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- News | 06/21/2018
The City of Berkeley is hosting a workshop about building electrification for members of Green Cities California and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network.
ReportsAuthored by StopWaste and Arup, this primer provides an overview of a circular economy framework for the built environment at the community, neighborhood and building scales. The ideas and concepts included here are intended to stimulate local government decision-makers and staff in Alameda County and beyond to consider policies and actions in their jurisdictions.
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From 2010 to 2016, StopWaste chaired the Multifamily Home Energy Coordinating Committee (MF HERCC), which was a subcommittee of the U.S. EPA's California Home Energy Retrofit Coordinating Committee.
In 2015, MF HERCC updated and published two reports:
This fact sheet can help businesses and institutions find environmentally preferable cleaning products that can handle the same commercial, industrial, and residential cleaning needs as traditional cleansers.
This document provides guidelines to help designers of multifamily, commercial and mixed-use buildings plan for recycling collection when designing new buildings or major renovations.
ReportsStopWaste partnered with Healthy Building Network and the San Francisco Department of the Environment to investigate ways to enhance the quality of post-consumer recycled-content raw materials (or “feedstock”) used in the manufacturing of building products.
On October 22, 2015, StopWaste hosted a half-day workshop focused on best practices in meeting and implementing C&D recycling in Alameda County and the Bay Area. Presenters shared their experiences with achieving high diversion rates on building projects seeking to meet code, attain LEED certification, or targeting zero waste.
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Download StopWaste C&D Industry Overview 2015.pdf (2.48 MB)- Download WM C&D RJewell.pdf (532.52 KB)
- Download 3_CW&R_Oakland_JFookes.pdf (4.6 MB)
- Download 4_Zanker C&D MGross.pdf (1.29 MB)
- Download 6_Pankow C&D Best Pract MStrong.pdf (714.86 KB)
- Download 7_Pleasanton C& D Best Practices.pdf (2.08 MB)
- Download 8_Alameda City C&D KParker.pdf (1.46 MB)
Download 10-22-2015-C&D-Best-Practices-audio.mp3 (35.75 MB)
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Bay Area LISC's Green O&M Guide contains a toolkit for selecting green products, including paint, cleaning products, flooring and carpet, and lighting.
A user-friendly green guide for the renovation of multifamily buildings, developed by the Local Initiatives Support Coalition and Build It Green.
ReportsNOTE: The "GreenPoint Rated" system, developed by Build It Green, is an updated rating and guideline system for new construction and upgrade/remodeling projects.