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Green Associate Flashcards

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  1. Which LEED certification level requires the highest number of points?

    Answer: Platinum

    Platinum is the highest LEED certification level, requiring 80 or more points out of 110 possible points.

  2. What is the purpose of the LEED Integrative Process credit?

    Answer: To encourage early-stage collaboration among design disciplines to optimize building performance

    The Integrative Process credit rewards early and ongoing interdisciplinary collaboration to discover synergies and reduce energy and water loads.

  3. A project earns the 'Reduced Parking Footprint' credit. What environmental benefit does this primarily provide?

    Answer: Decreased impervious surface area and associated stormwater runoff

    Reducing parking area decreases impervious surfaces, which lowers stormwater runoff and can reduce the urban heat island effect.

  4. What is a 'prerequisite' in the LEED rating system?

    Answer: A mandatory requirement that must be met for a project to be eligible for certification

    Prerequisites are non-negotiable requirements; failure to meet any single prerequisite disqualifies a project from certification regardless of points earned.

  5. Which metric is used in LEED to measure a site's development impact relative to natural hydrology?

    Answer: Runoff Coefficient

    The runoff coefficient quantifies how much rainfall becomes surface runoff versus infiltrating the ground, which LEED uses to assess stormwater management.

  6. Under LEED, which type of transportation access is rewarded by the Location and Transportation category?

    Answer: Access to diverse transit options, bike facilities, and walkable destinations

    LEED rewards access to transit, bike networks, and mixed-use amenities because they reduce vehicle miles traveled and associated emissions.

  7. What does the LEED concept of 'whole building life cycle assessment' evaluate?

    Answer: The environmental impacts of structural and enclosure materials from extraction through end of life

    Whole-building LCA assesses embodied carbon and other environmental impacts across a material's entire life cycle to guide more sustainable material choices.