A good preventive maintenance program will not only identify leaks and obvious problems, but will also include a regular flow and flush rate test for at least 20% of fixtures to ensure continued performance.
A custom mercury content calculator will be denied by the LEED reviewer and should not be submitted as part of your LEED application. If a custom calculator or tool provided by a manufacturer was used during the performance period, all required data must be transferred to the built-in calculators in Table 1.1 and Table 1.2 of the LEED Submittal Template.
Provide manufacturer cut sheets for at least 20% of the total number of lamps purchased during the performance period, for the LEED submittal. Make sure that the cut sheets clearly indicate the specific lamp description or code and the rated picogram/lumen-hour, or the rated mercury content, mean lumen output, and rated life.
Mercury-containing lamps (or their high-efficiency counterparts) must be purchased during the performance period to qualify for this credit. In other words, if no lamps are purchased during the performance period, you will not be able to achieve the credit, even if you’ve developed a good purchasing plan.
