Hello,
in most of our office projects there are tea kitchens in every usage area, where the undercounter instant water heaters for domestic hot water, the indoor plumbing and fittings and the dishwasher are supplied by the same pottable water line. Do I understand the credit language correctly, that therefore there should be three water meters installed in each tea kitchen? After all, otherwise the water consumption of the dishwasher or the domestic hot water, for example, would be counted as part of the comsumption of the indoor plumbing and fittings. Or do you see an other way for complience?
Best regards,
J Schütz
M.Sc.LCEE Life Cycle Engineering Experts GmbH
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January 12, 2021 - 10:08 am
Does anyone have an answer for me? Our Project Team needs to know if we can calculate with the point.
Emily Purcell
Sustainable Design LeadCannonDesign
LEEDuser Expert
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January 12, 2021 - 10:34 am
Unfortunately we lost this point due to a similar issue, where indoor plumbing fixtures were not separated from janitor sinks. So yes, in order to earn this for indoor water consumption, you would need to be able to meter the appliances and deduct them from the total.
That was a couple years ago, though, you may want to contact GBCI and see if they have a workaround for this situation.
J Schütz
M.Sc.LCEE Life Cycle Engineering Experts GmbH
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January 13, 2021 - 4:35 am
Thank you Emily, I will write the GBCI and write here, what they reply.
MARLOES REININK
SOLID GREEN CONSULTING CCJune 4, 2021 - 6:41 am
Hello J Schutz, did you get a response on this? Or would you kindly share your approach. We have a similar situation in a large project which would mean many, many meters. Thanks.
J Schütz
M.Sc.LCEE Life Cycle Engineering Experts GmbH
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June 8, 2021 - 7:51 am
Hello Marloes Reinink,
I didn't get an answer, but we could archive other points so we didn’t try to archive this credit, sorry.
Emily Purcell
Sustainable Design LeadCannonDesign
LEEDuser Expert
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June 8, 2021 - 9:38 am
Hi all, I heard from someone on the WE TAG that they would consider a change to the language to make this option more achievable. You can submit a proposal here: https://www.usgbc.org/leedv41/proposal (please do by the end of this week)
I would recommend describing your project situation and how many extra meters this option would require, and how the intent of the credit is met if you combine the fixtures and appliances under one submeter.