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Calculating stored rainwater available

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posted by  Yusuf Turab  on 

We are having some trouble coming up with the calculation for rainwater stored and reused annually.

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LEED baseline showerhead fixture for onsite tests

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posted by  Nicolas Galiotto  on 

Hi all, We are planning to run some onsite tests to determine how water efficient are our showerheads.

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Wed Jul 27, 2011, 10:38 pm

water efficiency review

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posted by  Shristi Bajracharya  on 

When we sent the WE credit for review for our project, we sent a water use calculation stating that the potable water usage in the project has been reduced by 43% from a calculated baseline design.

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Mon Jun 10, 2013, 5:35 pm

adjustable Dual Flush valve

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posted by   Faisal   on 

Hi, we are evaluating a dual flush valve for WC, which give us 6 & 9 Litres per flush(adjustable) which aggregates to 7 litres per flush, our project requirement is 3.023 Litres per flush(0.8

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Kitchen Sinks in Dorms

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Lauren Fakhoury  on 

We are working on a college dormitory and trying to calculate the daily uses for kitchen sinks. The only kitchen is on the first floor of the dorm and not in each dorm room.

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Fri Apr 13, 2012, 4:43 pm

Water Savings Calculation

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posted by  Farah A.  on 

Design/Baseline

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Mon Feb 24, 2014, 12:49 pm

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

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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

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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