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Trip generation, 59 Water Efficiency (WE), WE Credit 1: Water Efficient
TVOC. See VOC materials/emissions Landscaping (Cont.):
total water applied, calculating, 112–114,
U 112–114t
USGBC Rating System, 111
United States Botanic Garden (USBG), 1
WE Credit 2: Innovative Wastewater Technologies,
United States government. See Federal government
116–123
Urban Water Resources Research Council (UWRRC),
blackwater fixture use, gender, 118t
370–371
blackwater generation, fixture type, 118t
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), 2
calculations, considerations, 117–123
accreditation, 14
commercial, institutional uses, 119–121
membership, 14
graywaters, by state, 122t
USBG. See United States Botanic Garden
residential uses, 121–123
USGBC. See U.S. Green Building Council
special circumstances, exemplary performance, 123
UWRRC. See Urban Water Resources Research Council
USGBC Rating System, 116–117
waterless urinal, 119f
V WE Credit 3: Water Use Reduction, 124–131
Visible reflectance, 80–81 calculations, considerations, 124–131
VOC materials/emissions, 258, 263–273 commercial, institutional uses, 124–129
fixture use, gender, 126t
W flow rates, fixture types, 128t
Water body, 40 residential uses, 129–131
Water Efficiency (WE) special circumstances, exemplary performance,
discussion, overview, 131 131
EB certification, 107, 107t USGBC Rating System, 124
EP points, 106t, 108 WE Credit Subcategory 1: Water Efficient
exercises, 133–135 Landscaping, 109–110f, 109–116
LEED Application Guide for Lodging, 349–350 WE Credit Subcategory 3: Water Use Reduction,
LEED version 2.2 vs. 2009, 105–108, 106t 123–131
prerequisites, subcategories, points overview, 10, WE Prerequisite 1: Water Use Reduction Required,
109
105–108, 107t, 336t
Watershed categories, 75
WE Credit 1: Water Efficient Landscaping, 110–116
WE. See Water Efficiency
calculations, considerations, 111–115
Whole Building Design Guide, 347
credit determinations, 115
Wildflower Center, The. See Lady Bird Johnson
special circumstances, exemplary performance,
Wildflower Center
115–116