De,
we’re currently involved in a project of a new hospitality building in Europe that is pursuing LEED certification. In what relates with Indoor Water Use Reduction credit, since this is an hospitality project, it is eligible to earn 1 point related with appliance and process water.
Considering project characteristics, this point can be earned complying with requirements from Table 2 Compliant Commercial Washing Machines. However, equipment to be installed is All-in-One Washer/Dryer. Due to this, these machines are not eligible for Energy Star certification.
The question is: are we unable to earn this credit due to this peculiarity, or if we comply with some other requirement (e.g. kWh/cycle, liter/cycle) the point can still be achieved?
Best regards,
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Maria Porter
Sustainability specialistSkanska Sweden
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November 13, 2020 - 6:13 am
Ricardo,
If your machine is not in the scope of energy star, or in your case – not included in LEED Online WEp1 Hospitality, then you do not have to investigate compliance. I have had similar situations regarding dishwashers, not in a Hospitality project but in NC project (Nursing home). The machines were not commercial, and they were not residential, they were more of a commercial performing, but residential looking machine. Together with LEED Coaches we concluded they were not to be included due to not in Energy star scope (but off course we chose good machines that perform well anyway).
/Maria