Are only the given conversion factors accepted by LEED? Is there a growing list of accepted conversion factors?
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NC-2009 MRc2: Construction Waste Management
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Volume to Weight Conversions
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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May 28, 2010 - 7:33 pm
The conversion factors given in the reference guide are: (for material density in lbs/cubic yard)Cardboard - 100 Gypsum Wallboard - 500 Mixed Waste - 350 Rubble - 1,400 Steel - 1,000 Wood - 300 The Reference Guide says that others may be acceptable if they are "defensible." I suppose this is the question you're asking, Jean?I don't have an answer, but what materials are you wondering about? I can look around.
Jean Marais
b.i.g. Bechtold DesignBuilder Expert832 thumbs up
May 31, 2010 - 12:26 am
Hi Tristan, Thanks for the reply. I'm preparing a waste management plan for our client and have included the standard conversion factors. I've heard that (and can readily assume) that the recyclers in europe may use different factors which include for a variaty of different waste types, including co-mingled waste. I was just wondering if there wasn't already other standard factors out there, that I just don't know about.Thanks.I'll update my project usage/experiences here later then.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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May 31, 2010 - 8:16 pm
I did a Google search for "waste conversion factors" and found a number of resources that look like they would be quite useful for this question.