possible questions for EQ 8.1

possible questions for EQ 8.1:

1. What are the 3 options to meet the requirements of this credit?

2. Which variables are used to determine the glazing factor?

3. How does LEED define daylight glazing versus vision glazing?

4. What are the best practice glare controls for side-lighting and top-lighting?

5. What steps should you take to implement Option 1?

6. What steps should you take to implement Option 2?

7. How does a project team comply using Option 3?

8. What is the alternative compliance path to a spreadsheet determining applicable rooms or areas that have over 2% glazing factor?

answers:

1. ‘calculate, model, or measure’:
Option 1 – Glazing Factor Calculation – achieve a minimum glazing factor of 2%  in a minimum of 75% of all regularly occupied areas.
Option 2 – Daylight Simulation Model – through computer simulation, demonstrate a minimum daylight illumination level of 25 footcandles in a minimum of 75% of all occupied spaces (clear sky, noon, equinox, 30” above floor)
Option 3 – Daylight Measurement – show through recorded measurements on the floor plan that a minimum daylight illumination level of 25 footcandles has been achieved in a minimum of 75% of all regularly occupied spaces (measurements taken on a 10 foot grid).

2. Glazing Factor = (window area ÷ floor area) × (window geometry factor) × (actual transmittance ÷ minimal transmittance) × (window height factor)

3. Daylight glazing is window areas above 7’6”; Vision glazing is 2’6” to 7’6”; below 2’6” does not contribute to these calculations

4. I had to sketch this to make myself remember it. You should try doing this as well.

5. ‘Some Football Associations from WAshington and West Texas use Growth Hormone Factor. VerMonT and ConnecticuT 2 Saw Over 75 Ghf Cases.’(long but at least it makes a bit more sense this time!):
Spreadsheet to determine all regularly occupied rooms
Floor Areas determined and entered into spreadsheet
Window Areas calculated
Window Types indicated
Geometry and Height Factors inserted
Visible and Minimum Transmittances
Calculate glazing factor for each window type
Total glazing factor for each room
2% glazing factor or greater means room’s square footage is applicable to credit
Sum all rooms’ sq.footage ÷ total sq.ft. of Occupied space
75% or greater gets you the credit point
plus Glare Control for each window

6. ‘Men’s Health Cases have Grown from 30 ×2 ‘Cause Delaware Institutions Can Not Eradicate it Longterm. Some Football Associations in MILton (delaware) had more than 25 and Saw Over 75 Ghf Cases.’
Model the daylight simulation with a
Horizontal Calculation Grid 30 inches above the floor at 2 foot intervals
Calculate the Daylight Illumination: Clear skies, Noon, Equinox, Location specific.
Spreadsheet with Floor Areas and Minimum Illumination Levels (from simulation)
more than 25 footcandles means that room’s sq.ft. is applicable
Sum all rooms’ sq.footage ÷ total sq.ft. of Occupied space
75% or greater gets you the credit point
plus Glare Control for each window

7. Take actual illumination measurements and enter them into the spreadsheet for the same requirements as Options 1 and 2.

8. You can split the rooms or areas up into applicable areas (of over 2% glazing factor) and non-applicable areas. All areas contribute to the total sum of occupied space.

possible questions for EQ 5

possible questions for EQ 5:

1.  What are the 3 requirements of this credit?

answers:

1. ‘EGGS R EaSy and DeLicious at 5:01AM’ : ❶ Entryway systems include Grates, Grilles, Slotted systems, and Roll-out mats. ❷ Exhaust each space at 0.50 cfm/sq.ft. with no recirculation; and provide Self-closing doors and Deck-to-deck partitions or a hard Lid ceiling. Pressure differential average at least 5 Pa and minimum 1 Pa. ❸ Air filtration media of MERV 13 installed.

possible questions for EQ 4.4

possible questions for EQ 4.4:

1. Interior composite wood and agrifiber products are defined as being located…?

2. This credit requires what characteristic of all interior composite wood and agrifiber products?

3. What products are considered applicable to this credit?

answers:

1. inside the weatherproofing

2. Must not contain any added urea-formaldehyde resins.

3. ‘Mom and Pop Were Some Pretty Decent People’ : ❶ MDF ❷ Particleboard ❸ Wheatboard ❹ Strawboard ❺ Panel substrates ❻ Door cores ❼ Plywood

possible questions for EQ 3.2

possible questions for EQ 3.2:

1. What are the two general ways that you can meet this requirement?

2. If a project team decides to do a flush-out, what are the associated requirements?

3. How does a team demonstrate compliance through air quality testing to earn this credit?

4. How is a compliant air quality test conducted?

5. Explain the chemical contaminants which LEED regulates in this credit.

answers:

1. with either a flush-out or air quality testing

2. ❶ ‘14000-60-60’ : After construction ends, prior to occupancy and with all interior finishings installed, perform a building flush-out by supplying a total air volume of 14,000 cu.ft. of outdoor air per sq.ft. of floor area while maintaining an internal temperature of at least 60°F and a relative humidity no higher than 60%. OR
❷ ‘3500 – 0.3 – 3’ : Occupancy can begin following a minimum of 3,500 Cu.Ft. of outdoor air per sq.ft. of floor area, as long as the flush out continues after occupancy at a minimum rate of the greater value between 0.30 cfm/sq.ft. of outside air or the design minimum outside air rate determined in EQ p1. Ventilation will begin 3 hours prior to occupancy each day until 14,000 cu.ft./sq.ft. of outside air has been delivered to the space.

3. ❶ Conduct tests in accordance with the EPA’s Compendium of Methods for the Determination of Air Pollutants in Indoor Air. ❷ Demonstrate that contaminant maximums are not exceeded. ❸ Flush-out and retest problem spots.

4. ‘FLIP ‘N HoP’ : ❶ Furniture encouraged but not required ❷ Locations of sampling tests ≥ 1 per 25,000 sq.ft. for each floor ❸ Interior finishes installed ❹ Prior to occupancy ❺ Normal conditions ❻ Height -3 to 6 feet from floor ❼ Period – min 4 hour period

5. ‘the FTP for a PC is 50,500,50,6.5,9,2’ -
❶ Formaldehyde: gas emitted from many sources, including building materials, glues, adhesives, carpets, composite wood furnishings, permanent pressed fabrics and combustion sources. Credit Limit = 50 parts per billion.
❷ Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC): the sum of all VOC’s in the air emitted by materials in a building, including some carcinogenic compounds. Sources include building materials, glues, adhesives, carpets, composite wood furnishings, permanent pressed fabrics and combustion sources. Credit Limit = 500 micrograms per cubic meter.
❸ Particulate Matter (PM10): airborne particulates in the form of dust coming from construction activities and outdoor air. Credit Limit = 50 micrograms per cubic meter.
❹ 4-phenylcyclohexene (4-PCH): odorous compound referred to as ‘new carpet smell’, emitted form the styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) binder used to hold carpet fibers to backing. Credit Limit = 6.5 micrograms per cubic meter.
❺ Carbon Monoxide (CO): colorless, odorless, tasteless gas emitted from sources such as vehicle exhaust, wood stoves, kerosene heaters, and cigarettes. Credit Limit = 9 parts per million, and no more than 2 parts per million above outdoor concentrations.

possible questions for EQ 3.1

possible questions for EQ 3.1:

1. What are the requirements on the IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) Plan that must be developed and implemented for this credit?

2. What are the control measures for implementing an effective IAQ plan?

3. What is SMACNA?

answers:

1. ‘Meet, Protect, Install’ : ❶ meet the control measures by SMACNA ❷ protect absorptive materials from moisture damage ❸ install MERV 8 filtration media on permanent air handlers

2. ‘Hey! PPSS!’ : ❶ Housekeeping ❷ Pathway interruption ❸ HVAC Protection ❹ Source control ❺ Scheduling

3. SMACNA: Sheer Metal and Air Conditioning Contractor’s National Association, the referenced standard for an IAQ plan.

possible questions for EQ p2

possible questions for EQ p2:

1. What are the 3 options for complying with this credit?

2. In Option 2, what are the requirements of the designated smoking rooms?

3. In residential buildings, what further requirements apply?

answers:

1. For non-residential buildings: either prohibit smoking completely or designate smoking rooms. In both cases exterior smoking areas must be designated at least 25 feet from the entrance of the building. For residential buildings, prohibit smoking in common areas.

2. ‘contain, capture, remove and verify’:
❶ contain – rooms must be enclosed with impermeable deck-to-deck partitions
❷ capture – no air re-circulation with non-smoking areas
❸ remove – direct exhaust to outdoors with minimum average of 5 Pa (0.02 inches water gauge) of pressure and minimum of 1 Pa (0.004 inches water gauge)
❹ verify – 15 minutes of measurement, minimum of one measurement every 10 seconds, of differential pressure for each of the horizontal and vertical adjacent areas with doors closed

3. ‘PLeaSe WaiT to smoke’:
❶ Prohibit smoking in common areas
❷ Locate exterior smoking areas ≥ 25 feet from openings
❸ Seal penetrations in walls, ceilings, floors, and vertical chases
❹ Weatherstrip all doors leading to common hallways or show pressurization similar to Option 2’s requirements
❺ Test the sealing with blower door tests conducted in accordance with ANSI/ASTM-E779-03: Standard Test Method for Determining Air-Leakage Rate by Fan Pressurization AND use the progressive sampling methodology listed in Chapter 4 (Compliance Through Quality Construction) of the Residential Manual for Compliance with California’s 2001 Energy Efficiency Standards. Tests must show less than 1.25 square inches of leakage area per 100 square feet enclosure area

possible questions for MR 6

possible questions for MR 6:

1. What unit of measurement is considered in this credit?

2. What materials can be utilized for this credit?

3. What percentage of materials must be rapidly renewable in order to achieve this credit?

answers:

1. materials cost of rapidly renewable materials as a fraction of total materials cost of project. For assemblies, determine the materials cost as a fraction of the total weight of the assembly.

2. ‘Whining Children Won’t Learn the ABC’S’: ❶ Wool, ❷ Cotton insulation, ❸ Wheatboard, ❹ Linoleum, ❺ Agrfibre, ❻ Bamboo, ❼ Cork, ❽ Strawboard

3. In order to achieve the credit, 2.5% of total value of all building materials used on project.

possible questions for EA p2

possible questions for EA p2:

1. What standard does this prerequisite require compliance with?

2. What is the scope of requirements listed in this standard?

3. How would you describe the sections required in this standard?

answers:

1. ASHRAE/EASNA Standard 90.1-2004 (Mandatory provisions: Sections 5.4, 6.4, 7.4, 8.4, 9.4, and 10.4; Prescriptive provisions: Sections 5.5, 6.5, 7.5, and 9.5) or local codes if they are more stringent

2. ‘90 Balloons Have Sneaked Past and Lifted Off’. 90 is to remember that ASHRAE 90.1 is the name of the standard. ❶ Building envelope, ❷ HVAC, ❸ Service water heating, ❹ Power, ❺ Lighting, ❻ Other equipment (sections 5 thru 10 in that order).

3. mandatory provisions plus prescriptive requirements, OR mandatory provisions plus alternate performance requirements

possible questions for EA p1

possible questions for EA p1 and:

1. At a minimum, which energy-related systems must be commissioned?

2. What are the requirements for a qualified CxA (Commissioning Authority)?

3. The OPR (Owner’s Project Requirements) should address what issues?

4. When should the commissioning process begin?

5. On the credit template, what information is required as far as the identifying information of the CxA?

6. What are the benefits of commissioning?

7. What activities must the Commissioning Team achieve to earn this credit?

8. Is the building envelope something that LEED requires to be commissioned?

9. What should the BOD (Basis of Design) document include?

10. What should the Commissioning Plan include?

11. What 3 steps must be included in verifying the installation and performance of commissioned systems?

12. What should the commissioning report include?

answers:

1. ‘Having Luck Warrants Rewards’ : ❶ HVAC&R systems and associated controls, ❷ Lighting and daylighting controls, ❸ domestic hot Water systems, ❹ Renewable energy systems.

2. ‘IRE’ (which means anger, as in: “the incomplete BOD provoked the ire of the Commissioning Authority”.) – ❶ Independence from the project’s design and construction management unless project is under 50,000 sq. ft. (can be employee of any firm or of owner), ❷ Reports results directly to owner, ❸ Experience in at least 2 building projects

3. ‘OI! BEES!’: ❶ Owner/user requirements, ❷ Indoor environmental quality requirements, ❸  Building occupant and O&M personnel requirements, ❹ Energy efficiency requirements, ❺ Equipment and systems expectations, ❻ Sustainability and environmental goals

4. It is most effective when started at building inception, ideally during pre-design.

5. The name and company of the Cx Authority are required.

6. Let’s be secret agents, and we’ll call our list of the benefits of commissioning – ‘CODE PV’ : ❶ reduced Contractor callbacks, ❷ reduced Operating costs, ❸ better Documentation, ❹ reduced Energy use, ❺ increased occupant Productivity, ❻ Verification of systems

7. The Commissioning Team must ‘DO some DIViSion’ of responsibilities to get all 6 tasks completed: ❶ Designate a CxA, ❷ OPR and BOD supervision, ❸ Develop the commissioning requirements into the Documentation of the project, ❹ Implement the requirements, ❺ Verify the installation and performance ❻ create a Summary report.

8. No, but it is highly recommended in order for the owner to achieve maximum benefit environmentally and financially.

9. At a minimum the BOD should include ‘SAND’: Standards, Assumptions, and Narrative Descriptions.

10. The Commissioning Plan should ‘Outline The Aim’, with an Overview, Team description, and Activities descriptions.

11. Before you ‘TIE’ the bow on the building (ya know, before the ribbon cutting ceremony…), you must verify the systems by: Testing on systems performances, Inspections of the installations, and an Evaluation of the results as compared to OPR/BOD.

12. The commissioning report should include an executive summary, a history of deficiencies and their resolutions, and the results of systems performance test and evaluations.

possible questions for EA 4

possible questions for EA 4:

1. What’s the most straight-forward way to achieve this credit?

2. What is the base building HVAC&R equipment maximum threshold for the combined contributions to ozone depletion and global warming potential to comply with Option 2 of this credit?

3. How do you calculate the LCGWP (Life-cycle Direct Global Warming Potential) and the LCODP (Life-cycle Ozone Depleting Potential)?

4. By what year does the Montreal Protocol call for the complete phase-out of all chlorinated refrigerants?

5. Default leakage rate for the purposes of this credit is assumed to be what percentage?

6. What features could an HVAC system have to qualify for this credit?

7. Where can you find Refrigeration Equipment Life estimates? What is the default?

answers:

1. Option 1- do not use any refrigerants.

2. LCGWP + LCODP × 105 ≤ 100

3. Did anyone else notice that their acronym doesn’t work? Anyway…
LCGWP = [GWPr × (Lr × Life + Mr) × Rc] ÷ Life
LCODP =  [ODPr × (Lr × Life + Mr) × Rc] ÷ Life
the components of the formulas are described in the reference manual (p217). In order to remember this craziness is ‘if you want a Longer Life, Mister, you have to Reconsider your Lifestyle’. Then you have to remember to insert [× (× +) ×] ÷, which I have tried to make a funny picture out of… but ultimately failed. Hopefully they won’t give to options that are similar with only an addition or multiplication sign changed.

4. 2030

5. 2%

6. ‘GO! Live Like you Care!’ (which reminds me of Design Like You Give a Damn , a phrase coined by Cameron Sinclair at one of my favorite organizations – Architecture For Humanity). ❶ low GWP and ODP, ❷ minimal Leakage (always a plus), ❸ long Life, ❹ efficient Charge

7. The 2003 ASHRAE Application Handbook says the life of window air-con units and heat pumps is 10 years; unitary, split, and packaged air-con units and heat pumps is 15 years; reciprocating compressors and reciprocating chillers is 20 years; and centrifugal and absorption chillers is 23 years.

possible questions for EA 3

possible questions for EA 3:

1. What must the Enhanced Commissioning Plan include in addition to the basic requirements of EAp1?

2. What should the Enhanced Commissioning Report include in addition to the basic requirements for EA p1?

3. What extra requirements are expected of the Commissioning Team in order to achieve this credit versus EA p1?

4. What should be included in the Systems Manual?

answers:

1. The Commissioning Plan should ‘Outline The Aim’, with an ❶ Overview, ❷ Team description, and ❸ Activities descriptions. For enhanced commissioning, ‘Dots Can Save The Outline’: ❶ Documenting the process, ❷ reviewing Contractor submittals, ❸ Systems manual development, ❹ Training verification, ❺ Operation of building to be reviewed after 8-10 months.

2. The basic commissioning report should include an executive summary, a history of deficiencies and their resolutions, and the results of systems performance test and evaluations. The enhanced report should also include summaries of the mid-design review, the contractor submittal review, and the personnel training verification.

3. The Commissioning Team must ‘DO some DIViSion’ of responsibilities to get all 6 tasks completed for the prerequisite EAp1. Changes to this list include ❶ the Designated CxA must perform tasks 2,3, and 6 him/herself, ❷ OPR and BOD supervision must include a design review prior to mid-construction documents phase, ❸ Develop the commissioning requirements into the Documentation of the project, including a review of contractor submittals, ❹ Implement the requirements and create a systems manual, ❺ Verify the requirements for training of personnel (instead of systems) ❻ verify installations of systems and create a Summary report and plan for resolution of a review of building operations conducted 8-10 months after occupancy.

4.  ‘a DIM man cannot C FAR’: man helps you remember that this is for the manual. ❶ Diagrams ❷ Instructions ❸ Maintenance schedule ❹ Calibration schedule ❺ Final BOD ❻ As-built info ❼ Retesting schedule

possible questions for EA 1

possible questions for EA 1:

1. What are the four options listed under the requirements for this credit?

2. How does the AHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2004 Building Performance Rating Method work?

3. What is the major difference between the proposed design model and the baseline model when using the Performance Rating Method?

4. When using the Performance Rating Method, what do you do if you do not intend to install mechanical heating and/or cooling?

5. When on-site renewable energy is being employed, what methods may be used to calculate the Proposed Building Performance?

6. What documentation is necessary when using the Exceptional Calculation Method?

7. What are the most common mistakes when using the Performance Rating Method?

8. What are the 4 fundamental strategies for improving energy performance?

9. How does the point system work for Option 1 under the Performance Rating Method?

10. How do you calculate the Percentage Improvement?

11. What default percentage must the process energy cost be?

12. What’s the difference between what is considered process energy and regulated energy?

13. What are the restrictions for choosing Option 2 as a compliance path?

14. What changes could you make to a building’s fenestration in order to result in summer cooling energy performance improvement for a cooling dominated office building?

15. If a project team choses Option 2, what must be known about the project first?

answers:

1. This is a bit confusing to remember because they like to use the same combination of words for several different guides. Try to remember them by their small differences in names.
❶ Whole building energy simulation or model using the AHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2004 Building Performance Rating Method (1-10 points available),
❷ Prescriptive compliance path with ASHRAE Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small Office Buildings 2004 (4 points available),
❸ Prescriptive compliance path with Advanced Buildings Core Performance Guide by the New Buildings Institute (2-5 points available), or
❹ Prescriptive compliance path with Advanced Buildings Benchmark Version 1.1, which is no longer available as an option as of June 26, 2007 (1 point available).
It also helps to remember them in order of how many possible points you could earn. That would be: Benchmark, Small Offices, Performance, Simulation/Model… or ‘Benches in Offices Perform like Models’ and I use Frank Gehry’s Tokyo Bench as an image to help me remember it.

Benches in Offices Perform like Models

2. By calculating a percentage improvement of the annual energy cost for the proposed design (’Proposed Building Performance’) versus the annual energy cost of a baseline case (’Baseline Building Performance’). 5 energy simulation runs are required in order to demonstrate compliance – one model of the proposed design and four of the baseline case at four different orientations.

3. The windows. In the baseline they shall be evenly distributed and the Solar Heat Gain Coefficients (SHGCs) must be adjusted depending on orientation.

4. You can achieve credit by modeling fan systems as “cycling” in the proposed design versus “continuously operated” fans in the baseline case.

5. ❶ model the systems directly into the energy model for the proposed design ❷ use the Exceptional Calculation Method to model the systems and subtract the site-recovered energy from the total energy cost.

6. a list of assumptions for both cases, theoretical or empirical information supporting these assumptions, and the specific energy cost savings achieved

7.   look in your reference manual for explanations of each mistake -pp 189-190
mistakes made on calculations in general – ‘CERFECT’ (similar to perfect, but not quite perfect as someone made a mistake): Chillers, ECB method, Ratings, Fenestration, ECM method, Consumption, Tradability.
mistakes made to baseline design model- ‘WHAD?’ (similar to what?, but not quite perfect again): Window areas, HVAC system types, Air volume, Distribution of fenestration
mistakes made to proposed design model- task lighting only

8. In order to reduce energy load, you have to be a ‘DO-ER’ : ❶ reduce Demand ❷ harvest On-site energy ❸ increase Efficiency ❹ Recover waste energy

9. For new buildings, starting at a 10.5% improvement of the Proposed case over the Baseline case, for every 3.5% gained you get 1 point (up to 42% gain, which earns you 10 points). For existing buildings, starting at a 3.5% improvement of the Proposed case over the Baseline case, for every 3.5% gained you get 1 point (up to 35% gain, which earns you 10 points). The important numbers to remember are the starting points and the increment of improvement. 3.5, 10.5, 3.5.

10. Percentage Improvement = 100% – [1- (Proposed Building Performance ÷ Baseline Building Performance)]

11. 25% unless you provide supporting documentation to show why it is lower.

12. process energy – office equipment, computers, elevators and escalators, kitchen cooking and refrigeration, laundry washing and drying, lighting exempt from lighting power allowance
regulated energy – ‘LAW’ (like regulation) Lighting, HVAC, and service Water heating.

13. Must be an OFFICE under 20,000 sq.ft. and team must comply with appropriate climate zone as listed in the ASHREA Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small Office Buildings.

14. ❶ Reduce the Solar Heat Gain Coefficient. SHGC is expressed as a number between 0 and 1. The lower a window’s solar heat gain coefficient, the less solar heat it transmits. ❷ Reduce the U-Factor. The rate of heat loss is indicated in terms of the U-factor (U-value) of a window assembly. The lower the U-value, the greater a window’s resistance to heat flow and the better its insulating value.

15. climate zone

possible questions for WE 3.1 and 3.2

possible questions for WE 3.1 and 3.2:

1. What are some acceptable ways to reduce water use in buildings?

2. Can water-efficient appliances such as dishwashers and clothes washers be used in the calculations for this credit?

3. If a project has a given number of FTE’s, how do you determine the baseline water use?

4. Baseline flush rates are based on what standard?

5. ‘graywater’, according to the International Plumbing Code defines graywater as?

6. What is the difference between WE 3.1 and 3.2?

7. Which fixtures are included in these credits?

8. What can stormwater and graywater be reused for?

9. What is the assumed usage of water-using equipment by students, visitors, retail customers, FTE occupant and resident?

10. How do you earn the ID credit?

11. The EPAct1992 requires what flow rates?

answers:

1. ‘collect, detect, restrict’ – this helps me remember that the five ways LEED lists for reducing water use in buildings are to ❶ reuse or collect ❷ use fixture sensors ❸ use flow restrictors ❹ or use low-flow or dry fixtures

2. No, but they can be used to achieve the ID credit.

3. Assume 50/50 male/female. Use the table in the reference guide (do I really have to memorize that?!) to calculate the number of times each toilet, urinal, etc gets flushed. Remember FTE occupants use equipment more than transient occupants, but not as much as residents.

4. Energy Policy Act of 1992.

5. Water coming from lavatories, bathtubs, showers, clothes washers, or laundry sinks. NOT kitchen or toilet stuff…. that has nastiness in it.

6. WE 3.1 requires you to reduce the baseline water use by 20%, while 3.2 requires a 30% reduction.

7. ‘Just Who iS the HULK?’ ❶ Janitor sinks ❷ WCs ❸ Showers ❹ Hand wash fountains ❺ Urinals ❻ Lavatory faucets ❼ Kitchen sinks

8. toilet and urinal flushing, mechanical systems, and custodial uses.

9. 20% of all retail customers will use a flush and flow fixture (no shower or kitchen sink). 50% of all students or visitors will do the same. The FTE occupant will go to bathroom 3 times a day (2 times in a urinal for the boys) and then washes his or her hands, shower 0.1 times per day, and use the non-residendtial kitchen sink once per day. The default Resident flushes and flows 5 times per day, 1 shower, 4 residential kitchen sink uses. That’s all in the ridiculous table in the reference guide, which I have no intention to memorize… Hope they don’t ask me a question on it.

10. Achieve a water savings of 40% minimum, OR 10% savings in process or non-regulated water consuming fixtures.

11. I do not intend on remembering this… Out of principle, it is absurd to memorize a table that you could easily look at for reference. Frustration is mounting…
water closets -1.6 gpf
urinals – 1.0 gpf
showerheads – 2.5 gpm
replacement aerators – 2.5 gpm
faucets – 2.5 gpm
metering faucets – 0.25 gal/cy

possible questions for WE 1.1 and 1.2

possible questions for WE 1.1:

1. What are the different ways that you can reduce water use in landscaping according to this credit’s requirements?

2. What month is considered the peak irrigation month for this credit?

3. What are some high-efficiency irrigation systems?

4.  Can you use temporary irrigation to establish planting and still obtain WE 1.2?

5. Can you achieve an ID credit for this section?

6. How do you calculate the Landscape Coefficient and what is it?

7. Which value stay the same when calculating the baseline and the design cases?

8. What must be included in the narrative for this credit submittal?

9. What do you call landscape designs that are aimed at eliminating the need for irrigation?

answers

1. ‘TWIRP’ (which is what happy birds say in water-efficient landscaping) – ❶ Treated and conveyed public non-potable water ❷ recycled Wastewater ❸ Irrigation efficiency ❹ collected Rainwater ❺ Plant species factor

2. July

3. ‘Republicans Really Want to be DEMS’ (that’s not true, but one can hope) – ❶ Rain shutoffs ❷ Rainwater collection ❸ Wastewater recycling ❹ Drip irrigation systems ❺ Evapotranspiration controls ❻ moisture Sensors ❼ Micro-irrigation

4. Yes, as long as the temporary irrigation system is removed within one year of installation.

5. No

6. KL = ks × kd × kmc , where ks is the Species Factor (determined by a plant professional), kd is the Density Factor, and kmc is the Microclimate Factor. The resulting Landcape Coefficient indicates the volume of water lost via evapotranspiration during the month of July. I remember the order of the equation with the mnemonic ‘Luckily, Sinners Don’t Mind Chocolate’.

7. The Microclimate Factor (as the climate will not change) and the Evapotranspiration Rate (as this too is dependent on location).

8. A description of the landscaping and irrigation design strategies, a description of the water use calculation methodology, and specific information about the source and quantity of any non-potable water used.

9. Xeriscape

possible questions for SS 8

possible questions for ss 8:

1. What are the requirements for this credit?

2. What is required of automatic lights based on timers?

3. What are the zones defined by IESNA RP-33?

4. What should the project team do to ensure that the project has complied with this credit?

5. What standard should the design team utilize to discover interior building lighting information?

6. What are the 3 goals of this credit?

answers:

1. ‘Indoor candles are not automatic between 8:00am and 5:00pm’. This helps you remember the indoor lighting requirements (max candela not to exit through windows OR auto lights in off hours), and gets you started with the numbers for the exterior lighting requirements (80% lighting power density for exterior areas, 50% for landscape and facades).

2. Manual override.

3.

4. Build a model using lighting design software.

5. The manufacturer’s photometric data

6. ❶ control interior building lighting ❷ control exterior lighting power density ❸ control exterior lighting distribution

possible questions for SS 7.2

possible questions for ss 7.2:

1. A low-sloped roof must have an SRI of ___ ? And a steep-sloped roof?

2. What are the 3 options for completing this credit?

3. How do you earn the ID credit for this?

answers:

1. ‘78, got a date. 2:12, we stick like glue. 29, now he’s mine.’ This little rhyme helps me remember the numbers in order, with 78 SRI applying to low-sloped roofs, 2:12 being the determining slope, above which – SRI 29 applies.

2. Either the SRI for 75% of the roof has to meet the 78/2:12/29 criteria OR you have a 100% green roof OR you do a combo of these two strategies where the total roof area = (area of SRI roof × 75%) + (area of green roof × 50%)

3. full on green roof 100%

possible questions for SS 6.2

possible questions for SS 6.2:

1. What strategies could help remove pollutants from stormwater?

2. It’s possible to reuse stormwater for non-potable water purposes such as what?

3. What’s the most effective way to reduce stormwater runoff volume and treatment?

4. What should BMP’s (Best Management Practices) include to ensure that 80% of TSS are treated in post-development?

5. Where pervious pavement is employed what information is required for the submittal?

answers:

1. Non-Structural ‘SwaDis Perv’: ❶ vegetated swales ❷ disconnection of impervious areas ❸ pervious pavement. Structural ‘RainMan Pond’: ❶ rainwater cisterns ❷ manhole treatment devices ❸ ponds

2. Landscape irrigation, fire suppression, toilet and urinal flushing, and custodial uses.

3. Minimize the amount of impervious area. Strategies included in SS 6.1 – ‘Harvest your veggies before the pervious roofing causes clusters of ponds at your feet!’.

4. BMP’s are considered to meet the criteria if… ❶ they are designed in accordance with standards or specifications from a state or local program that has adopted these performance standards ❷ there exists in-field performance monitoring data demonstrating compliance with the criteria. Data must conform to accepted protocol, e.g. TARP). Just remember, they always want standard and verification.

5. For all non-structural strategies (’SwaDis Perv’) determine the soil type and associated infiltration rates to confirm that the soil has the capacity to infiltrate water at a rate and quantity sufficient to absorb at least 90% of the annual rainfall volume. Submit a list of BMPs, including a description of each BMP and the percent annual rainfall treated.

possible questions for SS 6.1

possible questions for SS 6.1:

1. They could give you an example project with an existing imperviousness greater than 50%, and then give you the runoff rate and quantity from before the development. Then the question would be to calculate the post-development runoff rate and quantity to qualify for SS 6.1.
Example A: A project site has an existing imperviousness of 80%. The pre-development runoff rate is 100 cfs and the pre-development runoff quantity is 10,000 cf. What must the post-development runoff rate and quantity be to earn SS 6.1?

2. What strategies could help mitigate a site impervious area?

3. It’s possible to reuse stormwater for non-potable water purposes such as what?

4. In a project with an existing imperviousness less than 50%, and what is required in order to earn this credit?

5. A project team wishes to use pressurization in order to harvest rainwater for irrigation. What other items must be addressed by the team based on adding this feature?

6. What records must be submitted for this credit?

answers:

1. The requirements of Option 2 of this credit say that the post-development rate and quantity must be 25% less than the pre-development values to earn this credit. We can remember the requirements of Option 2 by the simple math equation: 50 / 2 = 25 (over 50% is option 2, which requires 25% less runoff).
Example A: The post-development runoff rate must be under 75 cfs, and the post-development runoff quantity must be under 7,500 cf.

2. ‘Harvest your veggies before the pervious roofing causes clusters of ponds at your feet’. ❶ stormwater harvesting ❷ vegetated filter strips or bioswales ❸ pervious paving materials ❹ green roofs ❺ clustering development ❻ retention ponds ❼ smaller building footprint

3. Landscape irrigation, fire suppression, toilet and urinal flushing, and custodial uses.

4. Create a stormwater management plan that prevent the post-development runoff rate and quantity from exceeding the pre-devlopment values for 1-yr, 2-yr, and 24-hr design storm OR implement a stream channel protection strategy and quantity control strategy. Remember a math equation similar to the one for Option 2… (50 / 1 = 50), where in projects with lest than 50% imperviousness, following the requirements of Option 1, you must maintain  or better the same value.

5. Commissioning of the system, because a pump for the pressurization will consume energy and anything consuming energy must be commissioned. And the conveyance system to keep the rainwater from being connected to potable water. For questions like this, as well as synergy questions, you can go through a small checklist of things to consider when capturing and reusing stormwater runoff. ‘WDD.CPP’ ❶ water need ❷ drawdown ❸ drainage area ❹ conveyance system ❺ pretreatment ❻ pressurization. And of course commissioning is just an extra you should always think about.

6. Pre and post development runoff rates and quantities and a narrative describing project conditions, measures taken, and controls installed.

summary of strategies for memorizing credit orders

Ok, so let’s try all of it from memory once through…

Sustainable Sites:

‘Crazy Sally Does Better After Alcohol Administered Assignments; Some Say She Suspends Her Head Low.’
equals
Construction activity pollution prevention
Site selection
Development density and community connectivity
Brownfield redevelopment
Alternative transportation
Alternative transportation
Alternative transportation
Alternative transportation
Site development
Site development
Stormwater management
Stormwater management
Heat island effect
Heat island effect

‘Alternative Peanut Butter Lacks Punch’
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Alternative transportation:
1. Public transportation access
2. Bicycle storage and changing rooms
3. Low-emmitting vehicles and fuel-efficient vehicles
4. Parking capacity

‘Develop your PR to the Max. It’s NOT quantity that matters, but quality.’
equals
site Development:
1. Protect and Restore habitat
2. Maximize open space
heat island effect:
1. Non-roof
2. roof

Water Efficiency:

‘Worried Women Incur Worry Warts.’
equals
Water efficient landscaping
Water efficient landscaping
Innovative wastewater technologies
Water use reduction
Water use reduction

‘50 – 0 = 20 + 30’
equals
water efficient landscaping – reduce by 50%
water efficient landscaping – No potable water or No irrigation
water use reduction - 20%
water use reduction – 30%

Energy and Atmosphere:

‘FeMale Fan! OOEE! My God!’
equals
Fundamental commissioning of building systems
Minimum energy performance
Fundamental refrigerant management
Optimize energy performance
On-site renewable energy
Enhanced commissioning
Enhanced refrigerant management
Measurement and verification
Green power

Materials and Resources:

‘Scores:

v the Bears are losing to the Rams 75 to 95 at half-time (50%)
v Chicago to Washington 50 to 75
v Minnesota to Rams 5 to 10
v Rams to Cardinals 10 to 20
v Rams to Minnesota 10 to 20

(and in the background, the sound of a …) Roaring Crowd !!!’
equals
Storage and collection of recyclables
Building Reuse – maintain 75% of existing floors, walls, and roof
Building Reuse – maintain 95% of existing floors, walls, and roof
Building Reuse – maintain 50% of all non-structural elements
Construction Waste Management – divert 50% from disposal
Construction Waste Management – divert 75% from disposal
Materials Reuse – 5%
Materials Reuse – 10%
Recycled Content – 10% (post-consumer + ½ pre-consumer)
Recycled Content – 20% (post-consumer + ½ pre-consumer)
Regional Material – 10 % extracted, processed and manufactured regionally
Regional Material – 20 % extracted, processed and manufactured regionally
Rapidly renewable materials
Certified wood

Indoor Environmental Quality:

‘Mariana & Enrico Only Invite Characters Chanting ‘LaLaLaLa’ Inside Central Command. Those Trying ‘Dooowap’ – Dismissed!’
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Minimum IAQ performance
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) control
Outdoor air delivery monitoring
Increased ventilation
Construction IAQ management plan
Construction IAQ management plan
Low-emmitting materials
Low-emmitting materials
Low-emmitting materials
Low-emmitting materials
Indoor chemical and pollutant source control
Controllability of systems
Controllability of systems
Thermal comfort
Thermal comfort
Daylighting and views
Daylighting and views

‘Low Apple Picking Can Create Aches.’
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Low-emmitting materials
1. Adhesives and sealants
2. Paints and coatings
3. Carpet systems
4. Composite woods and agrifiber

‘Managing a Daemonic Baby is like Controlling the Sun and the Wind.’
construction IAQ Management plan
1. During construction
2. Before occupancy
Controllability of systems
1. Light
2. Thermal Comfort

‘Thermal underwear was not Designed to be Verified.’
Thermal comfort
1. Design
2. Verification

‘75% of the Day is spent looking straight ahead.’
Daylighting and Views
1. Daylight 75% of spaces
2. Views for 90% of spaces

Innovation and Design Process:

just remember the two:
Innovation in Design
LEED AP

Indoor Environmental Quality strategies for remembering credit order

Credits listed in Indoor Environmental Quality:
EQ P1    Minimum IAQ Performance
EQ P2    Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Control
EQ C1    Outdoor Air Delivery Monitoring
EQ C2    Increased Ventilation
EQ C3.1    Construction IAQ Management Plan – During Construction
EQ C3.2    Construction IAQ Management Plan – Before Occupancy
EQ C4.1    Low-Emitting Materials – Adhesives and Sealants
EQ C4.2    Low-Emitting Materials – Paints and Coatings
EQ C4.3    Low-Emitting Materials – Carpet Systems
EQ C4.4    Low-Emitting Materials – Composite Wood and Agrifiber
EQ C5    Indoor Chemical & Pollutant Source Control
EQ C6.1    Controllability of Systems – Lighting
EQ C6.2    Controllability of Systems – Thermal Comfort
EQ C7.1    Thermal Comfort – Design
EQ C7.2    Thermal Comfort – Verification
EQ C8.1    Daylighting & Views – Daylight 75% of Spaces
EQ C8.2    Daylighting & Views    – Views for 90% of Spaces

M E O I C C L L L L I C C T T D D

So, the beginning letters of each credit make the Tier 1 mnemonic:

‘Mariana & Enrico Only Invite Characters Chanting ‘LaLaLaLa’ Inside Central Command. Those Trying ‘Dooowap’ – Dismissed!’

Then to help remember all the Low-Emitting Materials…

EQ C4.1    Low-Emitting Materials – Adhesives and Sealants
EQ C4.2    Low-Emitting Materials – Paints and Coatings
EQ C4.3    Low-Emitting Materials – Carpet Systems
EQ C4.4    Low-Emitting Materials – Composite Wood and Agrifiber

‘Low Apple Picking Can Create Aches.’

and the order of the pairs for Credits 3, 6, 7, and 8…

EQ C3.1    Construction IAQ Management Plan – During Construction
EQ C3.2    Construction IAQ Management Plan – Before Occupancy
EQ C6.1    Controllability of Systems – Lighting
EQ C6.2    Controllability of Systems – Thermal Comfort

‘Managing a Daemonic Baby is like Controlling the Sun and the Wind.’ (which i realize is ridiculous, but it works for me)

EQ C7.1    Thermal Comfort – Design
EQ C7.2    Thermal Comfort – Verification

‘Thermal underwear was not Designed to be Verified.’

EQ C8.1    Daylighting & Views – Daylight 75% of Spaces
EQ C8.2    Daylighting & Views    – Views for 90% of Spaces

‘75% of the Day is spent looking straight ahead.’
(straight ahead… like at a right angle… 90 degrees… 90%)

So to review….

‘Mariana & Enrico Only Invite Characters Chanting ‘LaLaLaLa’ Inside Central Command. Those Trying ‘Dooowap’ – Dismissed!’

‘Low Apple Picking Can Create Aches.’

‘Managing a Daemonic Baby is like Controlling the Sun and the Wind.’

‘Thermal underwear was not Designed to be Verified.’

‘75% of the Day is spent looking straight ahead.’