Monday, April 22, 2013

Goal 3 - Rainwater Collection


  • Goal 3 - Collect rainwater for household use
  • Roof design simplifies collection of rainwater
  • LEED credit for impermeable site
    • SS4.1 Permeable Lot
      • RainShine House built site characteristics:
      • SA   Site area                                          15,747.0 sq.ft.
      • ISS   Impermeable site surfaces               397.5 sq. ft.      (exclusive of areas under roof)
      • VL   Vegetative landscape                  15,369.5 sq. ft.      (vegetative landscape)
      •  97.6%  Is collected or Permeable
      • 2.4% Is impermeable, 100% of all RainShine House impermeable site surfaces (Iss) are designed to direct all runoff toward permanent infiltration features (see site plan).










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