WIMSEE is Your Friend
February 8, 2008 – 10:00amSee the chart below? His name is WIMSEE. Memorize him, it’s easy! WIMSEE stands for each of the 6 LEED Categories as seen in the table of contents. This is a helpful way to easily visualize all of the credits and how many prerequisites and points are in each, as well as which ones require calculations.
You will be given 10 minutes, some scratch paper and some pencils before your exam to take a “learn how to use a computer” tutorial. Obviously, you know how to do this already, so take this time to do a “braindump” and write anything you’d like as fast as you can that you think will help you during the test. (This IS allowed. However, taking paper into the test location and/or outside from the test location is NOT!) I recommend writing WIMSEE first. Then you can branch off from it and get into more detail before you even start the exam.
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10 Responses to “WIMSEE is Your Friend”
Nice chart. Very helpful for everyone who needs to remember what credits they need.
By BloggerMC on Feb 9, 2008
Thanks MC. I cannot take credit for it, but I’m glad its up here for people’s use. I forgot where I saw this, but as you can tell, it definitely stuck in my head, which is what it’s exactly supposed to do. Cheers MC!
By Pat on Feb 9, 2008
Maybe I’m missing something here, but the info under the calcs column doesn’t seem right. For example, water efficiency credit 3 requires calculations of design case annual water use and baseline case water use, but the chart says no calcs are required.
By Crissy on Mar 31, 2008
Crissy, thanks for your comment. You’re right, something is weird here. Looking at it closely, pretty much each WE credit should be considered to require some sort of calculation. I’ll see if I can update the chart soon. Thanks!
By Pat on Mar 31, 2008
Pat,
Could you explain a bit here how it helps in the exam by knowing which credit requires calculation?
Many thanks!
Rachel
By Rachel on May 3, 2008
Hi Rachel,
It’s just handy to know in case you receive a question on exam day that involves a calculation and you forget which credit you should reference. Of the columns in the WIMSEE list, the calculations one is the least important.
By Pat on May 3, 2008
Hi pat,
Thank you for the explaination! Here is another general question. The familarity of the submittals is required for preparing the exam, right? Do we need to be very familiar with submittals for auditions as well? I find those kinds of info are so overwhelming. Since you didn’t include those stuffs in your study guide blank/semi blank card, does it imply that they are unlikely to be tested in the exam from your insight? Please clarify. Thank you very much!
Rachel
By Rachel on May 8, 2008
Hi Rachel,
When you say submittals, so you mean which phases (construction or design phase) each credit is submitted? If so, then yes, I believe that they aren’t really as important as all of the other information to learn. What do you mean by submittals for auditions? If by this you mean the application process, then I advise that you MUST learn about that. The application, CIR and appeal processes are some of the most asked topics on the test - but they aren’t that hard to understand, just check out the section I wrote about those here, if this is indeed what you are speaking of. if not, please clarify so I or anyone else can help =)
http://www.intheleed.com/leed-project-registration-cir-appeal/
Thanks again!
By Pat on May 9, 2008
Hi Pat,
Thanks for the advices.
I forgot to mention that I am preparing for Canadian LEED exam. I found Intheleed by chance 2 months ago and keep visiting here frequently. I have to say that this is the best Leed exam- supporting website except that it is based on US Leed version rather than the Canadian one. But anyway, I still like it. I just checked the US Leed reference guide and found that only submittals for application are included for each credit just after the credit requirement. However,in addition to application submittals, Canadian reference guide also include submittals for audition, when CAGBC wants to audit your application for any credit(s). Personally, I believe they are even less important than application submittals to know. But I will look them through just in case. Thank you so much, anyway!
Rachel
By Rachel on May 11, 2008
In the application review, the review team will pick 6 pr+cr for audit. Documentation will come in handy than to wait till the end.
By Lilian on Jun 17, 2008