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Water requirements much higher in LEED

NC-2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Mike D on Sep 10, 2013, 6:43 am

The LEED form gives a certain amount of water based on the calculations. However, the landscape designer has calculated detailed water requirements and has showed the water requirements are much...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Nov 3, 2013, 1:49 pm

Daily or monthly?

NC-2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Mike D on Sep 10, 2013, 6:45 am

The table on the form calculates the irrigation in July (month with higest demand). Is this the irrigation requirement for the whole month or for one day during July only?

Thanks!!

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Nov 3, 2013, 1:44 pm

Unit of the NonPotable Water Usage

NC-2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Omar Elrawy on Sep 18, 2013, 7:11 am

Dear all,
I'am using HVAC condensate water for landscape irrigation, with an average rate of 8 gpm, in need to know in what units should I document that? the scorecard form...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Nov 3, 2013, 1:42 pm

Determining Baseline case

NC-2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Erika Duran on Oct 10, 2013, 12:48 pm

I had the following question which I am sending to the...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Nov 3, 2013, 1:36 pm

Partially Irrigated Site

NC-2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by William Weaver on May 23, 2012, 2:40 pm

This question is somewhat related to Leah's question dated 1.23.2012, but a different circumstance. The vegetated area of the site is approximately 65,000 sf, comprised of 13k mixed, 22k warm...

Last reply: Elizabeth Powers, Oct 16, 2013, 3:33 pm

building fills site...

NC-2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Carrie Laurendine on Sep 30, 2013, 10:51 am

Im documenting LEED credits for a building that re-uses an existing site in downtown area (the building footprint completely fills the site).

Thus, there are no vegetated areas (no green...

Last reply: Kathryn West, Sep 30, 2013, 11:03 am

different irrigation system between landscape and green roof

NC-2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Adi Negara, LEED AP BD+C on May 31, 2013, 6:03 am

Hi,

If we have a project that will have landscape and a green roof which will have different irrigation system whereas no permanent irrigation system will be installed on the landscape and...

Last reply: William Weaver, Aug 28, 2013, 5:36 pm

water use reduction calculation

NC-2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Jamal Uddin on May 26, 2013, 2:33 am

How to calculate the baseline building performance with compare to my building performance in water use reduction?

Last reply: William Weaver, Aug 19, 2013, 2:29 pm

Drawing the baseline case

NC-2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Marcio Alberto Casado Pereira on Feb 21, 2013, 11:02 am

I find this credit extremely subjective. Or maybe we don't quite understand it... Our landscape architects have a hardtime in assuming what is the baseline case for "conventional landscape...

Last reply: Melissa Merryweather, Jul 17, 2013, 8:11 pm

Calculating Total Irrigated Area with existing conditions

NC-2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Joel Simonyak on Jul 17, 2013, 11:17 am

We have a large site in an industrial park. We plan to include a 24 Acre parcel in our project site boundary that is owned by our client and part of this area will contain the water detention...

Last reply: Lewis Hewton, Jul 17, 2013, 7:39 pm