LEED-AP-BD+C Practice Questions
LEED AP Building Design + Construction (LEED AP BD+C)
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EAp1: Operational Carbon Projection and Decarbonization Plan requires a 25-year forecast. What is the primary purpose of this forecast?
For a whole building energy simulation approach, what should be identical for the base building and the proposed building?
A rectangular office building is located in an extremely humid climate and is shaded by very large adjacent buildings
on all four sides. If the building owner wants to decrease the annual energy cost for operating the building, which of
the following would be the best design approach?
Which of the following standards is used to perform a Whole-Building Life-Cycle Assessment to measure the Global Warming Potential of materials in LEED projects?
Questions 1–5 are based on the same project scenario. Please use the scenario information when answering.
A hospital certified under LEED V5 in 2018 is designing and constructing a 21,000 ft² (1,950.96 m²) vertical addition, plus vegetated terraces and a mechanical penthouse.
The original hospital achieved the Gold certification level and was built with the capacity to add three floors—levels six through eight—to the top of the structure. This addition requires partial demolition of the roof and the floor below.
The project is designed to be architecturally cohesive with the existing building façade and is targeting Platinum certification under LEED v5.
The campus is in a dense urban area adjacent to several bus stops, a light-rail transit station within a 2,500 ft. (762 m) walking distance, and a bicycle docking point at the main entrance to the property. An on-campus shuttle service connects patients, visitors, and staff from the parking areas to each medical building and the light-rail station.
The healthcare campus has existing infrastructure; therefore, no new roads, sidewalks, parking structures, or ground-level landscaping will be installed.
The new floors have separate mechanical systems in the penthouse, but piping for public and patient restrooms, janitor closets, and staff break rooms connects directly to the main hospital plumbing system.
The newly installed medical equipment uses gas, steam, and chilled water supplied by the campus central plant.
Which LEED v5 rating system is appropriate for this project?
To achieve the Sustainable Sites Credit, Light Pollution Reduction, Option 1. BUG Rating Method, projects must demonstrate
A contractor is building a retirement community project. 30% of the building's product costs were derived from reused/salvaged materials or met recycled content criteria. Which of the following credits can the LEED AP submit towards certification?
An urban office building project is installing a cooling tower. To save on potable water, the project would like to use a nonpotable water source to provide 20% of the cooling tower makeup water to achieve the maximum number of points under Water Efficiency Credit, Cooling Tower Water Use. Which nonpotable water source would be the most appropriate for use?
What issue must be present on the project site to achieve Location and Transportation Credit, High-Priority Site, Option 3. Brownfield Remediation?
A design team pursuing LEED for a new office building project calculated that with the water fixtures specified for the project, a 24% water reduction can be achieved compared to the LEED baseline. What does this mean to the team in terms of pursuing LEED?
