Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.69
Liaison Lisa Kilgore
Submission Date March 8, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Cornell University
OP-19: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.59 / 1.00 Spring Buck
R5 Manager
Facilities Operations
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Amount of construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered :
755.50 Tons

Amount of construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated :
533.20 Tons

A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contribute to the diversion rate for construction and demolition waste:

Cornell Green Building Guidelines (located at http://www.fs.cornell.edu/fs/ir/Cornell_Green_Building_Guidelines.pdf) have been superceded by a university commitment to pursue LEED certification (silver level minimum) for all new buildings and renovation projects exceeding $5M in value.

As such Cornell University has a commitment to meet LEED Materials and Resources credit guidelines. Current guidelines can be found at http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=8868.


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

These numbers are related to the Fernow Hall and Human Ecology Building projects in calendar year 2011.


These numbers are related to the Fernow Hall and Human Ecology Building projects in calendar year 2011.

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