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Credit language
Intent
To support water management and identify opportunities for additional water savings by tracking water consumption.
Requirements
Install permanent water meters for two or more of the following water subsystems, as applicable to the project:
- Irrigation. Meter water systems serving at least 80% of the irrigated landscaped area. Calculate the percentage of irrigated landscape area served as the total metered irrigated landscape area divided by the total irrigated landscape area. Landscape areas fully covered with xeriscaping or native vegetation that requires no routine irrigation may be excluded from the calculation.
- Indoor plumbing fixtures and fittings. Meter water systems serving at least 80% of the indoor fixtures and fitting described in WE Prerequisite Indoor Water Use Reduction, either directly or by deducting all other measured water use from the measured total water consumption of the building and grounds.
- Domestic hot water. Meter water use of at least 80% of the installed domestic hot water heating capacity (including both tanks and on-demand heaters).
- Boiler with aggregate projected annual water use of 100,000 gallons (378 500 liters) or more, or boiler of more than 500,000 BtuH (150 kW). A single makeup meter may record flows for multiple boilers.
- Reclaimed water. Meter reclaimed water, regardless of rate. A reclaimed water system with a makeup water connection must also be metered so that the true reclaimed water component can be determined.
- Other process water. Meter at least 80% of expected daily water consumption for process end uses, such as humidification systems, dishwashers, clothes washers, pools, and other subsystems using process water.
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If a building only has one of the required systems, is it enough to submeter that one or are you not eligible for the credit at all?
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Addenda
10/01/2020– Updated: 09/06/2021
Reference Guide Correction
Description of change:
100002334 Water Metering Indoor Fixtures and Fittings
Under "Step 1. Identify candidate systems for submetering", add a new bullet point to the end of the bulleted list:
"If flush fixtures and flow fixtures as described in WE Prerequisite Indoor Water Use Reduction are submetered separately (i.e. not aggregated), this approach contributes as two water subsystems for credit compliance."
Internationally Applicable:
Yes
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