On a university residential/dining hall project, we will be utilizing an "Eco-Digester", (an aerobic digester from BioHiTech), http://digesters.biohitech.com/platform/digesters, that uses microorganisms to break food waste down into liquid form, allowing it to be safely discharged through the sewer line, eliminating the need for trucking and landfills.
Does anyone have experience with this digester equipment in gaining a LEED credit? And if not, where do I begin to create a new Innovation credit?
Thanks! Harry
https://www.usgbc.org/node/10401650?return=/credits/new-construction/v4/innovation-catalog
This is the updated approach for v4 where it combines 5 oft-used EBOM credits into one strategy where you're required to implement 2 of the 5 to earn an ID credit for NC projects. Take a look at that and see if your project would be able to use it. Otherwise, you could attempt it alone, but you'd have to use the instructions in the ID section of the Reference Guide (Step by step section) on how to document an ID strategy and see if it would fly. If you take that route, you may want to consider submitting your intent to GBCI as a LEED Interpretation ($220) and see if they would accept it.