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Modifying landscape area for appeal review

EBOM-2009 WEc3: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Alicia Villanueva on Apr 24, 2013, 1:23 pm

My team and I are in the appeal phase for our project.
WEc3 was denied because the total area of exterior landscaping is 3,276 square feet, which is less than 5% of the total site area and...

Last reply: Lili Pan, Oct 12, 2013, 10:36 am

NC2.2-> EBOM 2009- baseline changes

EBOM-2009 WEc3: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by David Faltenhine on Sep 30, 2013, 3:58 am

Are there any significant changes in the baselines for WEc3 between NC 2.2/2008 and...

Last reply: Lili Pan, Oct 12, 2013, 9:46 am

Question about using treated waste water

EBOM-2009 WEc3: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Magda Aghababyan on Aug 30, 2013, 4:46 am

Hi, We are using 100% treated waste water for irrigation. It is not sub metered and therefore we are trying to use the option 2. We are using a baseline case of "Hose without water gun" that is...

Last reply: Magda Aghababyan, Aug 31, 2013, 3:15 am

Rainwater storage system

EBOM-2009 WEc3: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Karin Wohlert on May 1, 2013, 6:20 pm

I'm looking for a calculator or guide that would suggest how much rainwater could be collected in Mid-summer or the month with the highest irrigation demand. We have a 3000 gallon cistern in the...

Last reply: Karin Wohlert, Aug 12, 2013, 12:34 pm

No premanent irrigation but hand-watering

EBOM-2009 WEc3: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Jaida Anderson-Lozano on Aug 12, 2013, 7:25 am

Hi, our project has no permanent irrigation but has periodic hand-watering as needed for extreme weather conditions. When I go to complete the LEEDonline form I am not asked anything further...

Last reply: William Weaver, Aug 12, 2013, 7:39 am

Option 2 for site that is partially zero-irrigation

EBOM-2009 WEc3: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Lyle Axelarris on Feb 28, 2013, 6:15 pm

Some portions of the site are irrigated, while other areas are not. Non-irrigated areas include adapted grass,shrubs and trees which are shaded by the building and do not need irrigation. There...

Last reply: Lyle Axelarris, Jul 16, 2013, 2:03 pm

Treated water for landscaping

EBOM-2009 WEc3: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Manasi Kulkarni on Apr 1, 2013, 2:49 am

Our project has installed water meters for Irrigation just recently at the start of performance period. The project uses 100% of treated water for Irrigation which is metered. Metered data is...

Last reply: Ben Stanley, Apr 1, 2013, 2:43 pm

optimizing schedules & retrofit to weather-based controls

EBOM-2009 WEc3: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by John Beeson on Jun 19, 2010, 3:27 pm

While it makes sense for project teams to eliminate unnecessary water use by optimizing irrigation schedules and retrofit the irrigation system with weather-based controls, how can project teams...

Last reply: K W, Mar 26, 2013, 10:07 pm

Natural vegetation

EBOM-2009 WEc3: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by AshLee Eustace on Sep 11, 2012, 9:43 am

I'm working on a building with a large portion of natural vegetation which is not irrigated. There is also a separate area of turf, trees, shurbs that is irrigated. Should the calculations take...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Feb 27, 2013, 12:14 pm

Using treated seawater for landscaping

EBOM-2009 WEc3: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Vincent Kotwicki on Jan 2, 2013, 3:21 am

The intent of the credit says "To limit or eliminate the use of potable water or other natural surface or subsurface resources available on or near the project site for landscape irrigation."...

Last reply: Dan Ackerstein, Jan 3, 2013, 2:34 pm