Leed N.c B-Series Exam Study

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For SS Prerequisite 1 - Construction Activity Pollution Prevention, You must create and implement an Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan conforming to the requirements of what ?

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2003 EPA Construction General Permit or local erosion and sedimentation control standards and codes, whichever is more stringent.

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What are the 3 objectives of the Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan needed to comply with SS Prerequisite 1 - Construction Activity Pollution Prevention ?

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1.Prevent Loss of soil during construction by storm water run off and/or wind erosion, inclding protecting topsoil by stockpiling for reuse.
2. Prevent sedimentation of storm sewer or reciving streams.
3. Prevent polluting the air with dust and particulate matter.

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What are the 6 conditions that you may not build on to satisfy the requirements of SS 1 Site Selection ?

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1.Prime Farmland
2. Previously undeveloped land whose elevation is lower than 5 feet above the elevation of the 100-year flood plain
3. Land that is specifically identifed as haditat for any species on Federal or State threatened or endangered lists
4. Within 100 feet of any wwetlands OR within setback distances from wetlands
5.Previously undeveloped land that is within 50 feet of a water body.
6. Land which prior to acquisition for the project was public parkland (Park Authority projects are exempt)

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With regard to SS 1 Site Selection what regulation defines " Prime Farmland" ?

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U.S Dept. of Agriculture in the U.S Code of Federal Regulations, Title 7 VOL. 6, Parts 400 to 699, Section 657.5 ( citation 7CFR657.5)

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With regard to SS 1 Site Selection,who defines where the 100-year flood plane is ?

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FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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With regard to SS 1 Site Selection,what regulation defines wetland locations ?

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U.S. Code of FED. REGS. 40 CFR, Parts 230-233 and Part 22, and isolated wetlands or areas of special concern identified by state or local rule,
OR
within set back distances from wetlands prescribed in state or local regs. as defined by local or state rule or law, whichever is more stringent.

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With regard to SS 1 Site Selection what defines a "Water Body" ?

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Seas,Lakes,rivers,streams and tributaries that support or could support fish, recreation or industrial use, consistent with the terminology of the Clean Water Act.

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With regard to SS 1 Site Selection What are the exceptions to the "no public parkland" rule ?

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If land or equal or greater value as parkland is accepted in trade by the public landowner OR if the project is for the park authority.

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What are the two requirements choices for SS 2 Development Density & Community Connectivity ?

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Construct or renovate building on a previously developed site AND in a community with a minimum density of 60,000 S.F per acre net -OR- Construct or renovate building on a previously developed site AND within 1/2 mile of a residential zone or neighborhood with an average density of 10 units per acre net AND within 1/2 mile of at least 10 Basic Services AND with pedestrian access between the bilding and the services.

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With regard to SS 2 Development Density & Community Connectivity, what are some examples of basic services ?

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Bank; Place of Worship; Convenience Grocery; Day Care; Cleaners; Fire Station;Beauty Salon;Hardware store; Laundry ; 1 Library; Medical/Dental; Senior Care Facility;Park;Pharmacy; Post Office; Restaurant; School; Supermarket; Theater; Community Center; Fitness Center; Museum.

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With regard to SS 2 Development Density & Community Connectivity, how would you qualify a basic service ?

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On a site map, draw a 1/2 mile radius circle with the project main entrance as the center point. Any basic service within this circle and with pedestrian access would qualify.

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What is the requirement for SS 3 Brownfield Redevelopment ?

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Develop on a site documented as contaminated OR on a site defined as a brownfieldby a local, state or federal gov.
agency.

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With regard to SS 3 Brownfield Redevelopment, What means are used to document a site as contaminated ?

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Provide an ASTM E 1903-97 Phase II Environmental Site Assessment or documention from a local Voluntary Clean-up Program.

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What are the requirements to earn SS 4.1 Alternative Transportation, Public Transportion Access ?

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Project must be within 1/2 mile from an existing/planned commuter rail,light rail or subway station -OR- within 1/4 mile of one or more stops for two or more public or campus bus lines usable by building occupants.

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What are the requirements for SS 4.2 Alternative Transportation, Bicycle Storage & Changing Rooms ?

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Provide secure bicycle racks and/or storage (within 200 yards of a building entrance) for 5% or more of all building users (measured at peak periods), AND, provide shower and changing facilities in the building,or within 200 yards of a building entrance, for 0.5% of Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) occupants.

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What is the alternative requirement for SS 4.2 Alternative Transportion, Bicycle storage & Changing Rooms, if your building is residential ?

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Provide covered storage facilities for securing bicycles for 15% or more of building occupants in lieu of changing/shower facilities.

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What are the three options to meet the requirements for SS 4.3 Alternative Transportation, Low Emitting & Fuel Efficient Vechicles ?

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1. Provide low-emitting and fuel-efficient vechicles for 3% of full time equivalent (FTE) occupants AND provide preferred parking for these vechicles.
2. Provide preferred parking for low-emitting and fuel-efficient vechicles for 5% of the total vechicle parking capacity of the site.
3. Install alternative-fuel refueling stations for 3% of the total vechicle parking capacity of the site.

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With regard to SS 4.3 Alternative Transportation, Low Emitting & Fuel Efficient Vehicles,What standards need to be met in order for a vechicle to be considered as "Low emitting" or " fuel-efficient" ?

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Must be classified as Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) by the California Air Resources Board or have achieved a minimum green score of 40 on the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) annual vehicle rating guide.

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Of the 4 options for compliance to earn SS 4.4 Alternative Transportation,Parking Capacity, What is the option for Residential ?

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Size parking capacity to not exceed mimimum local zoning requirments, AND provide infrastructure and support programs to facilitate shared vehicle usage such as carpool drop-off areas, designated parking for vanpools,or car-share services, ride boards, and shuttle services to mass transit.

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Of the four options for compliance to earn SS 4.4 Alternative Transportation, Parking Capacity, What are the options for non-residential ?

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Size parking capacity to meet,but not exceed, mimimum local zoning requirements, AND, provide preferred parking for carpools or vanpools for 5% of the total provided parking spaces. OR For projects that provide parking for less than 5% of FTE building occupants: Provide preferred parking for carpools or vanpools,marked as such,for 5% of total provided parking spaces.

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Of the 4 options for compliance to earn SS 4.4 Alternative Transportation,Parking Capacity,
What option can be applied to any project ?

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Provide new parking.

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What is the requirement to earn SS 5.1 Site development, Protect or Restore Habitat,if your project is built on a Greenfield site ?

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Limit all site disturbance as follows:
1. 40 feet beyond the building perimeter.
2. 10 feet beyond surface walkways,patios, surface parking and utilities less than 12 " in diameter.
3. 15 feet beyond primary roadway curbs and main utility branch trenches
4. 25 feet beyond constructed areas with permeable surfaces that require additional staging areas in order to limit compaction in constructed areas.

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What is the requirement to earn SS 5.1 Site Development,protect or Restore Habitat,if your project is built on a previously developed or graded site ?

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Restore or protect a minimum of 50% of the site area (excluding the building footprint) with native or adapted vegetation.

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With regard to SS 5.1 Site Development, Protect or Restore Habitat,What are the native or adapted plants ?

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Plants indigenous to a locality or cultivars of native plants that are adapted to the local climate and are not considered invasive species or noxious weeds.

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When may a vegetative roof be used to increase the area the calculation for SS 5.1 Site Development,Protect or Restore Habitat ?

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Site must be previously developed -and- must earn SS Credit 2 ( Development Density & Community Connectivity) -and- the plants used must meet the definition of native/adapted.

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What are the three options to comply with the requirements of SS 5.2 Site Development, Maximize Open space ?

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1. When local zoning open space requirement exist,reduce the development footprint and/or provide vegetated open space within the project boundary to exceed the local zoning's open space requirement for the site by 25%.
2. For areas with no local zoning requirements, provide vegetated open space area adjacent to the building that is equal to the building footprint.
3. Where a zoning ordinance exists,but there is no requirement for open space, provide vegetated open space equal to 20% of the project's site area.

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What are some options that can be used to increase the open space calculations for SS 5.2 Site Development, Maximize Open space ?

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1. For projects located in urban areas that earn SS Credit 2, vegetated roof areas can contribute to credit compliance.
2. For projects located in urban areas that earn SS Credit 2, pedestrian oriented hardscape areas can contribute to credit compliance.For such projects,a minimum of 25% of the open space counted must be vegetated.
3. Wetlands or naturally designed ponds may count as open space if the side slope gradients average 1:4 or less and are vegetated.

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What are the requirements to earn SS 6.1 Stormwater Design, Quantity Control,if the existing imperviousness is less than or equal to 50% ?

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Implement a stormwater management plan that prevents the post-development peak discharge rate and quantity from exceeding the pre-development peak discharge rate and quantity for the one and two-year 24-hour design storms
-OR-
Implement a stormwater management plan that protects recieving stream channels from excessive erosion by implementing a stream channel protection strategy and quantity control strategies.

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What is the requirement to earn SS 6.1 Stormwater Design,Quantity Control, if the existing imperviousness is greater than 50% ?

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Implement a stormwater management plan that results in a 25% decrease in the volume of stormwater runoff from the two-year 24- hour design storm.

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What requirement must be met to earn this SS 6.2 Stormwater Design, Quality Control ?

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Implement a stormwater management plan that reduces impervious cover,promotes infiltration, and captures and treats the stormwater runoff from 90% of the average annual rainfall using acceptable best management practices (BMPs).

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With regard to SS 7 Heat Island Effect,the Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) is calculated according to what standard ?

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ASTM E 1980-01

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What are the 2 options to meet the requirements for SS 7.1 Heat Island Effect, Non-Roof ?

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Provide any combination of shade,highly reflectance paving or an open grid paving system for 50% of the site hardscape -OR- Place at least 50% of the parking undercover with a highly reflective surface.

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What is the Solar Reflectance Index mimimum for SS 7.1 Heat Island Effect, Non-Roof ?

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SRI 29

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What are the 3 options to meet the requirements for SS 7.2 Heat Island Effect Roof ?

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1. Use roofing materials having a solar reflectance index (SRI) equal to or greater than 78 (low slopes) or 29 (steep slopes) for a mimimum of 75% of the roof surface.
2. Install a vegetated roof for at least 50% of the roof area.
3. Install high albedo and vegetated roof surfaces that, in combination, meet the following criteria:

( AREA of SRI Roof/0.75) + (AREA of Vegetated roof/0.5) > = Total Roof Area.

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What are the two major component requirements for SS 8 Light pollution Reduction ?

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Interior lighting levels and exterior lighting levels.

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What are the requirements for the interior lighting component of SS 8 Light pollution Reduction ?

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The angle of maximum candela from each interior luminaire as located in the building shall intersect opaque building interior surfaces and not exit out through the windows. -OR- All non-emergency interior lighting shall be automatically controlled to turn off during non-business hours.provide manual overide capability for after hours use.

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what are the requirements for the exterior lightning component of SS 8 light Pollution Reduction ?

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Only light areas as required for safety and comfort. Do not exceed 80% of the lighting power densities for exterior areas and 50% for building facades and landscape features
-AND-
Shall follow all of the requirements for the specific zone assigned to the project.

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What reference standard is used to define requirements of SS 8 Light Pollution Reduction ?

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ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2004,Exterior lightning section, without amendments.

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With regard to SS 8 light pollution Reduction,what reference standard is used to define assigned lighting zone ?

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IESNA RP-33

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For each of the four "lighting Zones" that are listed in SS 8 Light pollution Reduction ?

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LZ 1 DARK (park and rural settings)
LZ 2 Low (residential areas)
LZ 3 Medium (Commerical/Industrial, High-Density Residential )
LZ 4 High ( Major City Centers Entertainment Districts).

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What is the requirement for WE 1.1 Water efficient landscaping,reduced by 50%

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Reduce Potable water consumption for irrigation by 50% from a calculated mid-summer baseline case.

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What factors can be used to attribute reductions for WE 1.1 Water Efficient Landscaping, Reduce by 50% ?

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Plant species factor
Irrigation efficiency
Use of captured rainwater
Use of recycled wastewater
Use of water treated and conveyed by a public agency specifically for non-potable uses.

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What is the requirement for WE 1.2 Water Efficient landscaping,No Potable use or no irrigation ?

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Must achieve WE 1.1 -AND- one of the following,
1. Use only captured rainwater,recycled wastewater,recycled greywater, or water treated and conveyed by a public agency specifically for non-potable uses for irrigation

2. Install landscaping that does not require permanent irrigation systems.

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Are tempoary irrigation systems permitted under WE 1.2 Water efficient landscaping,No potable use or no irrigation ?

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Yes, if used for plant establishment only if removed within one year of installation.

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What are the 2 options that may be used to meet the requirements for WE 2 Innovative Wastewater Technologies ?

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Reduce potable water use for building sewage conveyance by 50% through the use of waterconserving fixtures or non-potable water.
-OR-
Treat 50% of wastewater on-site to tertiary standards.Treatd water must be infiltrated or used on-site.

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What standard is used to create a baseline for WE 3.1 & WE 3.2 Water use Reduction ?

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The Energy Policy Act of 1992 fixture performance requirements.Calculations are based on estimated occupant usage and shall include only the following fixtures (as applicable to the building):
water closets,urinals,lavatory faucets, showers and kitchen sinks.

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With regard to WE 3, Water Use Reduction, What fixtures are used to calculate the baseline using estimated occupant useage ?

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Only the following fixtures (as applicable to the building): water closets, urinals, lavatory faucets, showers and kitchen sinks.

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What is the requirement for WE 3.1 Water Use Reduction, 20% Reduction and WE 3.2 Water Use Reduction 30% Reduction ?

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Employ strategies that in aggregate use at least 20% (WE 3.1) or 30% (WE3.2) less water than the water use baseline calculated for the building (not including irrigation) .

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As Required by EA Prerequisite 1 fundeamental commissioning of the building energy systems,What six Commissioning process activities shall be completed by the commissioning team.

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1. Designate an individual as the commissioning Authority (CxA) to lead,review and oversee the completion of the commissioning process activities.
2. The owner shall document the owner's project requirements (OPR).The design team shall develop the basis of design (BOD).The CxA shall review these documents for clarity and completeness.The Owner and design team shall be responsible for updates to their respective documents.
3. Develope and incorporate commissioning requirements into the construction documents.
4. Develope and implement a commissioning plan.
5. Vertify the installation and performance of the systems to be commissioned.
6. Complete a summary Commissioning report.

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With regard to EA Prerequisite 1 Fundamental Commissioning of the building Energy systems, Commissioning process activities shall be completed for what energy-related systems,at a minimum ?

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1. Heating,Ventilating,air conditioning,and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems (mechanical and passive) and associated controls
2. Lighting and daylighting controls
3. Domestic hot water systems
4. Renewable energy systems (wind,solar etc.)