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All water reduction through recycling

NC-2009 WEc3: Water Use Reduction
posted by Melissa Merryweather on Mar 23, 2016, 7:04 am

I'm just curious if anyone has experience not even achieving the basic 20% reduction with the sanitary ware, but then achieving innovation points on both WEc2 and WEc3 (and of course the regional...

treat wastewater to teriary standards?

NC-2009 WEc3: Water Use Reduction
posted by Erin Holdenried on Sep 2, 2015, 5:55 pm

I have a project that is pursuing WEc2 via Option 2 treating wastewater to tertiary standards and infiltrating onsite through landscape irrigation. Can this factor into water saving for WEc3??...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Nov 27, 2015, 2:33 pm

District graywater recycling system

NC-2009 WEc3: Water Use Reduction
posted by Brian Meinrath on Aug 27, 2015, 6:01 pm

I am working on a large project that includes over 10 buildings. All 10 buildings are part of the same master site but only 8 of the buildings are part of our current scope and will be submitted...

Residents and Visitors

NC-2009 WEc3: Water Use Reduction
posted by Saju Varghese on Jul 22, 2015, 6:07 pm

I'm working on a rehab facility that has private toilets for residents (patients) and public toilets and urinals for both visitors and residents (patients). When I input on the template visitors...

Water Efficiency Calculation

NC-2009 WEc3: Water Use Reduction
posted by ABDUL MUTHALIB MOHAMED on Dec 30, 2014, 11:44 pm

Hi,
My project is a factory building. They are installing only Indian Water Closets and no Urinals. How to calculate water efficiency if Urinals are not used? Can we give flow rate as 0 and...

Last reply: Maria Rozatti, Mar 2, 2015, 5:59 pm

HET Retrofit

NC-2009 WEc3: Water Use Reduction
posted by Matthew Catterall on Feb 23, 2015, 12:41 pm

I've noticed that dual-flush flushometer retrofit kits are mentioned as a way to earn this credit on existing commercial toilets (rather than replace the entire toilet); however, there is no...

adjustable Dual Flush valve

NC-2009 WEc3: Water Use Reduction
posted by Faisal on Dec 17, 2014, 1:14 am

Hi,

we are evaluating a dual flush valve for WC, which give us 6 & 9 Litres per flush(adjustable) which aggregates to 7 litres per flush, our project requirement is 3.023 Litres per...

Weighted Males/Females in FTE calc...

NC-2009 WEc3: Water Use Reduction
posted by Ben Pinnell on Sep 17, 2014, 4:10 pm

Anyone have a precedent for weighing males/females differently than LEED's standard 50%/50% split on the...

Last reply: Jennifer Perdue, Oct 29, 2014, 4:40 pm

WEc3 denial

NC-2009 WEc3: Water Use Reduction
posted by Therese Thompson on Oct 21, 2014, 11:17 am

We received our final review on Friday, and do not understand why Credit WEc3 was denied. Our preliminary review necessitated changes to a number of credits and prerequisites, including WEp1 and...

Alternative path- maximum achievable points

NC-2009 WEc3: Water Use Reduction
posted by Gloria Duci on Sep 24, 2014, 5:34 am

Hello everyone!

In order to reduce use of potable water, WCs will be served by rainwater collected on-site. We are attempting WE c3, following the alternative path that allows to use on-...