I am working on a hotel project, which would use standard fixtures (no high-efficiency fixtures), but would still earn 2 points under WEc2, and 2 points under WEc3 due to utilizing recycled gray...

All urinals require maintenance and all urinals have scale buildup. With reduction of flow rates the potential for drain line scale build-up and pipe corrosion is increased. Pint-flush urinals...

Our project is a mixed use building where over 90% of square footage is residential and we are treating the

I have a Student Union project which has spaces ranging from offices to classrooms to theatres. A majority of the spaces are being built out at this time, however, we have a few small spaces...

Should we have to consider the shower heads of the guest rooms? Our Hansgrohe assistant told us that we should not consider them because a hotel is a commercial building but we want to be...

We are working on a recreation center with a gym and several pools. More efficient showers in the locker rooms will save a lot of water. The main users are the hundreds of vistors, not the FTEs,...

We are certifying a project in Spain. The faucets in the restrooms need to have a flowrate of 1.9Liter per minute (0.5 GPM) We have been unable so far to find a supplier that has such a low flow...

FYI, the November 2011 addenda has two additional pieces of guidance on WEp1 calcs that are especially useful for hospitality:
"For the purposes of the credit calculations, assume that...

we are working on a hotel project where the guest rooms are provided with dual flush (4.5L/3L) WCs. no urinals are provided. as per the LEED guideline a single person use WCs 5 times per day in...

We understand from experimenting with the forms that the results are influenced by the male to female ratio. Are all projects required to use a 50:50 ratio? If it is possible to alter the ratio...