In accordance with the requirements of this credit, the project team has developed and will implement a water-efficient landscape stategy. The project is aiming for Option 2, No...

Hi,

The following are the queries with respect to irrigation calculations:

1. While calculating the area of trees, do we have to consider the area of the trunk or the fully grown...

Hi everyone, our project now has a vegetation ratio of 2.3% which is lower than required 5%, and there are a large number of the open parking areas on the ground. And now we are considering is...

Hello,
We have a project that has a vertical garden on the exterior walls.
Can we count this towards the 5% we need to comply?
I tried to find answers, but no luck yet!
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We have a group certification project which includes two office towers and a large piece of landscape area. We planned to have...

Dear all,
we are in the case that it is not possibile to provide a rainwater tank on site so we are exploring the possibility to use a “local harvesting” system. Basically it consists in...

I have a project that is considering installing green wall/vertical garden. We would like to pursue WEc1. Water Efficient Landscaping, Option 2 (No...

But common sence says us, that such situation doesn't corresponds to the credit intent. So on this forum, and NC 2009 forum the restriction of 5 % is regulary interpretated as restriction to overall vegetated area on site (either on ground, or at roof, or combined), see for example questions/comments on NC forum: May 28 2014 by Terry King; Mar 22 2014 by Saud Abdul Rasheed; Mar 11 2014 by Kathryn West;...

Hi LEEDers.
I tried to pursue the credit via calculation because the roject will use the hose bibs on regular basis for the building lifetime, not as a temporary solution. When I asked...

Hi all,
we would know if it's possible to use the condensate water from air-treatment in HVAC systems for irrigation to meet the intent of WE c1.
Do you know it?

Thanks.