We´re working on a landscape project in a hot&dry city and a drought-resistant grass is being proposed. In addition, a hidrogel under-layer is proposed for the grass in order to maintain humidity and reduce water requirement.
My question is regarding how to document it: Is the hidrogel strategy something we can use as an argument for water saving? And if so, should we just use a lower species factor for the grass, being that it would require less irrigation because of the hidrogel?
William Weaver
LEED Fellow, WELL APJLL
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May 22, 2014 - 11:38 am
Rosamaría,
Given your application, I would simply use the low species factor for your design case, and use the average or high species factor for the baseline to document the savings.
LEED Pro Consultant
Bioconstruccion & Energia Alternativa77 thumbs up
July 3, 2014 - 6:54 pm
William, I think it will be more clear to us when we have to document it, since what you are suggesting was our initial approach.
Thank you!