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or utility bills, teams must install additional meter(s) to meet the prerequisite. Water consumption data must be based on actual readings and not estimates.

Commitment to sharing data with USGBC Projects must commit to ongoing reporting of whole-project water usage data on an annual basis following certification.

DOCUMENTATION

Project types	Options	Paths	Documentation
All	All	All	Confirmation the project has permanent water meters for all potable and alternative water sources for the building and associated grounds
All	All	All	Confirmation that alternative water sources are metered separately from municipally supplied potable water
All	All	All	Confirmation that the facility manager and/or tenant(s) can access the meter data
All	All	All	Commit to ongoing reporting of whole-project water usage data on an annual basis following certification
All	All	All	Narrative describing the location of the water meters and the water source for each meter serving the building and associated grounds
All	All	All	Documentation confirming water consumption values and dates highlighted verifying all consumption data provided for the 12-month reporting period. Acceptable documentation includes utility bills, data directly imported from the utility to the ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager, direct exports from utility providers, in-house meter logs, and BAS data. If providing data directly imported from the utility to ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager, direct exports from utility providers, in- house meter logs, and BAS data, and indicate the source and type of the documentation.
Campus	All	All	Documentation demonstrating campus-level irrigation water sources with prorated irrigation data and supporting calculations, methodology for proration, and documentation with campus water consumption values and dates highlighted verifying campus consumption data provided for the 12-month reporting period. Acceptable documentation includes utility bills, data directly imported from the utility to the ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager, direct exports from utility providers, in-house meter logs, and BAS data. If providing data directly imported from the utility to ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager, direct exports from utility providers, in-house meter logs, and BAS data, and indicate the source and type of the documentation.

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