Dishwashers should not be included in the form correct? Since in the preliminary review, we were asked to include kitchen sinks in the calculations, but we only have two dishwashers in the project building (a mixed-use office building).
Thank you in advance.
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Hannah Bronfman
Senior Associate99 thumbs up
February 4, 2013 - 9:25 am
Hi Alicia
No, dishwashers should not be included. This prerequisite is only looking at indoor plumbing fixtures and fittings.
If you have no kitchen sinks, just include a note to the reviewers that there are none and you should be good!
Thanks
Alexa Stone
ecoPreserve: Building Sustainability134 thumbs up
February 4, 2013 - 9:42 am
Alicia and Hannah, there is a LEED CIR that states that kitchen sinks should not be included. Alicia, you were asked to include them? CIR text below...
"For hospitality projects, commercial kitchen sinks and bar sinks including pot sinks, prep sinks, wash down, and cleaning sinks are considered process water and are not included in the water use calculations. Hand washing sinks located in commercial kitchen areas that do not pass through a grease interceptor should be included in the water use calculations under the kitchen sink category."
Alicia Villanueva
CEORevitaliza consultores
76 thumbs up
February 7, 2013 - 12:47 pm
Thanks for the responses. We were asked to include kitchen sinks; since our project building is a 55 floors mixed-used office building and contains two kitchens they found unusual that no sinks were included in the form.
In the Review Response we will add a narrative stating that two dishwashers are in the kitchen areas, and we will add the hand washing sinks located in the kitchen as kitchen sink category. Thanks a lot!
Lili Pan
LEED AP BD+C, O+M, Managing DirectorL GEES 智利捷达
1 thumbs up
October 12, 2013 - 6:09 am
Jeff. Health care project / hospital project is different than commercial projects (office, shopping mall), kichen sinks need to be included.
Susan Walter
HDRLEEDuser Expert
1296 thumbs up
October 14, 2013 - 1:20 pm
Actually, Jeff's comment is pretty spot on and he's quoting the standards for commercial kitchens which most hospitals do have. Hospitals also have staff break rooms which typically have sinks in them. Those sinks are the ones that need to be included in these calculations. The ones in Dietary need to be reviewed very carefully using the information Jeff posted.