Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction, LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors, LEED BD+C: Core and Shell, LEED BD+C: Schools

Rating System Version

v3 - LEED 2009, v2 - Schools 2007, v2 - LEED 2.2, v2 - LEED 2.0

Inquiry

Our project is being built on what was once a City-owned asphalt parking lot. All the asphalt was removed, taken to a recycling plant, and crushed. We are not able to re-use the asphalt on our particular site for fill, however the asphalt will be used as fill on several other projects around town. The company that hauled the asphalt specializes in recycling and redistributing concrete, rock, and asphalt for use as fill in construction projects. Although the book states the asphalt needs to be crushed and re-used on site, we feel we are meeting the intent of the credit since we are diverting demolition debris from landfill and incinerators, and we are redirecting reusable materials to appropriate sites.