LEED AP Building Design + Construction (LEED AP BD+C)
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During preliminary energy analysis, what energy reduction strategies can best help in reducing the energy load in the new building construction project?
A new Science Education Center is pursuing LEED certification. Which of the following strategies could be submitted to earn an Innovation in Design credit?
Which rating system is appropriate for a new mixed-use building with 300,000 ft2 (27 871 m2) of residential units, 150,000 ft2 (13 935 m2) hotel and 50,000 ft2 (4 645 m2) of retail space?
Which would contribute to compliance with Sustainable Sites Credit, Open Space?
A building owner in an arid climate is trying to design an outdoor lunch area for the tenants. Which landscaping
strategy is important to employ in order to reduce water demand?
A developer is considering an urban infill site for a new commercial building rather than a rural greenfield site adjacent to a stream. Which of the following is an economic advantage of the infill site?
Which approach will contribute to maintaining compliance with Sustainable Sites Credit, Rainwater Management?
For an emergency care facility project, which of the following credits can be achieved if the total cost of
permanently installed products are 25% cradle-to-cradle V3 Gold and 25% GreenScreen List Translator?
The contractor has submitted waste hauling reports for review in order to achieve Materials and Resources Credit, Construction and Demolition Waste Management. Which of the following materials on the documentation contribute towards the credit?
A new commercial building is being designed to use small capacity air handling units. To meet the requirements of the Carbon Dioxide Monitoring strategy in the Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Enhanced Indoor Environmental
Quality Strategies, where would CO2 monitors need to be located?
An existing vacant office building will be completely renovated and new mechanical, electrical and plumbingsystems will be installed. 20% of the building's gross floor area will be complete at the time of certification. Therewill be a data center and some retail stores on the ground floor of the building at a future date. Which rating systemis applicable for the building?
Which of the following Sustainable Sites credits are eligible to be used as a campus approach?
For a task chair purchased for a healthcare facility, which portion of the product contributes toward Materials and Resources Credit, Furniture and Medical Furnishings?
The project team wants to modify the design of an office building copy room to minimize the risk of airborne contamination to the surrounding space. The design includes a separate exhaust, but due to design constraints the partition walls of the room cannot run deck-to-deck. What can the team do to achieve Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies?
Which of the following is required to earn Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Renewable Energy Production if using aSolar Photovoltaic System?
The required minimum scope of analysis for a product-specific declaration that contributes toward Materials and Resources Credit, Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Environmental Product Declarations, Option 1. Environmental Product Declaration is
What is the minimum gross floor area required for a Building Design and Construction project to be eligible for
certification?
Which of the following is required in determining the baseline for Water Efficiency Prerequisite, Indoor Water Use Reduction?
A project is designed to remodel an existing warehouse into multi-family housing. The exterior facade of the warehouse will remain, but 40% of the interior will be demolished and replaced for interior new construction. New materials will be used for the new construction. To achieve points in the Materials and Resources Credit, Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction, which credit path option would apply?
In addition to Materials and Resources Credit, Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction, Option 3. Building and Materials Reuse, salvaged materials contribute to the achievement of
A project team is deciding on the impact of a proposed concrete walkway. Which of the following will be impacted as a result of adding the walkway?
What is a benefit of including the public in a charrette for a new school before the pre-design phase?
In order to achieve Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Quality Views the project team increased the window-to-wall
ratio. Which prerequisite was impacted by this action?
In order to meet the minimum qualifications for Energy and Atmosphere Prerequisite, Fundamental Commissioning and Verification a Commissioning (Cx) agent must have completed the commissioning process activities for a minimum of how many similar projects?
A project's total site area is 240,000 ft2 (22 297 m2) and the building footprint is 40,000 ft2 (3 716 m2). How much
outdoor space and vegetated space must it provide to earn Sustainable Sites Credit, Open Space?
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?
Which strategy should be employed to improve daylighting when designing a new building?
When calculating the reverberation time of a room, which of the following pieces of information is least relevant?
The owner of a large multi-building property is seeking LEED certification. In determining the LEED project boundaries the LEED AP may include non-contiguous parcels of land if
An HVAC system consists of an air handler supplying conditioned air (mixture of return air andoutdoor air) to anoffice, corridor, conference room and lobby. For Indoor Environmental Quality Prerequisite, Minimum Indoor AirQuality Performance, the ventilation rate procedure calculations must be based upon what HVAC systemconfiguration?
When working on a renovation project, asbestos containing materials have been found on the perimeter walls. When calculating the percentage of building being reused under the Materials and Resources Credit, Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction, the materials remediated will be
During a review of the HVAC equipment submittal, the Commissioning Authority (CxA) determined that the contractorsubstituted a higher efficiency piece of equipment. Which of the following is the priority for the CxA to consider?
The total land area within a 1/4 mi. (0.40 km) radius of a project boundary consists of 130 acres (53 hectares) andhas a residential to nonresidential ratio of 60:40. Within this same total land area, there are 780 dwelling units and1,600,000 ft2 (148 645 m2) of nonresidential building space. Given these parameters, what are the surroundingresidential and nonresidential densities when attempting to achieve Location and Transportation Credit,Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses?
The project team has decided to substitute the flooring in the school gym with natural rubber flooring that has met the Sustainable Agriculture Standard. The cost of the substituted flooring is $80,000. The project will achieve
In the Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Low-Emitting Materials, what types of products need to be evaluated for
both Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) content of the material and VOC emissions of the material?
A project team member has prepared a map and accompanying table as documentation for the Location and Transportation Credit. Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses. Option 2. Diverse Uses. The map includes the location of each diverse use. the location of the project and the main entrance of the building. The table includes the distance to each use. the name of each use and the category of each use The team lead reviews the documentation and notes an important missing item. Which of the following is the most important item to add to the documentation?
For a bicycle network to demonstrate compliance with Location and Transportation Credit, Bicycle Facilities, the
bicycle network must connect to
Under the Building Design and Construction rating systems, projects can opt for a review process that helps teamsdetermine if the project is on track to achieve LEED certification at its preferred level. This process is referred to as
A new five-story building with a 30,000 ft2 (2 800 m2) footprint is being designed on a previously disturbed100,000 ft2 (9 290 m2) site. The remaining on-grade surface will be 35,000 ft2 (3 250 m2) of asphalt parking, and 35,000 ft2 (3 250 m2) of native vegetated open space. To achieve a point for exemplary performance under Option 1 of Sustainable Sites Credit, Site Development - Protect or Restore Habitat, the design team will have to incorporate a native and/or adapted vegetated roofwith a minimum area of
Which of the following are the major factors determining the total irrigation requirement for a particular landscaping design?
A project has total waste of 20 tons (18.1 tonnes) that includes the following:
· 8 tons (7.3 tonnes) of recycled demolition steel and concrete
· 2 tons (1.8 tonnes) of trees cleared from the site
. 3 tons (2.7 tonnes) of commingled scrap with 40% diverted
. 6 tons (5.4 tonnes) of used furniture donated to a non-profit organization
· 1 ton (0.9 tonnes) of removed carpet and ceiling tiles sent back to the manufacturer
What is the percentage of diverted waste for Materials and Resources Credit, Construction and Demolition Waste
Management?
During a design charrette, community neighbors raise a concern about potential glare resulting from a project's highlyreflective roof. Which option should the LEED AP recommend to best address these concerns?
Which of the following project types is required to consider the perimeter floor area instead of the regularly occupied floor area under the Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Daylight calculations?
Which individual occupant lighting control meets the requirements of Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Interior Lighting?
The maximum number of points for Water Efficiency Credit, Cooling Tower Water Use can be obtained by
Which one of the following represents quality transit service as defined in Location and Transportation Credit, Access to Quality Transit?
Who must be a member of the integrated project team for the Integrative Process Prerequisite, Integrative ProjectPlanning and Design?
Which rating system is being used if all of the credits below have been submitted towards certification?
- Location and Transportation Credit, Reduced Parking Footprint
- Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Fundamental Refrigerant Management
- Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Acoustic Performance
- Materials and Resources Credit, Persistent, Bio accumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Source Reduction - Lead,Cadmium, and Copper
Massing and orientation in Integrative Process Credit. Integrative Process evaluates how rotating the building 90 degrees affects
To achieve the Sustainable Sites Credit, Light Pollution Reduction, Option 1. BUG Rating Method, projects must demonstrate
Which of the following characteristics are a requirement of a compliant water meter?
A new athletic facility contains a laundry room which is adjacent to the locker rooms. Whichstrategy will contribute
toward the Interior Cross-Contamination Prevention strategy in Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Enhanced Indoor
Air Quality Strategies?
Which site preparation and construction method contributes to earning the Materials and Resources Credit, Construction and Demolition Waste Management?
A building owner installs a building automation system (BAS) to allow programmable load control. Which of the
following credits can be pursued because of the installation?
Which of the following standards needs to be followed to comply with Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Thermal Comfort?
Location and Transportation Credit, Reduced Parking Footprint calculations must include
Which principal areas must the LEED AP focus on to attain the Integrative Process Credit, Integrative Process?
Which of the following is an example of a nonroof measure for Sustainable Sites Credit, Heat Island Reduction?
A decorative overhead light fixture is specified for a project that costs $1,500 USD and uses recycled water bottles as part of the diffuser shade. The shades are 10% of the overall weight of the fixture and are 50% post-consumer recycled content. Assuming no other portions of the fixture meet sustainability criteria, what would the contributing value of the fixture be?
A Healthcare Project is constructing a new building adjacent to an existing LEED Certified hospital facility. The new building's location is on the same hospital campus as the certified facility. The entire hospital campus was analyzed with an Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) as part of the certified facility's project scope. The new building project needs to complete a new Phase I ESA if
A project design team for an elementary school project is attempting to achieve Innovation Credit, Innovation, Option 1. Innovation. Which of the following strategies would qualify?
The Required Breathing Zone Outdoor Airflow Vbz for a new banking facility is 0.120 CFM/ft2 (0.6 L/s/m2). If the team
decides to attempt Increased Ventilation under Option 2 in the Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Enhanced Indoor
Air Quality Strategies, what is the minimum Design Zone Outdoor Airflow?
TESTED 20 May 2024
