According to Location and Transportation Credit, Sensitive Land Protection, Option 2: Floodplains requirement, projects that do not have legally adopted flood hazard maps should locate on a site that is:

• A.Entirely outside any floodplain subject to a 1% or greater chance of flooding in any given year
• B.Within a floodplain subject to a 3% or greater chance of flooding every other year
• C.Outside any floodplain subject to a 2% or greater chance of flooding in any given 5-year period
• D.Entirely outside any floodplain subject to a 3% or greater chance of flooding in any given 10-year period

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A luxury hotel project is in the design phase and is located on a scenic waterfront. It is one point away from attaining LEED Platinum certification. The LEED AP is recommending that the team pursue Innovation Credit, Innovation, Option 3. Additional Strategies. Which of the following credits would be desirable considering the location of the project?

• A.Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Optimize Energy Performance, Exemplary Performance
• B.Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Quality Views, Exemplary Performance
• C.Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Acoustic Performance, Exemplary Performance
• D.Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Enhanced Commissioning, Exemplary Performance

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A project team develops a site plan for a school project with an athletic field and a playground with real grass.
In order to qualify for the Water Efficiency Prerequisite, Outdoor Water Use Reduction, the landscape area calculations:

• A.Must include the athletic field and playground
• B.May include the playground but must exclude the athletic field
• C.Must include the playground but exclude the athletic field
• D.May include or exclude the athletic field and the playground

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A project's total site area is 240,000 ft2 (22 297 m2) and the building footprint is 40,000 ft2 (3 716 m2). How much outdoor space and vegetated space must it provide to earn Sustainable Sites Credit, Open Space?

• A.60,000 ft2 (5 574 m2) of outdoor space of which 15,000 ft2 (1 394 m2) must be vegetated
• B.60,000 ft2 (5 574 m2) of outdoor space of which 50,000 ft2 (4 645 m2) must be vegetated
• C.72,000 ft2 (6 689 m2) of outdoor space of which 18,000 ft2 (1 672 m2) must be vegetated
• D.72,000 ft2 (6 689 m2) of outdoor space of which 60,000 ft2 (5 574 m2) must be vegetated

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Water Efficiency Prerequisite, Outdoor Water Use Reduction, Option 2. Reduced Irrigation, requires that a project's landscape water requirement be reduced by what percentage from the calculated baseline for the project site's peak watering month?

• A.20%
• B.25%
• C.30%
• D.40%

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