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NC-2009 WEp1:Water Use Reduction—20% Reduction

Does LEED look at the overall budget only or at each fixture?

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Ahmed Mosa
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In one of our projects " a Hotel " the client is keen to use water-saving fixtures but not Shower-heads, can we exceed the baseline in this fixture but balance it with others to achieve the 20%? In other words, does LEED looks at the overall budget only or at the compliance of each component ? Thanks! A

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Mon, 06/17/2013 - 13:06

Hi Ahmed, Yes, the shower fixture can exceed the baseline, as long as your overall performance of all applicable fixtures demonstrates a 20% reduction.

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