LEED v4 Green Associate Exam Guide (LEED GA): Comprehensive Study Materials, Sample Questions, Green Building LEED Certification, and Sustainability (Green Associate Exam Guide Series) (Volume 1) - Softcover

Chen, Gang

Softcover

ISBN 10: 161265018X ISBN 13: 9781612650180

Publisher: ArchiteG, Incorporated, 2014

Synopsis

Pass the LEED Green Associate Exam, Get Your Building LEED Certified, Fight Global Warming, and Save Money!

The USGBC released LEED v4 at the GreenBuild International Conference and Expo in November 2013. The GBCI started to include the new LEED v4 content for all LEED exams in late Spring 2014. We have incorporated the new LEED v4 content in this book.

Starting on December 1, 2011, GBCI began to draw LEED Green Associate Exam questions from the second edition of Green Building and LEED Core Concepts Guide. We have incorporated this information in our book.

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is one of the most important trends of development and is revolutionizing the construction industry. It has gained tremendous momentum and has a profound impact on our environment. From this book, you will learn how to do the following:

• Pass the LEED Green Associate Exam.
• Use LEED exam preparation strategies, study methods, tips, suggestions, mnemonics, and exam tactics to improve your exam performance.
• Effectively understand, digest, and retain your LEED knowledge.
• Understand the process of registering and certifying a building for LEED.
• Understand the scope, main intent, core concepts and strategies, as well as identify the regulations, recognition, and incentives for each major LEED category.
• Identify the strategies for case studies.
• Identify the synergy in case studies.
• Implement the most important LEED related codes and building standards.
• Get points for categories not yet clearly defined by the USGBC.



This book fills in the blanks and demystifies LEED. It uncovers the secrets, codes, and jargon for LEED as well as the true meaning of "going green." It provides a solid foundation and fundamental framework for LEED. It covers every major aspect of LEED in plain and concise language, and introduces it to ordinary people. This guide is small and easy to carry around. You can read it whenever you have a few extra minutes. It is an indispensable book for ordinary people, developers, brokers, contractors, administrators, architects, landscape architects, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineers, interns, drafters, designers, and other design professionals.




What others are saying about "LEED Green Associate Exam Guide"...(Part I)




"Finally! A comprehensive study tool for LEED GA Prep!"




"I took the one-day Green LEED Green Associate course and walked away with a power point binder printed in very small print--which was missing MUCH of the required information (although I didn't know it at the time). I studied my little heart out and took the test, only to fail it by 1 point. Turns out I did NOT study all the material I needed to in order to pass the test. I found this book, read it, marked it up, retook the test, and passed it with a 95%. Look, we all know the LEED Green Associate Exam is new and the resources for study are VERY limited. This one's the VERY best out there right now. I highly recommend it."

--Consultant VA




"Complete overview for the LEED Green Associate exam"

"I studied this book for about three days and passed the exam ... if you are truly interested in learning about the LEED system and green building design, this is a great place to start."

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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, multi-family 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 LEED exams. For more information, visit GreenExamEducation.com Check out FREE tips on the easiest way to pass the LEED Green Associate Exam and information for all LEED exams and ARE exams at GeeForums.com, you can post your questions for other users' review.

From the Back Cover

"Amazing book!"
"I onlyhave read this book twice and looked up the general green terms onlineto be familiar with them and answered the 25 questions at the end of the book and another 25 questions on the USGBC website and I PASSEDyesterday from the first try!!! wonderful book! I haven't bought theUSGBC reference guide !!!"
--Marco Tadros

From the Inside Flap

Latest trendfor LEED Exams

Recently, there are quite a few readers run into the versions of the LEED examsthat have many questions on refrigerants (CFC, HCFC, and HFC), the followingadvice will help you answer these questions correctly:

For more information, see free pdf file of "The Treatment by LEED of theEnvironmental Impact of HVAC Refrigerants" that you can download at linkbelow:

gbci.org/Files/References/The-Treatment-by-LEED-of-the-Environmental-Impact-of-HVAC-Refrigerants.pdf

This is a VERY important document that you need to become familiar with. Manyreal LEED exam questions (CFC, HCFC, and HFC, etc.) come from this document.You need to download it for free and read it at least 3 times.

Pay special attention to the Table on ODP and GWP on page 3. You do not have toremember the exact value of all ODPs and GWPs, but you do need to know therough number for various groups of refrigerants."

This latest trendregarding refrigerants (CFC, HCFC, and HFC) for LEED Exams has a lot to do withLEED v4 Credit Weighting. EA (including refrigerants) is a big winner in LEED v4,meaning the category has MORE questions than any other areas for ALL theLEED exams. See portion of my book, LEED GA Exam Guide quoted below:

How are LEEDcredits allocated and weighted?
Answer:Credits that can contribute to LEED's "Impact Categories" are given more points. Theseimpact categories are weighted through a consensus driven process:
·Global ClimateChange (35%)
·Social Equity,Environmental Justice, and Community Quality of Life (5%)
·Individual HumanHealth and well-being (20%)
·Greener Economy (5%)
·Biodiversity and Ecosystem (10%)
·Water Resources (15%)
·Sustainable andRegenerative Material Resources Cycles (10%)

The USGBCuses three association factors to measure and scale creditoutcome to a given Impact Category component:
·Relative Efficacy: It measureswhether a credit outcome has a positive or negative association with a givenImpact Category component, and how strong that association is.
§ Noassociation
§ Lowassociation
§ Mediumassociation
§ Highassociation
§ Negativeassociation

·BenefitDuration: How long will the benefits or consequences of the creditoutcome last?
§ 1-3 Years
§ 4-10 Years
§ 11-30 Years
§ 30+ Years(Building/Community Lifetime)

·Controllabilityof Effect: It indicates which individual is most directlyresponsible for achieving the expected credit outcome. The more a creditoutcome depends on active human effort, the less likely it will be achievedwith certainty, and the credit will have fewer pints, vice versa.

The USGBCsimplifies the weighting process of points into a score card:
·100 basepoints for the base LEED Rating System
·1 pointminimum for each credit
·Whole points and nofractions for LEED points.

See detaileddiscussions at the FREE PDF file entitled "LEED v4 Impact Category andPoint Allocation Development Process" at the following link:
usgbc.org/sites/default/files/LEED%20v4%20Impact%20Category%20and%20Point%20Allocation%20Process_Overview_0.pdf

Edition details

• Publisher: ArchiteG, Incorporated
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 161265018X
• ISBN 13: 9781612650180
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 186