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| Topic 1 | - Water Efficiency: This topic measures the skills of LEED Green Associates in optimizing water use in building projects. It explores strategies for reducing outdoor water use through efficient irrigation practices, including landscape water requirements and irrigation systems. It also covers using native and adaptive plant species to minimize irrigation demands.
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| Topic 2 | - Building Loads: This topic is focused on optimizing building performances through effective load management. It addresses design considerations such as building orientation and glazing selection while clarifying regional factors that influence these decisions.
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| Topic 3 | - Sustainable Sites: It covers site assessment and planning that involves evaluating various site characteristics, such as topography, hydrology, climate, vegetation, and soil conditions. It also covers assessing a site¡¯s potential as a resource for energy flows while addressing construction activity pollution prevention measures.
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| Topic 4 | - LEED Process: This topic tests the skills of LEED Green Associates involved in green building initiatives. It focuses on various methods to achieve LEED goals, such as developing credit interpretation rulings and utilizing Regional Priority Credits to explore synergies within the LEED system.
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| Topic 5 | - Project Surroundings and Public Outreach: LEED Green Associates learn about promoting sustainable practices, regional design considerations that incorporate green construction measures, cultural awareness issues related to historic or heritage impacts, and ensuring that sustainability efforts are respectful of local values.
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| Topic 6 | - Integrative Strategies: It emphasizes the importance of an integrative process. The topic also covers their knowledge about the value of teamwork in developing integrative green strategies and how they can collaborate throughout different project phases.
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| Topic 7 | - Energy and Atmosphere: In this topic, LEED Green Associates focuses on building reuse, including historic building renovations. It covers material reuse strategies, enclosure materials, and permanently installed interior components into new designs.
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| Topic 8 | - Indoor Environmental Quality: This domain measures the skills of LEED Green Associates in creating healthy indoor environments. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining adequate ventilation levels through both natural and mechanical means. Additionally, candidates will be assessed on topics such as tobacco smoke control measures.
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