(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certification) Materials and Resources Flashcards
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In LEED v4's Material Ingredients credit, what is the purpose of a Health Product Declaration (HPD)?
Answer: To disclose the chemical ingredients and potential health hazards in a product
An HPD discloses the chemical contents of a building product and any associated human health hazards, helping project teams avoid harmful substances.
Which of the following best defines 'post-consumer recycled content' as used in LEED?
Answer: Material reclaimed from products after they have been used by consumers
Post-consumer recycled content refers to material that has been used by a consumer and then recycled, such as recycled aluminum cans or glass bottles.
A project team is selecting paints for interior walls. To earn credit under LEED's Low-Emitting Materials category, which property must the paints meet?
Answer: Low volatile organic compound (VOC) content limits
Low-Emitting Materials credits require that interior paints and coatings comply with VOC content limits to protect occupant health and indoor air quality.
Under LEED, what does 'regional materials' (or 'regional priority') incentivize project teams to do?
Answer: Source materials extracted, harvested, and manufactured within a defined geographic radius
Regional materials credits encourage sourcing products that are extracted and manufactured within 100 miles (LEED 2009) or within the project's region (LEED v4) to reduce transportation impacts.
What is the primary environmental benefit of using materials with a high recycled content in construction?
Answer: Reduced demand for virgin raw material extraction and associated environmental damage
Using recycled content materials reduces the need to extract virgin resources, lowering the environmental impacts associated with mining, logging, and quarrying.
Under LEED v4, which of the following product categories would be evaluated under the 'Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Material Ingredients' credit?
Answer: Flooring products documented with an HPD or Declare label
The Material Ingredients credit applies to permanently installed building products — such as flooring, insulation, and adhesives — documented with ingredient disclosure tools like HPDs or Declare labels.
In LEED v4, what is a 'whole building life cycle assessment (LCA)' used to evaluate?
Answer: The environmental impacts of structural and enclosure materials over the building's life
A whole building LCA quantifies the environmental impacts — such as global warming potential and resource depletion — of the structural and enclosure materials over the building's entire life cycle.