LEED AP BD+C v4 2025/2026 Exam
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What does the acronym "LEED" stand for? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design
What does the acronym "GBCI" stand for? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Green Business
Certification Inc.
Buildings are __________ and people are __________ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔certified;
credentialed
What are the knowledge domains? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. LEED Process, 2.
Integrative Strategies, 3. Location and Transportation, 4. Sustainable Sites, 5.
Water Efficiency, 6. Energy and Atmosphere, 7. Materials and Resources, 8.
Indoor Environmental Quality, 9. Project Surroundings and Public Outreach
,How many LEED BD+C adaptations are there? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔8
What are the LEED BD+C adaptations? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. New Construction
and Major Renovations, 2. Core and Shell Development, 3. Schools, 4. Retail, 5.
Data Centers, 6. Warehouses and Distribution Centers, 7. Hospitality, 8.
Healthcare
What are the LEED certification levels, and how many LEED points are required
for each certification level? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Certified: 40; Silver: 50; Gold: 60;
Platinum: 80
How should project teams determine a project's rating system if more than one
rating system could apply? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Use the 40/60 rule:
- if a rating system would be appropriate for <40% of a project's gross floor area,
do not use that rating system
- if a rating system would be appropriate for >60% of a project's gross floor area,
that rating system should be used
- in between, project team uses discretion
How many LEED impact categories are there? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔7
, 3
What are the LEED impact categories? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. Reverse contribution
to global climate change
2. Enhance individual human health and well-being
3. Promote and restore water resources
4. Protect, enhance, and restore biodiversity and ecosystem services
5. Promote sustainable and regenerative material resources cycles
6. Build a greener economy
7. Enhance social equity, environmental justice, community health, and quality of
life
What are the Minimum Program Requirements? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. Must be in a
permanent location on existing land
2. Must use reasonable LEED boundaries
3. Must comply with project size requirements (minimum of 1,000 sq. ft. gross
floor area)
What are the certification programs available to projects that include multiple
buildings? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Volume and Campus
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Questions and Answers 100%
Guaranteed Success | Already Rated A+
What does the acronym "LEED" stand for? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design
What does the acronym "GBCI" stand for? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Green Business
Certification Inc.
Buildings are __________ and people are __________ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔certified;
credentialed
What are the knowledge domains? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. LEED Process, 2.
Integrative Strategies, 3. Location and Transportation, 4. Sustainable Sites, 5.
Water Efficiency, 6. Energy and Atmosphere, 7. Materials and Resources, 8.
Indoor Environmental Quality, 9. Project Surroundings and Public Outreach
,How many LEED BD+C adaptations are there? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔8
What are the LEED BD+C adaptations? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. New Construction
and Major Renovations, 2. Core and Shell Development, 3. Schools, 4. Retail, 5.
Data Centers, 6. Warehouses and Distribution Centers, 7. Hospitality, 8.
Healthcare
What are the LEED certification levels, and how many LEED points are required
for each certification level? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Certified: 40; Silver: 50; Gold: 60;
Platinum: 80
How should project teams determine a project's rating system if more than one
rating system could apply? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Use the 40/60 rule:
- if a rating system would be appropriate for <40% of a project's gross floor area,
do not use that rating system
- if a rating system would be appropriate for >60% of a project's gross floor area,
that rating system should be used
- in between, project team uses discretion
How many LEED impact categories are there? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔7
, 3
What are the LEED impact categories? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. Reverse contribution
to global climate change
2. Enhance individual human health and well-being
3. Promote and restore water resources
4. Protect, enhance, and restore biodiversity and ecosystem services
5. Promote sustainable and regenerative material resources cycles
6. Build a greener economy
7. Enhance social equity, environmental justice, community health, and quality of
life
What are the Minimum Program Requirements? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. Must be in a
permanent location on existing land
2. Must use reasonable LEED boundaries
3. Must comply with project size requirements (minimum of 1,000 sq. ft. gross
floor area)
What are the certification programs available to projects that include multiple
buildings? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Volume and Campus
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
