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LEED Green Associate Made Easy

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Author’s Profile: K.M. Bazeeth Ahamed

• 1999: Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering – Bharathidhasan University, India

• 2002 Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Specialized in Heat Power Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, India

• 2002-2006 – Academics: Refrigeration & Air-conditioning, Heat & Mass Transfer, Thermal Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics etc


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Author’s Profile: K.M. Bazeeth Ahamed contd..

• 2006 till date MEP Contracting, Energy Audits, Green Building facilitation, CFD Simulation for buildings

• 2007: Qualified as Certified Energy Manager and Auditor, BEE India

• 2008: LEED AP,2010: LEED AP BD+C, 2011: LEED AP O+M

• 2014: Qualified as ASHRAE Certified Building Energy Assessment Professional and GSAS Certified Green Professional

• Conduct LEED training courses from March 2010, trained more than 1500 Professionals.


Supporting Authors:


Mr. Arshad Siddiqui, Architect, LEED AP BD+C & ID+C Trainer & Consultant, Green Building Academy

Mr. G. Balaji, Civil Engineer, LEED AP BD+C , IGBC AP, GSAS CGP, Consultant, Green Building Academy

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Supporting Authors:


Mr. Naveen Raj, Mechanical Engineer, LEED AP BD+C, GSAS CGP Building Services Engineer Green Building Academy

Course Objective

• To help candidates become LEED Green Associate within next 4-6 weeks


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Course Content

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Green Buildings and LEED Credentials

• Chapter 2: Introduction to LEED Rating Systems

• Chapter 3: Location and Transportation

• Chapter 4: Sustainable Sites

• Chapter 5: Water Efficiency

• Chapter 6: Energy & Atmosphere

• Chapter 7: Materials & Resources

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Course Content…

• Chapter 8: Indoor Environmental Quality

• Chapter 9: Integrative Process

• Chapter 10: Bonus Categories

• Chapter 11: More about USGBC & LEED

• Chapter 12: Value of Sustainable: Cost Vs Benefit


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Chapter 1: Introduction to Green Buildings & LEED Credentials


Disclaimer

LEED® and USGBC® are registered trademarks of the U.S. Green Building Council. The author is not affiliated to USGBC or GBCI. The information provided in the presentation are compiled by the author and is not endorsed by USGBC or GBCI


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Learning Objectives

• What is a Green Building?

• What is the Significance of Green Buildings?

• What are the various Green Building rating systems?

• Why LEED?

• What are the various LEED Credentials?

• LEED Examination information


What are the characteristics of Green Buildings?


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Green Buildings are • Energy Efficient • Water Efficient • Better Indoor Environment • Use environmental friendly or sustainable

materials • Less waste • Reduced transportation requirement • Protect/restore habitat Hence reduced Environmental impact throughout

the life cycle


What is the Significance of Green Buildings?


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Buildings directly contribute to the following

• Climate change

• Depletion of resources

• Ozone depletion

• Land pollution

• Water Pollution

• Air Pollution


Solution?? Green Buildings

Can you guess which of the following have the highest contribution to Green house

gas emission?


Industries Transportation Buildings

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Contribution of Green House gases by various sectors


GCC countries have higher Percapita CO2 emission:


44

30.3

22.6 20.7

17.2

8.5

1.5 0.8 0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Qatar Kuwait UAE Bahrain USA UK India Philipines

Percapita CO2 Emission

Percapita CO2 Emission in metric tons

Data Source: Wikipedia - Apr 2015

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How a building can be certified as Green Building?


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How many points did I score?

Did I pass?

Green Building Rating System

Am I good the environment

Green Buildings are certified by various Green

Building rating systems across the world

• Australia: Green Star

• Brazil: AQUA / LEED Brazil

• Canada: LEED Canada/ Green Globes

• China: GB Evaluation standard for green building

• Finland: PromisE

• Germany: DGNB

• Hong Kong: HKBEAM

Various Green Building System


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• India: GRIHA and IGBC

• United Arab Emirates: Pearl Rating System

• United States: LEED

• United Kingdom: BREEAM

• Taiwan: EEWH

• Qatar: GSAS


Various Green Building System-

contd.

Why LEED?


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• LEED- Internationally recognized Green Building rating system

• Adapted in many countries like Brazil and Canada

• Very well accepted in GCC construction market



89 80 13 1 1 0

564

83 74 10 8 24

UAE SaudiArabia

Qatar Bahrain Kuwait Oman

LEED Registered & Certified Projects in GCC

Certified Registered

Source: USGBC Project directory as on 5th May, 2014

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What LEED Credentials you can earn?



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LEED Green Associate Examination


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• Eligibility:

– Age 18+

– No specific educational requirements

• Appropriate for

– Architects

– Civil Engineers

– MEP Professionals/Building Service Engineers

– Facility Engineers/Managers

– Developers

– Students in above disciplines

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Who can appear for LEED Green

Associate Exam

• USD 200 for members

• USD 250 for non members

• Full time employees of USGBC member companies are considered members


How much LEED Green Associate

Exam will cost?

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• Apply for exam through www.usgbc.org

• Exam can be taken through prometric centers in any country.


How to apply for exam? & Where I

will take the exam?

• Computer based test, 100 multiples choice & multiple response questions.

• Total duration 2 Hrs and 20 minutes (10 minutes tutorial on interface + 2 Hrs exam + 10 minutes exit survey)

• Passing score 170/200 – This doesn’t mean 85 percentage. The evaluation is based on relative performance against baseline performance.

• No negative marking

• Results available immediately after the exam


More about the exam

http://www.usgbc.org/





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Exam Interface



Exam Interface- contd.

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Study Resources

• LEED Green Associate Made Easy study guide

• Recorded video lectures

• Downloadable audio lectures

• Q&A + Sample exams

• Online discussion forum


LEED Green Associate & LEED AP Combined Examination


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• Two part examination, 4 Hrs

• Part 1: Green Associate & Part 2 LEED AP Specialty exam

• Exam Fee: USD 400 for members, USD 550 for non members

• Apply for exam through www.usgbc.org

• Computer based test, 100 multiples choice questions.

• Total duration 4 Hrs and 20 minutes (10 minutes tutorial on interface + 4 Hrs exam + 10 minutes exit survey)

• Passing score 170/200 in Part 1 and Part 2.

• Pass part 1 and failed in Part 2: LEED Green Associate

• Generally not recommended for working professionals


Summary

• What is a Green Building?

• What is the Significance of Green Buildings?

• What are the various Green Building rating systems?

• What is LEED? Why it is important to us?

• What are the various LEED Credentials?

• LEED Examination information


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Questions? Ask your questions in the forum section


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