Pest management with reduced health impacts

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Integrated pest management (IPM) aims to limit the negative impacts that conventional pest control often has on the health of building occupants. The goal of IPM is to avoid unnecessary use of pesticides and prioritize the use of least-toxic methods for managing pests.

This credit offers two paths for meeting the requirements. Under the first option you’ll need to create and adopt an IPM plan and implement it 100% of the time.

Alternatively, teams can use a pest vendor that is certified by one of the allowable third-party certification programs.

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