Agent - correct answer ✔✔Person (or entity) who is granted actual authority by the owner to register
the project and accept the certification agreement.
Certification Level - correct answer ✔✔A LEED designation based on point thresholds met, such as LEED
Certified, LEED Silver, LEED Gold, and LEED Platinum.
Certification Process - correct answer ✔✔A hierarchy of assigned tasks completed through LEED Online.
Checklist - correct answer ✔✔A single-page list containing the name of the rating system adaptation and
a series of categories that pertain to the site, transportation, water, energy, materials, indoor air, and
innovation of the project.
Credit - correct answer ✔✔A point or range of points given depending on its credit weighting.
Credit Interpretation Request (CIR) - correct answer ✔✔A fee-based inquiry to the USGBC as to how to
implement a strategy for a certain prerequisite or credit.
Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) - correct answer ✔✔A third-party organization that provides
independent oversight of professional credentialing and project certification programs related to green
building.
Impact Categories - correct answer ✔✔The environmental issues that LEED projects aim to address.
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) - correct answer ✔✔The U.S. Green Building
Council (USGBC) LEED green building program is the preeminent program for the design, construction,
maintenance, and operation of high-performance green buildings.
, LEED AP - correct answer ✔✔The advanced level of LEED credentials that requires an advanced
knowledge in green building as well as expertise in a particular LEED rating system.
LEED Fellow - correct answer ✔✔The most prestigious LEED designation that recognizes LEED APs who
have demonstrated exceptional achievement in technical knowledge and skill, leadership, advocacy,
commitment and service, and teaching, mentoring, or research.
LEED Green Associate - correct answer ✔✔The basic level of LEED credentials that requires a
documented, up-to-date understanding of the most current green building principles and practices.
Minimum Program Requirements (MPRs) - correct answer ✔✔The requirements that a building must
meet before it can consider LEED certification.
Owner - correct answer ✔✔Person (or entity) who has the authority to hold and control the real and
personal property associated with the project and accept the certification agreement.
Pilot Credit Library - correct answer ✔✔A database of credits that are being tested for future versions of
the LEED rating systems.
Prerequisite - correct answer ✔✔A mandatory project requirement that ensures a minimum level of
achievement within a category.
Project Administrator - correct answer ✔✔Person who plays a key quality role by checking that the LEED
submission is complete and accurate before submitting the project to GBCI for review and by accepting
the review results once the review is complete.
Synergy - correct answer ✔✔The interrelationship between credit categories, systems, and components
that can be realized through the integrative process to achieve high levels of building performance,
human performance, and environmental benefits.
Technical Advisory Group (TAG) - correct answer ✔✔A committee formed by members of the USGBC to
make consensus-based decisions and to recommend technical solutions to rating system development
and maintenance issues, based on expertise.
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