(H05) TRUE Certification: Zero Waste for Construction Projects

This session will be a panel discussion between three professionals with different backgrounds. The panel will cover strategies, real solutions and case studies on TRUE zero waste certification applying TRUE Certification for zero waste to construction sites. The goals of this session are: Promote more discussions about zero waste construction sites, Highlight the importance of pre-design discussions and strategies among the project key stakeholders (including but not limited to the developer, designers, general contractor, and waste hauler) that continue throughout the design phases, and identifying and using opportunities to achieve synergies across disciplines and building systems This panel will bring together an architect (Dalton Ho, Regional Sustainable Design Leader, Associate at Perkins & Will), a general contractor (Miranda Nowlen, Senior Project Engineer at Webcor) and a C&D waste hauler (Brock Hill, Vice President at Premier Recycle Company). The moderator will be Denise Braun, a zero waste consultant, who has been leading the zero waste movement in the green building industry.

The following case studies will be used as a base for the discussion: Genesis Marina - the 1st construction project in the world to earn the TRUE precertification. This project is also pursuing the full TRUE certification and LEEDv4 Gold. Contra Costa County New Administrative Building – one of the 1st public projects in the world to pursue TRUE for construction sites TRUE for Construction Projects (I don’t believe it’s completely correct for them to claim they are the 1st here, we have a few other projects registered, so modifying to be safe)! This project is also pursuing LEEDv4Gold. The following topics will be discussed: Important of zero waste for construction projects. Top 3 strategies to promote circularity Best solutions to reduce waste. Challenges for a zero waste construction sites. Synergies between LEED and TRUE.