LEED Green Associate Practice Test

What type of management strategy is required for compliance with refrigerant management?

1. Implementing new refrigerant types only

2. Refrigerant trade-off and refrigerant elimination

3. Utilizing ozone-depleting substances

4. Increasing refrigerant usage

The correct answer is: Refrigerant trade-off and refrigerant elimination

The correct choice involves refrigerant trade-off and refrigerant elimination, which aligns with LEED’s focus on sustainability and environmental stewardship. Refrigerant management aims to minimize the negative effects of refrigerants on the ozone layer and climate change. Utilizing refrigerant trade-offs means assessing existing refrigerants and substituting them with less harmful alternatives. Elimination focuses on reducing the use of harmful substances altogether. This combined approach is pivotal for strategies aimed at maintaining compliance with standards that govern refrigerant use, thus supporting both environmental and regulatory goals. The other options do not adhere to sustainable practices. Implementing new refrigerant types alone does not guarantee compliance if those types are still harmful; ozone-depleting substances should be avoided entirely; and increasing refrigerant usage goes against the principles of management aimed at reducing environmental impacts. Each of these alternatives fails to promote the necessary action toward responsible refrigerant management and compliance.