I really enjoyed the classes! But how do I go about getting my certificate so i can take my test? Please let me know. Thanks!

My boyfriend and I passed today with 175 and 173 scores. We are AICP City Planners and studied a total of 3 weeks using this site, a reference guide and hand-me-down materials. Although 3 weeks doesn’t seem that long we had extra time on our hands. We agree with most everyone’s posts that the test was tricky and we don’t really know which questions we got right/wrong. We are exhausted now, but happy!

Thanks Pat, the “brain dump” before the test worked well for me. Though I was referred to this site a few days ago, this proved useful to me. Keep up the good work!

187.

WOOHOO!!!!!

Thanks to Pat and all the other people who posted helpful practice questions. Also, GEP was a godsend. It was VERY similar to the test I took.

P.S. the fly ash question above was on my exam.

Champagne time!!

recycling: “The collection, reprocessing, marketing and use of materials that were diverted or recovered from a waste stream”

It’s not building reuse because this fly ash comes burning coal at a power plant. It’s not a rapidly renewable resource because it isn’t an agricultural product.

270 plus 100 equals 380 which is within the 500 miles radius if that’s right.

“source as a raw material within 500 mile-radius of the project site”

It asks you to pick two answers… other choices are

recycled content
building reuse
regional materials
or rapidly renewable materials

is concrete rapidly renewable? does it apply to recycled content? or building reuse no? I am going to appeal this question- anyone have any thought?

Have to say that the test was really tricky and you had to read each question 2 or 3 times to work out what it was getting at. The greenexamprep.com site was helpful but the real thing was harder.

Good luck to everyone still waiting to sit their exam today!

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If a client thinks their Architect needs to be LEED home, then Architects will notice. I just finished a $1 million dollar renovation of a small Victorian house. The owner was interested in being energy efficiency and having a small home but didn’t care if the project was certified. Maybe he will care in 6 or 12 months? I don’t know.

The one project I helped design was rated LEED silver 2 or three years ago but was designed 9 years ago. Again, I’ll do this if it helps keep good projects coming in and food on the table…

I totally agree with you. With all the fees they will get from everyone re-taking the test, new book, testing fee, seminar, whatever…USGBC seems to care more about another type of green.

This is getting ridiculous. And it’s getting expensive. I wish clients right now were interested in spending the money.

“Enter information for a LEED project with which you have participate in the last three years. You are required
to provide the name of the LEED Project, the city, state (ZZ if outside the US and Canada), and country, the
LEED Rating System under which the project was registered/certified, and the project’s start date. You are also
required to upload a letter from a supervisor/client/project manager describing your activities or role on the
LEED project. (See Eligibility Requirements on the next page for more information.) Press “Submit.”
Select whether you would like special testing accommodations based on the Americans with Disabilities Act
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(ADA). (See Special Testing Accommodations on page 13 for more information.) Press “Submit.”
Review your exam application. You may return to the main menu and leave your application incomplete;
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however, your application will not be processed until it is completed and submitted. Once you have
confirmed that all information is correct and all documentation is uploaded, press “Submit.”
Read GBCI’s Terms and Conditions, Disciplinary Policy, and CMP Guidelines. Affirm that you have read and
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agree to all documents by electronic signature. Press “Submit.”
Select the credit or debit card type (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover) with which you will pay
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the $100 non-refundable LEED AP application fee. Press “Pay fee.”
Enter the card number, expiration date, name, and billing address of the credit or debit card with which you
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will pay the non-refundable application fee. Press “Process Payment.” Do NOT hit the button more than once;
doing so may cause multiple charges on your credit or debit card.
You will receive an on-screen notification that your application is complete and will be provided with your
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application reference number.
You will receive notice within seven days that your application is approved or, if more information is required,
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incomplete. If your application is approved, you can proceed to registration. (See Registering for an Exam on
page 14.) If the application is denied or expires (see Application Period on the next page), you must wait 90
days before reapplying. ”

I think I am gonna sit it out…

They want you to have worked on a LEED project within the last 3 years. If you haven’t?

I don’t think that you can take it. I am sure they’ll offer you some $400 seminar in its place. I don’t like where I see this going. We don’t need another bureaucracy.

I was scoring in the 80-90 percentile on the greenexamprep practice tests, and ended up with a range from 75-89 for the actual exam… Questions are worded rather poorly, but everything you need to know is on there. Make sure you review the synergies page on this website, those questions are the lengthy and tough ones that you have to re-read a few times.
Good luck everyone!!

I didn’t know what that was before today.

Can we sign up or do we have to “intern” or something?