The long-form section. You build something, and you prove you understand sustainable design.
Section 3 is the section that breaks pattern. It's longer, more involved, and you actually produce a deliverable. Plan your time differently than the other three.
The references behind every practice question in Section 3.
Canadian Handbook of Practice
LEED v4 for Building Design and Construction
Zero Carbon Building Design Standard v2
WELL Building Standard v2
RAIC sustainability primer
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Final Project is the longest single sitting of the ExAC. Plan time management like you would for a charette, not a quiz.
No. You need to understand the LEED framework, not be credentialed in it.
Yes, increasingly. Recent ExAC cycles have leaned harder on embodied carbon. Read the Reducing Embodied Carbon in Buildings primer.
Yes. Like all sections, you can retake just Section 3 if you fail it.
Each section is a separate test. Many candidates write them out of order.