ONSITE WATER REUSE OPTIONS FOR GREEN BUILDINGS

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ONSITE WATER REUSE OPTIONS FOR GREEN BUILDINGS
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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

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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

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Leadership in Energy Environmental Design
A leading-edge system for designing,
constructing, operating and certifying the
worlds greenest buildings.
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INTEGRATION
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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
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PLUMBING FIXTURE SUMMARY
TOTAL 7.6 gal/min 3.9 to 2.5
gal/min
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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. 
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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
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SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK
VISITOR CENTER
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