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  1. A LEED project team chooses to use no refrigerants in HVAC&R systems to comply with EA Credit: Enhanced Refrigerant Management. What is the result?

    Answer: The project automatically complies with the credit and earns the available points

    Using no refrigerants or only natural refrigerants with zero ODP and low GWP automatically satisfies Enhanced Refrigerant Management credit requirements.

  2. What is the baseline building model used in LEED EA whole-building energy simulation?

    Answer: A building designed to exactly meet ASHRAE 90.1 minimum requirements

    The baseline model is a code-minimum building meeting ASHRAE 90.1 minimum requirements, against which the proposed design's energy savings are compared.

  3. Under LEED v4, the EA Credit: Demand Response requires a project to participate in a demand response program. What is the primary environmental benefit of demand response?

    Answer: It shifts or reduces peak electricity demand, reducing reliance on inefficient peaking power plants

    Demand response reduces peak grid demand, which displaces peaking power plants that are typically less efficient and more carbon-intensive than baseload plants.

  4. Which of the following refrigerants would be MOST preferred under LEED Enhanced Refrigerant Management due to its environmental profile?

    Answer: R-744 (CO2)

    R-744 (CO2) is a natural refrigerant with zero ODP and a GWP of 1, making it the most environmentally preferable choice among the options.

  5. In LEED v4 EA, what does the Owner's Project Requirements (OPR) document establish?

    Answer: The written document that details the functional requirements and the expectations of how the building systems will be used

    The OPR is the written documentation of the functional requirements of a project and the expectations of how it will be used and operated.

  6. How does LEED EA Credit: Green Power and Carbon Offsets address Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions?

    Answer: By requiring the purchase of RECs or carbon offsets to cover 50%-100% of building energy use for a 5-year contract

    This credit requires purchasing green power or carbon offsets equivalent to 50% or 100% of building energy use through a minimum 5-year contract to address indirect emissions.

  7. Which LEED EA prerequisite specifically requires projects to track and report actual energy and water data for at least 5 years?

    Answer: EA Prerequisite: Building-Level Energy Metering

    Building-Level Energy Metering requires tracking whole-building energy and water data and sharing it with USGBC for at least 5 years after occupancy.