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Synopsis
Pass the LEED AP ID+C Exam, Get Your Building LEED Certified, Fight Global Warming and Save Money!
Starting on December 1, 2011, GBCI began to draw LEED AP ID+C Exam questions from the second edition of Green Building and LEED Core Concepts Guide. We have incorporated this latest information in our books.
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is one of the mostimportant trends in development and is revolutionizing the constructionindustry. It has gained tremendous momentum and has a profound impact on our environment.
From this book, you will learn how to:
1. Pass the LEED AP ID+C Exam.
2. Register and achieve LEED certification for a building.
3. Understand the intent of each LEED prerequisite and credit.
4. Calculate points for LEED credits.
5. Identify the credit path, submittal requirements, synergies, possiblestrategies and technologies, project phase, LEED submittal phase, andresponsible party for each prerequisite and credit.
6. Earn extra credit (exemplary performance) for LEED.
7. Implement the related codes and standards.
8. Obtain points for categories not yet clearly defined by the USGBC.
Most of the existing books on LEED and the LEED exams are too expensive andcomplicated to be practical or helpful. This guide fills in the blanksand demystifies LEED. It uncovers the secrets, codes, and jargon forLEED as well as the true meaning of "going green." It provides a solidfoundation and fundamental framework for LEED. It covers every majoraspect of LEED in plain and concise language, and introduces it toordinary people. This guide is easy to carry around. You can read itwhenever you have a few extra minutes. It is an indispensable book forordinary people, developers, brokers, contractors, administrators,architects, landscape architects, engineers, interns, drafters,designers, and other design professionals.
Check out FREE tips and info forall LEED Exams and ARE Exams at GeeForum.com, you can post jpeg filesof your vignettes or your questions for other users' review.
What others are saying about "LEED ID&C ExamGuide"...
"Excellent Guide and Good Manual
"I passed the LEED BD&C this year using Gang Chen'sstudy guide so when it came time to go for the LEED ID&C exam, Iimmediately went back to Gang Chen. His style is easy to follow and perfect ...On the book itself, Gang Chen provides study hints and guidance as well as anoutline format that makes it easy for the reader to grasp key points. He alsoprovides an excellent review of the entire accreditation process which can savepeople time in personal research. The books are more than study guides; theyare helpful as reference manuals because of the easy to follow format.Definitely a keeper in my electronic bookshelf for future project reference."
--KarenM. Scott
"Great Study Material
"This book is a great study guide for preparing you for theLEED test. It takes out the unnecessary information and gives you theinformation you'll need to know in order to pass the exam. It was notoverwhelming like other study materials I have read. It also contains samplequestions that are very helpful!"
--DanielleLee Darczy
"Great Way to Begin the LEED StudyProcess
"...Overall, I am pleased with thisbook and will continue to use it as I prepare for my LEED certification exams."
--Tara Oakes
"Sub-title says it all!
"...This book really delivered on my goal. I am pretty comfortable withthe knowledge/information scope required for the exam as well as the style oftesting. The book really helped me structure the huge amount of informationthat is covered in the exam -- there are numerous tips for studying andremembering information that are really quite helpful...
I would recommend this book to anyone in the early stages of planning for theexam..."
--S. Minchuk
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About the Author
Gang Chen holds a master's degree from the School of
Architecture, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, and a
bachelor's degree from the School of Architecture, South China University of
Technology. He has more than 20 years of professional experience. Many of the
projects he was in charge of or participated in have been published extensively
in Architecture, Architectural Record,
The Los Angeles Times, The Orange County Register, and more. He has worked
on a variety of unusual projects, including well-known, large-scale healthcare
and hospitality projects with over one billion dollars in construction costs,
award-winning school designs, highly-acclaimed urban design and streetscape
projects, multifamily housing, high-end custom homes, and regional and
neighborhood shopping centers.
Gang Chen is a LEED AP BD+C and a
licensed architect in California. He is also the internationally acclaimed
author of other fascinating books, including Building Construction, Planting
Design Illustrated, the ARE
Mock Exam series, and the LEED Exam Guide series, which includes
one guidebook for each of the exams. For more information, visit GreenExamEducation.com
From the Back Cover
Tips on How to Pass a LEED Exam on the First Try and in One Week and Responses to Some of the Readers' Questions
The following are tips on how to pass a LEED Exam on the first try and in one week and my responses to some readers' questions, and I think they may help you:
1. I found the reference guide way too tedious. Can I only read your book and just refer to the USGBC reference guide (if one is available for the exam I am taking) when needed?
Response: Yes. That is one way to study.
2. Is one week really enough for me to prepare for the exam while I am working?
Response: Yes, if you can put in 40 to 60 hours during the week, study hard and you can pass the exam. This exam is similar to a history or political science exam; you need to MEMORIZE the information. If you take too long, you will probably forget the information by the time you take the test.
In my book, I give you tips on how to MEMORIZE the information, and I have already highlighted/underlined the most important information that you definitely have to MEMORIZE to pass the exam. It is my goal to use this book to help you to pass the LEED exam with the minimum time and effort. I want to make your life easier.
3. Would you say that if I buy your LEED Exam Guide Series books, I could pass the exam using no other study materials? The books sold on the USGBC website run in the hundreds of dollars, so I would be quite happy if I could buy your book and just use that.
Response: First of all, there are readers who have passed the LEED Exam by reading only my books in the LEED Exam Guides Series (ArchiteG.com). My goal is to write one book for each of the LEED exams, and make each of my books stand alone to prepare people for one specific LEED exam.
Secondly, people learn in many different ways. That is why I have added some new advice below for people who learn better by doing practice tests.
If you do the following things, you have a very good chance of passing the LEED exam (NOT a guarantee, nobody can guarantee you will pass):
a. If you study, understand and MEMORIZE all of the information in my book, and do NOT panic when you run into problems you are not familiar with, and use the guess strategy in my book, then you have a very good chance of passing the exam.
You need to UNDERSTAND and MEMORIZE the information in the book and score almost a perfect score on the mock exam in this book. This book will give you the BULK of the most CURRENT information that you need for the specific LEED exam you are taking. You HAVE to know the information in my book in order to pass the exam.
b. If you have not done any LEED projects before, I suggest you also go to the USGBC website and download the latest LEED credit templates for the LEED rating system related to the LEED exam you are taking. Read the templates and become familiar with them. This is important. See link below:
usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=222
There are so MANY different ways to study and pass, pick one path that is right for you.
The LEED exam is NOT an easy exam, but anyone with a 7th grade education should be able to study and pass the LEED exam if he prepares correctly.
If you have extra time and money, the only other book I would recommend is the USGBC reference guide, the official book for the LEED exam. I know some people who did not even read the reference guide from cover to cover when they took the exam. They just studied the information in my book, and only referred to the reference guide to look up a few things, and they passed on the first try. Some of my readers have even passed WITHOUT reading the USGBC reference guide AT ALL.
4. I am preparing for the LEED exam. Do I need to read the 2" thick reference?
Response: See answer above.
5. For LEED v3.0, will the total number of points be more than 110 in total if a project gets all of the extra credits and all of the standard credits?
Response: No. For LEED v3.0, there are 100 base points and 10 possible bonus points. There are many ways to get bonus points (extra credits or exemplary performance), but you can have a maximum number of 6 ID bonus points and 4 Regional Priority bonus points. So, the maximum points for ANY project will be 110.
On another note, the older versions of LEED rating systems all have less than 110 possible points except LEED for Home, which has 136 possible points.
6. For the exam, do I need to know the project phase in which a specific prerequisite/credit takes place? (i.e., pre-design, schematic design, etc.)
Response: The information on the project phase (NOT LEED submittal phase) for each prerequisite/credit is NOT mentioned in the USGBC reference guide, but it is covered in the USGBC workshops. If it is important enough for the USGBC workshops to cover, then it may show up on the actual LEED exam.
Most, if not all, other third party books completely miss this important information. I cover it for each prerequisite/credit in my book for the LEED exam because I think it is very important.
Some people THINK that the LEED exam ONLY tests information covered by the USGBC reference guide. They are wrong.
The LEED exam does test information NOT covered by the USGBC reference guide at all. This may include the process of LEED submittal and project team coordination, etc.
I would MEMORIZE this information if I were you, because it may show up on the LEED exam. Besides, this information is not hard to memorize once you understand it, and you need to know it to do actual LEED submittal work anyway.
7. Are you writing new versions of books for the new LEED exams? What new books are you writing?
Response: Yes, I am working on other books in the LEED Exam Guide Series. I will be writing one book for each of the LEED exam. See LEEDSeries.com for more information.
1. I found the reference guide way too tedious. Can I only read your book and just refer to the USGBC reference guide (if one is available for the exam I am taking) when needed?
Response: Yes. That is one way to study.
2. Is one week really enough for me to prepare for the exam while I am working?
Response: Yes, if you can put in 40 to 60 hours during the week, study hard and you can pass the exam. This exam is similar to a history or political science exam; you need to MEMORIZE the information. If you take too long, you will probably forget the information by the time you take the test.
In my book, I give you tips on how to MEMORIZE the information, and I have already highlighted/underlined the most important information that you definitely have to MEMORIZE to pass the exam. It is my goal to use this book to help you to pass the LEED exam with the minimum time and effort. I want to make your life easier.
3. Would you say that if I buy your LEED Exam Guide Series books, I could pass the exam using no other study materials? The books sold on the USGBC website run in the hundreds of dollars, so I would be quite happy if I could buy your book and just use that.
Response: First of all, there are readers who have passed the LEED Exam by reading only my books in the LEED Exam Guides Series (ArchiteG.com). My goal is to write one book for each of the LEED exams, and make each of my books stand alone to prepare people for one specific LEED exam.
Secondly, people learn in many different ways. That is why I have added some new advice below for people who learn better by doing practice tests.
If you do the following things, you have a very good chance of passing the LEED exam (NOT a guarantee, nobody can guarantee you will pass):
a. If you study, understand and MEMORIZE all of the information in my book, and do NOT panic when you run into problems you are not familiar with, and use the guess strategy in my book, then you have a very good chance of passing the exam.
You need to UNDERSTAND and MEMORIZE the information in the book and score almost a perfect score on the mock exam in this book. This book will give you the BULK of the most CURRENT information that you need for the specific LEED exam you are taking. You HAVE to know the information in my book in order to pass the exam.
b. If you have not done any LEED projects before, I suggest you also go to the USGBC website and download the latest LEED credit templates for the LEED rating system related to the LEED exam you are taking. Read the templates and become familiar with them. This is important. See link below:
usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=222
There are so MANY different ways to study and pass, pick one path that is right for you.
The LEED exam is NOT an easy exam, but anyone with a 7th grade education should be able to study and pass the LEED exam if he prepares correctly.
If you have extra time and money, the only other book I would recommend is the USGBC reference guide, the official book for the LEED exam. I know some people who did not even read the reference guide from cover to cover when they took the exam. They just studied the information in my book, and only referred to the reference guide to look up a few things, and they passed on the first try. Some of my readers have even passed WITHOUT reading the USGBC reference guide AT ALL.
4. I am preparing for the LEED exam. Do I need to read the 2" thick reference?
Response: See answer above.
5. For LEED v3.0, will the total number of points be more than 110 in total if a project gets all of the extra credits and all of the standard credits?
Response: No. For LEED v3.0, there are 100 base points and 10 possible bonus points. There are many ways to get bonus points (extra credits or exemplary performance), but you can have a maximum number of 6 ID bonus points and 4 Regional Priority bonus points. So, the maximum points for ANY project will be 110.
On another note, the older versions of LEED rating systems all have less than 110 possible points except LEED for Home, which has 136 possible points.
6. For the exam, do I need to know the project phase in which a specific prerequisite/credit takes place? (i.e., pre-design, schematic design, etc.)
Response: The information on the project phase (NOT LEED submittal phase) for each prerequisite/credit is NOT mentioned in the USGBC reference guide, but it is covered in the USGBC workshops. If it is important enough for the USGBC workshops to cover, then it may show up on the actual LEED exam.
Most, if not all, other third party books completely miss this important information. I cover it for each prerequisite/credit in my book for the LEED exam because I think it is very important.
Some people THINK that the LEED exam ONLY tests information covered by the USGBC reference guide. They are wrong.
The LEED exam does test information NOT covered by the USGBC reference guide at all. This may include the process of LEED submittal and project team coordination, etc.
I would MEMORIZE this information if I were you, because it may show up on the LEED exam. Besides, this information is not hard to memorize once you understand it, and you need to know it to do actual LEED submittal work anyway.
7. Are you writing new versions of books for the new LEED exams? What new books are you writing?
Response: Yes, I am working on other books in the LEED Exam Guide Series. I will be writing one book for each of the LEED exam. See LEEDSeries.com for more information.
From the Inside Flap
Why is "LEED ID&C Exam Guide" Needed?
There are two main purposes for this book: to help you pass the LEED AP ID+C (Building Design and Construction) Exam and to assist you with understanding the process of getting a building LEED certified.
The LEED AP ID+C Exam has two parts (or sections):
Part One is EXACTLY the same as the LEED Green Associate Exam. It has 100 multiple choice questions and must be finished within two hours (The total exam time for BOTH parts of the exam is four hours). In this book, "LEED AP ID+C Exam Part One," "LEED AP ID+C Exam Section One," and "LEED Green Associate Exam" are used interchangeably since they are EXACTLY the same.
Part Two is the LEED AP ID+C specialty exam. It focuses on information and knowledge related directly to green interior design and construction (ID+C). It also contains 100 multiple choice questions and must be finished within two hours.
Both sections (Part One and Part Two) of the LEED AP ID+C Exam must be taken back-to-back in the same sitting. The only exception is when a test taker fails one of the two parts, he can retake only the failed section of the exam at a later date.
The raw exam score is converted to a scaled score ranging from 125 to 200. The passing score is 170 or higher. You need to answer about 60 questions correctly for each section to pass. There is an optional 10-minute tutorial for computer testing before the exam and an optional 10-minute exit survey.
The LEED Green Associate Exam is the most important LEED exam for two reasons:
1. You have to pass it in order to get the title of LEED Green Associate.
2. It is also the required Part One (2 hours) of ALL LEED AP+ exams. You have to pass it plus Part Two (2 hours) of the specific LEED AP+ exam of your choice to get any LEED AP+ title unless you have passed the old LEED AP exam before June 30, 2009.
There are a few ways to prepare for the LEED AP ID+C Exam:
1. You can take USGBC courses or workshops. You should take USGBC classes at both the 100 (Awareness) and 200 (LEED Core Concepts and Strategies) level to successfully prepare for Part One of the exam. USGBC classes at 300 level (Green Interior Design and Construction: The LEED Implementation Process) can be taken to prepare for Part Two of the exam. A one-day course normally costs $450 (as of publication) with an early registration discount, otherwise it is $500. You will also have to wait until the USGBC workshops or courses are offered in a city near you.
OR
2. Take USGBC online courses. Refer to the USGBC or GBCI websites for information. The USGBC online courses are less personal and still expensive.
OR
3. Read related books. Unfortunately, there are few official USGBC books on the LEED AP ID+C Exam, and, as of publication, no exam guides with sample questions. LEED AP ID+C Exam Guide is one of the first books covering this subject and will fill in this blank to assist you with passing the exam.
OR
4. The USGBC Reference Guides: They are comprehensive, but they give too much information. Searching for information related to LEED AP ID+C Exam from the USGBC Reference Guides is like "looking for a needle in a haystack." For example, The LEED 2009 Reference Guide for Green Building Design and Construction (ID&C) has about 480 full-size pages. Many of the calculations in the books are too detailed for the exam. They are also expensive (approximately $200 each, so most people may not buy them for their personal use, but instead, will seek to share an office copy).
It is good to read a reference guide from cover to cover if you have the time. The problem is that few people have the time to read the whole reference guide. Even if you do read the whole guide, you may not remember the important issues to pass the LEED exam. You need to reread the material several times before you can remember much of it.
Reading the reference guide from cover to cover without a guidebook is a difficult and inefficient way of preparing for the LEED AP ID+C exam, because you do NOT know what USGBC and GBCI are looking for in the exam.
OR
5. Various books published by a third party are available on Amazon. However, most of them are not very helpful.
To stay at the forefront of the LEED and green building movement, I sign up for USGBC courses and workshops myself, and I review the USGBC and GBCI websites and many other sources to get as much information as possible on LEED. Based on this very comprehensive research, I summarize the information in my latest book, "LEED ID&C Exam Guide: A Must-Have for the LEED AP ID+C Exam: Study Materials, Sample Questions, Mock Exam, Green Interior Design and Construction, Green Building LEED Certification, and Sustainability (LEED v3.0)." I have done the hard work so that you can save time preparing for the exam by reading it.
"LEED ID&C Exam Guide" will fill in the blanks and become a valuable, reliable source:
a. It will give you more information for your money. It has more information than the related USGBC workshops.
b. It is exam-oriented and more effective than the USGBC reference guides.
c. It is better than most, if not all, of the other third-party books. It gives you comprehensive study materials, sample questions and answers, mock exams and answers, and critical information on building LEED certification and going green. Other third-party books only give you a fraction of the information.
d. It is comprehensive yet concise. It is easy to carry around. You can read it whenever you have a few extra minutes.
e. It is great a timesaver. I have highlighted the important information that you need to understand and MEMORIZE. I also make some acronyms and short sentences to help you easily remember the credit names.
It should take you about 1 to 2 weeks of full-time study to pass each of the LEED exams. I have met people who have spent 40 hours to study and passed the exams.
You can find sample texts and other information on the LEED Exam Guides Series in customer discussion sections under each of my book's listing on Amazon.
There are two main purposes for this book: to help you pass the LEED AP ID+C (Building Design and Construction) Exam and to assist you with understanding the process of getting a building LEED certified.
The LEED AP ID+C Exam has two parts (or sections):
Part One is EXACTLY the same as the LEED Green Associate Exam. It has 100 multiple choice questions and must be finished within two hours (The total exam time for BOTH parts of the exam is four hours). In this book, "LEED AP ID+C Exam Part One," "LEED AP ID+C Exam Section One," and "LEED Green Associate Exam" are used interchangeably since they are EXACTLY the same.
Part Two is the LEED AP ID+C specialty exam. It focuses on information and knowledge related directly to green interior design and construction (ID+C). It also contains 100 multiple choice questions and must be finished within two hours.
Both sections (Part One and Part Two) of the LEED AP ID+C Exam must be taken back-to-back in the same sitting. The only exception is when a test taker fails one of the two parts, he can retake only the failed section of the exam at a later date.
The raw exam score is converted to a scaled score ranging from 125 to 200. The passing score is 170 or higher. You need to answer about 60 questions correctly for each section to pass. There is an optional 10-minute tutorial for computer testing before the exam and an optional 10-minute exit survey.
The LEED Green Associate Exam is the most important LEED exam for two reasons:
1. You have to pass it in order to get the title of LEED Green Associate.
2. It is also the required Part One (2 hours) of ALL LEED AP+ exams. You have to pass it plus Part Two (2 hours) of the specific LEED AP+ exam of your choice to get any LEED AP+ title unless you have passed the old LEED AP exam before June 30, 2009.
There are a few ways to prepare for the LEED AP ID+C Exam:
1. You can take USGBC courses or workshops. You should take USGBC classes at both the 100 (Awareness) and 200 (LEED Core Concepts and Strategies) level to successfully prepare for Part One of the exam. USGBC classes at 300 level (Green Interior Design and Construction: The LEED Implementation Process) can be taken to prepare for Part Two of the exam. A one-day course normally costs $450 (as of publication) with an early registration discount, otherwise it is $500. You will also have to wait until the USGBC workshops or courses are offered in a city near you.
OR
2. Take USGBC online courses. Refer to the USGBC or GBCI websites for information. The USGBC online courses are less personal and still expensive.
OR
3. Read related books. Unfortunately, there are few official USGBC books on the LEED AP ID+C Exam, and, as of publication, no exam guides with sample questions. LEED AP ID+C Exam Guide is one of the first books covering this subject and will fill in this blank to assist you with passing the exam.
OR
4. The USGBC Reference Guides: They are comprehensive, but they give too much information. Searching for information related to LEED AP ID+C Exam from the USGBC Reference Guides is like "looking for a needle in a haystack." For example, The LEED 2009 Reference Guide for Green Building Design and Construction (ID&C) has about 480 full-size pages. Many of the calculations in the books are too detailed for the exam. They are also expensive (approximately $200 each, so most people may not buy them for their personal use, but instead, will seek to share an office copy).
It is good to read a reference guide from cover to cover if you have the time. The problem is that few people have the time to read the whole reference guide. Even if you do read the whole guide, you may not remember the important issues to pass the LEED exam. You need to reread the material several times before you can remember much of it.
Reading the reference guide from cover to cover without a guidebook is a difficult and inefficient way of preparing for the LEED AP ID+C exam, because you do NOT know what USGBC and GBCI are looking for in the exam.
OR
5. Various books published by a third party are available on Amazon. However, most of them are not very helpful.
To stay at the forefront of the LEED and green building movement, I sign up for USGBC courses and workshops myself, and I review the USGBC and GBCI websites and many other sources to get as much information as possible on LEED. Based on this very comprehensive research, I summarize the information in my latest book, "LEED ID&C Exam Guide: A Must-Have for the LEED AP ID+C Exam: Study Materials, Sample Questions, Mock Exam, Green Interior Design and Construction, Green Building LEED Certification, and Sustainability (LEED v3.0)." I have done the hard work so that you can save time preparing for the exam by reading it.
"LEED ID&C Exam Guide" will fill in the blanks and become a valuable, reliable source:
a. It will give you more information for your money. It has more information than the related USGBC workshops.
b. It is exam-oriented and more effective than the USGBC reference guides.
c. It is better than most, if not all, of the other third-party books. It gives you comprehensive study materials, sample questions and answers, mock exams and answers, and critical information on building LEED certification and going green. Other third-party books only give you a fraction of the information.
d. It is comprehensive yet concise. It is easy to carry around. You can read it whenever you have a few extra minutes.
e. It is great a timesaver. I have highlighted the important information that you need to understand and MEMORIZE. I also make some acronyms and short sentences to help you easily remember the credit names.
It should take you about 1 to 2 weeks of full-time study to pass each of the LEED exams. I have met people who have spent 40 hours to study and passed the exams.
You can find sample texts and other information on the LEED Exam Guides Series in customer discussion sections under each of my book's listing on Amazon.
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