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Exempt turf areas used for recreation, from the calculations

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Deborah Lucking  on 

The Reference Guide states "For school projects, including playgrounds and athletic fields in this credit is optional." Our project includes a public park that will be very intensively used for rec

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Sat Feb 4, 2017, 1:27 pm

Football field is a countable area?

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Marcio Alberto Casado Pereira  on 

I dont know if anybody had asked this before, but does the football field counts in the sum of the total landscape area of a football arena? We are working on a project that all the landscape area,

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Fri May 11, 2012, 4:31 pm

Irrigation by hose

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Marcio Alberto Casado Pereira  on 

Hi, my project will use non-potable irrigation by hose, but the template of LEED online don't show this option. How can I calculate the efficiency of this method? Thanks in advance

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Sat Jan 26, 2013, 12:31 am

WEc1 Water Efficient Landscaping

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Brian Kelly  on 

We are doing a renovation on a hospital in Las Vegas NV. The hospital has two very small patches of landscape that use what we believe to be an efficient irrigation system.

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Daily or monthly?

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Mike D  on 

The table on the form calculates the irrigation in July (month with higest demand). Is this the irrigation requirement for the whole month or for one day during July only? Thanks!!

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Sun Nov 3, 2013, 6:44 pm

Identifying the Baseline Areas

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Maya Karkour  on 

Dear All, I want to double check on how to allocate the Baseline areas for my project. My proposed project has 100 sq.m of trees, 300 sq.m of shrubs, and only 5 sq.m of turf grass. Shall I alloc

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Wed Jul 16, 2014, 11:05 am

Sample download

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Yueling Chen  on 

I just purchase a premium membership, but i can't download the word & excel version sample in Documentation toolkit, like Sample Narrative for WEC1-Option 1, Option2 Path1 & Path 2 in WE C1

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Mon Nov 30, 2015, 11:52 pm
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Wed Aug 18, 2010, 11:22 am

Rainfall contribution to TWA??

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Lewis Hewton  on 

Hi All, My general question is - can direct rainfall to landscaped areas that soaks in through the soil contribute to the irrigation demand in the WEc1? Our project is in Australia and using the

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Tue Mar 5, 2013, 3:43 am

Landscaping in phases

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Alexia Anastassiadis  on 

Hello everyone, I'm working on a project that contains a very large green area. The project will not have irrigation of any kind, since the project is situated in a temperate-humid region.

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Fri Mar 7, 2014, 10:14 pm