This pilot credit is easily achievable where mandates and infrastructure (by municipality and/or base building in case of CI project) are in place. Future consideration should be made to incentivize (award credit to) projects in locations with no composting mandate as a two-year contract with a private hauler is required.
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Fran Bellin
CEU coordinator, Data WranglerBuildingGreen
LEEDuser Moderator
July 18, 2023 - 10:58 am
Thank you for sharing!
Elena Kiernan
Greenwood Consulting GroupOctober 5, 2023 - 1:52 pm
There are a few additional LEED requirements that go beyond mandates, if the end result is composting everyone wins!
October 12, 2023 - 2:18 pm
This is what we found as well. More requirements could improve the credit.
Mario Kranzl
Dipl.-Ing.DR. PFEILER GmbH
1 thumbs up
January 31, 2024 - 7:16 am
We managed to document it onhand mandates and estimated organic waste production in the building. We found it especially interesting, since the supermarket located inside has their own policies in place to reduce waste in the first place.
Kristen Magnuson
Stok6 thumbs up
April 23, 2025 - 5:04 pm
Agreed! This credit, especially in California where laws are in place to compost, is much more achievable than in jurisdications that have no laws and no services available.