Green Associate Flashcards
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What is 'daylighting' and why is it valued in LEED's Indoor Environmental Quality category?
Answer: Connecting occupants to the outdoors with natural light to improve wellbeing and reduce lighting energy
Daylighting uses natural sunlight to illuminate interior spaces, improving occupant health and comfort while reducing electric lighting energy use.
A developer builds on a previously developed urban infill site. Which LEED benefit does this primarily support?
Answer: Preservation of greenfield land and reduction of sprawl
Building on infill sites preserves undeveloped land, reduces infrastructure expansion, and supports compact, walkable community development.
Which refrigerant management strategy is encouraged under LEED's Energy and Atmosphere category?
Answer: Selecting refrigerants with low global warming potential and zero ozone depletion potential
LEED encourages refrigerants that minimize both ozone depletion potential (ODP) and global warming potential (GWP).
What is the role of a 'LEED Coordinator' on a project team?
Answer: To manage documentation, credit tracking, and communication with GBCI throughout certification
The LEED Coordinator ensures all credit documentation is collected, organized, and submitted correctly, serving as the main point of contact for the certification process.
Which LEED credit directly addresses occupant control over their thermal comfort?
Answer: Thermal Comfort
The Thermal Comfort credit requires both designing for thermal comfort standards and, in some versions, providing occupants with individual control over their environment.
What distinguishes 'regionally extracted and manufactured' materials in LEED's Materials and Resources category?
Answer: They are sourced and processed within 100 miles of the project site
LEED defines regional materials as those extracted, harvested, recovered, and manufactured within 100 miles of the project, reducing transportation impacts.
In LEED, what is the significance of the 'baseline' building model in energy performance calculations?
Answer: It is a code-minimum reference building used to measure the percentage improvement of the proposed design
The baseline building, modeled per ASHRAE 90.1, represents minimum code compliance and is used to calculate the percentage energy cost savings of the proposed design.