FYI, We were just denied the IPM credit using the LEEDuser template because it only included a link to the City of San Francisco’s Hazard Tier 3 least-toxic pesticides. The reviewer wanted the actual list of pesticides in the document.
The link has also changed to:
http://sfenvironment.org/sites/default/files/fliers/files/sfe_th_product...
Jenny Carney
Vice PresidentWSP
LEEDuser Expert
657 thumbs up
June 15, 2012 - 11:03 am
Geoffrey, would you mind posting the review comment (or excerpt) so that we can troubleshoot this?
I've never heard of such a ruling, as the review language I'm familiar with asks for a) a definition of least-toxic in the plan that matches the LEED RG language, and b) a list of pesticides actually applied during the LEED performance period. Some teams do list the anticipated pesticides they plan to use and will indicate whether they are Tier III in their plan, and if they are misclassified a review would note that in the review comment.
But actually embedding the full SF list into the plan is not a requirement, as far as I know. Nor is listing out all the pesticides intended for use in the project building (though I think this is often a good approach).
Geoffrey Tomlinson
Vaha Sustainable Energy61 thumbs up
July 12, 2012 - 4:31 pm
Review comments:
The copy of the Integrated Pest Management Plan has been provided. However, the provided IPM plan includes a link to the SF Reduced-Risk Pesticide List rather than SF Pesticide Hazard Screening List, as required.
It's curious that they gave us credit for IEQc3.6: Indoor Integrated Pest Management, acknowledging that the link was included. All they asked was in the future, a functioning link is used. I posted the correct link in my first comment.
We didn't challenge this because we earned enough points for Gold.