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LEED BD+C certification Study Guide with Complete Solutions Categories of LEED - Answer-1. Location and Transportation 2. Sustainable Sites 3. Water Efficiency 4. Energy and Atmosphere 5. Materials and Resources 6. Indoor Environmental Quality 7. Innovation in Design 8. Regional Priorities...

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LEED BD+C certification Study Guide
with Complete Solutions

Categories of LEED - Answer✔✔-1. Location and Transportation


2. Sustainable Sites


3. Water Efficiency


4. Energy and Atmosphere


5. Materials and Resources


6. Indoor Environmental Quality


7. Innovation in Design


8. Regional Priorities


Social, Environmental and Economic benefits of Green buildings are also known to as the Triple Bottom

Line (TBL), Green building evaluation is based on their impacts on People (Social benefits), Planet

(Environmental benefits) and Profit (Economic benefits). LEED certified projects achieve these three

goals of sustainability and is how we define a green building. - Answer✔✔-Triple Bottom Line


Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - Answer✔✔-analyzes the environmental impacts of a service, material or

product through its entire life cycle. Life cycle assessment evaluates a material's life cycle with respect to:


>Energy


> Emissions

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> Waste


Life Cycle Cost (LCC) - Answer✔✔-Assessment of building costs from "cradle to


grave", life cycle costs considers all factors from


initial costs, health issues, productivity to


potential building reuse after demolition.


Embodied energy - Answer✔✔-is the energy consumed


during the different stages of a material's life


cycle and is included in its cycle assessment


Value Engineering: - Answer✔✔-Value engineering is cutting project costs, often during construction

phases affecting the actual value of the project. Many times green technologies and features are 'value

engineered' out of the design because the most important aspect of the building is to meet the local

building code.


Owner's Program Requirements (OPR): - Answer✔✔-It is the set of goals and requirements defined by

the owner or client. This program includes the information needed for the project team to start the pre

design phase. It describes project goals, environmental vision, budget, schedule and physical properties

of a project's internal and external spaces.


LEED - Answer✔✔-Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design


Project Minimum Requirements (MPRs) - Answer✔✔-MPRs are mandatory; they define the


minimum characteristics that a project must possess in order to be eligible for certification.


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The 3 phases of credit applications: - Answer✔✔-1. Predesign - Discovery


2. Schematic Design - Design and Construction


3. Feedback Mechanisms - Operations and performance monitoring


Design Charrette: - Answer✔✔-a brainstorming session held at the


beginning of a project to set project goals, exchange information and address challenges. It is essentially

a predesign meeting.


three main phases for IP - Answer✔✔-Discovery -> Implementation -> Performance Feedback


Open loop systems - Answer✔✔-Open loop is the linear loop in which resources are extracted,

manufactured, used and turned into waste. It is known by Cradle to Grave open loop. Open loops are

considered unsustainable.


Closed loop systems - Answer✔✔-Closed loop is the circular loop in which resources are extracted,

manufactured, used and then reused or recycled. It is known by Cradle to Cradle closed loop. It is more

sustainable and environmentally


responsible


Brownfield - Answer✔✔-A brownfield site is a previously used or developed land that may be

contaminated with


hazardous waste or pollution and has the potential to be reused once any hazardous substances,

pollutants, or contaminants are remediated




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