USGBC LEED AP BD+C LEED AP Building Design + Construction Online Training

Question #11

What standard should an engineer use when establishing minimum ventilation rates for a new mechanically ventilated space to earn Indoor Environmental Quality, Minimum Indoor Air Quality Performance?

A . Local building code
B . ASHRAE 62.1-2010
C . International Mechanical Code 2012
D . The ventilation code requiring the greatest volume of outside air

Reveal Solution Hide Solution

Question #12

Under Energy and Atmosphere Prerequisite, Fundamental Commissioning and Verification, a current facilities requirements and operations and maintenance plan must contain which information necessary to operate the building efficiently?

A . Any changes in schedules or setpoints for different seasons, days of the week, and times of day
B . Only changes in schedules or setpoints for peak usages during seasons, days of the week, and times of day
C . Any changes in schedules during peak times, or for different seasons, peak-usage days of the week, and times of day
D . Any changes in schedules or setpoints focusing on only the hottest and coldest periods of the seasons, peak-use days of the week, and times of day

Reveal Solution Hide Solution

Question #13

For a task chair purchased for a healthcare facility, which portion of the product contributes toward Materials and Resources Credit, Furniture and Medical Furnishings?

A . Wheels, 4% of product by weight, that do not contain lead, mercury, cadmium or antimony
B . Fabric, 5% of product by weight, with stain resistant treatment containing Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs)
C . Metal base, 20% of product by weight, which do not contain heavy metals and is not plated with hexavalent chromium
D . Plastic armrests, 30% of product by weight, with added antimicrobial treatment

Reveal Solution Hide Solution

Question #14

Which of the following is required when documenting a LEED Pilot credit?

A . Compliance letter
B . LEED AP approval
C . Innovation narrative
D . Pilot Credit registration

Reveal Solution Hide Solution

Question #15

Which of the following sinks is classified as a private lavatory faucet under Water Efficiency Credit, Indoor Water Use Reduction?

A . A sink in an office restroom
B . A sink in a school classroom
C . A sink in a hotel room bathroom
D . A sink in a shared office restroom

Reveal Solution Hide Solution

Question #16

An owner has insisted on using a non-native or non-adapted plant species on both the vegetated roof and ground level.

What Sustainable Sites credit will this decision impact the most?

A . Site Development-Protect or Restore Habita
B . Site Assessment
C . Heat Island Reduction
D . Light Pollution Reduction

Reveal Solution Hide Solution

Question #17

A LEED Building Design and Construction: New Construction office building’s HVAC system includes hot water from a central utility plant. The central utility plant is owned and operated by a management company. The office pays a flat fee for hot water, included as part of the lease. The management company does not meter or invoice for actual hot water consumption. For the project to meet the requirements for Energy and Atmosphere Prerequisite, Building-Level Energy Metering, an energy meter must be installed for

A . natural gas
B . hot water at the main service point
C . nothing, because the flat fee is included as part of the lease
D . nothing, because the energy source is outside of the project’s scope

Reveal Solution Hide Solution

Question #18

LEED project boundaries that include multiple similar buildings which are all eligible for certification can be registered as which of the following?

A . Batch project
B . Group project
C . Master Site project
D . Neighborhood project

Reveal Solution Hide Solution

Question #19

Which system is eligible for the Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Renewable Energy Production?

A . Ground-source heat pumps
B . Tidal-based electrical production
C . Municipal solid waste combustion
D . Passive solar and daylighting strategies

Reveal Solution Hide Solution

Question #20

A contractor is building a retirement community project. 30% of the building’s product costs were derived from reused/salvaged materials or met recycled content criteria.

Which of the following credits can the LEED AP submit towards certification?

A . Materials and Resources Credit, Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Sourcing of Raw Materials
B . Materials and Resources Prerequisite, Construction and Demolition – Waste Management Planning
C . Materials and Resources Credit, Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Material Ingredients
D . Materials and Resources Credit, Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Environmental Product Declarations

Reveal Solution Hide Solution

Correct Answer: A
A

Explanation:

The Materials and Resources Credit, Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Sourcing of Raw Materials rewards projects that use materials that have optimized extraction processes by limiting or eliminating the extraction of new resources, the reuse of materials or the use of recycled materials1. According to the LEED Reference Guide for Building Design and Construction2, the credit has two options: Option 1. Raw Material Source and Extraction Reporting and Option 2. Leadership Extraction Practices. Option 1 requires the project to use at least 20 permanently installed products from at least five different manufacturers that have publicly released a report from their raw material suppliers which include extraction locations, a commitment to long-term ecologically responsible land use, a commitment to reducing environmental harms from extraction and/or manufacturing processes, and a commitment to meeting applicable standards or programs voluntarily that address responsible sourcing criteria2. Option 2 requires the project to use products that meet at least one of the responsible sourcing criteria below for at least 25%, by cost, of the total value of permanently installed building products in the project:

Extended producer responsibility. Products purchased from a manufacturer (producer) that participates in an extended producer responsibility program or is directly responsible for extended producer responsibility.

Bio-based materials. Bio-based products must meet the Sustainable Agriculture Network’s Sustainable Agriculture Standard. Bio-based raw materials must be tested using ASTM Test Method D6866 and be legally harvested, as defined by the exporting and receiving country. Exclude hide products, such as leather and other animal skin material.

Wood products. Wood products must be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council or USGBC-approved equivalent.

Materials reuse. Reused products must include salvaged, refurbished, or reused products. Recycled content. Recycled content is the sum of postconsumer recycled content plus one-half the preconsumer recycled content, based on cost. Products meeting recycled content criteria are valued at 100% of their cost for the purposes of credit achievement calculation.

USGBC approved program. Other USGBC approved programs meeting leadership extraction criteria. Therefore, among the given options, only Option A is relevant to the use of reused/salvaged materials or recycled content, as they can contribute to the materials reuse or recycled content criteria under Option 2. Option B is a prerequisite that requires the project to develop and implement a construction and demolition waste management plan that identifies the materials to be diverted from disposal and whether the materials will be sorted on-site or co-mingled2. Option C is a credit that requires the project to use at least 20 different permanently installed products from at least five different manufacturers that use any of the following programs to demonstrate the chemical inventory of the product to at least 0.1% (1000 ppm):

Health Product Declaration. The end use product has a published, complete Health Product Declaration with full disclosure of known hazards in compliance with the Health Product Declaration Open Standard.

Cradle to Cradle. The end use product has been certified at the Cradle to Cradle v2 Basic level or Cradle to Cradle v3 Bronze level.

REACH Optimization. The end use product is compliant with REACH Optimization criteria. GreenScreen v1.2 Benchmark. The product’s chemical ingredients are inventoried using the GreenScreen v1.2 Benchmark.

Declare. The Declare product label must indicate that all ingredients have been disclosed down to 1000 ppm.

Option D is a credit that requires the project to use at least 20 different permanently installed products that have environmental product declarations. The products must be sourced from at least five different manufacturers. The environmental product declarations must conform to ISO 14025, 14040, 14044, and EN 15804 or ISO 21930 and have at least a cradle-to-gate scope2.

Reference: LEED Reference Guide for Building Design and Construction v4 Recycled content | U.S. Green Building Council CS-v4.1 MRc3: Sourcing of Raw Materials | LEEDuser

How to choose the right materials for a LEED project? – GBCE