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A few people have asked me what I did to prepare to pass the LEED Green Associate Exam. Here are a few things that helped me get ready:
1. Participate in an actual LEED project. Anybody who has worked on a LEED project will have a tremendous advantage when taking the LEED GA exam.
2. Read the “brief” version of the LEED Reference Guide (approximately 88 pages). This is a FREE overview of the various credits — credit intent, requirements and potential strategies to achieve points. This is one of the best ways to get your head around the LEED credit requirements.
3. Purchase a copy of the LEED 2009 Reference Guide. While the LEED Green Associate exam contains few technical questions, there are some that pertain to assisting your team obtain points and managing a LEED project. Having an understanding of the credits will then be necessary.
4. Form a study group. You will be less likely to fall behind on your studying if others are counting on you.
5. Write out key LEED information. Writing reinforces information. We are more likely to remember information after having written it down than simply reading or listening to it.
6. Develop a plan of attack. One strategy may be to divide material into 10+/- sections, covering one section a week.
7. Schedule an exam date. Working toward a realistic plan will force you to prepare. By putting off an exam date, you will more than likely put off the exam. Your studying won’t be as concentrated and focused, and you will be more likely to forget the sparse information you did study.
8. Obtain a set of flash cards. Everblue offers 210 flashcards for the LEED Green Associate exam, in both PDF and hard copy format. This kind of repetition will help you memorize, if not learn, the information.
9. Take a practice exam. Your score should be a good indication on areas requiring more attention or if you are prepared to proceed in taking LEED Green Associate Exam. The practice exam will also help you learn the format of the test. It’s better not to waste any time figuring out the format and just focusing on the testable information.
10. Allow yourself time to study. The LEED Exam is not one that you can just cram for the night before. It tests real knowledge and understanding of the LEED process. It is best to study for 2-3 concentrated weeks prior to your scheduled exam.
Enroll now in Everblue Training Institute‘s LEED Green Associate Exam Prep course. Everblue’s exam prep course includes 400 practice questions, 7 memorization worksheets, and a certificate of eligibility to sit for the exam. Everblue students report a historic 90% first-time pass rate on the LEED Exam.
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If you want to pursue LEED accreditation, then you have to be ready to do a little planning. You will have to meet certain eligibility requirements before you are even permitted to sit for the first LEED exam. To get the LEED AP+ designation you will have to sit for two exams. The first tier is the Green Associate exam, which is discussed in the following paragraphs.
To be eligible to take the first tier LEED exam, you must have documented proof meeting one of the following criteria.
Tier 1 LEED Exam Requires Some Green Experience
You must have experience on a LEED registered project. You must be involved in the project in some capacity. You can be heavily involved or you can be active on a more superficial level, and either one is acceptable as long as you are actively involved in a LEED registered project.
You must have experience working in a sustainable or green field of work. This experience can involve your current job if your employer is involved in the green movement in any way. The board is looking for any link to sustainability or environmentalism as it pertains to green construction. If you are an architect of engineer, then this requirement should not be at all difficult to meet. If instead you work for someone like a product manufacturer, the link may not be quite as obvious; so you may need to do a little explaining to explain how your company and your project are considered sustainable.
You must have taken classes that address green construction principles. What constitutes acceptable educational programs is still a little murky. GBCI is working on clarification, and obviously the higher the institution, the more likely that it will be an acceptable prerequisite for the Green Associate exam. For example, if you are studying sustainability at the university level, then you have a much better chance of this class being accepted as meeting the criteria than if you took a green sustainability class through your business and received a certificate of completion.
You must be able to present documentation proving that you meet at least one of the criteria listed above. There are a couple of acceptable forms of documentation are a letter from your supervisor or teacher describing your involvement in a LEED registered project. For the educational component, a completion certificate or an official transcript is also acceptable documentation. This documentation must be presented along with your application for the LEED exam.
Once you have met all of the requirements for the Green Associate exam, you are ready to begin your exam preparation with a provider like Everblue Training Institute. Give yourself some time to study for the test. The exam consists of 100 questions and it is administered over the course of two hours at a Prometric testing center. LEED exam results are returned to you immediately after the test, and once you pass the exam, you can add LEED Green Associate to your resume. Then you are ready to begin your test prep for the tier 2 LEED AP+ designation.
