What rules should be used when selecting a LEED rating system when more than one system may apply?
- correct answer ✔✔40/60
Use the rating system that is most applicable
To verify the compliance of a credit or prerequisite, a qualified member of the project team submits this
- correct answer ✔✔Credit Forms
This source consumes the largest amount of energy in buildings - correct answer ✔✔Space Heating
Legal protection of the ozone layer in the US is provided by this - correct answer ✔✔Montreal Protocol
2009 LEED rating systems, except LEED for Homes and LEED for ND, have what 3 structures? - correct
answer ✔✔Credits,
Minimum Program Requirements,
Prerequisites
The Energy Policy Act establishes what flush rate as the baseline water consumption for water closets? -
correct answer ✔✔1.6 gallons per flush
The Triple Bottom Line evaluates the human and environmental effects associated with these - correct
answer ✔✔Social, economics, and environment
Construction and demolition debris cannot include 2 of these items - correct answer ✔✔Rock, Soil
To qualify as a regional material, within what distance must a material be extracted, harvested, or
recovered, and manufactured? - correct answer ✔✔500 miles
, For storage and collection of recyclables, a building recycling program must include these items: - correct
answer ✔✔Plastic, Cardboard, Metal
To two primary responsibilities of the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) are: - correct answer
✔✔Provides third party LEED professional credentialing, Provides third part LEED project certification
Regional Priority credits are made available to the project for - correct answer ✔✔The zip code of the
geographic location of the project
The LEED project boundary is defined as - correct answer ✔✔The boundary description that is submitted
for certification
The 2009 LEED Rating System best suited for an office complex where the owner will occupy 60% of the
building would be - correct answer ✔✔LEED for New Construction and Major Renovations
The minimum FTE requirement per Minimum Program Requirements (MPRs) for LEED Certification is -
correct answer ✔✔1 FTE
A popular program for comparing the energy performance of multiple buildings - correct answer
✔✔ENERGY STAR
What is unique about the Innovative Performance requirement for the Innovation in Design credit? -
correct answer ✔✔It is not applicable to existing or similar strategies in the LEED rating system
The major consideration when developing a sustainable project budget: - correct answer ✔✔Life Cycle
Costs
The EPAct 1992 water standard excludes which types of fixtures and equipment? - correct answer
✔✔residential and commercial dishwashers, commercial steam cookers, automatic commercial ice
makers, residential and commercial clothes washers
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