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10. LEED Referenced Standards associated with each credit
9. Credit Interpretation Ruling (CIR) process
8. Who on project team is primarily responsible for documenting each credit
7. LEED Terms and Acronyms – To be a LEED Green Associate or LEED Accredited Professional, you must know LEED terminology. Many people get confused by the various LEED terms. Here is a listing of some of the organizations and acronyms.
Organizations and Agencies:
- AIA American Institute of Architects
- ANSI American National Standards Institute
- ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-conditioning Engineers, Inc.
- ASTM American Society for Testing Materials
- CEC California Energy Commission
- CFR Code Federal Regulation
- CRS Center for Resource Solutions
- DOE U.S. Department of Energy
- EIA Energy Information Administration
- EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- FEMA U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FSC Forest Stewardship Council
- GBCI Green Building Certification Institute
- IMEX Industrial Material Exchange
- ISO International Organization for Standardization
- USDA United States Department of Agriculture
- USGBC United States Green Building Council
Abbreviated General Terminology:
- ACH Air Change per Hour
- AFV Alternative-Fueled Vehicle: i.e., hybrid-electric, electric, natural-gas, bio-diesel, and fuel-cell
- AHU Air Handling Unit
- BIPV Building Integrated Photovoltaics: i.e., integrated roof, spandrels, glazing, or shading devices
- BMP Best Management Practice
- BOD Basis of Design
- CBECS Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey
- CDVR Corrected Design Ventilation Rate: design ventilation rate divided by the air-change effectiveness
- DEC Design Energy Cost
- ECB Energy Cost Budget: a method of demonstrating compliance with ASHRAE 90.1
- EER Energy Efficiency Rating
- FTE Full Time Equivalent
- GPF Gallons per Flush
- GPM Gallons per Minute
- IAQ Indoor Air Quality with respect to human occupancy of a building
- IEQ Indoor Environmental Quality: encompasses IAQ, thermal comfort, daylighting, views, etc.
- LAV Lavatory
- LCC Life-Cycle Cost
- LPD Lighting Power Density
- MEP Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing
- MERV Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value: a measure of the effectiveness of air filtration media
- MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet: provides essential information on composition, hazards, & precautions
- ODP Ozone Depleting Potential: rating of a gaseous substance’s ability to destroy stratospheric ozone
- OPR Owner Project Requirements
- OSA Outside Air
- PM Particulate Matter
- RA Return Air
- Rc Refrigerant Charge
- REC Renewable Energy Certificate
- RH Relative Humidity
- SA Supply Air
- SRI Solar Reflectance Index
- TSS Total Suspended Solids: particles too small or light to be removed from a liquid by gravity settling
- VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds: potentially hazardous substances omitted as a gas from certain solids/liquids.
6. Format of the LEED Exam/Testing Strategies
5. LEED Implementation Timeline for the project
4. How to choose the appropriate rating system
3. LEED Certification Process
2. Application & Fees Associated with LEED Certification
1. Familiarize yourself with the online LEED Credit Template format
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