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WorksheetsLEED AP BD+C_Integrative Strategies
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 39mins
A project team has completed preliminary energy and water research and analysis that will help with the discussions for integrative design opportunities. What should be the project team's next step?
Gather occupant feedback
Conduct a preliminary water budget analysis
Document how the analysis informed the OPR and BOD
Convene a goal setting workshop
A project team has convened to identify targeted LEED credits, identify initial responsibilities and deliverables, and identify potential integrative strategies for achieving performance targets. What is their next step in the project timeline?
Conduct a preliminary water budget analysis and preliminary comparative energy modeling
Document the owner's project requirements and basis of design
Hire a commissioning authority
Collect information about the local climate and site conditions
A new government office building will provide individual occupant controls for lighting. What design strategy would most reduce the operational energy use associated with task lighting?
Increasing the glazing on windows
Installing higher reflective surfaces
Installing automatic shading devices on windows
Integrating individual controls with occupancy sensors
A project team for a 3-story mixed-use project wants to increase the daylighting of the store on the ground floor to help the owner better display products for sale. What factors are NOT critical for allowing more daylight into the building?
Depth of floor plates
Design of the exterior envelope
Including skylights in the design
Adjacent surfaces
A project team for a school wants to increase the daylighting and views for students in classrooms. What issue should be considered if the design team chooses to increase the amount of glazing?
Glazing provides less insulating effects compared to standard walls
Increased glazing will decrease the opportunity for thermal comfort control
A decrease in lighting control can result from increased glazing
Increased glazing will impact acoustical performance
A project moved beyond the design phase before a green-building consultant was asked to join the project team. The building owner wants to hear about design strategies that are flexible and can earn multiple LEED points without negatively impacting the project budget. The design consultant suggests using light-colored pervious paving with recycled content in lieu of a black asphalt parking lot. This design strategy would assist in all of the following credits EXCEPT:
SS Credit Rainwater Management
SS Credit Heat Island Reduction
MR Credit BPDO: Sourcing of Raw Materials
SS Credit Open Space
During the design phase of a new commercial development the design team finds that changing the orientation of the building and adding exterior horizontal louvers above the South-facing windows will be beneficial. Which credit would NOT be affected by these changes?
EA Credit Green Power and Carbon Offsets
EA Credit Optimize Energy Performance
EQ Credit Daylight
EQ Credit Enhanced Commissioning
A new library will have a 5% energy improvement over a baseline building. The project team is considering increasing ventilation. The project uses mechanical ventilation. This change could have a negative impact on:
EA Credit Demand Response
EA Credit Optimize Energy Performance
EA Prerequisite Minimum Energy Performance
EA Prerequisite Fundamental Refrigerant Management
A new 10 story office building will be built in an arid region. Installing occupancy sensors would impact which credits?
EA Credit Optimize Energy Performance and EQ Prerequisite Minimum IAQ Performance
EQ Prerequisite Minimum IAQ Performance and EQ Credit Thermal Comfort
EQ Credit Enhanced IAQ Strategies and EQ Prerequisite Minimum IAQ Performance
EQ Credit Thermal Comfort and EQ Credit Enhanced IAQ Strategies
The design of a new five-story school includes plans for using stone from local quarries, a rainwater harvesting system, stacking the building program, solar thermal roof panels to heat hot water, and open grid paving.What green building strategies will these design decisions contribute toward?
LT Credit Sensitive Land Protection
EA Credit Green Power and Carbon Offsets
SS Credit Site Development-Protect or Restore Habitat
MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction
A project team is removing cisterns from a project design and will install a green roof instead. The building has a FAR of 1.7. What project area would this change impact the least?
SS Credit Rainwater Management
SS Credit Open Space
SS Credit Heat Island Reduction
EA Prerequisite, Fundamental Commissioning and Verification
A building design includes such green building strategies as a vegetated roof, task lighting, photovoltaic cells, and operable windows. What credit will these design strategies NOT help achieve?
EQ Credit Thermal Comfort
EQ Credit Interior Lighting
EA Credit Renewable Energy Production
EQ Credit Daylight
A project team has hired a LEED consultant to assist them with their first LEED project. What credit requires pictures as proof of compliance?
LT Credit Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses
LT Credit Access to Quality Transit
EQ Credit Construction IAQ Management Plan
SS Credit Rainwater Management
To be successful with MR Prerequisite Storage and Collection of Recyclables, who should assist in providing input on space requirements and the best infrastructure required for collection?
A waste hauler or recycling provider
An architect
A project owner
Building occupants
Which statement is true regarding construction checklists as part of the commissioning process?
Test sampling is prohibited even if the project contains a large number of identical systems.
The contractor is responsible for filling out the checklist and returning it to the CxA.
The checklist confirms the contractor has completed functional testing.
Testing and balancing are not included in the checklist.
If a project team is pursuing both the Integrative Process credit and EA Credit Optimize Energy Performance, which action should occur first?
A basic energy analysis prior to conducting the energy simulation
Creation of a baseline energy model
Determination the energy costs savings
Use of the exceptional calculation method for unregulated loads
What is the benefit of preparing a concept model for compliance with the Integrative Process credit?
It can be used to verify the prescriptive requirements are met for EA Prerequisite Minimum Energy Performance
It can earn a project extra points when following the prescriptive compliance path of EA Credit Optimize Energy Performance
It can be used as the baseline model for a proposed design
It can form the basis of the preliminary energy model for a whole-building energy simulation
Integrating which project team member into MR Prerequisite Construction and Demolition Waste Management Planning early in the design phase will assist later with earning the related credit?
Contractor
Owner
Occupants
Facility Manager
What rating system is required to conduct a four-hour integrated design charrette to optimize the integration of green strategies?
LEED BD+C: Homes
LEED BD+C: Schools
LEED BD+C: Healthcare
None of the rating systems
A project team for a new hospital is having an integrative design charrette to discuss the budget, schedule, and functional programmatic requirements, health mission statement, credits to target and the LEED certification level. What will the project team need to document from the charrette for IP Prerequisite Integrative Project Planning and Design?
Simple box energy model and how the model informed the building design and a list of potential vendors
Narrative describing how the budget and schedule impacted the credits selected and who is responsible for each credit
Narrative describing how the health mission statement informed the budget and schedule and performance testing criteria
Narrative explaining how the health mission statement addresses the credit requirements and a plan of action
Which action must a project team take for implementation of the Integrative Process credit?
Perform a site assessment during the pre-design phase
Conduct a minimum four-hour integrated design charrette
Document how the analysis informed building and site design decisions in the project's OPR and BOD
Create a simple life-cycle assessment of the design
Which action would NOT earn a project an Innovation credit for a LEED BD+C: New Construction project?
Using a new strategy to mitigate the heat island effect
Achieving the pilot credit for ergonomics
Designing a net-zero building
Implementing a green cleaning policy and program
Development of a public education program
For which reason would it be suggested that someone review the ANSI Consensus National Standard Guide 2.0 for Design and Construction of Sustainable Buildings and Communities?
To become familiarized with the Integrative Process
To learn about smart growth and sustainable neighborhood design
To review what needs to be analyzed for a site assessment
To review national green building codes
In the integrative process, which statement is true about how the energy and water systems should be analyzed to identify the most synergies?
The water systems should be analyzed first.
The energy systems should be analyzed first.
The energy and water systems should be analyzed at the same time.
The order in which systems are analyzed does not matter.
Which tool will assist the project team when conducting a preliminary energy research and analysis for Integrative Process credit?
LEED Online
USGBC energy calculator
ASHRAE 90.1 user's manual
EPA Target Finder
Energy-related research for the Integrative Process credit should include all EXCEPT which element?
Local climate
Site conditions
Proximity to public transportation
Potential building features
A building owner and primary project team have convened for a goal-setting workshop. Which factors are examples of what would NOT be determined in the workshop?
The project must be completed in 24 months.
The budget is $35M.
The energy performance should be 25% better than similar buildings
The lighting needs of certain workspaces.
In a goal-setting workshop, which information should be documented for IP Credit Integrative Process?
Owner's project requirements (OPR) and basis of design (BOD)
Current facility requirements (CFR) and Cx plan
Construction documents and daylighting analysis
LEED credit submittals and financial incentive appl
Which factors should be modeled in a preliminary energy analysis?
All systems that consume energy in a building
Only options that have large consequences on energy use
Only non-process loads
Indoor water-use demand
A LEED AP is exploring possible strategies for a building's energy related systems. Which aspects must be evaluated for a simple box energy model to earn Integrative Process credit?
Lighting levels, indoor water-use demand, and proximity to public transportation
Thermal comfort ranges, plug and process loads, and off-site parking
Site conditions, massing and orientation, building envelope attributes
Building envelope attributes, programmatic and operational parameters, and acoustics
An owner, architect, and general contractor in a goal-setting workshop for a school project are discussing how installing a large quantity of skylights in the building's roof would increase daylighting in the core of the building. What could help them with this decision and help with earning IP Credit Integrative Process?
Perform a preliminary simple box energy model
Hire a lighting designer
Conducting a student survey of lighting conditions at nearby schools
Comparing the design to schools with similar plug and process load needs
Identifying at least one on-site, non-potable water source that could be used to offset water demand is required for which credit?
WE Prerequisite Indoor Water-Use Reduction
We Credit Indoor Water-Use Reduction
WE Prerequisite Outdoor Water-Use Reduction
Integrative Process
A project team has discovered local code allows the collection of rainwater for irrigation use and offsetting potable water use to reduce indoor water demand and process water demand. If the project wants to earn Integrative Process credit, rainwater must be incorporated into how many water demand components (indoor, outdoor, process)?
None
1
2
3
Which action does a project team need to take in the discovery phase for water-related systems to earn IP Credit Integrative Process?
Identify at least one on-site, non-potable water source that could supply a portion of at least two demand components
Show how the indoor water demand will be reduced by 30%
Select manufacturers of WaterSense fixtures
Identify initial responsibilities and deliverables for each team member
In an initial goal-setting workshop, which actions would occur?
Creating a map outlining walking paths to diverse uses, selecting a vendor to purchase RECs from, reviewing power requirements of different energy consuming systems
Collection of information about local climates, reviewing EPDs of materials, life cycle analysis of the building design
Hearing from all community representatives, clarifying functional and programmatic goals, building operations training
Engagement of the owner and primary project team, setting a target certification level, picking LEED credits and assigning responsibilities
Which options would be considered when evaluating building envelope performance as part of a simple box energy analysis?
Temperature set-points
Effects of the percentage of exterior glazing on energy loads
Landscape conditions
Hours of occupancy
A project team is reviewing a simple box energy model for a large commercial building dominated by external loads. Which strategy can help decrease envelope loads?
Increasing the insulating value of the glazing and window frame system
Decreasing lighting power
Reducing plug loads
Demanding controlled ventilation
A hospital project's preliminary energy model reveals high internal loads. Which suggestion would reduce energy use?
Provide daylighting
Oversize the HVAC system
Fully glaze the western facade
Change the building footprint
Which outcome exemplify collaboration among team members?
The HVAC system contributes to MR Credit Building product disclosure and optimization - environmental product declarations
Rainwater collection can be used for both SS Credit Rainwater Management and WE Credit Outdoor Water-Use Reduction.
A density allowance is available for building green.
A manufacturer is developing an HPD for a product.
At which phase would a daylight consultant play a critical role?
When any information needs to be identified for a daylight simulation
During pre-design, to understand lighting and daylighting goals
When the daylighting performance criteria need to be specified in the owner's project requirements
When regularly occupied spaces are designed in the floor plan
The coordination of energy and water systems for the Integrative Process credit should be addressed before which phase?
Conceptual design
Design development
Schematic design
Evaluation
Which documentation do project teams need to submit for Integrative Process credit?
A site assessment
A water budget analysis
A simple box energy modeling analysis
An integrative process worksheet
Which of the following is the beginning phase of the integrative process?
Discovery
Design and Construction (Implementation)
Occupancy, Operations, and Performance Feedback
Financing
A team in a goal setting-workshop has selected to pursue LEED Gold, identified credits to pursue and assigned responsible parties to each credit and prerequisite. After evaluating possible energy strategies what does the team need to document for IP Credit Integrative Process?
How the analysis informed the design decisions in the OPR and BOD
The aggregate costs of the meetings
The credit calculations for each credit
The preliminary project schedule
For Integrative Process credit which factors must project teams assess through simple box energy modeling before completion of schematic design?
At least one load reduction strategy and one energy efficiency strategy
At least one source of renewable energy
At least one way to increase efficiency
At least two potential load reduction strategies
Which factor is aided by establishing regular meeting dates and clear communication channels?
Discovery
Establishing project goals
Resolving issues quickly
Defining the LEED project scope
Achieving the greatest effectiveness in cost and environmental performance requires that every issue and every team member be brought into the project at which of the following points?
Design and construction
Discovery
Preliminary LEED review
Occupancy, operations, and performance feedback
Which situation might be a result of addressing the surrounding density and diverse uses early in the integrative process?
More reliance on automobiles
Increased availability of uses within walking distance
Decreased construction time
Decreased water usage
Which water-budget information provides enough data for use in the Discovery phase of water-related systems?
A week's worth of data showing that 5,000 gallons (18,900 liters) of water will be used
Data revealing that the building's indoor fixtures will use 10,000 gallons of water (37,854 liters)
Data indicating that makeup water will be negligible
Data concluding that a rainwater collection system will supply 20,000 gallons (75,708 liters) of water per year
Which statement is true regarding a project team's ability to use the water budget from a school project and apply it to an office project?
The application of the school project's water budget will apply to the office project if both projects use the same plumbing contractors.
The application of the school project's water budget will apply to the office project if both projects have the same type and number of indoor fixtures.
The application of the school project's water budget will apply to the office project if both projects have the same gross floor area.
The application of the school project's water budget will not apply to the office project because water budgets are project-specific.
Which factor is included in the analysis of a project's water budget?
The water required only by the building
The water required only by the associated grounds
The water required by both the building and the associated grounds
Submeters used for measuring performance
Which project team members' presence on a project would help meet the requirements of multiple credits for a prospective LEED BD+C: Data Center?
LEED AP BD+C and LEED AP O+M
LEED AP BD+C and a qualified CxA
Two team members that are LEED AP BD+C
LEED AP without specialty and daylighting modeler
