Green Building and Waste Management

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of present without compromising the needs of future

generation to meet their own needs.

Sustainability

Sustainable Waste Management • Growing in waste generation & disposal rates will increase

pressures on the environment. • Sustainable waste management aims to address these long

term pressures through:

Recovery Recycling Reuse of resourcesminimization of waste streams management of resources in an environmentally

sound and economically effective manner

Concepts of sustainable building and LEED

requirements

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a rating system devised by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) to evaluate the environmental performance of a building and encourage market transformation towards

sustainable design.

1. Integrative process 2. Location and transportation3. Sustainable sites4. Water efficiency5. Energy and atmosphere 6. Materials and resources 7. Indoor environmental quality8. Innovation 9. Regional priority

The system is credit-based, allowing projects to earn points cross nine basic areas that

address key aspects of green buildings

Based on the number of points achieved, a project earns one of four LEED rating levels

Waste Management In LEED Buildings

• Storage and Collection of Recyclables• Construction Waste Management• Materials Reuse • Waste Stream Audit• Ongoing Consumables• Durable Goods• Facility Alterations and Additions

solid waste management policy

IntentTo reduce the amount of waste and toxins that are hauled to and disposed of in landfills or incineration facilities.

Requirements:Have in place a solid waste management policy addressing the requirements of the waste management credits as mentioned bellow.

• MR Credit 7: Solid Waste Management—Ongoing Consumables

• MR Credit 8: Solid Waste Management—Durable Goods.

• MR Credit 9: Solid Waste Management—Facility Alterations and Additions.

• recycling of all mercury-containing lamps.

Waste Stream Audit

Intent To facilitate the reduction of ongoing waste and toxins generated by building occupants and building operations that are hauled to and disposed of in landfills or incineration facilities.

Requirements • Conduct a waste stream audit of the building’s entire ongoing

consumables waste stream.• Use the audit’s results to establish a baseline that identifies

the types of waste making up the waste stream and the amounts of each type

• Identify opportunities for increased recycling and waste diversion.

Example s of all over the world

Arizona State University new building for the Packard Foundation

New U.S. Port of Entry in Minnesota

Climate Commitment, Ithaca College