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CS-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping

Hose bibs - permanent irrigation

Hi LEEDers. I tried to pursue the credit via calculation because the roject will use the hose bibs on regular basis for the building lifetime, not as a temporary solution. When I asked manufacturers about efficiency of watering by hose, It was not possible for them to answer. Is there a number that is acceptable for reviewers? I used 0.8 for IE coefficient, now I am asked to provide manufacturers documentation. Quite frankly, I think this is "unobtainable". If I have permanant irrigation system only on a 50% of green surface and the rest has no irrigation, how do I calculate watering demand? Thanks for any advice... Petr

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Wed, 04/20/2016 - 13:26

I suppose "I am asked to provide manufacturers documentation" indicates that you already entered documentation review and this request is from reviewers. In such case there is only one possibility - gain any (semi)official letter from producer/manufacturer stating that "Coefficient of irrigation efficiency can be assessed at...". But it's literally grasp at a straw. If you still can change compliance path, it's preferable to use path "no permanent irrigation". "If I have permanent irrigation system only on a 50% of green surface and the rest has no irrigation" - it's the same project? If yes, variant "no permanent irrigation" is not relevant. In such case I would utilize the same greening area for a baseline and proposed design, and utilize the same areas of watering in both cases - i.e. if half of proposed case greening area is not irrigated, the same area wouldn't be counted as irrigated in a baseline case.

Tue, 08/02/2016 - 11:19

Thanks a lot, Andrey. At the end we went for full scale drip irrigation.

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