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Knowledge Domains

LEED Process (16 questions)

- Organization fundamentals (e.g. role of USGBC/GBCI; mission/vision; non-profit)

- Struture of !""# rating s$stems (e.g.% redit ategories% prere&uisites% redits and/or 'inimum rogram

e&uirements for !""# ertifiation)

- Sope of ea* !""# rating s$stem (e.g.% rating s$stem seletion; rating s$stem families+ B#,C% I#,C% O,'%

#% omes)- !""# development proess (e.g.% onsensus ased; sta0e*older and volunteer involvement; rating s$stem

updates/evolution)

- Credit ategories (e.g.% goals and o1etives of ea*+ !2% SS% 3"% "4% '% "5% I% ; s$nergies)

- Impat ategories (e.g. 3*at s*ould a !""# pro1et aomplis*6)

- !""# ertifiation proess (e.g. ertifiation levels+ Certified% Silver% Gold% latinum; !""# Soreard; 7rd part$

verifiation; role of doumentation sumission; !""# Interpretations; 4ddenda; a8areness of different s$stem

versions 9e.g.% !""# Online:)

- Components of !""# Online and pro1et registration

- Ot*er rating s$stems (e.g.% in general 8*at ot*er rating s$stems are out t*ere6)

Integrative Strategies (8 questions)

- Integrative proess (e.g.% earl$ anal$sis of t*e interrelations*ips among s$stems; s$stems t*in0ing; *arettes)

- Integrative pro1et team memers (e.g.% ar*itet% engineer% landsape ar*itet% ivil engineer% ontrator%

failit$ manager% et.)

- Standards t*at support !""# (e.g.% readt* not dept* of 4merian Soiet$ of eating% efrigeration and 4ir-

onditioning "ngineers 94S4":; S*eet 'etal and 4ir Conditioning Contrators ational 4ssoiation 9S'4C4:

guidelines; Green Seal%

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- "nvironmental onerns (e.g.% soures and energ$ resoures; green*ouse gases; gloal 8arming potential;

resoure depletion; ozone depletion)

*aterials and +esources (& questions)

- euse (e.g.% uilding reuse% material reuse% interior reuse% furniture reuse)

- !ife-$le impats (e.g.% onept of life-$le assessment; material attriutes; *uman and eologial *ealt*

impats; design for fle=iilit$)

- 3aste (e.g.% onstrution and demolition; maintenane and renovation; operations and ongoing; 8astemanagement plan)

- ur*asing and delarations (e.g.% pur*asing poliies and plans; environmental preferale pur*asing (");

uilding produt dislosure and optimization 9i.e.% ra8 materials souring; material ingredients; environmental

produt dislosure:)

Indoor Environmental ,ualit% (8 questions)

- Indoor air &ualit$ (e.g.% ventilation levels; toao smo0e ontrol; management of and improvements to indoor

air &ualit$; lo8-emitting materials; green leaning)

- !ig*ting (e.g.% eletri lig*ting &ualit$% da$lig*t)

- Sound (e.g.% aoustis)

- Oupant omfort% *ealt*% and satisfation (e.g.% ontrollailit$ of s$stems% t*ermal omfort design% &ualit$ ofvie8s% assessment/surve$)

Pro-ect Surroundings and Pu"lic .utreac (11 questions)

- "nvironmental impats of t*e uilt environment (e.g. energ$ and resoure use in onventional uildings;

neessit$ of green uildings; environmental e=ternalities; triple ottom line)

- Codes (e.g.% relations*ip et8een !""# and odes 9uilding% pluming% eletrial% me*anial% fire protetion:;

green uilding odes)

- >alues of sustainale design (e.g.% energ$ savings over time; *ealt*ier oupants; mone$-saving inentives;

osts 9*ard osts% soft osts:; life-$le)

- egional design (e.g.% regional green design and onstrution measures as appropriate% regional emp*asis

s*ould e plaed in Sustainale Sites and 'aterials ? esoures)