Water-efficient plumbing helps university secure LEED®Platinum certification at Bren Hall meeting its sustainability objectives
Water-efficient plumbing helps university secure LEED®Platinum certification at Bren Hall meeting its sustainability objectives
3 PagesSanta Barbara, CA University of California Santa Barbara Water-efficient plumbing helps university secure LEED® Platinum certification at Bren Hall and goes a long way toward meeting its sustainability objectives. For buildings and facilities with an eye on improving their plumbing systems, LEED® is the guide for becoming more water- and/or energy-efficient even though it may not be the end-all project objective. For example, achieving LEED certification was not the initial goal for Donald Bren Hall, home of the School of Environmental Science & Management at theUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), even though environmental issues were a priority for the building project team. After discovering that many planned building features were eligible for LEED credits, the project team
