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Wed Sep 1, 2010, 8:08 pm

baseline for northern countries

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Eszter Gulacsy  on 

We have a project in Scandinavia, where there are no local authority requirements about landscaping. The site is industrial in a rural location.

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Tue Oct 25, 2011, 4:13 pm

Handwatering in lieu of temporary irrigation

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Mickela Pallares  on 

Has anyone had any experience in submitting handwatering by the landscape maintenance crew for establishment, instead of temporary above ground irrigaiton?

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Kath Williams + Associates
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Thu Mar 2, 2017, 3:13 pm

Documentation: calculating grey water and rainfall - irrigation

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  John Covello  on 

Hello Everyone, I am seeking further clarifications and suggestions regarding the clacuation for the use of grey water for irrigation and rainwater for our project.

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Sat Feb 4, 2017, 7:16 am

KS and KD Values in Table 1 - Cannot find

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Amal Iqbal  on 

Hello, I checked on page 185 of the BD+C Reference as mentioned by William in a previos post, and did not see anything about species factors.

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Wed Aug 17, 2016, 9:40 pm
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Wed Aug 17, 2016, 5:46 pm

Stormwater pond outside boundary

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Derek Seifert  on 

Hello all, Our project is intending to use a LEED boundary that is only a portion of a larger site.

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Wed Jun 29, 2016, 1:37 pm

"Provide calculations to confirm the quantity......"

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

We are having difficulty figuring out what the following review comment means. "Provide calculations to confirm the quantity of nonpotable water used for irrigation (52,148.46 gallons in July.) The

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Thu Jun 23, 2016, 3:03 pm

Meeting the 5% landscape requirements with planters

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Rahul Yadav  on 

Hi, The credit says that for applying the points, minimum 5% of the site area shall have planters, garden etc. Does the potted plants are counted under planters.

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Wed May 18, 2016, 8:07 pm

ETo Unit

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posted by  GISELA FARHAT DE ARAUJO  on 

I would like to know which unit of measurement should include the value of ETO (Reference evapotranspiration rate). Im Brazil we normaly use mm. should i put in Inches?

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Fri May 6, 2016, 5:51 pm