A practice deck built directly from the USGBC v5 rating system. Shipped April 28, 2026 — the same day the v5 beta exam launched. Not six months after. Every card cites its source. Every question maps to an objective domain.
Everything in the deck — plus the timed practice exams and full study guide PDF.
The Green Associate is the foundational LEED credential. v5 keeps that scope but rewrites the content around impact-area thinking — decarbonization, ecology, and quality of life. Integrative process is now a prerequisite mindset, not a standalone credit.
Beta exam launched. Results delayed during the beta period; USGBC sets the cut score from beta-cohort performance.
U.S. Green Building Council writes the rating system; Green Building Certification Institute administers the credential.
Beta discount available — confirm current fee at USGBC. Re-test fee is lower than the first-attempt fee.
Online or Prometric/PSI testing center. English only at beta launch. 85 of 100 are scored; the rest are pretest items.
Plan toward the high end during the v5 transition — there's no v4-era memorization shortcut you can reuse.
USGBC exam info page — cited on every product page on this site.
Passing score is set after the beta period; USGBC does not publish a historical Green Associate pass rate. We will not publish a pass-rate figure we cannot cite.
Scenario-based, same format as the real exam. Explanations on every answer. No email required to play — we only ask at the end if you want the cheat-sheet PDF.
10 scenario-based questions pulled from the published U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) source material. About 6 minutes. Full explanations on every answer. No email required to play.
You saw 10 questions. The full Exam Relay LEED v5 Green Associate deck has 551 cards covering 461 distinct LEED v5 concepts — scenario-based, explanation on every answer, citation on every source.
We're the newest v5 prep on the market. Incumbents have longer LEED histories and more v4 material. Here's an honest side-by-side.
| Exam Relay $27 deck · $37 bundle |
GBES $99–$249 |
Projectific $99+ |
GBRI $199+ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| v5-specific (not v4 reskinned) | Yes — built against v5 from day one | Transitioning | Transitioning | Transitioning |
| Shipped on or before April 28, 2026 beta | Yes | No | No | No |
| Pass-or-refund guarantee | Full refund with GBCI fail proof (90 days) | Limited | Limited | Limited |
| Source citation on every card | Yes — USGBC v5 rating system | No | No | Partial |
| Independent of USGBC | Yes (we cite; we do not represent) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Competitor pricing and features are current as of April 2026 and sourced from each vendor's public pricing page. We recommend using more than one prep source; we do not claim to be a full study replacement.
Spaced-retrieval cards covering the full LEED v5 rating system. Every card cites the v5 rating system section it tests.
Pass-faster reference for candidates 2–4 weeks out. Exam at a glance, high-yield concepts, 5 things most candidates miss, day-of mental model.
One-page checklist: what to bring, prerequisite-vs-credit trap list, pacing plan, and the reasoning frameworks you want fresh in your head when you sit down.
Three 100-question timed practice exams built to the USGBC handbook's 8-domain blueprint. The $27 launch deck stays available for buyers who only want the flashcards + cheat sheet.
Every objective domain in long-form prose — the "open this when the flashcard answer surprised you" reference. Directly cross-referenced to the deck.
When USGBC publishes additional v5 guidance during the beta period, we update the deck. You get every new version at no extra charge.
The candidates who pass aren't the ones who read the rating system the most. They're the ones who practiced retrieval under exam conditions, early and often.
Use the free 10-question quiz above. Score it honestly. The domains where you scored worst are exactly where you start — not where you finish. Most candidates over-study the categories they already know.
551 cards at 20/day is ~17 days. The deck schedules cards you got wrong sooner than cards you got right — that's the whole point of spaced retrieval. Don't binge one domain in a sitting; the wins compound when domains rotate.
Every card has a citation back to the v5 rating system source. When you miss one, open the source — read the surrounding context, not just the answer. The exam tests reasoning, not memorization, so the surrounding context is where most of the points live.
The $37 full bundle includes three 100-question timed practice exams aligned to the USGBC handbook's 8-domain blueprint — sit each untimed first to read explanations, then re-take strict-timed (120 minutes) to simulate the real exam.
By exam morning, the work is done. The cheat-sheet PDF is one page; reading it sets the framework for the day. Cramming the rating system in the final hour costs more than it gives.
One-time payment. No subscription. Free updates through 2026. 90-day pass-or-refund guarantee — GBCI fail-result proof required.
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Everything in the deck — plus the timed practice exams and full study guide.
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