Our team is working with a new construction project where design team wants to apply green walls (vertical vegetations) outside the building facade. As LEED calculator only defines vegetation on normal landscapes, I wonder how outdoor water usage Baseline is calculated for this case? the horizontal footprint of vertical vegetation or the vegetated wall area multiplied by some coefficient or something different?
Has anyone of you have worked with such scenario?
Thank you in advance.
emily reese moody
Sustainability Director, Certifications & ComplianceJacobs
LEEDuser Expert
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February 23, 2024 - 12:36 pm
Hi Leo, you will have a better chance at getting responses to this inquiry if you move it to the Outdoor Water Use Prereq/Credit page, instead of this one (focused on indoor fixtures only).
Leo LeQuoc
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February 25, 2024 - 6:20 pm
Thank you Emily, I'll try the other page. I didn't realize this is WEp2 instead of my target WEp1.