Comments on: LEED Reference Standards Guide Chart: Cover your ASHRAE!

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:53:59 +0000

Hi Gary,

Actually, you’re right . This part of the website will be archived since it relates to LEEDv2.2. Thanks for the comment!

By: Gary Chu

Gary Chu — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:52:37 +0000

I think a bit of change on LEED-NC v3

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:36:44 +0000

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!

By: SE

SE — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:53:26 +0000

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.

By: Mathias

Mathias — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:20:46 +0000

Haha! Susan thats brilliant, there is no way in the world am going to forget that when I take my exams next Friday.

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:57:28 +0000

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!

By: Garrett

Garrett — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:19:20 +0000

Amy,

The chart is posted as an image in the body of the text above. Hope that helps!

By: amy

amy — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:16:51 +0000

Am I the only one that cant find the link to the chart on this page? Thanks.

By: steffy

steffy — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:39:37 +0000

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!

By: mariana

mariana — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:19:43 +0000

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

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:51:37 +0000

Thanks for making this wonderful chart. And congratulations on passing the exam! I take mine pretty soon.

By: OmarGreen

OmarGreen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:15:52 +0000

Alice! thx you so much! GREAT HELP your mnemonics!

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:03:56 +0000

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!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:46:32 +0000

Correct Darwin. The existing version will be used through at least March from what I hear.

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By: Darwin

Darwin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:04:15 +0000

I’m taking my exam on Feb 28th. It should be based on v2.2, right?

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:39:41 +0000

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!

By: perellush

perellush — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:53:21 +0000

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.

By: jutta

jutta — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:24:22 +0000

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!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:37:20 +0000

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?

By: a different Melissa

a different Melissa — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:42:24 +0000

Pat, there is something odd going on with the blue background of the chart–makes it hard to read.

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:04:32 +0000

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!

By: Kira

Kira — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:56:52 +0000

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!!

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:48:46 +0000

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!

By: Kira

Kira — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:52:17 +0000

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

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:53:29 +0000

Thanks Pat!

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:33:20 +0000

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!

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:23:50 +0000

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?

By: matt

matt — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:42:57 +0000

^Stacy, I love that stuff! If anybody else has mnemonics for memorizing, please post them

By: mikedee

mikedee — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:44:08 +0000

^^when choosing option B

By: mikedee

mikedee — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:43:42 +0000

Applies also to EA 1.3 Exemplary Performance

By: stacy

stacy — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:37:50 +0000

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.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:50:15 +0000

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…..:)

By: Stan

Stan — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:21:36 +0000

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.

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:53:20 +0000

Thank you for the charts. I think in lines, charts, and patterns and these are great!