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INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY QUESTIONS  217































                        Courtesy of the Gerding Collaborative.

                        of the building’s water needs. Along with low-flow fixtures and onsite wastewater
                        treatment, rainwater harvesting reduces potable water consumption by 77 percent.
                        Facility restrooms use composting toilets and water-free urinals. A 10.5-kW
                        photovoltaic system produces approximately 20 percent of the building’s electricity
                        needs.*




























                      *“Sweetwater Creek,” Architecture Week, May 23, 2007 [online], http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0523/
                      environment_3-1.html, accessed April 2008.
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