Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 55.44
Liaison Bradley Flamm
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

West Chester University of Pennsylvania
OP-19: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.95 / 1.00 Bradley Flamm
Director of Sustainability
Office of the President
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Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered:
7,397.57 Tons

Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated:
392.82 Tons

Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
94.96

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:

West Chester University's Sustainable Design Guiding Principles (URL below) encourages "sustainable waste management on all projects" and the salvage and/or recycling of as much non-hazardous demolition and construction waste as possible. The university encourages contractors to meet a target of 75% salvage / recycling (by weight).


Website URL where information about the institution’s C&D waste diversion efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data Provided by: Kathleen DiJoseph (KDiJoseph@wcupa.edu), Executive Director, Campus Planning and Development and Jennifer Grafton (Jennifer.Grafton@stantec.com) Senior Associate, AIA
Data Entry: Lois Howell, 11-Jan-22


Data Provided by: Kathleen DiJoseph (KDiJoseph@wcupa.edu), Executive Director, Campus Planning and Development and Jennifer Grafton (Jennifer.Grafton@stantec.com) Senior Associate, AIA
Data Entry: Lois Howell, 11-Jan-22

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