Last weekend I took the LEED AP Building Design + Construction (BD+C) exam, and, mercifully, passed. (Something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving!) I have two purposes in this post: first, to describe my study process for anyone else who's interested, and second, to reflect on the exam at a higher level, to consider whether it's a worthwhile use of one's time. Exam Prep I passed the LEED Green Associate exam back in 2013, at the end of graduate school, and have been maintaining my credential since then through continuing ed and actual project experience. I recently completed the LEED certification process for two projects at my office and am working on a third. Overall, I felt that I had a solid foundation of understanding coming in to the exam prep. I gave myself two months to prepare and used two different study guides: Gang Chen's "LEED v4 BD+C Exam Guide," plus his sample test book, and Fulya Kocak Gin's "LEED AP BD+C Exam Preparation...
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