Hello,
Has anyone been successful achieving this credit in a high school or middle school which has a garbage disposal installed within a home economics/ lifestyle classroom? These residential-style disposals are used to teach the students cooking, cleaning etc.
Thank You!
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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July 14, 2014 - 3:49 pm
Sara, I don't have experience in this situation, but I do have a suggestion. A classroom is just the kind of space that should be teaching students to not waste food, and to use environmentally preferable means of disposal such as composting. I would say that if LEED helped pushed a school to make this change in its classroom and thus in the curriculum, that would be a great influence!If the school MUST include them, perhaps they can be installed on a dummy sink with no connection to the sewer system.
Suzanne Painter-Supplee, LEED AP+ID&C
PrincipalSEESolutions LLC
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July 16, 2014 - 2:57 pm
Agreed. The credit language in WEc4 and its template strictly prohibit disposers which would seem to me that using one in Home Ec. could derail the credit if attempted for the commercial kitchen. While the intent of the credit is commercial kitchen/cafeteria-targeted, to my recollection, it doesn't specify the location of the four compliant appliances you have to have, to the exclusion of other departments. With soda coming out of schools, the kitchen may no longer have an ice maker, but the athletic department and/or nurses' station may, or ice/water dispensers might be available for student and faculty use. Home Ec. might have a clothes washer. Are disposers allowed in LEED for Homes?