We will be tieing the new irrigation system into the existing. Do we need to meter the water use with the LEED boundary? Or will a buidling water meter that meters the water use within the building suffice for the MPR 6 requirement?
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Susann Geithner
PrincipalEmerald Built Environments
1297 thumbs up
May 31, 2012 - 3:48 pm
I don't think there is a clear ruling on this. In general you need to include the whole building's / project's water consumption. So I would think, if you claim points related to irrigation than definitely install the meter. If you don't that don't.
Mary Lea Tucker
PresidentGreen Sage Consulting LLC
8 thumbs up
June 6, 2013 - 3:44 pm
LEED EB defines "whole building" as the building and associated grounds for water performance measurement. In addition,The Energy and Water Data Release Authorization form which can be used with MPR 6 requires including the water use of the associated grounds as well. I would install a meter for the irrigation.