Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.92
Liaison Mike Harrington
Submission Date Aug. 17, 2011
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STARS v1.0

The New School
OP-23: Stormwater Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 2.00
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Does the institution have a policy, plan, and/or strategies to reduce stormwater runoff from new development projects? :
Yes

Does the institution have a policy, plan, and/or strategies to reduce stormwater runoff from ongoing campus operations? :
No

A brief description of the institution's stormwater management initiatives:

The new University Center, The New School's current construction project, is designed to meet LEEDv3 for New Construction's SS CREDIT 6.1: STORMWATER DESIGN - QUANTITY CONTROL, reducing site runoff by 37.72% (based on Two-Year, 24-Hour Design Storm). And it is also designed to meet SS CREDIT 6.2: STORMWATER DESIGN - QUALITY CONTROL with a weighted average TSS (or total suspended solids) removal efficiency of 91.2% (calculations based on treating stormwater runoff from 90% of the average annual rainfall). Meeting at least the minimum requirements that LEED requires for stormwater is policy for all new development projects moving forward.


The website URL where information about the institution's stormwater management initiatives, plan or policy is available:
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Does the institution have a living or vegetated roof?:
No

A brief description of the institution's living or vegetated roof:

The University Center will have a vegetated roof.


Does the institution have porous paving?:
No

A brief description of the institution's porous paving:
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Does the institution have retention ponds?:
No

A brief description of the institution's retention ponds:

This would not be applicable to The New School as it is an urban campus.


Does the institution have stone swales?:
No

A brief description of the institution's stone swales:

This would not be applicable to The New School as it is an urban campus.


Does the institution have vegetated swales?:
No

A brief description of the institution's vegetated swales:

This would not be applicable to The New School as it is an urban campus.


Does the institution employ any other technologies or strategies for stormwater management?:
No

A brief description of other technologies or strategies for stormwater management employed:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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