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Calculating when only a certain % of male RR's have urinals.

NC-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Rand Ekman on Nov 22, 2011, 6:31 pm

While the Water Use Reduction Additional Guidance document, (updated August 16, 2010), clearly address’ how to calculate total daily uses both with and without urinals. It does NOT address what...

Last reply: Jonathan Weiss, Jan 10, 2012, 4:43 pm

WeP1 for LEED CI

NC-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Linda Delair on Dec 20, 2011, 1:52 pm

I have a cut sheet on a faucet the building owners want to use in the public lavatories in their 3,5000 sq. ft.dental building. They and their staff are the only tenants. The psi and the gpm...

Last reply: Jonathan Weiss, Jan 10, 2012, 4:36 pm

Residential Dual Flush Fixture Usage

NC-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Michelle Rosenberger on Dec 29, 2011, 2:31 pm

We are evaluating dual flush fixtures for our residential project. I see in the Water Use Reduction guidance the weighted average methodology. And they comment on the 1:2 ratio of full to low...

Last reply: Candace Small, Jan 5, 2012, 6:20 pm

Variable Flow Showerheads

NC-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by April Ambrose on Apr 23, 2010, 4:48 pm

How do you enter a variable flow shower head in the template?

The American Standard flowise 3 function showerhead is a great example:

3 spray settings:
- Turbine spray at 1....

Last reply: April Ambrose, Dec 19, 2011, 4:44 pm

Base Building water flow vs. TI water flow...

NC-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Garrett Billings on Dec 7, 2011, 6:44 pm

We have a small TI project that is struggling with the WEp1 credit.

We have built out a suite in a building that already qualified for LEED Certified. We are now struggling to get a 20...

Last reply: Garrett Billings, Dec 11, 2011, 10:45 pm

WE Pr1- What does ADO stand for in the Process Water Use Sect?

NC-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Edna Bartolomei-Diaz on Jul 26, 2011, 6:12 pm

We are using LEED 2009 for Retail: NC+MR templates, for one of our projects. In WE Pre-requisite 1Template, there is...

Last reply: Paola Figueiredo, Newton Figueiredo, Dec 8, 2011, 9:49 am

WEp1- Children's Water Closets Water Use

NC-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Ross Spiegel on Nov 30, 2011, 11:40 am

I am working on an elementary school project with flush valve type water closets sized for young children. They are smaller than adult-sized water closets to make it easier for young children to...

Last reply: Seema Pandya, Nov 30, 2011, 11:47 am

Metering faucets in shower

NC-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Veronika Sundberg on Nov 29, 2011, 2:44 am

Hi, our project is considering installing metering in our showers as a water saving improvement. But we cannot find any baseline in the LEED-online credit template metering showers.
Does...

Last reply: Veronika Sundberg, Nov 30, 2011, 10:26 am

Metered Public Lav Faucets Giving Huge Water Savings!!!???

NC-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Seema Pandya on Nov 29, 2011, 4:59 pm

Is it just me or does the 0.25 gallons per cycle baseline for public metered lavs seem way to high? It's great for the water saving calculation, but it seems to show much water savings that I...

Water fixture group type for Hotel projects

NC-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Udana Ratnayake on Aug 5, 2011, 7:02 am

we are working on a hotel project where the residents will also use the water fixtures in common areas like restaurants. in that case what is the applicable baseline? it's true that fixtures in...

Last reply: Susann Geithner, Nov 16, 2011, 3:33 pm