So you're ready to take the leap into a green building career with the LEED Green Associate exam? Great! Poplar Network is bringing you six great tips, tools and resources for acing the exam straight from their extensive webwork of eco-friendly professionals who have already been through it firsthand!

1. Acing the LEED
Green Associate Exam
6 Tips & Tools for Optimizing Success

2. Use the Right Guides
USGBC LEED GA Guide
• High level information
• Overly broad focus that
extends beyond exam questions
• Offers test specifications
Green Associate Study Guide
• Deep dives into specific topics
• Focuses content around
potential questions
• Prepares exam taker for actual
exam
To access the LEED GA
Study Guide, click here!
If you want to excel, you must first start with the right LEED study material.

3. Engage Web Forums
 AREForum.org
 Buildinggreen.com
 GreenBuildingTalk.com
 USBCG LEEDuser Forum
 4specs.com
 Designcommunity.com
Connect with others who have already taken LEED exams to get their advice!

4. Take Free Practice Exams
 Studies suggest that practice exams can boost
subsequent scores by as much as 10%.
 Experience the exam as it will actually be
administered.
 Get familiar with the questions and content - take
advantage of Poplar's free LEED GA practice exam
today!

5. Leverage Study Groups
 Collaborative approaches to
questions & study techniques
 Increased personal accountability
 Decreased chance of
procrastination
 Sharing common goals increases
odds of success
 Receive instant feedback
There are many benefits of group study:

6. Download Digital Flashcards
EcoFlash GA Lite
 Access 50 flashcards
 Practice anywhere, anytime
 Track the data you already know
 Track the data you need to
practice more

7. Participate in Webinars
 GreenStep and Green-
Buildings.com offer a free LEED GA
Exam Prep webinar hosted by Alex
Spilger.
 Spilger has taught more than 60
LEED exam prep courses and has
achieved a high score of 199/200.
 Sign-up for their next free webinar
today!

8. From all of us at Poplar,
good luck!
To access all of Poplar's LEED GA and LEED AP exam material and green
building professional network, CLICK HERE!