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Credit compliance for exceeded concentration levels?

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posted by  Lisa Denlinger  on 

We recently received City water test results that indicated the Chloride concentrations were 350 ppm.  Are there any mitigation strategies we could employee to reduce the concentration levels

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Source for Table 1 Maximum Parameters

NC-v4 WEc3:Cooling tower water use
posted by  Nathan Gauthier  on 

Does anybody know where USGBC / WE TAG came up with Table 1? I've not been able to find it anywhere, except where it is referenced as coming from LEED.

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Mon Aug 16, 2021, 12:34 pm

Cooling tower cycles

NC-v4 WEc3:Cooling tower water use
posted by  Manuel Martin Delgado  on 

Hi, I am a bit confused with the credit requirements for achieving 1 point.

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Fri Aug 13, 2021, 3:02 pm

Test makeup water or blowdown water?

NC-v4 WEc3:Cooling tower water use
posted by  Omar Elrawy  on 

Dear all,

Should we test makeup water from the water source (incoming), or from inside the cooling tower itself?

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Tue Nov 17, 2020, 7:15 pm
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Thu May 13, 2021, 7:17 pm

No Cooling Tower - Baseline system categorization

NC-v4 WEc3:Cooling tower water use
posted by  Michelle Bombeck  on 

According to the Appendix G, our building does not fall into the allowable project type for System 7 or 8 but only because Appendix G indicates that the building has to be more than 5 stori

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Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:31 pm

Timing of water testing

NC-v4 WEc3:Cooling tower water use
posted by  matt kaye  on 

Do you test the potable water anytime? or should the testing of the water be done after cooling tower start up process?

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Filtering Water in Cooling Tower Basin opposed to Filtering Makeup Water

NC-v4 WEc3:Cooling tower water use
posted by  Alyssa Faircloth  on 

Our project is an apartment building with retail and utilizes its own chiller plant with cooling towers.

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If treatment is used, cycles may exceed the number of cycles i the Table

NC-v4 WEc3:Cooling tower water use
posted by  Sue Bryant  on 

The FORM in LOL next to the Table: Potable water analysis, says that if treatment is used, cycles may exceed the number of cycles in the Table. 

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