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Thu Apr 15, 2010, 10:18 pm

Separate green roofs, separate systems

CS-2009 WEc1:Water efficient landscaping
posted by  Monica Alicea  on 

Hi, If there are two areas in the building that will be irrigated by two separate systems, how can this be taken into acount in the LEED template to calculate if 100% potable water is being saved?

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Fri Dec 20, 2013, 11:09 pm

Classification of handsinks

CS-2009 WEc1:Water efficient landscaping
posted by  Sean Blaevoet  on 

How are "handsinks" classified? Is it lavatory? Is it kitchen sink? Or is it exempt? Or other?

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Wed Dec 17, 2014, 11:12 pm

Landscape factors

CS-2009 WEc1:Water efficient landscaping
posted by  CRolim Engenharia  on 

Hi! In my project, certain areas just has trees and ground cover. For these areas , i will use the landscape factors for mixed trees, shrubs and groundcovers? Thank you!

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Fri Mar 22, 2013, 4:56 am

Evapotranspiration rate

CS-2009 WEc1:Water efficient landscaping
posted by  Mike D  on 

What should the reference evapotranspiration rate (ETo) be expressed on the online form as? inches/month?

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Thu Feb 16, 2012, 11:00 pm

Landscape Factors for Baseline Case

CS-2009 WEc1:Water efficient landscaping
posted by  Oliver Lange  on 

I would like to know, where I can find a good source for the specific landscape factors (species-, density- and microclimate factor) of plants for the calculations in the baseline case. Is it even

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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 5:10 pm

Same Landscaped Area but Different Plantings?

CS-2009 WEc1:Water efficient landscaping
posted by  Brian Salazar  on 

I should know this, but.... Is it OK to run the WEc1 calcs with the same landscaped area (in square feet), but with different plantings in the baseline and design cases?

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Mon Apr 18, 2016, 7:16 pm

Mixed species

CS-2009 WEc1:Water efficient landscaping
posted by  Mike D  on 

Do the different species of plants need to be listed individually on the form or does 'Mixed' suffice? The green roof consists of a mix of trees, shrubs, and flowers. Thanks!

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Wed Oct 2, 2013, 1:27 am

Sedum as native plants

CS-2009 WEc1:Water efficient landscaping
posted by  Dave L  on 

Hi, I have been advised that the sedum plants would meet this credit on green roofs due to the fact that the plants would be indigenous for landscaping in general.

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Vertical Garden/Green wall

CS-2009 WEc1:Water efficient landscaping
posted by  Carmelito Tatlonghari  on 

I have a project that is considering installing green wall/vertical garden. We would like to pursue WEc1. Water Efficient Landscaping, Option 2 (No Potable Water Use on Irrigation).

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Thu Jan 19, 2017, 2:00 pm