Michelle Cottrell - Guide to the Leed AP Building Design and Construction (Bd&c) Exam

Guide to the LEED AP Building Design and Construction (BD+C) Exam

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Cottrell, Michelle.

Guide to the LEED AP building design and construction (BD + C) exam / Michelle Cottrell.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-470-89042-4 (pbk.); ISBN 978-0-470-93397-8 (ebk); ISBN 978-0-470-93400-5 (ebk); ISBN 978-0-470-93401-2 (ebk); ISBN 978-0-470-95021-0 (ebk); ISBN 978-0-470-95045-6 (ebk)

1. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating SystemExaminationsStudy guides. 2. Sustainable constructionExaminationsStudy guides. I. Title.

TH880.C678 2011

690.0286dc22

2010028362

Acknowledgments

I would first like to thank my mom, as her continued enthusiasm is unprecedented! Mom, you have always been there for me, to listen or to laugh especially when I needed it most. Thank you for being you!

John Czarnecki, Assoc. AIA, senior editor at John Wiley & Sons, thank you for another opportunity and your support along the way. A special thanks to Sadie Abuhoff and Kerstin Nasdeo, as it has been a pleasure working with you both. I could not continue without your help along the way!

Next, I would like to thank each and every one of the image contributors, as this book and the rest of the LEED exam prep series would not be the same without your added visual integrity. Each of you helped to maintain my motivation with your interest, support, and excitement about the book with your great images and photos.

Zach Rose, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, LEED Green Associate, thank you for your encouragement and support for not only this book and the others, but for your continued motivation. Thank you to the rest of my team at Green Education Services for your excitement and interest in the exam prep series!

Thank you to my family for granting me the time and space allowing me to focus on this book. I would like to thank all of my friends and colleagues for your understanding, as I disappeared for some months to accomplish yet another endeavor.

And finally my husband, Stefano, I could not have completed yet another book without your smiling face sitting across from me each day as I typed! Thank you for listening to me, making me laugh, and for giving me a life outside of writing. You have continued to be an incredible source of humor, amazing food, and a source of energy from the moment we met!

Introduction

Guide to the LEED AP Building Design and Construction (BD+C) Exam is the resource to prepare for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional (AP) Building Design + Construction (BD+C) exam. This exam prep guide provides a road map to studying for the LEED AP BD+C exam as administered by Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). Guide to the LEED AP Building Design and Construction (BD+C) Exam is aimed at those professionals seeking more information about the basic knowledge and understanding that is required in order to pass the exam and earn the LEED AP BD+C accreditation.

Keep an eye out for these STUDY TIPS! as they will point out the intricacies and nuances to remember.

As a means to introduce myself, I am a LEED consultant and an education provider, focused on sustainable design and building operation concepts. I have traveled the country helping hundreds of students to prepare for the LEED Green Associate and LEED AP exams. The LEED AP BD+C classes typically are one-day seminars that review all of the information as presented in this book. During these classes, I share my LEED project experiences and study tips in order to help make sense of this challenging information and present it in a logical format to help streamline the studying efforts for my students. This book breaks down the difficult information to be retained into a coherent and straightforward approach, as compared to simply repeating what would be found in the study reference material outlined by GBCI.

EXAM PREP GUIDE STRUCTURE

Guide to the LEED AP Building Design and Construction (BD+C) Exam is organized into three parts as a method to break down the information one can expect to see on the exam. First, an introduction is needed to review the concepts and process covered in the LEED Green Associate exam in order to then understand the next part, which covers the technologies and strategies to implement as detailed in each prerequisite and credit contained within each of the categories of the BD+C LEED rating systems. Finally, the appendices include charts and diagrams summarizing the critical information, as well as other resources to narrow down the amount of information to be studied as preparation to sit for and pass the LEED AP BD+C exam. The composition of the book is as follows: