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Tankless toilets, etc.

EBOM-2009 WEp1: Minimum Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency
posted by Nadine Kotlarz on Jul 30, 2010, 12:30 pm

Our team is working through compliance option 4. Our building does not have any manufacturer cutsheets for the water closets or faucets. We need flow/flush rates for a 20% representative sample...

Last reply: Jenny Carney, Jul 30, 2010, 12:48 pm

private vs. public lavatories

EBOM-2009 WEp1: Minimum Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency
posted by Alice Cook on Jun 27, 2010, 8:07 pm

Jason Franken Sustainability Professional LEEDuser Expert 608 thumbs up July 1, 2010- 10:03 am Daycia, there is always a lot of confusion around this issue, so it's good to see it supported in yet another forum. To answer your specific question, a restroom in a commercial office building is considered a "private lavatory" if it is used on a daily, exclusive basis by the same occupant (i.e. an executive with their own private restroom). The scenario that you're describing for your project where "lavatories have keyed entry for personnel only" would...

Last reply: Jason Franken, Jul 13, 2010, 12:36 pm

no manufacturer or model #s- testing flush rates?

EBOM-2009 WEp1: Minimum Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency
posted by Alice Cook on Jun 27, 2010, 7:59 pm

Our building is historic, and in Canada. Flush fixtures (toilets and urinals) do not have any indication as to manufacturer, model, OR flush rate. For the purposes of our calculation we've...

Last reply: Jason Franken, Jul 1, 2010, 9:56 am

Dual flush WC

EBOM-2009 WEp1: Minimum Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency
posted by Yong Lee Low on Jun 25, 2010, 1:52 am

Hi, I am confused about the value to be input in case its a dual flush system with 3/6 l per flush.Which would be the appropriate value to be added to the WE calculator.Please help.

Last reply: Jason Franken, Jul 1, 2010, 9:51 am

FTE definition for other occupants

EBOM-2009 WEp1: Minimum Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency
posted by Pablo Fortunato Suarez on Jun 21, 2010, 11:37 pm

This is more about...

Last reply: Jason Franken, Jul 1, 2010, 9:48 am

Template questions

EBOM-2009 WEp1: Minimum Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency
posted by Vanessa Seibert on May 12, 2010, 5:33 pm

Besides the fact that I find this template absolutely confussing I'm totally thrown by the Flow Rate chart. Under lavatories it compares what you've got against the baseline of 0.5 gpm/gpc...

Last reply: Jason Franken, May 17, 2010, 11:25 am

Using rainwater for toilets

EBOM-2009 WEp1: Minimum Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency
posted by Oscar Enguita on May 17, 2010, 10:37 am

Is not possible to demostrate a water reduction in this credit if the building collects water from rain and reuses it for the toilets? In my case, the gallons per flush of potable water is zero...

Last reply: Jason Franken, May 17, 2010, 11:10 am

I'm thinking about this

EBOM-2009 WEp1: Minimum Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency
posted by Oscar Enguita on May 12, 2010, 9:42 am

I'm thinking about this document requiered in WEp1-1: The policy mandating an economic assessment of conversion to high-performance plumbing fixtures and fittings as part of any future indoor...

Last reply: Vanessa Seibert, May 12, 2010, 5:17 pm

Fixture data/spec sheets

EBOM-2009 WEp1: Minimum Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency
posted by Janna Nash on Mar 2, 2010, 4:58 pm

My project building was built in 1876 (!) and has not had a major renovation since 1993 (it did have one in the 1980s). I do not have bath faucet spec sheets; however, if I add aerators to the...

Last reply: Jason Franken, May 7, 2010, 10:15 pm

IPC or UPC for California?

EBOM-2009 WEp1: Minimum Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency
posted by Rachael McClain on May 5, 2010, 6:52 pm

Hi, I was wondering if someone could tell me if the project is based in California do we still use IPC/...

Last reply: Jason Franken, May 6, 2010, 10:08 am