LEED Green Associate, bring it on!

[ruskyline]

Just paid my $200.. Just to recap, I only need to read the Study Core Concepts Guide right? Anything else??

I'm a broke *** engineer who just graduated and I'd like to keep the cost low. So if you have any free site or any inexpensive book to refer I'd really appreciate it =]

Cheers :winko:

 

[malfurious]

I studied for the LEED AP Neighborhood Development. A few days before the test, I saw there was the whole step of green associate... I passed GA on my first attempt.

I highly suggest the practice exams from GBES:

www.gbes.com

 

[ruskyline]

I studied for the LEED AP Neighborhood Development. A few days before the test, I saw there was the whole step of green associate... I passed GA on my first attempt.

I highly suggest the practice exams from GBES:

www.gbes.com

hmm.. Maybe I'll get it for the AP, but spending $60 for GA Idk...

For GA, did you also go over the core concept? If so do you think it was helpful at all or no??

 

[malfurious]

I didn't study anything for GA. I was told the GA was the AP test minus the calculations (ie only conceptual questions). I was more focused on the AP portion and it paid off.

 

[John QPE]

Core Concepts is 95% of the test

 

[ruskyline]

Core Concepts is 95% of the test

Thanks you John =]

 

[justinp]

Since I'm done with the Cali PE now, I am going to go ahead and do the AP BD+C (yes I'm a study whore). Assume the exam is closed book? A month for studying sufficient if you have worked on LEED projects before?

 

[John QPE]

Closed book ........ a month is pretty aggressive in my opinion.

 

[hatamvietnam]

Hi

 

[iwire]

so, instead of taking both separately, should i got ahead just do the combined and study for the AP only?

 

[K19]

Just signed up to take the GA (sorry, Green Associate[SIZE=10pt]™)[/SIZE] exam in April at the behest of my employer, who's also footing the bill. Working primarily in civil/environmental/transportation we have very little use for LEED, though apparently there's some work on the horizon for which we need at least one credentialed person on the team - I realize the GA (sorry, Green Associate[SIZE=10pt]™)[/SIZE] is more or less a "hey, I know green building stuff & how LEED works" and doesn't carry any weight beyond that, though apparently it fulfills the requirement so... anyway this exam better be some straightforward shizzle, I've got 2 young kids at home so most of my Core Concepts reading will be while sitting on the toilet! (j/k but pretty close)

 

[lundy]

Just signed up to take the GA (sorry, Green Associate[SIZE=10pt]™)[/SIZE] exam in April at the behest of my employer, who's also footing the bill. Working primarily in civil/environmental/transportation we have very little use for LEED, though apparently there's some work on the horizon for which we need at least one credentialed person on the team - I realize the GA (sorry, Green Associate[SIZE=10pt]™)[/SIZE] is more or less a "hey, I know green building stuff & how LEED works" and doesn't carry any weight beyond that, though apparently it fulfills the requirement so... anyway this exam better be some straightforward shizzle, I've got 2 young kids at home so most of my Core Concepts reading will be while sitting on the toilet! (j/k but pretty close)

How did you do?