What is the Percentage of Green House Gas Emissions in the US annually?

A. 30%

B. 40%

C. 20%

D. 10%

Answer: C. 20%

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What site attributes should Commercial Interior Projects consider when selecting a site? 

(Hint, there are 4)

1. Location that enhances existing neighborhoods.

2. Transportation networks.

3. Urban Infrastructures

4. Shell buildings that have already acquired a LEED rating. 

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Answer: 3 Points

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Answer:

1. Select a LEED certified building

2. Locate the Tenant Space in a building that has two or more options listed in the SS section.

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Answer: Brownfield redevelopment. 

1/2 Points can be earned.

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Answer: 

1. Site documented in ASTM E 1903-97

2. A building on a site that has been classified as a brownfield by a local, state, or federal, governmental agency. 

Answer: Option B Stormwater Management, Rate and Quantity.

1/2 Points can be earned. 

1. A building prior to land development had less than or equal to 50% imperviousness and has implemented a stormwater management plan that equals or is less than the pre-developed. 1.5 year/24 hour rate and quantity discharge. 

or

2. If greater than 50% imperviousness has implemented a stormwater management plan that reduced pre-developed 1.5 year/ 24 hour rate and quantity discharge by 25% of the annual stormwater load falling on the site. 

Option C Storm Water MAnagement, Treatment

1/2 Point

Option D Heat island effect, non-roof.

Up to 1 point.

1. A building that provides shade, and/or uses light colored/ high-albedo solar reflectance materials with an Solar Reflectance Index of 30 and or open grid pavement that individually or totally equals 30% of sites non-roof impervious surfaces.

or

2. Has a minimum of 50% of parking spaced underground or covered by structural parking.

or

3. Used an open grid pavement system for 50% of the parking area.

Option E is Heat Island effect, Roof

1/2 Points can be earned.

Solar Reflectance Index.

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1. A buildings roof that is in compliance with Table 1;

Low sloped roof: SRI 78

Steep Sloped roof: SRI 29

OR

2. A building that has installed a "Green" Roof for at least 50% of the roof area.

OR

3. A building that has a combined high SRI roof and Vegetated roof that satisfy the following:

Total roof area <or equal to [(Area of SRI roof x 1.33) + (Area of Vegetated roof x 2)

Option F is Light Pollution Reduction

and 1/2 Point can be earned.

1. A building Meets or provides lower light levels than that listed in the IESNA.

2.  The buildings exterior lighting must be such that all luminaries with more than 1000 initial lamp lumens are shielded and all luminaries with more than 3500 initial lamp lumens meet full cutoff IESNA.

3. The max candela value of all interior lighting walls within the property.

4. Any luminaire within a distance of 2.5 times its mounting height from property boundary shall have a shield so no light crosses property line.

Option H: Water Efficient Irrigation, No potable water used or no Irrigation. 

1/2 point in addition to Option G point.

Building uses only captured rain or recycled water to eliminate all potable water use for site irrigation. 

Or 

Does not have a permanent landscaping irrigation system. 

Option I: Innovative wastewater technologies

1/2 Points.

Option J: Water use reduction, 20% Reduction

1/2 Points

Option K; On Site renewable energy

Up to 1 point. 

A building that Supplies at-least 5% of the buildings total energy use through on site renewable energy systems.

5% = 1/2 point

10% = 1 point

Option L Other Quantifiable Environmental Performance 

Up to 3 Points

Credit Interpretation Ruling.

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None - Trick Question. 

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Exemplary Performance Points can be achieved in options A-K.

No exemplary Performance points can be achieved. 

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The Process of cleaning up a contaminated site by physical, chemical, or biological means.

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Strips are used to treat low velocity surface sheet flows in areas where runoff is not concentrated. They are often used as pretreatment for other stormwater measures.

Swales are a ditch or trench that has vegetation that would require occasional mowing. 

Up to two 1/2 points possible. 

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Defined by UPC "Untreated household waste water that has not come in contact with toilet waste."

This includes water from bathtubs,  showers, bathroom wash basins, and water from clothes-washer and laundry tubs. It does not include water from kitchen sinks or dishwashers.

1. Select a space that is located in established walkable community with a minimum density of 60,000 sq ft per acre net. 

or

2. Select a building that is within 1/2 mile of residence zone with average density of 10 units per acre net. 

 and 

Building has pedestrian access to atleast 10 of the basic services within 1/2 mile.

Alternative transportation; parking availability

1 point

Case A: Projects occupying less than 75% of gross building square footage: Parking spaces provided shall not exceed minimum number required by local zoning regulations. and Priority parking for car-pools or van-pools for 5% of occupants.

Case B: For projects occupying over 75% of gross building square footage; parking capacity of the building will not exceed minimum zoning requirements.  and Priority parking for car pools and van pools serving 5% of building occupants.