I'd like to clarify whether this credit only applies to those domestic fixtures used by tenants or if faucets used by custodial staff also need to be included?
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Jason Franken
Sustainability ProfessionalLEEDuser Expert
608 thumbs up
January 13, 2012 - 11:05 am
It's misleading that the janitorial sinks are included in the Fixture drop-down list on the LEED Credit Form. The "unofficial" guidance is that janitorial sinks may be excluded from calculations. The reason is that when you're using a slop sink, you're not necessarily concerned with a flow rate because it's not being run for a certain period of time repeatedly throughout the day, it's being used for a specific purpose like filling up a mop bucket. USGBC gives you the option to include those sinks, but you would have to use some creative accounting to figure out the appropriate way to include the usage in the calculations. Bottom line, I've worked on plenty of v2009 projects that excluded janitorial sinks and never had any problems.
Alexa Stone
ecoPreserve: Building Sustainability134 thumbs up
July 18, 2012 - 3:48 pm
Jason, would that be true for commercial kitchen sinks for food preparation as well? I know that LEEDuser as some guidance above on kitchen sinks but wondering if they can be omitted?