The Reference Guide does not state the irrigation efficiency for manual watering, just for drip and sprinkler irrigation. Is 0.5 an acceptable irrigation efficiency for manual watering with a...

Dear all,

our project is very near to a river and our client is proposing to make a 25m deep drill and pump water (which is not potable due to the river) and use it for irrigation purposes...

I'm curious on what everyone thinks about permeable areas covered with gravel; are these considered landscape areas and account for the 5% landscape area requirement?

Hi all,
our project does sub-meter water for irrigation. However, the facility manager uses this water also for watering greenery which is outside of LEED boundary (greenery owned by the...

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Our project site is in an urban location with a small landscaped area (about 4%). LEEDUser specifies that there is a 5% minimum area requirement whether it is landscaped area or...

Hi, I am working on a LEED project. My performance period is from April to July, 2012. During that time, I am also working on the reclaim water project which is used for cooling tower make-up and...

How do I look up the species factor,...

We performed a full audit of the irrigation system and some of the findings were to turn off zones that are watering established plants or mulch areas. This creates a lot of savings in real life...

According to the glossary of the refernce guide, the 'landscape area' is the the total site area less the building footprint, paved surfaces, water bodies and patios. Consequently roof gardens...

Hi, I have a project in the NY zip code 10589 that has two types of irrigation:
1. Unmetered irrigation by retention pond for 58,094 SF of lawn and trees along the driveway
2. Metered...