LEED Green Associate Certification questions with correct answers

What materials qualify as "biobased" in LEED v4? - Answer Materials meeting the criteria of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard. In LEED v4 Biobased materials are no longer defined by the harvest cycle of the raw materials; instead, products must meet the Sustainable Agriculture Standard to count toward certain materials and resources (MR) credits. Which of the following materials contains pre-consumer content? - Answer Manufacturer overrun print publications that are converted to recycled paper. Pre-consumer recycled content materials are generated by manufacturers and processors, and may consist of scrap, trimmings and other by-products that were never used in the consumer market. Examples include planer shavings, sawdust, bagasse, walnut shells, culls, trimmed materials, overissue publications, and obsolete inventories. The designation excludes rework, regrind, or scrap materials capable of being reclaimed within the same process that generated them. Formerly known as postindustrial content. What is Albedo? - Answer The reflectivity of a material. Albedo is defined as the ability of a surface to reflect sunlight, or the reflectivity, of a material. "Graywater" can be reused for which of the following purposes? - Answer Toilet flushing, cooling towers and irrigation. Graywater is defined as "untreated household waste water which has not come into contact with toilet waste." Graywater includes used water from bathtubs, showers, bathroom wash basins, and water from clothes-washers and laundry tubs. It must not include waste water from kitchen sinks or dishwashers.