Water: Doing More With Less

Water: Doing More With Less

The U.S. uses about 400 billion gallons of water a day, and water shortages are becoming more common. Water-saving products and technologies, some currently on the market and others in development, can reduce that wasteful flow to a trickle.

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Bottle-Filling Water Cooler from Elkay

This retrofit Elkay EZH2O bottle-filling station allows users to either drink from the fountain or fill a bottle. Photo: Elkay. Click on image to enlarge. As I always do when I fly, I bring my own stainless-steel water bottle, finishing the contents before going through security, then filling it so that I don't need a plastic water bottle from the flight attendant. When I flew out of O'Hare in…

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LEEDuser Forum

RE: window area
in CI 2009 IEQc8.1: Daylight and Views—Daylight

RE: Applicability of CPG sections 2.9 and 3.10
in CI 2009 EAc1.3: Optimize Energy Performance—HVAC

RE: RE: residential high rise: leed rating system selection
in residential high rise: leed rating system selection

RE: Data centers - 'Apply Estimates' option (no meter)
in EBOM 2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Efficiency Performance

RE: Water Use Period
in EBOM 2009 WEc3: Water Efficient Landscaping

RE: Individual document uploads for LEED Online website
in EBOM 2009 EAp1: Energy Efficiency Best Management Practices—Planning, Documentation and Opportunity Assessment

RE: International Facility - Can we use Portfolio Manager?
in EBOM 2009 EAc6: Emissions Reduction Reporting

RE: Value input for "Minimum required outside air flow,CFM"
in EBOM 2009 IEQp1: Minimum Indoor Air Quality Performance

RE: Private Balconies
in NC 2009 SSc5.2: Site Development—Maximize Open Space

RE: Tankless toilets, etc.
in EBOM 2009 WEp1: Minimum Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency

Highlights from the LEED-EBOM 2009 addenda

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has now released several sets of LEED addenda for LEED-EBOM 2009—corrections and changes to the rating system since its official release. The earliest of these start in November 2009, and the latest batch came out in July 2010. Following is a summary of the more useful LEED-EBOM addenda to date. Most of the rest is less critical to project teams…

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BuildingGreen Founder Alex Wilson  Named 2010 Hanley Award Winner

BuildingGreen Founder Alex Wilson Named 2010 Hanley Award Winner

Alex Wilson, the founder of BuildingGreen and executive editor of Environmental Building News and GreenSpec, is the 2010 winner of the Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing.

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“It is possible to build a LEED building and have it not be healthy inside, and we're saying this needs to be fixed.” — Nancy Alderman, president of EHHI, on her organization's criticism of LEED

From New Report Criticizes LEED on Public Health Issues

Dehumidifiers

The Therma-Stor Santa Fe Max Dry Dual XT is one of the most efficient stand-alone dehumidifiers on the market, with an Energy Factor of 3.75 liters/kWh. Photo: Therma-Stor. Click on image to enlarge. Last week, after reviewing a little physics regarding condensation and latent heat, I described how air conditioners remove unwanted humidity. This week I'll examine how dehumidifiers work in…

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