Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.65
Liaison Nina Hartwig
Submission Date Nov. 27, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
OP-20: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.87 / 1.00 John Gardner
Sustainability Planning & Policy Analyst
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:
623.20 Tons

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

Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
86.57

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:
The State Facilities Standards require diversion of construction and demolition waste.

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:
The Data includes information from the LEED certification documents from The Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Center (FY2016). The Lubar Entrpreneurship Center was still in the final stages of compiling final documentation at the time of submittal but was tracking at 82% (260.5 tons diverted, 56.7 tons solid waste). The new Children's Center and the Kenwood IRC were also completed to LEED standards. KIRC-623.2 tons materials recycled.....96.7 tons landfilled Data on C&D Waste was provided by WasteCap Resource Solutions, Inc. (which manages the waste data tracking for State of Wisconsin Capital projects) as well as LEED Submission documents.

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