Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.41
Liaison David Tedder
Submission Date Sept. 30, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Kentucky
OP-20: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.71 / 1.00 Shane Tedder
Sustainability Coordinator
Office oF Sustainability
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Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered during the most recent year for which data is available within the previous three years:
7,120.83 Tons

Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated during the most recent year for which data is available within the previous three years:
2,877.66 Tons

Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
71.22

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:

All construction projects with a budget of $5 million or more are at least LEED certified at the University of Kentucky. The LEED process prioritizes the minimization of landfilled C&D materials and requires detailed tracking. Project managers maintain this information and can provide to Office of Sustainability upon request.


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Prior to demo, UK brings in non-profits and allows them to get material out of the buildings for reuse. Smaller scale (< $1,000,000) renovation and construction projects were not reliably/systematically tracking C&D diversion rates during this period.


Prior to demo, UK brings in non-profits and allows them to get material out of the buildings for reuse. Smaller scale (< $1,000,000) renovation and construction projects were not reliably/systematically tracking C&D diversion rates during this period.

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