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I once lived in a LEED certified apartment complex. Unfortunately, I do not recall the specifics of their certification. My hot water would never get hot enough

I once lived in a LEED certified apartment complex. Unfortunately, I do not recall the specifics of their certification. My hot water would never get hot enough. I realized the hot water heater had a device on it to limit how often heating occurred. I promptly disabled it and had normal hot water again. One of the other "green" aspects of the complex was that it only had compact car parking. However, the area I live in is rural/suburban and a very large portion of renters here work in the shale oil fields of the area. These workers drive trucks. Big trucks. The parking lot was always cramped mess. I often pondered the irony there and also how much more carbon was emitted by the body shops fixing all the dented doors.

dashundchen 6y ago
That may not have been for LEED, many areas in the US have anti-scalding regulations for buildings or landlords/operators - typically not to exceed 120F at the tap. May have been set low depending on how many taps, distance between the different taps etc.
- macinjosh 6y ago
  Interesting. The water never got warmer than about 100-105 with the device on. Perhaps it was defective.
ceejayoz 6y ago
> My hot water would never get hot enough. I realized the hot water heater had a device on it to limit how often heating occurred. My tankless water heater has a temperature limit (120 Fahrenheit), but it's to prevent children from getting scalded.
ishjoh 6y ago
> One of the other "green" aspects of the complex was that it only had compact car parking. I think this is one of the things that as I get older gets more and more grating. This 'nudge' is supposed to encourage you to use and buy a smaller car, but instead of you as an individual selecting the car most suited for your needs they've decided that only compact cars should be driven. So now if you have a big family (which in today's age is only 3 kids), or you need your vehicle for work (hi work trucks), or a host of other reasons to have a bigger vehicle, they've intentionally made your life just a little bit worse, and they've done it intentionally.
- andys627 6y ago
  You're free to rent somewhere with larger parking spaces.

dashundchen 6y ago

That may not have been for LEED, many areas in the US have anti-scalding regulations for buildings or landlords/operators - typically not to exceed 120F at the tap. May have been set low depending on how many taps, distance between the different taps etc.

macinjosh 6y ago
Interesting. The water never got warmer than about 100-105 with the device on. Perhaps it was defective.

ceejayoz 6y ago

> My hot water would never get hot enough. I realized the hot water heater had a device on it to limit how often heating occurred. My tankless water heater has a temperature limit (120 Fahrenheit), but it's to prevent children from getting scalded.

ishjoh 6y ago

> One of the other "green" aspects of the complex was that it only had compact car parking. I think this is one of the things that as I get older gets more and more grating. This 'nudge' is supposed to encourage you to use and buy a smaller car, but instead of you as an individual selecting the car most suited for your needs they've decided that only compact cars should be driven. So now if you have a big family (which in today's age is only 3 kids), or you need your vehicle for work (hi work trucks), or a host of other reasons to have a bigger vehicle, they've intentionally made your life just a little bit worse, and they've done it intentionally.

andys627 6y ago
You're free to rent somewhere with larger parking spaces.