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Water Demand Calculator - Green Roof

I wanted to double check if anyone knows that a new green roof qualifies as a "landscaped area" for the LEED for Homes Credits SS2.5 and WE 2.3. If we are adding an extensive green roof without irrigation, I'm assuming we would get the credit for not using irrigation, according to the LEED for Homes Water Demand Calculator. There are no other landscaped areas on site. Does anyone have experience submitting LEED for Homes Water Demand Calculator for a new green roof? Is there anything I'm missing?

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Asa Foss
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Fri, 03/23/2012 - 16:07

Mary, You can decide whether or not you want to count the green roof in the landscape calculations. It will almost certainly be to your advantage to use the Water Demand Calculator treating the green roof as a landscaped area.

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