Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction, LEED BD+C: New Construction, LEED BD+C: Schools, LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors, LEED BD+C: Core and Shell, LEED O+M: Existing Buildings, LEED O+M: Existing Buildings

Rating System Version

v2 - LEED 2.2, v2 - LEED 2.2, v2 - Schools 2007, v2 - LEED 2.0, v2 - LEED 2.0, v2 - LEED 2.0, v3 - LEED 2008

Inquiry

Proposed Innovation Credit: Local Re-Use Waste Reduction\n\nINTRODUCTION\nThe MR Prerequisite 1 "Storage and Collection of Recyclables" addresses the need for space to be allocated for recycling activities. While this is necessary to support the collection, separation and storage of materials that will leave the building to enter commercial recycling, it does not address the recycling behavior of the occupants nor the potential reuse of material before it enters into the waste and/or recycling stream. This proposed innovation credit identifies opportunities in the occupancy and activities of an art school to internally reuse and recycle materials before they are designated "waste" and addresses this opportunity through the provision of art re-use bin locations throughout the studio classrooms and workspaces .\n\nINTENT\nThe intent of the proposed Local Re-Use Waste Reduction innovation credit is to actively reduce the waste generated by building occupants that is exported from the building to both landfills and commercial recycling activities. Many of the materials used in art projects by students and faculty can be recycled (glass, board, paper, metals, etc) but many materials used in the art studios, including those which have been part of a project assembly, cannot be recycled and will enter the landfill. By providing art re-use bins throughout the studio workspaces, students will be able to contribute used materials and projects (including glass, paper, board, fabric, metals, wood, and various composites), select and re-use these materials, reducing both the waste going to landfill and the stream of recycling materials stored and transported from the building\n\n\nREQUIREMENTS\nProvide bins for each studio classroom and workshop space of sufficient size and accessibility for art materials to be contributed and reused.\n\nSUBMITTAL\nDrawings of art bin design and location shown in plan.