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All water reduction through recycling

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Melissa Merryweather  on 

I'm just curious if anyone has experience not even achieving the basic 20% reduction with the sanitary ware, but then achieving innovation points on both WEc2 and WEc3 (and of course the regional p

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Dual Flow faucet

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  mariela garate  on 

The water use of dual flow faucets that has two positions, would be a weighted average of both? 1º: 1,58 gpm 2º: 2,37 gpm =1,97 gpm? As a dual flush toilet water use is calculated with 2 low+1ful

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Seeking feedback for denied credit

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Brian Harris  on 

Please see below for comments from USGBC relative to our design submittal for Portland Fire & Rescue Station 21 (1000020729). We've sent inquires to USGBC several times with no response.

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Tue Sep 16, 2014, 6:27 pm

Calculating stored rainwater available

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Yusuf Turab  on 

We are having some trouble coming up with the calculation for rainwater stored and reused annually.

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LEED baseline showerhead fixture for onsite tests

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Nicolas Galiotto  on 

Hi all, We are planning to run some onsite tests to determine how water efficient are our showerheads.

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Wed Jul 27, 2011, 10:38 pm

water efficiency review

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Shristi Bajracharya  on 

When we sent the WE credit for review for our project, we sent a water use calculation stating that the potable water usage in the project has been reduced by 43% from a calculated baseline design.

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Mon Jun 10, 2013, 5:35 pm

adjustable Dual Flush valve

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by   Faisal   on 

Hi, we are evaluating a dual flush valve for WC, which give us 6 & 9 Litres per flush(adjustable) which aggregates to 7 litres per flush, our project requirement is 3.023 Litres per flush(0.8

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Kitchen Sinks in Dorms

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Lauren Fakhoury  on 

We are working on a college dormitory and trying to calculate the daily uses for kitchen sinks. The only kitchen is on the first floor of the dorm and not in each dorm room.

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Fri Apr 13, 2012, 4:43 pm

Water Savings Calculation

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Farah A.  on 

Design/Baseline

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Mon Feb 24, 2014, 12:49 pm

treat wastewater to teriary standards?

NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reduction
posted by  Erin Holdenried  on 

I have a project that is pursuing WEc2 via Option 2 treating wastewater to tertiary standards and infiltrating onsite through landscape irrigation. Can this factor into water saving for WEc3??

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Fri Nov 27, 2015, 7:33 pm