I am working on a 5 story hotel in San Jose, California.  I'm trying to finalize the Indoor Water Use Reduction Calculator.  The water closets (4 types) have identical gpf rates, so I've left...

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we are currently in the pre-certification stage of a hotel + retail complex. This complex will host 6 restaurants / fast food joints which will all be leased and one restaurant...

During the Design Review, we have submitted the LT pre-requisite/credit Indoor Water Use Reduction and we have earned a total of 6 points. We are now going to submit the Construction Phase and we...

Our project is a machine/model-making shop in an art and design college. There are 4, ungendered, single-user bathrooms that all occupants have access to (no other bathrooms). 2 are ADA...

Our project has interior planting which will be irrigated. Obviously there's nowhere in the Indoor Water Use calculator for irrigation since it addresses only flush/flow fixtures, but it...

Has anyone explored the discrepancy that has been created by the new WaterSense requirements for flush fixtures at 1.28 gpf minimum? We're now getting cut sheets for projects that have 1.6/1.1...

emily reese moody Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance Jacobs LEEDuser Expert 475 thumbs up March 14, 2022- 2:52 pm I have not had this come up in a project, but my guess is that since it is out of the project scope and an existing larger system, the cooling tower would not be required to meet associated requirements. There was a similar post asking about this aspect here:  https://leeduser.buildinggreen.com/forum/cooling-towers-central-plant. You will want to provide a narrative with your regular calcs explaining the systems so that it's clear to the reviewers. If you want a more certain answer, you could ask LEED Coach to be sure....

I'm working on a child care center project, with many toilet rooms designed for preschool-aged children.  Since urinals are not appropriate for this occupancy type, should I consider these...

LEED reference guide states for Ice machines "ENERGY STAR or performance equivalent." Does anyone know if 2018 DOE (Department of Energy) regulations would be an acceptable performance equivalent...

if the restroom has one' than by assuming a count of 'males/females.'" But I guess the whole form is about simplifying something complicated (even if any glance at this forum tells you it's...