Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 74.49
Liaison Krista Bailey
Submission Date Dec. 17, 2020

STARS v2.2

Pennsylvania State University
OP-19: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.83 / 1.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered:
12,126.16 Tons

Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated:
2,449.58 Tons

Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
83.19

Optional Fields 

A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate for construction and demolition waste:
Penn State includes a Construction Waste Management requirement on all projects regardless of whether or not LEED certification is pursued. This requirement stipulates that the contractor recycle and/or salvage 75% of construction, demolition, and land clearing waste, and is detailed in Article 8.11 of General Conditions of the Contract:

https://wikispaces.psu.edu/download/attachments/395382077/SECTION%20D%20General%20Conditions.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1597324179000&api=v2

Website URL where information about the institution’s C&D waste diversion efforts is available:
https://wikispaces.psu.edu/download/attachments/395382077/SECTION%20D%20General%20Conditions.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1597324179000&api=v2

Additional documentation to support the submission:
2019_CWM_Project_Summary_1.xlsx

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Waste data reported is from major (>$5m) construction/ renovation projects completed in 2019 on University Park campus.

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