"Our Common Future"

In 1987, the United Nations released the Brundtland Report, which defines sustainable development as "development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".

Seven generation sustainability is an ecological concept that urges the current generation of humans to live sustainably and work for the benefit of the seventh generation into the future. It originated with the Iroquois - Great Law of the Iroquois

"People don't want gas and electricity. They just want hot showers and cold beer" -Amory Lovins

Monday, July 2, 2012

KEC Recycling

Current project recycling rate is   83% 

We have recycled 189 tons of material on site.  A ton is 2,000 lbs.  So we have recycled about 379,000 lbs.  To help put this in perspective, a car weighs about a ton.  Another way to look at it is by volume.  Construction debris weighs about 1,000 lbs per cubic yard.  Therefore we have recycled 379 CY.  In the KEC a single dorm room is about 41 CY.  
This is equivalent to recycling 9 dorm rooms full of debris!



For LEED we are required to recycle construction waste from the project.  Your project can earn 1 point for a 50% recycle rate or 2 points for 75% recycle rate.  There are a number of strategies to make sure this is successful.  All strategies include trade awareness and education.  We discuss the requirement at weekly subcontractor meetings with trade foreman, post project signage, and partner with a hauling company with experience in recycling goals on LEED projects.  

Materials are sorted onsite into seperate containers for Steel, Wood, Drywall, Concrete and Masonry, Paper and Cardboard, and general debris.  The general debris can be further sorted offsite at a recyling facility.  A demonstration of one of these facilities in action can be seen here.

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