Guide to the LEED® AP Operations and Maintenance (O+M) Exam -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: RAMPING UP -- CHAPTER 1 UNDERSTANDING THE CREDENTIALING PROCESS -- The Tiers of the Credentialing Process -- The First Tier of the Credentialing System: LEED Green Associate -- The Second Tier of the Credentialing System: LEED Accredited Professional with Specialty -- The Third Tier of the Credentialing System: LEED Fellow -- The Application Process -- Apply! -- Register! -- Schedule! -- CHAPTER 2 SUSTAINABILITY AND LEED BASICS REVIEW -- The Triple Bottom Line -- Do Green Buildings Cost More? -- USGBC and GBCI -- CHAPTER 3 THE LEED FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS: OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE RATING SYSTEM -- LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (LEED EBOM) -- Alterations and Additions -- Categories of LEED -- Prerequisites and Credits -- Credit Weightings -- The LEED Certification Process -- LEED-Online -- Registration -- Credit Submittal Templates -- Credit Interpretation Requests and Rulings -- Certification Review -- The EBOM Process -- Policies -- PART II: DIVING IN: THE STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES OF LEED EBOM -- CHAPTER 4 SUSTAINABLE SITES -- Site Design -- Site Design in Relation to LEED Compliance -- Site Management and Maintenance -- Site Management and Maintenance in Relation to LEED Compliance -- Transportation -- Transportation in Relation to LEED Compliance -- Stormwater Management -- Stormwater Management in Relation to LEED Compliance -- SS Study Worksheets -- CHAPTER 5 WATER EFFICIENCY -- Indoor Water Use -- Indoor Water Use in Relation to LEED Compliance -- Water Consumption Monitoring -- Water Consumption Monitoring in Relation to LEED Compliance -- Outdoor Water Use for Irrigation -- Outdoor Water Use in Relation to LEED Compliance -- Process Water -- Process Water Use in Relation to LEED Compliance.

WE Study Worksheets -- CHAPTER 6 ENERGY AND ATMOSPHERE -- Monitoring and Improving Building Energy Performance -- Monitoring and Improving Building Energy Performance in Relation to LEED Compliance -- Eliminating Chlorofluorocarbons -- Eliminating Chlorofluorocarbons in Relation to LEED Compliance -- Renewable Energy -- EA Study Worksheets -- CHAPTER 7 MATERIALS AND RESOURCES -- Facilities Alterations and Additions -- Sustainable Purchasing -- Sustainable Purchasing in Relation to LEED Compliance -- Calculating Compliance for MR Credits 1, 2, and 3 -- Solid Waste Management -- Solid Waste Management in Relation to LEED Compliance -- MR Study Worksheets -- CHAPTER 8 INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY -- Indoor Air Quality Management -- IAQ Management Strategies in Relation to LEED Compliance -- Occupant Comfort -- Occupant Comfort in Relation to LEED Compliance -- Green Cleaning -- Green Cleaning in Relation to LEED Compliance -- EQ Study Worksheets -- CHAPTER 9 INNOVATION IN OPERATIONS AND REGIONAL PRIORITY -- Innovation in Operations -- IO Credit 1: Innovation or Exemplary Performance -- IO Credit 2: LEED Accredited Professional -- IO Credit 3: Documenting Sustainable Building Cost -- Regional Priority -- IO Study Worksheets -- PART III: STUDY TIPS AND APPENDICES -- CHAPTER 10 STUDY TIPS -- Preparing for the LEED AP O+M Exam: Week Eight -- Practice Exam Approach -- The Testing Center Environment -- Exam Structure -- When at the Testing Center -- Exam Scoring -- After the Exam -- APPENDICES -- A Sample LEED EBOM Scorecard -- B Minimum Program Requirements (MPRs) for the EBOM Rating System -- C Main Category Summaries -- D Related Prerequisites and Credits for EBOM -- E Exemplary Performance for LEED EBOM -- F Referenced Standards of LEED EBOM -- G Answers to Quiz Questions -- H Abbreviations and Acronyms -- I Sample Credit -- CREDITS -- INDEX.

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