| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.81 |
| Liaison | Ian Johnson |
| Submission Date | March 4, 2022 |
Colorado College
OP-19: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.37 / 1.00 |
George
Eckhardt Campus Planner Facilities Services |
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Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered:
785.40
Tons
Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated:
1,322.77
Tons
Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
37.25
Optional Fields
Facilities Services manages all recycling for construction projects. General contractors hired for small scale, less than $500K projects do not include waste hauler info or recycling in their scope of work. Regardless of the size of project, sustainability practices are followed, and all waste operations are executed in the spirit of the college design guidelines.
For new and renovation construction projects the goal that a minimum of 50% of waste is diverted to a recycling center, donated, or reused. Many renovation projects at Colorado College involve older buildings where waste includes hazardous materials including asbestos and lead. Renovation projects focus is to reuse or recycle structural wall materials, ceiling materials, and flooring materials, except when it is not structurally possible, or the materials are determined to pose a health risk to contractors and building occupants.
Quote from the “Facility Life-Cycle Design Guidelines for Sustainability” section, page 60 in the Facilities Design Guidelines Manual: Construction Waste Management:
Contractors are to develop a plan for sorting, storing & recycling of waste materials on projects. A waste minimization specification is to be used as guidance for this work. All projects shall implement a Construction Waste Minimization Plan, with the scope to be determined by the project team. A minimum of 50% of construction waste is to be salvaged, recycled or otherwise diverted from landfill or incineration.
For new and renovation construction projects the goal that a minimum of 50% of waste is diverted to a recycling center, donated, or reused. Many renovation projects at Colorado College involve older buildings where waste includes hazardous materials including asbestos and lead. Renovation projects focus is to reuse or recycle structural wall materials, ceiling materials, and flooring materials, except when it is not structurally possible, or the materials are determined to pose a health risk to contractors and building occupants.
Quote from the “Facility Life-Cycle Design Guidelines for Sustainability” section, page 60 in the Facilities Design Guidelines Manual: Construction Waste Management:
Contractors are to develop a plan for sorting, storing & recycling of waste materials on projects. A waste minimization specification is to be used as guidance for this work. All projects shall implement a Construction Waste Minimization Plan, with the scope to be determined by the project team. A minimum of 50% of construction waste is to be salvaged, recycled or otherwise diverted from landfill or incineration.
Website URL where information about the institution’s C&D waste diversion efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Information regarding Construction Waste Management can be found in the Colorado College Facility Design Guidelines (URL provided above) and can be found under the “Facility Life-Cycle Design Guidelines for Sustainability” Section, Page 60.
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