The sooner you read these LEED AP v4 exam study tips from Alex Spilger, the sooner your preparation process will become easier and more effective...

1. Acing the LEEP AP v4 Exam
Key Study Lessons from the
“Father of LEED Exam Prep”

3. According to Alex Spilger,
the LEED Green Associate &
LEED AP exams require
different studying approaches.

4. Who is Alex Spilger?
Aka the “Father of LEED Exam Prep”…
Alex is the founder of
, LEED exam preparation and
project experience provider
Committed to excellence, Alex has taken
the LEED exam 22 times – more than
anyone else in the world!
He’s also worked on more than 100 LEED
projects & is a dedicated advocate for
the sustainable built environment.

5. Alex helps people at the world’s top
companies pass the LEED exams

6. Of course you are
FREE to choose
any LEED exam
prep provider on
the market!

7. Alex reports that the new
LEED v4 Green Associate
exam is Tricky…
…but new LEED v4 AP
BD+C exam is TOUGH.

8. Plan to spend at least 30-
40% more time studying &
memorizing for the LEED AP v4
exam than you did for the
LEED Green Associate exam.

9. And the new LEED v4 AP BD+C
exams are DIFFERENT from
the LEED 2009 exams…
1. More Detail
2. More Calculations
3. LEED Project Experience

10. 1. More Detail
While the LEED Green Associate exam tests you
holistically, with questions that come from multiple
sources...
The LEED AP v4 exams have much more detail and
cover new credits and information… and all of the
LEED AP v4 questions come from one document.

11. 100% of the
questions on the
LEED AP v4 exam
come from the
Reference Guide

12. The Problem is…
…The Reference
Guides are not
designed to be
study tools.
The BD+C
Reference Guide
is 800+ page
long!

13. The questions on the LEED
AP v4 exam come from 13
or so sections including...
Intents, Requirements,
Potential Technologies and
Strategies, Referenced
Standards,
Implementation,
Calculations, Exemplary
Performance, Definitions,
Changes from LEED 2009,
etc.
The LEED BD+C Reference
Guide is comprised of
multiple rating systems, but
LEED for New Construction
is the predominant focus…

14. HINT!
Your best strategy
is to use focused
study materials...
Not ones that
cover everything
about LEED and
green building.

15. 2. More Calculations
Difficult calculations are common on the LEED AP
v4 exams…
Questions you may encounter include not only
addition and subtraction, but also more complex
questions calculating densities per acre, FAR,
flush/flow rates, SRI, flushout requirements, green
power, carbon offsets, etc.

16. Speed matters!
The LEED AP v4 exam calculations may eat up
your exam time… You only have 2 hours.
Run your practice tests with a clock.

17. “The perfect is
the enemy of
the good.”
-Voltaire

18. HINT!
Your best strategy
is to seek out the
“best” answer,
instead of getting
stuck looking for
the “correct”
answer.

19. 3. Project Experience
The LEED v4 exams attempt to gauge
LEED project experience from within
the exam itself.
Don’t underestimate the
value of having worked on a
LEED project.

20. “Exposure to the LEED
project credit
calculations familiarized
me with the process and
helped me with the
more difficult exam
calculation questions.”
We’ve heard the following feedback from
LEED Project Experience attendees again and again…

21. This is exactly why GreenStep’s LEED v4 AP exam
preparation study guides include actual project
experience.
You’ll complete LEED credits
on real LEED projects in San Francisco.
These LEED credits are common to almost all
LEED certification projects.

22. Read more tips from Alex and get
practice tests from someone who
really knows the exam!
The more familiar you are with the test and
calculations, the faster you’ll be able to complete
each questions and move on.