Rating System

LEED O+M: Existing Buildings, LEED O+M: Existing Buildings

Rating System Version

v2 - LEED 2.0, v3 - LEED 2008

Inquiry

We feel that the building\'s current recycling contract and system of collection is more efficient and quite different than the system suggested by the prerequisite. The current recycling provider, Allied Waste Services, collects all the recyclables required by the LEED prerequisite in one container as part of their commingled recyclables program and has the capability to sort this material at their own facility. This makes separation and sorting of recyclables unnecessary at the building site. (Thus, there are essentially no areas in the building dedicated to recycling sorting, separation and storage, as suggested by the prerequisite.) In addition, to encourage recycling amongst office tenants, Yorktown Offices has provided enough bins to tenants for every desk. Yorktown\'s janitor collects the contents of these bins at the same time as the trash, twice weekly, and brings them directly to the outside dumpsters. This eases the burden on tenants by reducing the need to bring their own trash and recycling to centralized locations. Only one office tenant is large enough and generates enough large-volume material (mainly cardboard) to require a centralized location for breaking down and storing these materials. They provide this space on their own when needed. For these reasons we feel that Yorktown Offices meets the intent of MR prerequisite 1.2 while meeting or surpassing the recycling requirements in terms of materials collected, efficiency, and ease of use for the tenants. Please let us know if any further information is required.