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Cost: For each full LEED AP Exam which includes LEED Green Free LEED AP v4
Associate domains as well as concepts specific LEED AP costs $400 Exam Study Tips
($550 for non-USGBC members). If you already passed the LEED
Green Associate Exam, you pay $250 ($350 for non-USGBC
members).
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Scheduling: You can schedule the LEED GA exam at any time.
There are no pre-set dates because the exam is delivered to you at a
computer terminal at a local Prometric testing center. Prometric Q&A.
testing centers are available throughout the U.S. and globally.
Practice Questions for
Passing Score: You must answer 100 multiple choice questions with LEED AP BD+C
a passing score of 85% (170 out of 200). If you have not already
passed the Green Associate exam.
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Content: It is a two Green Associate
(2) hour exam with
100 questions, as
described above. LEED AP ID+C Exam
However, the preparation
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Associate exam
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the more advanced
four hour LEED AP LEED AP Exam Prep
with Specialty
exam. For LEED LEED BD+C Exam
AP with Specialty Prep
exam takers, the LEED GA exam is the first two hour portion of the
four hour LEED AP exam process. If you are taking the LEED AP
exam and you are not currently a LEED Green Associate credential LEED ID+C Exam Prep
holder, you'll take the LEED Green Associate exam first. (Note: If you
do not pass the LEED Green Associate portion of the test during the
four-hour period, you will not earn the LEED AP credential).
LEED O+M Exam Prep
Language: The exams are available in English, French, Spanish,
Brazilian Portuguese, Arabic and Chinese.
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Credit Categories
• Location and
Transportation (LT)
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• Innovation (IN)
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You can review exam detail in the USGBC LEED v4 BD+C Candidate
Handbook. Each part of the exam contains 100 randomly delivered
multiple choice questions based on the following Task and
Knowledge Domains.
Task Domains
LEED Project and Team Coordination (22%)
• Assess the applicability of a LEED rating system to a project
• Provide leadership to help determine applicability of specific LEED
credits to a project
• Match expertise of project team members to specific credits
• Identify the LEED-specific baseline project parameters from the
respective rating system (e.g., Full Time Equivalent, project area)
• Develop preliminary scorecard relative to project sustainability goals
• Support and encourage integrative design processes
• Be a resource for LEED credit achievement (e.g., provide
resources, training, tools, demonstrations of sample credits)
• Coordinate amongst multiple disciplines when attempting LEED
credit achievement
• Monitor and review project and team progress at appropriate
intervals
• Identify opportunities for integrative design and/or credit synergies
• Identify potential for costs incurred through LEED process
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• Energy efficiency
– Assemblies/components (e.g., building envelope, HVAC,
windows, insulation)
– Operational energy efficiency (e.g., schedules, set points,
interactions between systems)
– Commissioning (e.g., commissioning authority (CxA); owner’s
project requirements (OPR); basis of design (BOD); monitoring-based
commissioning; envelope commissioning)
• Demand response (e.g., grid efficiency and reliability; demand
response programs; load shifting)
• Alternative and renewable energy (e.g., on-site and off-site
renewable energy; photovoltaic; solar thermal; wind; low-impact
hydroelectricity; wave and tidal energy; green power, carbon offsets)
• Energy performance management
– Advanced energy metering (e.g., energy use measurement,
building automation controls)
– Operations and management (e.g., training of staff, operations
and maintenance plan)
– Benchmarking (e.g., metrics used; proposed building
performance rating/ baseline building performance rating; comparing
building energy performance against similar buildings or historical
data; tools and standards [ASHRAE, CBECS, Portfolio Manager])
• Environmental concerns: resource and ozone depletion (e.g.,
sources and energy resources [oil, coal, and natural gas]; renewable
and nonrenewable resources; chlorofluorocarbons [CFCs] and other
refrigerants; stratospheric ozone layer)
• Energy model as a tool
• Process loads (e.g. elevator, refrigeration, etc.)
• Iterative optimization
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glass, plastics, and metals]; safe storage areas for batteries and
mercury-containing lamps)
• Environmental concerns of materials (e.g., where materials came
from, how they are used/exposures, and where they might
go/impacts)
• LEED® Professional Candidate Handbook
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Studying for the LEED AP exams is different from that of the LEED
Green Associate exam. As we have established, the LEEP AP exam
is more difficult than the LEED Green Associate Exam. It covers more
specialized information and requires you to memorize more material.
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While you could review the 800+ page USGBC BD+C Reference
Guide, we also provide extensive study material which covers the
above Knowledge and Tasks Domains. Our LEED v4 BD+C Super
Study Pack with Project Experience ($129.99) includes a focused
LEED v4 BD+C study guide, 200 BD+C Exam Questions in Exam
Simulator format with detailed feedback, and LEED Project
Experience.
Below you’ll find information about our Super Study Packs for LEED
BD+C, ID+C and O+M which include useful guides, full length
practice exams, and project experience information that will help you
prepare. For more information, click the icons below.
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If you are using one of our Super Study Packs mentioned above, we
recommend spending about 60% of your time using the Poplar Study
Guide, videos, flashcards and MP3s and 40% of your time taking
practice exams before test day. When taking the practice exams,
make sure to allot two hours to take the exam. This will prepare you
for the actual exam.
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Once you have completed the sample exam below, you will receive a
copy of the answer key from us via email. It is recommended that you
keep taking the practice exams until you are comfortably scoring
between 95-100%.
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Memorization Strategies
Memorization is key in any of the LEED exams... Indeed, if you plan
on taking both exams in one sitting, you will have to memorize data
from hundreds of pages of information in the LEED Green Associate
and LEED AP specialty material.
Learning Styles
While people can memorize things in a
variety of ways, you may prefer audio over
reading, or watching over listening, or a
combination of each. Considering how you
prefer to learn the LEED material will help
you make the most of your study time:
We offer study materials from study guides to mp3s and videos that
will benefit learners within each category.
Mnemonic Devices
Mnemonic devices can be silly and even illogical, but their main
purpose is to help you memorize information. The following examples
will help you memorize important and difficult LEED concepts.
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Acronyms
Acronyms are a specific type of mnemonic device that involves
creating a word or phrase out of a list of ideas, concepts, or things.
For example, Roy G. Biv stands for the colors red, orange, green,
blue, indigo and violet.
This can also work for memorizing fixtures and their baselines for the
Water Efficiency Prerequisite: Indoor Water Use Reduction Credit.
S.T.U.F.F 2.0: Showerheads (2.5 leq), Toilets (1.6 gpf), Urinals (1.0
gpf), Faucets (gpm for private /1.5 gpm for public), Fixtures. This
acronym standards for each fixture and 2.0 helps you remember that the
fixture must use 20 percent less water than the normal baselines for each
fixture.
Memory Palace
The Memory
Palace is a
technique used by
memorization
experts to
associate known
ideas with
unknown ideas.
The "Palace"
comes from the
fact that people
naturally and subconsciously memorize spatial information.
For instance, think about how well you know you know every detail in
your home or office space. The Memory Palace utilizes this effortless
ability to remember spatial information by associating unfamiliar items
with a place you are familiar with. For example:
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Brain Dump
Brain dumping is a
useful technique
that you can do
right before you
begin the exam.
The information will be there for you to reference, and you will not
have to worry about forgetting the information during the exam.
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