Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.67
Liaison Jim Walker
Submission Date March 21, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

University of Texas at Austin
OP-24: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.94 / 1.00
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Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered:
17,118.53 Tons

Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated :
1,189.10 Tons

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:

o All new construction buildings on campus must meet at least LEED silver which has minimum diversion requirements.
o Additionally, the new Dell Medical School is pursuing the Sustainable Sites Initiative SITES certification (in addition to LEED certification) which has diversion requirements as part of its scoring system.


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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