PPD - ARE 5.0 (NCARB) Exam Questions and Answers
Annalemma - Answer-The figure 8 curve that represents the angular offset of the sun
from its mean position at as viewed from the earth
/.Balance Point Temperature - Answer-The outdoor temperature at which a building
makes the transition from a heating to a cooling need
/.Daylight autonomy - Answer-The percentage of an area that meets a minimum
daylight illuminance level or specified fraction of the operating hours per year. also
referred to as special daylight autonomy
/.Daylight factor - Answer-The ratio expressed as a percentage othe indoor aluminates
at a point on a horizontal surface to the unobstructed Exterior horizontal illuminance
/.Effective aperature - Answer-The product of visible transmittance and the window to
wall ratio
/.Equation of time - Answer-The factor used to account for the difference between solar
time and clock time. Solar time is based on the position of the sun. It's basic unit is the
solar day
/.Glazing factor - Answer-A LEED based number calculated by taking into account
window area, floor area, a window geometry factor, light transmission, and a window
height factor.
/.Ground light - Answer-Visible light from the sun and sky, reflected by exterior surfaces
below the plane of the horizon
/.Light shelf - Answer-A horizontal element position above eye level and designed to
reflect daylight on the ceiling for improved daylighting effectiveness
/.Net metering - Answer-The requirement that a utility pay and charge equal rates
regardless of which way electricity flows as a part of the utility Grid.
/.Radiation spectrum - Answer-The entire range of electromagnetic radiation extending
from 0 hz to 1023 hz. This includes visible light as well as infrared radiation, radio
waves, and gamma rays among others
/.Radiative cooling - Answer-Passive or active design strategy that uses thermal mass
to collect and store heat during the day for release at night. Also known as nocturnal
cooling and night cooled mass
,/.Shading coefficient - Answer-The ratio of the solar heat gain thru a glazing product to
the solar heat gain through an untreated 1/8 in clear double strength glass under the
same set of conditions. This is the value for the glass only, does not include the frame
/.Solar constant - Answer-The amount of solar energy that falls in our unit time on her
unit area that is 93,000,000 miles from the sun and orientated on a plane perpendicular
to the suns rays. The mean value of the solar constant is 433 btu/hr-ft
/.Solar heat gain coefficient - Answer-The ratio of the solar heat gain thru a fenestration
to the total solar radiation incident on the glazing.
/.Solar time - Answer-The time as defined by the sun and it's position relative to the
earth. Because the length of the solar day varies most reference the mean solar day as
a basis for timekeeping.
/.Solar savings fraction - Answer-The fraction of the total energy used by system that is
provided by solar technology. Represented by the variable F, it is a decimal fraction
from 0 to 1
/.Visible light transmittance - Answer-The fraction of visible light that passes through a
glazing material
/.Window to wall ratio - Answer-The ratio of the net glazing area in your room or space
to the gross exterior wall area
/.Work plane - Answer-This assumed height at which work is performed usually
considered to be at a desk height, 30 inches above the floor
/.Co product - Answer-A marketable byproduct from a process. Materials traditionally
considered to be waist but they can be repurposed as raw materials and a different
manufacturing process.
/.Demand control ventilation - Answer-A system designed to adjust the amount of
ventilation air provided to a space based on the extent of occupancy. The system
normally uses some type of sensors
/.Detention - Answer-The temporary storage of storm run off and the detention facility to
control Pete's discharge rates and provides gravity settling of pollutants. Provides a
gradual release of stored water at a controlled rate
/.Drainage easement - Answer-The legal rights granted by a land owner to a grantee,
commonly a governmental entity, allowing the use of private land for Stormwater
management
/.Embodied energy - Answer-The total energy required to extract produce fabricate and
deliver material to a job site including the collection of raw materials, the energy used to
, achieve extract and process the wrong materials, transportation from the original site to
the processing plant, that energy required to turn the wrong materials into a finish
product, and energy required to transport the material to the job site
/.Fee in Lieu - Answer-Payment of money by developer in place of meeting all or part of
stormwater performance standards
/.Hydraulic soil group - Answer-Soil, classification for run off potential A classification of
soil based on their potential for a run off with the really wet.
/.Infiltration - Answer-The process of percolating stormwater into the subsoil
/.Post consumer - Answer-Referring to a material or product that has served its intended
use it has been diverted recovered from Waze destined for disposal, having completed
its life as a consumer item
/.Postindustrial - Answer-Referring to materials generated in manufacturing processes,
such as trimmings or scrap, that have been recovered from solid waste
/.Recovered materials - Answer-Waste or buy products that have been recovered from
solid waste disposal. This term does not apply to materials that are generated or reused
within an original manufacturing process
/.Renewable product - Answer-A product that can be grown or naturally replenished at a
rate that exceeds human depletion of the resource
/.Sustainability - Answer-The condition of being able to meet the needs of the present
generation without compromising the needs of future generations
/.Watercourses - Answer-Any body of water such as the lake pond river or stream
/.Waterway - Answer-A channel that directs surface runoff to a watercourse or a public
storm drain
/.Potable water - Answer-Water that has been treated to make it suitable for drinking
/.Rainwater - Answer-Natural precipitation that falls on the site
/.Graywater - Answer-Waste water that is not from toilets and urinals but rather from
sinks showers bathtubs and clothes washing machines
/.Blackwater - Answer-Water containing toilet or urinal waste
/.Storm water management - Answer-The use of structural or nonstructural practices
designed to reduce stormwater runoff pollutant loads, discharge volumes, and peak flow
discharge rates
Annalemma - Answer-The figure 8 curve that represents the angular offset of the sun
from its mean position at as viewed from the earth
/.Balance Point Temperature - Answer-The outdoor temperature at which a building
makes the transition from a heating to a cooling need
/.Daylight autonomy - Answer-The percentage of an area that meets a minimum
daylight illuminance level or specified fraction of the operating hours per year. also
referred to as special daylight autonomy
/.Daylight factor - Answer-The ratio expressed as a percentage othe indoor aluminates
at a point on a horizontal surface to the unobstructed Exterior horizontal illuminance
/.Effective aperature - Answer-The product of visible transmittance and the window to
wall ratio
/.Equation of time - Answer-The factor used to account for the difference between solar
time and clock time. Solar time is based on the position of the sun. It's basic unit is the
solar day
/.Glazing factor - Answer-A LEED based number calculated by taking into account
window area, floor area, a window geometry factor, light transmission, and a window
height factor.
/.Ground light - Answer-Visible light from the sun and sky, reflected by exterior surfaces
below the plane of the horizon
/.Light shelf - Answer-A horizontal element position above eye level and designed to
reflect daylight on the ceiling for improved daylighting effectiveness
/.Net metering - Answer-The requirement that a utility pay and charge equal rates
regardless of which way electricity flows as a part of the utility Grid.
/.Radiation spectrum - Answer-The entire range of electromagnetic radiation extending
from 0 hz to 1023 hz. This includes visible light as well as infrared radiation, radio
waves, and gamma rays among others
/.Radiative cooling - Answer-Passive or active design strategy that uses thermal mass
to collect and store heat during the day for release at night. Also known as nocturnal
cooling and night cooled mass
,/.Shading coefficient - Answer-The ratio of the solar heat gain thru a glazing product to
the solar heat gain through an untreated 1/8 in clear double strength glass under the
same set of conditions. This is the value for the glass only, does not include the frame
/.Solar constant - Answer-The amount of solar energy that falls in our unit time on her
unit area that is 93,000,000 miles from the sun and orientated on a plane perpendicular
to the suns rays. The mean value of the solar constant is 433 btu/hr-ft
/.Solar heat gain coefficient - Answer-The ratio of the solar heat gain thru a fenestration
to the total solar radiation incident on the glazing.
/.Solar time - Answer-The time as defined by the sun and it's position relative to the
earth. Because the length of the solar day varies most reference the mean solar day as
a basis for timekeeping.
/.Solar savings fraction - Answer-The fraction of the total energy used by system that is
provided by solar technology. Represented by the variable F, it is a decimal fraction
from 0 to 1
/.Visible light transmittance - Answer-The fraction of visible light that passes through a
glazing material
/.Window to wall ratio - Answer-The ratio of the net glazing area in your room or space
to the gross exterior wall area
/.Work plane - Answer-This assumed height at which work is performed usually
considered to be at a desk height, 30 inches above the floor
/.Co product - Answer-A marketable byproduct from a process. Materials traditionally
considered to be waist but they can be repurposed as raw materials and a different
manufacturing process.
/.Demand control ventilation - Answer-A system designed to adjust the amount of
ventilation air provided to a space based on the extent of occupancy. The system
normally uses some type of sensors
/.Detention - Answer-The temporary storage of storm run off and the detention facility to
control Pete's discharge rates and provides gravity settling of pollutants. Provides a
gradual release of stored water at a controlled rate
/.Drainage easement - Answer-The legal rights granted by a land owner to a grantee,
commonly a governmental entity, allowing the use of private land for Stormwater
management
/.Embodied energy - Answer-The total energy required to extract produce fabricate and
deliver material to a job site including the collection of raw materials, the energy used to
, achieve extract and process the wrong materials, transportation from the original site to
the processing plant, that energy required to turn the wrong materials into a finish
product, and energy required to transport the material to the job site
/.Fee in Lieu - Answer-Payment of money by developer in place of meeting all or part of
stormwater performance standards
/.Hydraulic soil group - Answer-Soil, classification for run off potential A classification of
soil based on their potential for a run off with the really wet.
/.Infiltration - Answer-The process of percolating stormwater into the subsoil
/.Post consumer - Answer-Referring to a material or product that has served its intended
use it has been diverted recovered from Waze destined for disposal, having completed
its life as a consumer item
/.Postindustrial - Answer-Referring to materials generated in manufacturing processes,
such as trimmings or scrap, that have been recovered from solid waste
/.Recovered materials - Answer-Waste or buy products that have been recovered from
solid waste disposal. This term does not apply to materials that are generated or reused
within an original manufacturing process
/.Renewable product - Answer-A product that can be grown or naturally replenished at a
rate that exceeds human depletion of the resource
/.Sustainability - Answer-The condition of being able to meet the needs of the present
generation without compromising the needs of future generations
/.Watercourses - Answer-Any body of water such as the lake pond river or stream
/.Waterway - Answer-A channel that directs surface runoff to a watercourse or a public
storm drain
/.Potable water - Answer-Water that has been treated to make it suitable for drinking
/.Rainwater - Answer-Natural precipitation that falls on the site
/.Graywater - Answer-Waste water that is not from toilets and urinals but rather from
sinks showers bathtubs and clothes washing machines
/.Blackwater - Answer-Water containing toilet or urinal waste
/.Storm water management - Answer-The use of structural or nonstructural practices
designed to reduce stormwater runoff pollutant loads, discharge volumes, and peak flow
discharge rates
