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treat wastewater to teriary standards?

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Erin Holdenried  on 

I have a project that is pursuing WEc2 via Option 2 treating wastewater to tertiary standards and infiltrating onsite through landscape irrigation. Can this factor into water saving for WEc3??

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Fri Nov 27, 2015, 7:33 pm

Rainwater collection (kGal) calculations for LEED

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Ameet AA  on 

Is there a calculator tool or methodology that we should use when submitting our annual rainwater collection (kGal) calculations for LEED? Our calculations are currently based on BS 8525 Rainwater

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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 7:43 pm

Flushing toilets with drilled corrosive non potable water

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Viktor Reutherborg  on 

We have an adjacent property (with the same owner) that has to remove non potable water from its foundation. This groundwater flows in a large part from our property.

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residential kitchen - spray nozzle

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Erin Holdenried  on 

Regarding a residential kitchen sink that has a faucet and a spray nozzle, would the spray nozzle be measured against the baseline flow rate of a kitchen faucet or a pre-rinse spray valve?

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Thu Aug 11, 2016, 3:36 pm

WE p1/C3 in Core & Shell

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Anu Sumanth  on 

If all the plumbing fixtures are to be installed in future by tenant, and if I check Tenant Neutral for WE p1; I will not be able to achieve the prereq. 20%. Is this typical?

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Thu May 5, 2011, 4:53 pm

Review

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Alicia Villanueva  on 

My project has achieved a 82% savings in flow & flush fixtures through recycling 100% of the waste water and reusing it for WC and urinal flushing. We documented this with a spreadsheet. Howe

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Sun Nov 3, 2013, 7:00 pm

WEc3 denial

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Therese Thompson  on 

We received our final review on Friday, and do not understand why Credit WEc3 was denied.

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Fire station fixture uses

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Mary Lea Tucker  on 

Would back of house (non public) fixtures in a fire station be considered residential fixtures?

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Fri Mar 7, 2014, 10:12 pm

District graywater recycling system

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Brian Meinrath  on 

I am working on a large project that includes over 10 buildings.

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Automatic Controls Being Challenged

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Hernando Miranda  on 

Evidently, installing automatic shut-off controls for showers is deemed as not water saving strategy by the USGBC's LEED Department.

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