We are working on a recreational facility with a cafe portion that will be fitted out by the future tenant, who is yet unknown (the rest of the facility will be fully finished). Our design for the kitchen does not include any kitchen sinks, but we are running a plumbing line to this room for the future tenant to build onto. Would we be correct to exclude kitchen sinks from our WEp1 calculations since they are not in the base building design and are part of a future tenant's design & construction scope?
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Rick Gehrke
ConsultantA.C.E. AmBiental
37 thumbs up
June 29, 2010 - 10:52 am
Wouldn't that fall under tenant guidelines?
Allison Zuchman
Green Building ConsultantFore Solutions
34 thumbs up
July 7, 2010 - 1:13 pm
I recommend including the cafe space in the water use calculation so the total water use is more accurate - otherwise your water savings will be inflated. Since you do not know the actual fixtures that will be installed choose the same basic fixture for both the base case and design case so you are not claiming any water savings on those fixtures. If you do not know the actual occupancy of the space yet, estimate the FTE based on the maximum occupant load of the space (based on Fire Code for example).
Yes, as Rick mentions, you could also include requirements (or suggestions) for water efficient fixtures in tenant guidelines.