Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 66.39
Liaison Phil Valko
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

Washington University in St. Louis
OP-19: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.72 / 1.00 Railesha Tiwari
Sustainable Design and Construction Project Manager
Faciliites
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Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered:
280.73 Tons

Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated:
108.52 Tons

Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
72.12

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:

As set forth in the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Operations, Washington University has committed to achieving standards in new construction and major renovations equivalent to, or exceeding, LEED Silver. As such, all vendors working on these projects are required to track, and responsibly dispose of, construction and demolition waste per the LEED certification level for which the project is striving.

At present, however, we do not have the contractual infrastructure in place to track construction and demolition waste outside of projects on our campuses that are pursuing, or have achieved, LEED certification. LEED projects represent all major construction and demolition at WashU (projects exceeding $2.0M in scope), and thus are a good approximation, but are by no means a comprehensive representation. The challenge of implementing a comprehensive tracking system within this area is currently being explored.


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