For the LEED AP Exam, you’ll need to memorize ALL of the referenced standards mentioned in the reference guide. Some LEED credits don’t reference any standards while others can reference quite a few. The most common LEED standard is the ASHRAE standard. Learn it, love it, take it out for a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner, sleep with it, get in fights with it and then apologize – even though you did nothing wrong…
Anyways – I made this handy dandy chart for you to help you memorize the ASHRAE standard.
Memorize it, and you’ll be that much further along. Do these charts help? Please offer any comments/suggestions/compliments/dislikes whatever! Best of luck to you. Cheers!
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Excellent post! I just finished taking similar notes for my own studies.
What about EA 2 for ASHRAE 90.1?
Thanks Bob! I appreciate that! I gave you credit for it in the table =)
The credit isn’t mentioned in the Intents, Requirements or Potential Technologies and Strategies… but it’s mentioned as the only referenced standard in the text.
This credit doesn’t apply to any particular prescription in the ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1-2004… but is related to the code nevertheless.
“On-site renewable or on-site recovered energy that might be used to capture EAc2 is handled as a SPECIAL CASE in the modelling process. If either renewable or recovered energy is produced at the site, the Performance Rating Method considers it free energy and it is not included in the Design Energy Cost. See the calculation section for details.”
So this one is tricky. ASHRAE is referenced… but the standard doesn’t actually apply to the issuance of the credit.
Adam, thank you for clearing this up for us as much as possible.
Great chart! Way easier to deal with. You described my relationship over the last few weeks with Ashrae perfectly! I was definitely mad at it…maybe need to take it out for drinks since it had me so wound up!
I agree, there are no reasons why ASHRAE 90 should be listed under EA2.
EA2 concerns on-site renewable energy compared to total energy consumed by the building.
Of course, they say in EA2 that the simulation in EA1 can be used, so indirectly it involves EA1 and ASHRAE 90, but I think it is a bit untrue.
If you list EA2, why dont you list EA6 also then?
Thank you for the charts. I think in lines, charts, and patterns and these are great!
It’s good to note that since 90.1-2004 and 62.1-2004 are both required in prerequisites and ALL prerequisites must be satisfied for any LEED certification, those two are the minimum standards that MUST be achieved for any project to be LEED certified.
Hi Stan
I am wondering that, are we supposed to learn everythning from section 5 to 11 ASHRAE 90.1.2004? Actually i am not getting the link to access Ashrae 90.1.2004. Pls Help…..:)
I don’t know if this will help anyone else, but I remember that 52.2 and 62 are about air with the phrase “sixty [fifty] two = phew (as in exhaling).” And it’s easy then to remember that 52.2 is one about filters, because FIfty–> FIlter.
Maybe this only works for my crazy brain, but I thought I’d through it out there.
Applies also to EA 1.3 Exemplary Performance
^^when choosing option B
^Stacy, I love that stuff! If anybody else has mnemonics for memorizing, please post them 🙂
Do we have to know the actual ASHRAE standard too, or do we just have to know which standard applies where. I have never seen any of these ASHRAE standards. Am I supposed to buy some other ASHRAE book to read and memorize them too?
Dylan,
For the ASHRAE standards, you should memorize what is exactly shown in this chart. You should know the particular standard, which credits they go to, and the keywords that go with them. This will give you a quick summary of each one without having to memorize all of the particular details of each one.
If you look at the reference guide, these ASHRAE standards are mentioned in each of the respective credits, with a short summary that you should read – but you don’t have to memorize all that is said in those summaries, just know the keywords and you’ll be fine.
Thanks and best of luck! Cheers!
Thanks Pat!
Hi there,
does this Ashrae chart pertain to LEED CI or just LEED NC, or all LEED areas?
I’m just starting out with the studying …
Thanks!
Kira
Hi Kira,
This chart is specifically for the LEED for NC exam, although it probably overlaps with LEED CI or LEED EB. You should double check your credits with whchever LEED Track other than LEED NC before using this chart. Feel free to make your own for the other tracks, it will help you!
Best of luck! Cheers!
Thanks Pat. I’m just starting out and delving into this, but studying for the Canadian exam, so I guess I need to be careful.
I’m finding more references to our CSA and ASTM standards than to ASHRAE, so far.
Also, I can’t seem to find an example of a LEED Letter Template: is there a different Template for each area of Certification?
I think your site is fantastic and agree with other users’ comments, write that book, LEED for Dummies!!
Hi Kira,
It’s funny you should say that. Make sure you come back to the website on October 1st, you might see a surprise. Hehe!
Anyways, quite a few people have used this site along with their Canadian Guides for the Canadian Exam, just again, make sure you double check each credit, but I do know a few, if not many, do overlap.
As far as letter templates, if you visit this website, you’ll see examples, compliments of the USGBC:
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1447
I hope this helps, and for everyone out there…October 1st! Hopefully!
Pat, there is something odd going on with the blue background of the chart–makes it hard to read.
I am using the greenexamprep.com for practice questions. The first time I take a test from the test pool, I am not doing very well. The after that I am calmed down and can think through the problems, did other people not do well on the practice tests the first time and then pass the exam its just practicing the probelms?
Elizabeth: just to add my cent’s worth to your question!
i studied more or less full-time for the exam for about 5 weeks and other than REGULARLY visiting intheleed and reviewing the reference guide probably three times, i also took the greenexamprep exams a good 4 times each set of questions. i did not score so well in the first set of practice exams, but they helped me enormously to discover where i still had weaknesses! when i took the last test exams, my score was around 98%. so keep going – review, revise and learn as much as you can!
i just sat my LEED exam this morning (and yes, i passed, first time round!) and it was tough – tougher than i had expected. they really test you on your overall understanding of not just requirements, intents, submittals etc. etc., but also in particularly on your understanding of the overall integration of the green building process and applying your knowledge to situations which are not straightforward (like in real life!). i am neither an engineer, nor an architect or anywhere from the professions (am an environmental economist), but being well prepared helped me make educated guesses on some of the questions, where i really didn’t know what they were talking about (the terminology they use in the test is not necessarily the same as in the reference guide)!
so, don’t panic, study hard, review, review, review and you’ll do well and pass first time round!
good luck!
Thanks everyone for all your comments. Thank you, Pat, for putting together this great website tool. I am sitting for my exam in less than 3 weeks and I am totally fricking out, but all the information that I find here is very helpful and encouraging.
Hi Pat,
I am currently studying for the Canadian version of LEED-CI. I’m wondering how different the Canadian and US exams are? Is it worth the money to buy the study guides, or is the material too different? Do you think your AP Walkthrough would help me? I don’t want to be studying the wrong material… Any idea if there are any Canadian study guides, practice tests, etc??
Thanks!
I’m taking my exam on Feb 28th. It should be based on v2.2, right?
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Correct Darwin. The existing version will be used through at least March from what I hear.
This is my little mnemonic for memorizing some of the ASHRAE – hope it helps.
Using the numbers to correspond to letters in the alphabet, eg A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.
ASHRAE 52.2: 52 = EB, Exterior of Building. Filters of building prevents dirt from exterior of building from getting in.
ASHRAE 55: 55 = EE, Escaping Excretion (ie, not sweating). If thermal comfort is achieved, you won’t sweat!
ASHRAE 62.1: 62 = FB, FaceBook. Facebook is a great place for people to vent, and vent relates to ventilation
ASHRAE 90.1: 90 = IO, Immense Option. The requirements for EA2 are immense, and there are many options. And for some reason, I remember it associated with Lighting and EAP2. Ok, this one is not as strong of a correlation.
My mnemonics are a little bit strange, but I find that stranger mnemonics stick better. Good luck with the exam, and thanks Pat, for providing such a wonderful resource!
Alice! thx you so much! GREAT HELP your mnemonics!
Thanks for making this wonderful chart. And congratulations on passing the exam! I take mine pretty soon.
Great comments Stacey and Alice. I hope you don’t mind I repeated them (with credit to you) on my blog. I also repeated some of the other fantastic information here on intheleed (with proper referencing of course!). But if anyone is looking for more crazy and somewhat ridiculous mnemonics, you can check out the ones I am using. My wordpress blog is called ‘somewhere down the line’ and the url just uses downtheline.wordpress.com. Keep the tips coming! Thanks, Mariana
i love this table!
pat, great work on this website! it certainly helped me pass my LEED exam (yesterday)… and it made studying the material more fun.
good luck to everyone else who hasn’t taken it!
Am I the only one that cant find the link to the chart on this page? Thanks.
Amy,
The chart is posted as an image in the body of the text above. Hope that helps!
for those of us taking the test in June 2009 – here is one more mnemonic to consider:
ASHRAE 55 – 55 years old is about the time women deal with menopause – menopause has lots of thermal issues.
Good luck!
Haha! Susan thats brilliant, there is no way in the world am going to forget that when I take my exams next Friday.
I see and hear a lot about knowing the ASHRAE Standards but I’m wondering if all the other codes and referenced organizations mentioned (EPAct, Montreal Protocol, SMACNA, FSC, etc) are equally important or if they really don’t get as much attention. I’m trying to determine what I have to memorize versus what I just need to recognize. Any info is appreciated.
To answer your question, YES, these charts help a lot!! I have to take the LEED exam tomorrow, and I’m going to cram tonight with all the information from this site. I’m also going to study the calculations – which I’d been ignoring. Thanks so much!
I think a bit of change on LEED-NC v3
Hi Gary,
Actually, you’re right . This part of the website will be archived since it relates to LEEDv2.2. Thanks for the comment!