Green Star™ SA - Office v1 [Wat]
WATER
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Wat-1: Occupant Amenity Water Product may assist a project obtaining credits by reducing the potable water consumption of building occupants, especially through water reuse and recycling. Credit points are achieved by reducing predicted potable water consumption for sanitary use within the building against a ‘best practice’ benchmark. Points are determined by using the Green Star SA Potable Water Calculator. |
Points Available 5 |
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Wat-2: Water Meters
Product may assist in a project obtaining credits by providing water metering for all major water uses. Full points are available when an automated mechanism for monitoring water consumption is used in conjunction with metering. |
Points Available 2 |
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Wat-3: Landscape Irrigation
Product may assist in a project obtaining credits where design of systems reduces consumption of potable water used for landscape irrigation. One credit point is awarded where potable water consumption used for landscape irrigation is reduced by 50%, two credit points are awarded where potable water consumption used for landscape irrigation is reduced by 90% or where a xeriscape garden has been installed, in accordance with prescribed requirements. An additional point is available where 30% or more of the site is landscaped and the criteria for 90% reduction has been met.
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Points Available 3 |
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Wat-3 Note 1: Landscape Irrigation Water Efficiency
Product may assist in a project obtaining credits where design of systems reduces consumption of potable water used for landscape irrigation. One credit point is awarded where potable water consumption used for landscape irrigation is reduced by 50%, two credit points are awarded where potable water consumption used for landscape irrigation is reduced by 90% or where a xeriscape garden has been installed, in accordance with prescribed requirements. An additional point is available where 30% or more of the site is landscaped and the criteria for 90% or above reduction has been met.
Product may contribute as an individual component, in combination with other suitable components, in achieving reduction of potable water used for landscape irrigation that complies, in whole or in part, with the prescribed requirements. |
Points Available 3 |
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Wat-4: Heat Rejection Water
Product may assist in a project obtaining credits where design of systems reduces consumption of potable water from heat rejection systems or provides an alternative to water consuming heat rejection systems. Two credit points are available where water consumption of potable water from heat rejection systems is reduced by 50%. Four points are available where water consumption of potable water from heat rejection systems is reduced by 90% or no water consuming heat rejection systems are provided. |
Points Available 4 |
