I'm hoping to run by our approach to achieving WEp1 by some experienced LEED APs in the hope to reassuring myself that our approach is acceptable before submitting to USGBC at appeal. Excuse the ignorance- LEED is pretty new to us!
We've had this credit knocked back by the USGBC previously partly due to incorrectly defining Fixture Groups. I now understand that Fixture Groups should be defined by the facilities which the group has access to. As such I believe we should have 2 groups (football academy)- footballers/staff and visitors (transients). On this basis, I have created 2 tabs within the Water Use Reduction Calculator.
On each of the two tabs in the Water Use Reduction Calculator we intend to complete the Flush and Flow tables with details of the fittings installed. There is a requirement to enter the percentage of occupants with access to the fixture. Is this percentage of users within that User Group, or total building users (i.e. all tabs)? I'm concerned about double counting.
Other than that the Calculator tool seems fairly straightforward and a good means of demonstrating compliance I hope!
If anyone with experience of this credit is able to comment on our approach it would be much appreciated!
Many thanks,
Susie
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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November 27, 2015 - 2:21 pm
Susie, I'm going to answer off the cuff without looking at the form, but my memory is that the % is within that user group.I think if you play around with the numbers in the calculator, you'll see them change in ways that will also confirm your approach.