Water Use Threshold for Credit Eligibility

Adam Shelly

Sustainability Project Manager

Urban Engineers, Inc.

LEEDuser Basic Member

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May 7, 2012

There should be some sort of water use threshold that the project needs to exceed in order to be eligible for the credit. I'm not sure if it should be a GPM value or a percentage of total water used, but achieving a credit for only one or two appliances on a large project seems out of sorts. Thoughts?

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Marcia Rapone

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Thu, 05/10/2012 - 20:05

I disagree that the number of appliances should matter. I believe the estimated GPM for the appliances should be noted though, and that perhaps a threshold could come out of that.

Batya Metalitz

Technical Director, LEED

USGBC

LEEDuser Expert

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Tue, 12/11/2012 - 21:50

Hi Adam - This pilot credit is based on the v4 Indoor Water Use Reduction credit (the portion relating to appliance and process water). In that language there are entry thresholds to earning credit. For example, "To use Table 2, the project must process at least 120,000 lbs (57 606 kg) of laundry per year".Those thresholds, along with other updates to the credit language will be posted in January. To see what the language will look like, take a look at: https://new.usgbc.org/node/2611746?return=/credits/retail---new-construction/v4-draft