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In the credit language, hospital patient rooms are allowed to have faucets with 2.2 gpm. Does this hold true for operating rooms and doc offices? It seems it should, as in those areas you don't...

I was wondering if the USGBC has provided any guidance regarding calculating the...

Many CIRs address the issue of...

How do you calculate the water use reduction for a mixed use building which contains 7 floors of commercial space and 34 floors of residential space? How do you account for the different usages...

Hi, i'm working on a residential building where we are installing a permanent water metering system to monitore each residents water use. The residents have access to a website where they can...

I am currently working on a project where we are returning an...

I work with a lot of industrial facilities which are designed for ratios that vary from the 50/50 M/F standard. Typically, these facilities are designed with toilet facilities to accommodate 70/...

The LEED NC for Retail rating system indicates a baseline performance of 1.6 gallons per flush (gpf) for all water closets except blow out fixtures, which are assigned a baseline performance of 3...

I'm debating how to set up my fixture groups for a large healthcare project. Initially, it makes sense to split into two groups:...

If all the plumbing fixtures are to be installed in future by tenant, and if I check Tenant Neutral for WE p1; I will not be able to achieve the prereq. 20%. Is this typical?