| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.88 |
| Liaison | Deborah Steinberg |
| Submission Date | Dec. 17, 2024 |
Carnegie Mellon University
OP-19: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.85 / 1.00 |
Janice
Held CDFD Principal Project Manager Campus Design and Facility Management |
Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered:
Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated:
Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
Optional Fields
New buildings or renovations over 2 million dollars are required to achieve LEED Gold status, and typically the university achieves a 85 – 95% diversion percentage for these projects. The University does encourage waste diversion on smaller projects, and while we do not track construction waste from smaller projects it is estimated to achieve a 50 - 75% diversion due to recycling and donation. We utilize local nonprofits such as Construction Junction and Habitat for Humanity’s Recycle to Salvage items on small jobs, such as doors, casework, lights, etc.
Website URL where information about the institution’s C&D waste diversion efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Waste diversion reported for the three building projects that received LEED certification in 2024.
| Building or Project | Year Certified | waste diversion percentage | landfilled tons | waste diverted tons | total waste tons |
| Scaife Hall | 2024 | 85.0% | 554.56 | 3135.89 | 3690.45 |
| CMU Cloud Lab Renovations | 2024 | 94.2% | 23.98 | 387.4 | 411.38 |
| Forbes and Beeler Residence Hall | 2024 | 83.2% | 532.46 | 2644.76 | 3177.22 |
| TOTALS: | 84.7% | 1111 | 6168.05 | 7279.05 |
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