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NC-2009 WEp1:Water Use Reduction—20% Reduction

Daily Use of sink in Dorm Lobby

Todd Bundren

Associate Principal - Director of Sustainabilty

Lawrence Group

LEEDuser Premium Member

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June 29, 2016

Hello, We are currently responding to initial preliminary advise and getting ready to resubmit our responses for a dorm building. However, we are uncertain as to how to evaluate daily usage for one of our sinks. We have a large open entry lobby/lounge that contains a counter with a single sink for when/if there are any gatherings in this space. This sink would most likely not be used on a daily basis by every resident and/or guests and could go days without any use. Is there a best way to calculate overall daily usage for this sink? Thanks in advance!

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Meredith Elbaum

Executive Director

Built Environment Plus

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Thu, 05/25/2017 - 19:00

Did you receive a response on this? What did you end up doing?

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