Ours is a production facility which we are intending to achieve LEED. We have the main production building and other supportive building spaces (Canteen, hostels and toilets which are separate from the main building). We are thinking of applying for certification as a one facility and my question is that if we use meters for building spaces other than the main building will that be qualified as a sub metering?
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Jason Franken
Sustainability ProfessionalLEEDuser Expert
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March 19, 2010 - 12:30 pm
Rashid, the LEED requirements for WEc1 specifically define sub-metering at the system-level, not at the space level, so a sub-meter that captures water consumption in your canteen, for instance, would not help you earn this credit, The qualifying types of sub-metering for this credit are: irrigation, indoor plumbing fixtures/fittings, cooling tower water, domestic hot water, or process water use. You would need to demonstrate, for one or more of these sub-systems, that you are capturing at least 80% of the total water consumption on the entire project site for that sub-system.