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Category Three
Water Efficiency

Ph.D. LEED AP Sara Khalifa

Course Lecturer

B.Sc. LEED GA Mona Abdel-Aziz

Teaching Assistant
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Quiz!

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1. In a LEED registered project, how can the design team

earn the “open space” credit in the following cases:

A. Low density area

B. High density area

2. Mention 2 strategies to increase pervious surfaces!

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DATES LECTURE TUTORIAL

Monday 12/10/2020 Lecture 01- Green Building Basics …..

Monday 19/10/2020 Lecture 02- About LEED Carbon Footprint

Monday 26/10/2020 Excursion

Monday 2/11/2020 Lecture 03- Location & Transportation L&T Q&A

Monday 9/11/2020 Lecture 04- Sustainable Sites SS Q&A
Monday 16/11/2020 Lecture 05- Water Efficiency WE Q&A
Monday 23/11/2020 Lecture 06- Energy & Atmosphere EA Q&A
Monday 30/11/2020 Lecture 07- Materials & Resources M&R Q&A
Monday 7/12/2020 Lecture 08- Indoor Air Quality IAQ Q&A
Monday 14/12/2020 Lecture 09- Bonus Credits Bonus Credits Q&A

Monday 21/12/2020 Lecture 10- Synergies Synergies Q&A

Monday 28/12/2020 Research Pinup

Monday 4/1/2021 Lecture 11- LEED Exam Full Exam Practice

Monday 11/1/2021 Revision Lecture …..

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Project Checklist Project Name:

05 Y ? N
Credit Integrative Process 1
Date:

0 0 0 Location and Transportation 16 0 0 0 Materials and Resources 13

Credit LEED for Neighborhood Development Location 16 Y Prereq Storage and Collection of Recyclables Required
Credit Sensitive Land Protection 1 Y Prereq Construction and Demolition Waste Management Planning Required
Credit High Priority Site 2 Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction 5
Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Environmental Product
Credit Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses 5 Credit 2
Declarations
Credit Access to Quality Transit 5 Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials 2
Credit Bicycle Facilities 1 Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Material Ingredients 2
Credit Reduced Parking Footprint 1 Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management 2
Credit Green Vehicles 1
0 0 0 Indoor Environmental Quality 16
0 0 0 Sustainable Sites 10 Y Prereq Minimum Indoor Air Quality Performance Required
Y Prereq Construction Activity Pollution Prevention Required Y Prereq Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control Required
Credit Site Assessment 1 Credit Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies 2
Credit Site Development - Protect or Restore Habitat 2 Credit Low -Emitting Materials 3
Credit Open Space 1 Credit Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan 1
Credit Rainw ater Management 3 Credit Indoor Air Quality Assessment 2
Credit Heat Island Reduction 2 Credit Thermal Comfort 1
Credit Light Pollution Reduction 1 Credit Interior Lighting 2
Credit Daylight 3
0 0 0 Water Efficiency 11 Credit Quality View s 1
Y Prereq Outdoor Water Use Reduction Required Credit Acoustic Performance 1
Y Prereq Indoor Water Use Reduction Required
Y Prereq Building-Level Water Metering Required 0 0 0 Innovation 6
Credit Outdoor Water Use Reduction 2 Credit Innovation 5
Credit Indoor Water Use Reduction 6 Credit LEED Accredited Professional 1
Credit Cooling Tow er Water Use 2
Credit Water Metering 1 0 0 0 Regional Priority 4
Credit Regional Priority: Specific Credit 1
0 0 0 Energy and Atmosphere 33 Credit Regional Priority: Specific Credit 1
Y Prereq Fundamental Commissioning and Verification Required Credit Regional Priority: Specific Credit 1
Y Prereq Minimum Energy Performance Required Credit Regional Priority: Specific Credit 1
Y Prereq Building-Level Energy Metering Required
Y Prereq Fundamental Refrigerant Management Required 0 0 0 TOTALS Possible Points: 110
Credit Enhanced Commissioning 6 Certified: 40 to 49 points, Silver: 50 to 59 points, Gold: 60 to 79 points, Platinum : 80 to 110
Credit Optimize Energy Performance 18
Credit Advanced Energy Metering 1
Credit Demand Response 2
Credit Renew able Energy Production 3
Credit Enhanced Refrigerant Management 1
Credit Green Pow er and Carbon Offsets 2

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Project Checklist

Credit Integrative Process 1

Project Name:
Date:

0 0 0 Location and Transportation 16 0 0 0 Materials and Resources 13

Credit LEED for Neighborhood Development Location 16 Y Prereq Storage and Collection of Recyclables Required
Credit Sensitive Land Protection 1 Y Prereq Construction and Demolition Waste Management Planning Required
Credit High Priority Site 2 Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction 5
Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Environmental Product
Credit Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses 5 Credit 2
Declarations
Credit Access to Quality Transit 5 Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials 2
Credit Bicycle Facilities 1 Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Material Ingredients 2
Credit Reduced Parking Footprint 1 Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management 2
Credit Green Vehicles 1
0 0 0 Indoor Environmental Quality 16
0 0 0 Sustainable Sites 10 Y Prereq Minimum Indoor Air Quality Performance Required
Y Prereq Construction Activity Pollution Prevention Required Y Prereq Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control Required
Credit Site Assessment 1 Credit Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies 2
Credit Site Development - Protect or Restore Habitat 2 Credit Low -Emitting Materials 3
Credit Open Space 1 Credit Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan 1
Credit Rainw ater Management 3 Credit Indoor Air Quality Assessment 2
Credit Heat Island Reduction 2 Credit Thermal Comfort 1
Categories Credit Light Pollution Reduction 1 Credit Interior Lighting 2
Credit Daylight 3
0 0 0 Water Efficiency 11 Credit Quality View s 1
Y Prereq Outdoor Water Use Reduction Required Credit Acoustic Performance 1

Prerequisite Y
Y
Prereq

Prereq
Indoor Water Use Reduction
Building-Level Water Metering
Required
Required 0 0 0 Innovation 6
Credit Outdoor Water Use Reduction 2 Credit Innovation 5
Credit Indoor Water Use Reduction 6 Credit LEED Accredited Professional 1
Credit Cooling Tow er Water Use 2
Credits Credit Water Metering 1 0 0 0 Regional Priority 4
Credit Regional Priority: Specific Credit 1
0 0 0 Energy and Atmosphere 33 Credit Regional Priority: Specific Credit 1
Y Prereq Fundamental Commissioning and Verification Required Credit Regional Priority: Specific Credit 1
Y Prereq Minimum Energy Performance Required Credit Regional Priority: Specific Credit 1
Y Prereq Building-Level Energy Metering Required
Y Prereq Fundamental Refrigerant Management Required 0 0 0 TOTALS Possible Points: 110
Credit Enhanced Commissioning 6 Certified: 40 to 49 points, Silver: 50 to 59 points, Gold: 60 to 79 points, Platinum : 80 to 110
Credit Optimize Energy Performance 18
Credit Advanced Energy Metering 1
Credit Demand Response 2
Credit Renew able Energy Production 3
Credit Enhanced Refrigerant Management 1
Credit Green Pow er and Carbon Offsets 2

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Category Three:
Water Efficiency

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Protect
natural water
resources

Reduce the
Reduce the
energy usage Water demand on
needed for
Efficiency municipal
pumping
water supply
systems

Reduce the
load on
sewage
treatment
system

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Category 3: WE Credits
Prerequisite 1 Outdoor Water Use Reduction
Prerequisite 2 Indoor Water Use Reduction
Prerequisite 3 Building-Level Water Metering
Credit 1 Outdoor Water Use Reduction
Credit 2 Indoor Water Use Reduction
Credit 3 Cooling Tower Water Use
Credit 4 Water Metering

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Water Types

Potable Water Grey Water Black Water

Water with acceptable
quality to drink
Waste water that has Waste water from
not come in contact toilets and urinals
with toilet waste (Ex.:
showers, sinks,
bathtubs, and clothes
washers)

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Native Plants

Plants that are native to the area

Adaptive Plants

Plants that are adapted to the local environment

Invasive Plants

Plants that adapt to the local environment, but take

over an area and push out native plants

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• Appropriate plant selection
Outdoor Water
Reduction
Native plants

Landscape
design

Adaptive plants

Landscape water
efficiency

Landscape Avoid invasive plants

maintenance

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• Appropriate plant selection
Outdoor Water
Reduction
Native plants

Landscape
design

Landscape water
efficiency

Landscape
maintenance

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• Appropriate plant selection
Outdoor Water
Reduction
Adaptive plants

Landscape
design

Landscape water
efficiency

Landscape
maintenance

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• Appropriate plant selection
Outdoor Water
Reduction
Avoid invasive plants

Landscape
design

Landscape water
efficiency

Landscape
maintenance

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• Xeriscaping
Outdoor Water
Reduction

Landscape
design
• Mulching

Landscape water
efficiency

• Reduce Turf grasses

Landscape
maintenance

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• Xeriscaping

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• Mulching

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• Reduce Turf grasses

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• Drip irrigation
Outdoor Water
Reduction

• Scheduling
Landscape
design

• Weather based irrigation controllers

(Tailor irrigation schedules to actual weather conditions on the
Landscape water site)
efficiency

• Water audits
Landscape (Perform annual review of irrigation demand for different areas as
maintenance newly installed plants need more water to become established)

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• Drip irrigation
Outdoor Water
Reduction

Landscape
design

Landscape water
efficiency

Landscape
maintenance

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• Scheduling
Outdoor Water
Reduction
 A single ‘deep’ watering for an extended period of time is much
better than watering every day for a fraction of the time.

Landscape
design  Deep watering forces the plant’s roots to push further down into
the soil where more moisture can be found over time.

Landscape water  Water the landscape during the coolest part of the day
efficiency (generally in the morning), and avoid watering on windy days.

Landscape
maintenance

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• Weather based irrigation
Outdoor Water
controllers
Reduction
(Tailor irrigation schedules to
actual weather conditions on
Landscape the site)
design

Landscape water
efficiency

Landscape
maintenance

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• Water audits
Outdoor Water
(Perform annual review of irrigation demand for different areas as
Reduction
newly installed plants need more water to become established)

Landscape  A landscape installed today will not have the same water
design requirements that it will have three years from now, or even
one year from now.

 Newly installed plants need more water to become

Landscape water established. Over time plants will grow deeper roots and
efficiency require less water.

 Perform at least an annual review of how much water is being

provided to different areas of the landscape in order to
Landscape evaluate the needs of the area and to reduce water use.
maintenance

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• Raise mowers
Outdoor Water
Reduction
• Leave the clippings

• Maintain the watering system(ex.: verify that sprinkler heads are

Landscape pointed in the right direction)
design
• Use rainwater and/or gray water for irrigation uses

Landscape water
efficiency

Landscape
maintenance

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• Raise mowers
Outdoor Water
Reduction

Landscape
design

Landscape water
efficiency

Landscape
maintenance

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• Leave the clippings
Outdoor Water
Reduction

Landscape
design

Landscape water
efficiency

Landscape
maintenance

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• Maintain the watering system(ex.: verify that sprinkler heads are
Outdoor Water
pointed in the right direction)
Reduction

Landscape
design

Landscape water
efficiency

Landscape
maintenance

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• Use rainwater and/or gray water for irrigation uses
Outdoor Water
Reduction

Landscape
design

Landscape water
efficiency

Landscape
maintenance

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• Dual flush toilets
Indoor Water
Reduction
• High efficiency toilets

• Water sense toilets

Water Efficient
Fixtures • Waterless urinals

• Composting toilets

Reuse Rainwater • Low-flow showerheads & faucets

or Grey water
• Faucets with low flow aerators
and/or motion sensor

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Indoor Water
Reduction

Water Efficient
Fixtures

Reuse Rainwater
or Grey water

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Full-Time Equivalent
(FTE)

FTE

Transient
Full-time Staff Part-time Staff Residents
Occupant

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Indoor Water
Reduction

Water Efficient
Fixtures

Reuse Rainwater
or Grey water

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• Install water meters to trace water consumption and detect any
Water Metering leakage

Water Meter
Use

Share metering
data

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• Share metering data with USGBC every 5 years
Water Metering

Water Meter
Use

Share metering
data

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• Makeup water for mechanical systems
Process Water • Water used in laboratories and hospitals
Reduction • Commercial cooking applications
• Cooling towers

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