LEED AP Exam 2025 Questions and
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what are the two compliance paths for indoor water use reduction credits - ✔✔
The three goals of the integrated approach - ✔✔1. developers mission
2. project environmental setting
3. project community context
Who are the members of the project team? - ✔✔1. Applicant acting as team leader
2. multidisciplinary group of desing professionals
3. Local supporting partners
10 steps of the LEED work plan - ✔✔1. Identify project site and prepare preliminary
development program
2. Select rating system
3. Assemble project team and identify relevant organizations
4. check minimum program requirements and prerequisites
5. finalize project boundary and development program
6. reconfirm minimum program requirements and prerequisites compliance
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,7. develop LEED scorecard
8. Assign roles and responsibilities
9. develop consistent documentation (base mapping, cross-cutting calculations)
10. perform quality assurance review and submit for certification
kinds of sites - ✔✔1. previously developmed
2. Infill site
Adjacent site
How do you know if something is considered previously developed? - ✔✔atleast 75%
previously developed land
what is the previously developed exception for small- sites? - ✔✔May Consider lots of
less than one acre if a building was constructed somewhere on the lot because it
prevents teams from having to individually assess small home lots to determine the
amount of land use the building footprint versus yard space.
What is the definition of an infill site? - ✔✔At least 75% of its boundary borders parcels
that individually are at lest 50% previously developed, and that aggregate are at least
75% previously developed
how do you calculate infill site? - ✔✔You divide the area that is previously developed
by the total area. Then you take the previously developed area of qualifying parcels by
the total area of qualifying parcels. Then you take the perimiter length that is adjacente
to the qualifying parcels divided by the total perimiter length minus the length of
waterfront perimeter to get the % of perimiter adjacent to qualifying parcels.
what are the considerations for an adjacent site? - ✔✔- If the project site is next to a
street right-of-way, the team must consider the previous development status of
property on the other side.
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,What is the development timeline? - ✔✔1. Getting the property
2. preproject conditions
3. existing conditions
4. build-out
what are three maps used in mapping? - ✔✔1. project site
2. vicinity
3. special maps
how do you measure walking and bicycling distances? - ✔✔distance a pedestrain or
bicyclist would travel from an origin point to the closest destination of a given , such as
closest bus stop.
dwelling or business accessed through common building entries are counted according
to the number of dwelling units or busineess establishments reach through such
entrances
two ways to count occupants - ✔✔daily averages
peak totals
what are the resources you can use to estimate occupancy if it's not possible to
accurately predict it? - ✔✔A) Default occupant density from ASHRAE 62.1-2010, Table
6-1
B) Default occupant density from CEN Standard EN 15251, Table B.2
C) Appendix 2 Default Occupancy Counts
D) Results from applicable studies.
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, What LEED ND credits reference occupany? - ✔✔1. SLL credit bicycle facilities
2. NDP Credit transportation demand management
3. NDP Credit local food production
GIB prerequisite and credit for indoor water use reduction
4. GIB Credit solid waste management
What are the three minimum requirements - ✔✔1. must be in a permanent location on
existing land
2. must use reasonable LEED boundaries
3. Must comply with project size requirements
how to comply with reasonable LEED boundaries for projects with phased sites? - ✔✔-
Projects that are phased sites with a master plan for multiple buildings must designate a
LEED project boundary for each building or follow USGBC master site guidance
Gross floor area of LEED project should be no less than __% of gross land area - ✔✔2%
What is the minimum size requirement for LEED BD+C and LEED O+M - ✔✔minimum
of 1000 square feet
What is the minimum size requirement for LEED ID+C - ✔✔minimum 250 square feet
What is the minimum size requirement for LEED ND - ✔✔should contain atleast two
habitable buildings and no larger than 15 acres
recommended that atleast 50% be new construction or major renovation
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Answers 100% Pass
what are the two compliance paths for indoor water use reduction credits - ✔✔
The three goals of the integrated approach - ✔✔1. developers mission
2. project environmental setting
3. project community context
Who are the members of the project team? - ✔✔1. Applicant acting as team leader
2. multidisciplinary group of desing professionals
3. Local supporting partners
10 steps of the LEED work plan - ✔✔1. Identify project site and prepare preliminary
development program
2. Select rating system
3. Assemble project team and identify relevant organizations
4. check minimum program requirements and prerequisites
5. finalize project boundary and development program
6. reconfirm minimum program requirements and prerequisites compliance
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,7. develop LEED scorecard
8. Assign roles and responsibilities
9. develop consistent documentation (base mapping, cross-cutting calculations)
10. perform quality assurance review and submit for certification
kinds of sites - ✔✔1. previously developmed
2. Infill site
Adjacent site
How do you know if something is considered previously developed? - ✔✔atleast 75%
previously developed land
what is the previously developed exception for small- sites? - ✔✔May Consider lots of
less than one acre if a building was constructed somewhere on the lot because it
prevents teams from having to individually assess small home lots to determine the
amount of land use the building footprint versus yard space.
What is the definition of an infill site? - ✔✔At least 75% of its boundary borders parcels
that individually are at lest 50% previously developed, and that aggregate are at least
75% previously developed
how do you calculate infill site? - ✔✔You divide the area that is previously developed
by the total area. Then you take the previously developed area of qualifying parcels by
the total area of qualifying parcels. Then you take the perimiter length that is adjacente
to the qualifying parcels divided by the total perimiter length minus the length of
waterfront perimeter to get the % of perimiter adjacent to qualifying parcels.
what are the considerations for an adjacent site? - ✔✔- If the project site is next to a
street right-of-way, the team must consider the previous development status of
property on the other side.
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,What is the development timeline? - ✔✔1. Getting the property
2. preproject conditions
3. existing conditions
4. build-out
what are three maps used in mapping? - ✔✔1. project site
2. vicinity
3. special maps
how do you measure walking and bicycling distances? - ✔✔distance a pedestrain or
bicyclist would travel from an origin point to the closest destination of a given , such as
closest bus stop.
dwelling or business accessed through common building entries are counted according
to the number of dwelling units or busineess establishments reach through such
entrances
two ways to count occupants - ✔✔daily averages
peak totals
what are the resources you can use to estimate occupancy if it's not possible to
accurately predict it? - ✔✔A) Default occupant density from ASHRAE 62.1-2010, Table
6-1
B) Default occupant density from CEN Standard EN 15251, Table B.2
C) Appendix 2 Default Occupancy Counts
D) Results from applicable studies.
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, What LEED ND credits reference occupany? - ✔✔1. SLL credit bicycle facilities
2. NDP Credit transportation demand management
3. NDP Credit local food production
GIB prerequisite and credit for indoor water use reduction
4. GIB Credit solid waste management
What are the three minimum requirements - ✔✔1. must be in a permanent location on
existing land
2. must use reasonable LEED boundaries
3. Must comply with project size requirements
how to comply with reasonable LEED boundaries for projects with phased sites? - ✔✔-
Projects that are phased sites with a master plan for multiple buildings must designate a
LEED project boundary for each building or follow USGBC master site guidance
Gross floor area of LEED project should be no less than __% of gross land area - ✔✔2%
What is the minimum size requirement for LEED BD+C and LEED O+M - ✔✔minimum
of 1000 square feet
What is the minimum size requirement for LEED ID+C - ✔✔minimum 250 square feet
What is the minimum size requirement for LEED ND - ✔✔should contain atleast two
habitable buildings and no larger than 15 acres
recommended that atleast 50% be new construction or major renovation
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