Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.78
Liaison Amber Saxton
Submission Date Sept. 1, 2017
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STARS v2.1

George Mason University
OP-20: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.90 / 1.00 Mary Liang
Sustainability Analyst
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:
3,113.25 Metric tons

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

Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
90.49

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:
Mason has committed to designing and constructing buildings that meet, at the minimum, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver standards or the Virginia Energy Conservation and Environmental Standards. Within LEED, there are credits associated with construction and demolition waste diversion which the university tracks. The numbers listed above are for projects within the last three years. The disposal and tracking of construction and demolition waste are the responsibility of the contractors. The data above was collected for three LEED buildings, certified in the last three years: Exploratory Hall, Ike's, and Taylor Hall.

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:
Data is for FY 2017.

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