emily reese moody Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance Jacobs LEEDuser Expert 396 thumbs up March 14, 2022- 2:52 pm I have not had this come up in a project, but my guess is that since it is out of the project scope and an existing larger system, the cooling tower would not be required to meet associated requirements. There was a similar post asking about this aspect here:  https://leeduser.buildinggreen.com/forum/cooling-towers-central-plant. You will want to provide a narrative with your regular calcs explaining the systems so that it's clear to the reviewers. If you want a more certain answer, you could ask LEED Coach to be sure....

I'm working on a child care center project, with many toilet rooms designed for preschool-aged children.  Since urinals are not appropriate for this occupancy type, should I consider these...

It seems that EnergyStar certified dishwashers are not available in Poland. Credit language states that we can select a dishwasher that is not certified but which complies with the requirements...

The reference guide is clear that special or unique water closets can be excluded from the credit calculations, my query is does this expand to special or unique fixtures? Our client requires...

LEED reference guide states for Ice machines "ENERGY STAR or performance equivalent." Does anyone know if 2018 DOE (Department of Energy) regulations would be an acceptable performance equivalent...

if the restroom has one' than by assuming a count of 'males/females.'" But I guess the whole form is about simplifying something complicated (even if any glance at this forum tells you it's...

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I have a project which has specified 1.6/1.1 gpf tankless toilets.  Since the origionaly published BD+C v4 guidebook stats that tankless toilets are not elegable for watersense...

emily reese moody Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance Jacobs LEEDuser Expert 396 thumbs up August 24, 2018- 2:44 pm Hi Erin, I've seen several discussions in this forum over the years specific to fire stations, but they seem to have inconsistent advice, and no confirmation of how the reviews actually went. I have a project like this in FL under v3, but it hasn't gone through review, so it's not of much use. For that one, I categorized the occupants as FTEs rather than residential, and included a narrative.  As for the fixture categories, the reviewers...

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We are working on a LEED project in Australia, and Commercial Washing Machines are part of the project. It seems the CEE rating that is outlined in the v4 requirements is not...

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In the credit guide it states that faucets for hand washing in clean and dirty utility rooms can be excluded from the calculations. Does anyone have a good definition of what a...