minimum, a project team must successfully do which of the following to obtain LEED certification?
Gather documentation for 40 of the points available
Record all vendors used on the project
Achieve a minimum of 40% Diversion. of Construction and Demolition Waste from landfills
Hire a LEED AP
What should be used during all project phases to verify the green building goals are being met?
LEED Project Checklist
Commissioning plan
Sustainable purchasing policy
Materials checklist
What tool is used to determine the target certification level?
LEED Online
LEED Scorecard
EPA's Target Finder
CIR
For which of the following would a LEED Green Associate use the Green Building Information Gateway (GBIG)?
Communicating with local USGBC chapters to obtain project assistance
Issuing a press release to the green building community
Updating a project's public information
Exploring and comparing the green dimensions of the built environment
What statement is true regarding the LEED Scorecard?
There is one LEED Scorecard that can be used for any rating system
The LEED Scorecard is organized by LEED category
Innovation credits are not listed in the LEED Scorecard
The LEED Scorecard gives the project team the option of not earning prerequisites
What is one difference between LEED Interpretations and project CIRs?
LEED interpretations are precedent-setting.
LEED interpretations are not published publicly.
LEED interpretations are created by certification review teams.
LEED interpretations can only be used by the project that submitted them.
Which of the following must occur before a project team pursues a LEED Interpretation?
A committee must review the request.
The project team must contact USGBC customer service.
The inquiry must first undergo the project CIR process.
The project must earn a LEED certification.
Which of the following statements regarding LEED Interpretations is NOT true?
LEED interpretations are used to add new requirements to the LEED Rating System.
LEED interpretations can be applied to multiple projects.
LEED interpretations are an opportunity to contribute to LEED in a significant way.
LEED interpretations are reviewed by LEED committees comprised of member-selected green building practitioners and USGBC staff.
If an error is found in the LEED rating system, which of the following would USGBC use to address the error?
LEED Interpretations
LEED Addenda
Project CIR process
Consensus-based review
What LEED developments address specific space types and international requirements?
LEED credit weightings
LEED Pilot Credit Library
Next version LEED
LEED Rating System adaptations
What is the purpose of the LEED Pilot Credit Library?
To provide extensions of existing rating systems to address specific types of spaces or requirements for international projects
To allow credits to be refined through LEED project evaluations before they complete the balloting process for introduction into LEED
Provide precedent-setting rulings reviewed by USGBC on formal inquiries submitted by LEED project teams that can be applied to multiple projects.
To manage the LEED documentation process
In what instances would a project team submit a request for a Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR)?
When the reference guide does not address a specific issue
When the person registering the project has a question about the registration process
When the Project Manager quits or changes companies
When appealing a credit that has been denied
How many of the 110 possible LEED points can be earned for addressing regionally specific environmental issues?
10
1
2
4
What is submitted to document that the requirements of a credit or prerequisite were met?
LEED Project Checklist
LEED credit form
CIR
Building operating plan
Credit Interpretation Requests (CIRs) are most likely used for what part of the LEED process?
Addenda and updates to the LEED Rating Systems
Appeal of denied credits
Technical guidance for LEED credits
Communicating with the project administrator and/or project team
Which of the following actions can NOT be performed by a project team member using LEED Online?
Managing public-facing project details
Submitting technical inquiries regarding LEED credits
Coordinating resources among project team members
Accessing web-based reference guides
Which of the following documents establishes the terms and conditions of the LEED Certification Program to which the building owner is bound?
Certification agreement
LEED certification
Agent's authority
Owner's project requirements
What is the maximum number of project administrators that can be assigned to a LEED project?
3
2
1
Unlimited
Some credits have an LPE option. What does LPE mean?
That a LEED Accredited Professional is primarily responsible for the credit
That the credit has a Licensed Professional Exemption
That the credit will pursue LEED Exemplary Performance
That a credit is a LEED Pilot credit
What part of LEED Online can be used to obtain a real-time snapshot of the project's progress?
The project checklist
The review comments
The project timeline
The credit assignments
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
Submits any Credit Interpretation Requests (CIRs) to GBCI
Creates the project narrative
Which of the following is NOT a green building rating systems that exist in addition to LEED?
Green Globes
BREEAM
Green Star
ASHRAE
Which of the following are enforceable within the building industry?
International Green Construction Code (IgCC)
Material sourcing
Quality of views
Acoustic design
Which of the following is an alternative compliance path to the International Green Construction Code (IgCC)?
LEED
ASHRAE 189.1
ASHRAE 90.1
BREEAM
What is the International Green Construction Code (IgCC) intended to replace?
ENERGY STAR
LEED
Traditional building codes
ASHRAE 189.1
What is one role of GBCI?
Third-party technical reviews of registered LEED projects
Approving the LEED Rating Systems
Promoting the triple bottom line
Auditing USGBC Member Companies
