US Green Building Council Exam LEED-AP-BD+C Topic 2 Question 9 Discussion

Actual exam question for US Green Building Council's LEED-AP-BD+C exam

Question #: 9
Topic #: 2

Which of the following Building Product Disclosure and Optimization credits under the Materials and Resources category would a project team achieve by using insulation material that is cradle-to-cradle V3 Gold certified?

AMaterial Ingredients, Option 2. Leadership Extraction Practices and Environmental Product Declarations, Option 1. Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)

BMaterial Ingredients, Option 1. Material Ingredient Reporting and Material Ingredients, Option 2. Material Ingredient Optimization

CSourcing of Raw Materials, Option 1. Raw Material Source and Extraction Reporting and Material Ingredients, Option 2. Material Ingredient Optimization

DSourcing of Raw Materials, Option 2. Leadership Extraction Practices and Material Ingredients, Option 2. Material Ingredient Optimization

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Suggested Answer: B

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Cradle-to-cradle certification (Gold level) meets the requirements for Material Ingredient Optimization under Option 2. It demonstrates the product's compliance with advanced environmental standards, supporting the LEED focus on transparency and optimization of building materials to minimize their environmental and human health impacts.

by Denae at Jan 27, 2025, 04:21 AM

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Latrice

13 days ago

I agree with Yuki, D seems like the correct choice.

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Yuki

17 days ago

But D includes Leadership Extraction Practices, which is important for the credit.

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Antione

17 days ago

I'm going with C. Sourcing of Raw Materials and Material Ingredient Optimization cover the cradle-to-cradle certification requirement.

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Dominga

4 days ago

That makes sense. C seems like the right choice for cradle-to-cradle certification.

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Roxane

22 days ago

B looks good to me. Material Ingredient Reporting and Material Ingredient Optimization are the obvious choices here.

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Natalya

27 days ago

Hmm, I think the answer is D. Cradle-to-cradle certification means the material is optimized for its ingredients, so that should satisfy the Material Ingredients, Option 2 requirement.

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