See the chart below? His name is WIMSEE. Memorize him, it’s easy! WIMSEE stands for each of the 6 LEED Categories as seen in the table of contents . This is a helpful way to easily visualize all of the credits and how many prerequisites and points are in each. It’s a great way to start and organize everything right off the bat.
You will be given 10 minutes, some scratch paper and some pencils before your exam to take a "learn how to use a computer" tutorial. Obviously, you know how to do this already, so take this time to do a "braindump" and write anything you’d like as fast as you can that you think will help you during the test. (This IS allowed. However, taking paper into the test location and/or outside from the test location is NOT!) I recommend writing WIMSEE first. Then you can branch off from it and get into more detail before you even start the exam.
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Nice chart. Very helpful for everyone who needs to remember what credits they need.
Thanks MC. I cannot take credit for it, but I’m glad its up here for people’s use. I forgot where I saw this, but as you can tell, it definitely stuck in my head, which is what it’s exactly supposed to do. Cheers MC!
Maybe I’m missing something here, but the info under the calcs column doesn’t seem right. For example, water efficiency credit 3 requires calculations of design case annual water use and baseline case water use, but the chart says no calcs are required.
Crissy, thanks for your comment. You’re right, something is weird here. Looking at it closely, pretty much each WE credit should be considered to require some sort of calculation. I’ll see if I can update the chart soon. Thanks!
Pat,
Could you explain a bit here how it helps in the exam by knowing which credit requires calculation?
Many thanks!
Rachel
Hi Rachel,
It’s just handy to know in case you receive a question on exam day that involves a calculation and you forget which credit you should reference. Of the columns in the WIMSEE list, the calculations one is the least important.
Hi pat,
Thank you for the explaination! Here is another general question. The familarity of the submittals is required for preparing the exam, right? Do we need to be very familiar with submittals for auditions as well? I find those kinds of info are so overwhelming. Since you didn’t include those stuffs in your study guide blank/semi blank card, does it imply that they are unlikely to be tested in the exam from your insight? Please clarify. Thank you very much!
Rachel
Hi Rachel,
When you say submittals, so you mean which phases (construction or design phase) each credit is submitted? If so, then yes, I believe that they aren’t really as important as all of the other information to learn. What do you mean by submittals for auditions? If by this you mean the application process, then I advise that you MUST learn about that. The application, CIR and appeal processes are some of the most asked topics on the test – but they aren’t that hard to understand, just check out the section I wrote about those here, if this is indeed what you are speaking of. if not, please clarify so I or anyone else can help =)
http://www.intheleed.com/leed-project-registration-cir-appeal/
Thanks again!
Hi Pat,
Thanks for the advices.
I forgot to mention that I am preparing for Canadian LEED exam. I found Intheleed by chance 2 months ago and keep visiting here frequently. I have to say that this is the best Leed exam- supporting website except that it is based on US Leed version rather than the Canadian one. But anyway, I still like it. I just checked the US Leed reference guide and found that only submittals for application are included for each credit just after the credit requirement. However,in addition to application submittals, Canadian reference guide also include submittals for audition, when CAGBC wants to audit your application for any credit(s). Personally, I believe they are even less important than application submittals to know. But I will look them through just in case. Thank you so much, anyway!
Rachel
In the application review, the review team will pick 6 pr+cr for audit. Documentation will come in handy than to wait till the end.
Does WE c3 has 2 exemplary pts or 1?
can someone pl. clarify the above question…thanks
@greenair
WEc3.2 has one exemplary point option (if you meet WEc3.2 (30%) you meet the requirements for WEc3.1 (20%) as well, automatically).
See this post for more details:
http://www.intheleed.com/leed-exemplary-performance/
Good luck!
I think that wud be for regular points(2) but for exemplary the % shud be 40% instead of 30% for WE 3.2. right???
Anyway Thanks for this website Pat,it is very helpful.
Sorry greenair, I can see how my last comment is confusing.
To clarify, there is ONE exemplary performance option for WEc3 by achieving a 40% reduction. If you achieve 40%, you get 3 points total because the 40% exceeds the 30% requirement for WEc3.2 and the 20% requirement for WEc3.1.
Pat,
Great web site! From what I can see there are errors in the cal’s req’d column for all the categories, excluding “I”. I’m taking the exam in November, read thru the ref. guide and now it’s time to study!
Really useful website for someone getting a bit nervous about taking the exam next month! I am confused about the pre-requisites – do they each have carry one credit which contributes to the overall scoring? Or, as per the WIMSEE table, are they excluded from scoring? Some clarification would be great, thanks
Hi Bex,
To clarify, the prerequisites are separate and excluded from the scoring and points for LEED Certification.
Good luck!
thanks!
Hello,
What types of study material should I use to prepare myself for the LEED AP exam for NC. i bought the reference guide version 2.2 and am planning to take the test in march. I just graduated from UCSB so im not very experienced in this field but i did volunteer along side people who were leed certified. Pleasee tell me all that i need to prepare for this exam. Thanks!
Hi,
I have a studied through Pat’s book and prepared my own notes. I’m getting a 57-60% on the test right now. While going thru the test I realized that I did not know very many concepts or some minute details. Do you recommend me reading theough the entire reference manual for the test? I have a test in two weeks. Please advice.
Pat,
Thanks for all the updates. On your WIMSEE Template, I notice you did not list the number of credits within each category. Do you need to know that for the LEED NC 2.2 Test?
Pat.. Everything on your site is awesome! Thank you!
I see people referring to the calculations column of this chart, but do not see it included above. Am I missing something?
Thanks,
Rachel
How do you count the credits in each category?
By strategy?
For example for WE would you say there are 3 creadits or 5?
Thanks
Flora
Flora, each credit (such as WE Credit 1.1 or WE Credit 2) is equal to 1 point, except for EA Credit 1 which can be worth up to 10 points, and EA Credit 2 which can be worth up to 3 points. Therefore, for the WE category, there are 5 possible points.
Hope your studying goes well!
Patrick
Patrick, thanks for your answer; my question was not about the possible points but how you count the number of credits when there are subs such as WEc1.1, WEc1.2.
Remaining on the WE category:
Q: How many points?
A: 5 possible points (WEc1.1, WEc1.2, WEc2, WEc3.1 and WEc3.2)
Q: how many credits?
A: are they 5 (same as th epossible points) or 3 (WEc1.1, WEc1.2, WEc2, WEc3.1 and WEc3.2) by strategy (WE1, WE2 and WE3)?
Thanks again
Flora
Flora–that confused me too. I have been studying like crazy, but then I missed what is probably an easy question like that on a recent quiz I took.
I THINK that there are 3 credits in the question you ask above.
I just started getting my head into the material for LEED Canada -NC 1.0. I’ve been trying to access the http://www.intheleed.com website, but the message is “410 Gone”.
Where did it go?…
Hi Cam. Intheleed.com was changed to academy.com. The link I think you’re looking for is here:
http://www.greenexamacademy.com/tableofcontents/
Hope that helps. best of luck to you!
i think WE has one prerequisite; water use reduction 20%