LEED v4 Rating System Review (O+M)
Water Efficiency

About

Explore the LEED Water Efficiency credits which focus on addressing water holistically, looking at indoor use, outdoor use, specialized uses, and metering. This session will cover each prerequisite and credit in a credit-by-credit format presenting technical requirements and strategies that work to achieve them.

After watching the course video, please click "TAKE THE QUIZ". Once you have passed the quiz, your hours will be reported to GBCI and AIA and you will have access to a PDF certificate of completion.

For additional resources for the Water Efficiency credits, view LEED v4 Credit Tutorials: Water Efficiency (O+M)..

To view the language for each credit, view the LEED v4 O+M Credit Library: Water Efficiency.

Within each credit, click the RESOURCES tab to view Submittal Tips related to the credit.

Objectives

1. Identify strategies for reducing water use inside and outside the building
2. Recognize how to implement water metering to support better water management
3. Recognize synergies between multiple credits
4. Recognize how credit requirements lead to higher performing buildings and market transformation

Course Modules

• Series Introduction

  Run time: 00:02:07

• Water Efficiency introduction and discussion

  Run time: 00:07:43

• Prerequisite and Credit: Indoor water use reduction

  Run time: 00:20:08

• Prerequisite: Building-Level Water Metering

  Run time: 00:03:48

• Credit: Water metering

  Run time: 00:04:32

• Q&A: How have metering requirements improved in LEED v4

  Run time: 00:07:39

• Credit: Outdoor water use reduction

  Run time: 00:12:38

• Credit: Cooling tower water use

  Run time: 00:05:18

• Synergies

  Run time: 00:01:42

• Recertification strategies

  Run time: 00:02:24

• Q&A: What is the true value of water as a resource and should a project care?

  Run time: 00:02:46

• Q&A: Why pursue LEED v4 now?

  Run time: 00:01:48

• Q&A: Does a project have to do a lot of updates to achieve WE credits?

  Run time: 00:07:51

• Conclusion

  Run time: 00:00:52

Series

This course is a part of the following series:
LEED v4 Rating System Review (O+M)