Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.15
Liaison Amber Saxton
Submission Date Jan. 8, 2021

STARS v2.2

George Mason University
OP-19: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.95 / 1.00 Greg Farley
Director of Sustainability
University Sustainability
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Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered:
2,748 Metric tons

Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated:
132.54 Metric tons

Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
95.40

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.

Website URL where information about the institution’s C&D waste diversion efforts is available:
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