Which of the following project team members should be integrated early into the design phase to assist with earning the Materials and Resources Prerequisite, Construction and Demolition Waste Management Planning?
Who must be a member of the integrated project team for the Integrative Process Prerequisite, Integrative ProjectPlanning and Design?
A building owner in an arid climate is trying to design an outdoor lunch area for the tenants. Which landscaping
strategy is important to employ in order to reduce water demand?
A project team is using the whole building simulation model to quantify the percentage of energy savings for the project. Which of the following should remain the same for both the baseline building and the proposed building?
The material cost for a project is $100,000. What is the minimum material value needed to achieve Materials and Resources Credit, Building Disclosure and Optimization, Sourcing of Raw Materials, Option 2. Leadership Extraction
Practices?
What is the average flush rate for a dual flush toilet with a high flush rate of 1.6 gpf (6 lpf) and a low flush rate of 1.05 gpf (4 lpf)?
A new commercial building is being designed to use small capacity air handling units. To meet the requirements of the Carbon Dioxide Monitoring strategy in the Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Enhanced Indoor Environmental
Quality Strategies, where would CO2 monitors need to be located?
A comprehensive rainwater management plan may include design elements such as
When using the Integrative Process, what is the best way for the LEED AP to assess the impact of indoor and outdoor water consumption in a Building Design and Construction project?
A project team seeking certification for a new school is attempting to achieve Materials and Resources Credit, Construction and Demolition Waste Management, Option 2. Reduction of Total Waste Material. What strategy can be taken to meet the requirements of this credit?
Which of the following could be considered diverted construction waste?
Which of the following is an example of a nonroof measure for Sustainable Sites Credit, Heat Island Reduction?
A project is designed to remodel an existing warehouse into multi-family housing. The exterior facade of the warehouse will remain, but 40% of the interior will be demolished and replaced for interior new construction. New materials will be used for the new construction. To achieve points in the Materials and Resources Credit, Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction, which credit path option would apply?
Which is a benefit of earning Regional Priority credits?
The intent of the Sustainable Sites Prerequisite. Construction Activity Pollution Prevention is to £
The total land area within a 1/4 mi. (0.40 km) radius of a project boundary consists of 130 acres (53 hectares) andhas a residential to nonresidential ratio of 60:40. Within this same total land area, there are 780 dwelling units and1,600,000 ft2 (148 645 m2) of nonresidential building space. Given these parameters, what are the surroundingresidential and nonresidential densities when attempting to achieve Location and Transportation Credit,Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses?
The use of lead, mercury, copper and cadmium should be limited because they all
Which of the following statements is correct when defining the project boundary?
A project attempting to meet the preferred parking requirements for Location and Transportation Credit, Green Vehicles may provide what incentive to meet the requirements and highlight the project sustainable vehicle strategy?
According to the Integrative Process Credit, the discovery phase of energy-related systems should identify
When preparing the Sustainable Sites Prerequisite, Construction Activity Pollution Prevention, the ConstructionGeneral Permit must contain which of the following?
A project has total waste of 20 tons (18.1 tonnes) that includes the following:
· 8 tons (7.3 tonnes) of recycled demolition steel and concrete
· 2 tons (1.8 tonnes) of trees cleared from the site
. 3 tons (2.7 tonnes) of commingled scrap with 40% diverted
. 6 tons (5.4 tonnes) of used furniture donated to a non-profit organization
· 1 ton (0.9 tonnes) of removed carpet and ceiling tiles sent back to the manufacturer
What is the percentage of diverted waste for Materials and Resources Credit, Construction and Demolition Waste
Management?
In addition to Materials and Resources Credit, Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction, Option 3. Building and Materials Reuse, salvaged materials contribute to the achievement of
A tenant of a new office building will require 100 workstations per floor. Each floor will have two bathroom facilities and one conference room. How many lighting control devices with at least three lighting levels per floor are required to comply with Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Interior Lighting, Option 1. Lighting Control?
Which of the following strategies is allowed under Energy Atmosphere Credit, Renewable Energy Production, and will help a project achieve Energy Atmosphere Credit, Optimize Energy Performance?
A design team is working on a new building project and is employing an integrated, whole-building approach. Thearchitects want to increase the size of a glazed opening on the south facing wall. Which team members are first
affected by this change?
When working on a renovation project, asbestos containing materials have been found on the perimeter walls. When calculating the percentage of building being reused under the Materials and Resources Credit, Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction, the materials remediated will be
Which of the following is true regarding LEED Pilot Credits?
A design team is pursuing Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Indoor Air Quality Assessment. The building is 1,000 ft2 (93 m2) and has a 10 ft. (3 m) ceiling height. In order to earn the credit, what is the required volume of
supply air for the entire building flush-out?
Which of the following contributes to the value of the commissioning process?
A project team is deciding on the impact of a proposed concrete walkway. Which of the following will be impacted as a result of adding the walkway?
A project design team for an elementary school project is attempting to achieve Innovation Credit, Innovation, Option 1. Innovation. Which of the following strategies would qualify?
Plug-in task lighting will be utilized in a LEED project at all workstations. The task lighting is not included in the installed lighting power calculations for Energy and Atmosphere Prerequisite, Minimum Energy Performance since
A project team has installed a rainwater harvesting system on site. In which of the following could this system be recognized?
Which of the following standards needs to be followed to comply with Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Thermal Comfort?
A commercial new construction project consists of mixed space usage. When deciding which LEED rating system to use, the LEED AP should follow which of the following rules?
A new athletic facility contains a laundry room which is adjacent to the locker rooms. Whichstrategy will contribute
toward the Interior Cross-Contamination Prevention strategy in Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Enhanced Indoor
Air Quality Strategies?
Which rating system is being used if all of the credits below have been submitted towards certification?
- Location and Transportation Credit, Reduced Parking Footprint
- Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Fundamental Refrigerant Management
- Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Acoustic Performance
- Materials and Resources Credit, Persistent, Bio accumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Source Reduction - Lead,Cadmium, and Copper
An HVAC system consists of an air handler supplying conditioned air (mixture of return air andoutdoor air) to anoffice, corridor, conference room and lobby. For Indoor Environmental Quality Prerequisite, Minimum Indoor AirQuality Performance, the ventilation rate procedure calculations must be based upon what HVAC systemconfiguration?
A project elects to pursue Location and Transportation Credit, Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses, Option 2. Diverse Uses because of the project's location in an amenity-rich area. The project features 18 uses overall, including at least four uses in three of the five use type categories. What threshold must the project surpass in order to demonstrate exemplary performance for Option 2?
During preliminary energy analysis, what energy reduction strategies can best help in reducing the energy load in the new building construction project?
Which item is included in the reuse calculation for Materials and Resources Credit, Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction?
For Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Advanced Energy Metering, what is the minimum amount of time that the metering system should store data?
A LEED AP submitted a Preliminary Design and Construction review and has received a review comment and technical advice on Materials and Resources Prerequisite, Construction and Demolition Waste Management Planning. Which of the following actions should the LEED AP do if the project continues to pursue LEED certification?
Which federal agency designates Federal Renewal Community sites, which can be considered High Priority Sites for
project development?
The Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) includes the measure of a material's
A building owner is considering the installation of a solar thermal panel on the roof of the building. The initial cost of the system is higher than a conventional natural gas system. Which of the following is true to make the renewable energy option economically feasible?
What document allows a LEED AP to register a project and sign the Certification Agreement?
Which of the following should be analyzed when pursuing an Integrative Design Process focusing on Energy-Related
Systems?
A project team wants to educate the facility manager on the installed building systems to improve Indoor Environmental Quality. They want the facility manager to maintain the systems so that they will continue to function as intended. Which of the following should be provided to the facility manager?
A project team compares a life-cycle assessment (LCA) model to a baseline design to determine the reductions in six impact categories. One impact category exceeds the baseline by 7%. Whichalternative analyses should the team run to check different impact measurements?
Which of the following products are eligible for a WaterSense label?
For major renovation and new construction projects, the required energy and water-related system analyses should be the same except for
What is the definition of the evapotranspiration rate?
Which of the following Water Efficiency credits differ between LEED Building Design and Construction: New Construction and LEED Building Design and Construction: Healthcare?
A commercial office building with a footprint of 70,000 ft2 (6 503.2 m2) has an overall site area of 200,000 ft2 (18 580.6
m2). The project design includes 15,000 ft2 (1 393.5 m2) of pedestrian oriented hardscape and 18,000 ft2 (1 672.3 m2)
of vegetated open space. Which of the following is necessary to satisfy the requirement for the outdoor space to be
physically accessible when calculating the Sustainable Sites Credit, Open Space?
The LEED AP is leading the first design charrette for a new LEED project with the project's owners. What document
should be used to record the project goals to be used throughout the design of the project?
Building Product Disclosure and Optimization is based on market
A LEED AP is evaluating whether Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Acoustic Performance is feasible for a LEED
AP Building Design and Construction: Healthcare project. Which of the following groups of documents would best inform this decision?
Qualifying spaces for the Sustainable Sites Credit. Places of Respite must tgj
Green Infrastructure (GI) and Low-Impact Development (LID) rainwater management strategies improve upon the
conventional approach for rainwater management by
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)'s vision for using LEED internationally includes
According to the Integrative Process Credit, Integrative Process, the goal-setting workshop should identify
During a review of the HVAC equipment submittal, the Commissioning Authority (CxA) determined that the contractorsubstituted a higher efficiency piece of equipment. Which of the following is the priority for the CxA to consider?
A new school with a 20 car parking lot has set aside four preferred parking spaces for green vehicles. What else must the project team provide to achieve Location and Transportation Credit, Green Vehicles?
Which views would qualify as a quality view for Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Quality Views?
What credit rewards customers who change their normal consumption patterns in response to the varying price of energy over time?
Which of the following documents contains the design team's interpretation of the Owner's Project Requirements?
Which of the following are control measures recommended by the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning National Contractors Association (SMACNA) for the Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan?