Water metering for residential building

Deborah Spira

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September 30, 2010

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5107 NWT Ltd Ross Abdurahman

FSC Consulting Engineers

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Wed, 10/06/2010 - 14:37

Deborah Nobody seems to be replying to these threads which is disapointing. Your question seems similar to mine below in that it is not covered under any descriptions on how to achieve the credits in any of the LEED literature. I agree with what you are proposing but the only means to verify if it will be acceptable is probably to post a CIR. Of course I would anticipate that you will get an ambiguous answer and that final approval or rejection would be based on the acutal audit.

Amy Rider

Sustainability Manager

KEMA Services

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Wed, 10/06/2010 - 15:30

I would be surprised if this credit was awarded based only on the water metering system you describe. While research may show a 20% reduction from this kind of system it still relies on behavior rather than the efficiency of the installed fixtures. The metering system is still a great idea, I just don't think it will be sufficient to prove compliance with this prerequisite, especially since you'd be hard pressed to prove actual savings in a new building.

Maria Porter

Sustainability specialist

Skanska Sweden

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Fri, 06/15/2012 - 13:46

I took over Deborah's project above. We did not recieve additional credit for water savings thorugh the monitoring system. This means we just barely made it over the 20 % threshold with our fixtúres and fittings, but got no points under WEp1. Unfortunately.