Innovation - correct answer ✔✔Exemplary performance credits can be achieved in which LEED rating
system category?
Those who must live with the decisions and those who must carry them out - correct answer ✔✔The
term "stakeholder" encompasses more than just decision makers and includes:
Reverse Contribution to Global Climate Change - correct answer ✔✔What is the most critical impact
category out of the seven, meaning the largest environmental impact, as determined by USGBC?
Development footprint - correct answer ✔✔The total land area of a project site covered by buildings,
streets, parking areas, and other typically impermeable surfaces constructed as part of the project is the:
- Reduce heat island effect
- Reduce rainwater runoff - correct answer ✔✔Pervious paving areas support which two Sustainable
Sites (SS) goals? (select two)
1.6 gpf - correct answer ✔✔The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct 1992) establishes which flush rate as a
baseline water consumption for water closets?
The process brings together the project team with stakeholders and outside experts for creative thinking
and collaboration - correct answer ✔✔The charrette is:
Both the individual elements of the system and their relationships to each other as a whole - correct
answer ✔✔When applying systems thinking to designing building and communities, we must
understand:
Thermal comfort of indoor occupants - correct answer ✔✔ASHRAE 55 relates to:
, - Develop a sustainable materials policy outlining the goals, thresholds, and procedures for procurement
of ongoing consumables and durable goods
- Specify green custodial products that meet Green Seal, Environmental Choice or EPA standards to
protect indoor environmental quality - correct answer ✔✔Two strategies to promote sustainable
purchasing during design and operations are: (select two)
Demand response (DR) - correct answer ✔✔A program that allows utilities to call on buildings to
decrease their electricity use during peak times, reducing the strain on the grid and the need to operate
more power plants, thus potentially avoiding the costs of constructing new plants is called:
Xeriscaping - correct answer ✔✔The use of drought-tolerant native or adapted plants along with rocks,
bark mulch, and other landscape elements is called:
Parking spaces are shared among two or more buildings - correct answer ✔✔Pooled parking is when:
Appropriate acoustical design - correct answer ✔✔The use of soft surfaces and noise control measures
for interiors are part of:
Life-cycle costs - correct answer ✔✔A major consideration when developing a sustainable project
budget is:
Regional Priority - correct answer ✔✔The credit category that addresses regional environmental
priorities for buildings in different geographic regions is:
-Daylighting
-Smaller building footprint
-Natural ventilation - correct answer ✔✔Strategies to reduce energy demand include:
Administer LEED certification - correct answer ✔✔The role of Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) is
to:
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