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ONSITE WATER REUSE OPTIONS FOR GREEN BUILDINGS

ONSITE WATER REUSE OPTIONS FOR GREEN BUILDINGS. What is “Green” Building?. Design and construction practices that significantly reduce or eliminate the negative impact of buildings on the environment and occupants in five broad areas: Sustainable site planning

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ONSITE WATER REUSE OPTIONS FOR GREEN BUILDINGS

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  1. ONSITE WATER REUSE OPTIONS FOR GREEN BUILDINGS

  2. What is “Green” Building? Design and construction practices that significantly reduce or eliminate the negative impact of buildings on the environment and occupants in five broad areas: • Sustainable site planning • Safeguarding water and water efficiency • Energy efficiency and renewable energy • Conservation of materials and resources • Indoor environmental quality

  3. Environmental Impacts of Buildings • Use 30-40% of total US energy • 60-70% of electricity • 35-40% of municipal solid waste • 25-30% of wood & raw materials use • 25% of water use

  4. Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design A leading-edge system for designing, constructing, operating and certifying the world’s greenest buildings.

  5. INTEGRATION

  6. LEED CREDITS IMPACTING WATER USE SS Credit 6.1 and 6.2 - Stormwater Quantity and Quality WE Credit 1.1 and 1.2 - Water Efficient Landscaping - 50 and 100 % Reductions WE Credit 2 – Innovative Wastewater Technologies - 50 % Reduction WE Credit 3.1 And 3.2 – Water Use Reduction – 20 and 30 % Reductions

  7. PLUMBING FIXTURE SUMMARY TOTAL 7.6 gal/min 3.9 to 2.5 gal/min

  8. GRAY WATER Waste discharged from lavatories, bathtubs, showers, clothes washers and laundry trays.  It does not include wastewater from water closets, kitchen sinks, photo lab sinks, dishwashers, laundry from soiled diapers and undergarments or any other water deemed not appropriate for gray water systems.

  9. GEORGIA DNR LEED CERTIFIED BUILDINGS: WATER SAVINGS Suwannee River Visitor Center – 112,800 gallons/year ; 69% Richard B. Russell Golf Clubhouse – 59,645 gallons/year ;43% Little White House Museum – 94,034 gallons/year ; 41% Len Foote Hike Inn – 231,594 gallons/year ; 31% Charlie Elliott Dining Hall – 58,078 gallons/year ; 25% Sweetwater Creek Visitor Center – 81,947 gallons/year ; 77% DNR Walton office – 121,914 gallons/year ; 46%

  10. SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK VISITOR CENTER

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