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100% Municipal Non-Potable Water

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Michelle Rosenberger  on 

Our project will irrigate with a drip irrigation system using 100% municipally supplied non-potable water.

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Fri Sep 9, 2011, 6:34 pm

Permeable or Mulched Paths in Calculations

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Terry Gorski  on 

How would permeable or mulched paths be shown in the LEED Online form calculations? Would they still be considered landscaping, and not irrigated, and left in the calculations?

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Emerald Built Environments
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Fri Jul 22, 2011, 7:51 pm

Non Potable Municiply Provided Well Water

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Sam Keehn  on 

There is municiply provided water available, called raw water which, as per the standard has less than 5,000 mg/l of Total Disolved Solids.

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VvS | Architects & Consultants
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Fri Jul 22, 2011, 7:23 pm

Reference ET rates

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  mark peternell  on 

Does anyone have a good resource for locting reference ET rates for all regions in US?

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The Green Engineer
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Tue May 24, 2011, 3:53 pm

Unirrigated areas in Option 1

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Eamon Geary  on 

Hello, One project is working to achieve this credit via Option 1 (50% reduction in potable water use). Through a variety of common methods, we have reduced our irrigation water use.

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Michael Baker Jr, Inc.
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Thu May 5, 2011, 6:38 pm

Irrigation - Baseline case

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

Hello, The guidance is not really clear on what to put in the baseline case. It only says that we need to specify typical landscaping practices.

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EcoConsulting
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Sat Apr 23, 2011, 10:01 pm

Reference evapotranspiration rate ET0

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Werner Sobek  on 

We have a project located in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Vermont House of Representatives
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Wed Mar 16, 2011, 4:48 pm