If multiple vendors manage a variety of pest issues communicate IPM best practices to all vendors involved and formalize your expectations in contractual language. Designate a staff member who can facilitate communication between multiple vendors and ensure that their processes and methods complement one another.

Indoor and outdoor IPM plans are commonly combined and carried out by a single contractor. Given that an IPM plan focuses on prevention, it makes sense to think of interior pest problems within the context of exterior conditions, including the building envelope and entry points. Additionally, combining outdoor and indoor IPM makes implementing the pest management policy (including future revisions) much easier, as there is only one document to oversee. 

Integrated pest management (IPM)

Work with key operations staff and vendors (such as landscaping and pest management) to determine whether any of their current methods qualify as environmental best management practices.

Even if you do not have a comprehensive IPM plan, you may already conduct one or more of the following activities, making it easier to add additional IPM practices:

routine site inspections and maintenance,
routine pest inspections,
pest population monitoring,
substantial evaluation of the need for pest control,
and sanitation as a preventative measure for pest infestations.

Conduct an inventory of all pest management products and practices currently implemented on the project site and associated grounds. Consider combining outdoor and indoor IPM programs, using one inventory of pest management practices to document compliance with this credit and with SSc3: Integrated Pest Management, Erosion Control, and Landscape Management Plan. The inventory needs to address exterior and interior IPM issues.

Consider attempting the extra point for Exemplary Performance through IDc1 by doubling your vegetated open space over the credit requirements. Many schools, particularly in rural or suburban areas with a lot of playing fields, find this relatively easy to achieve. 

Consider attempting the extra point for Exemplary Performance through IDc1 by doubling your vegetated open space over the credit requirements. 

Consider limiting the surface area of sidewalks and other hardscapes, replacing them with vegetated areas. 

Consider eliminating or reducing the area of onsite surface parking. You can do this by placing parking under your building, building a parking garage instead of a lot, or sharing parking facilities with nearby buildings. These strategies can also help you earn SSc4.4: Alternative Transportation—Parking Capacity, SSc7.1: Heat Island Effect—Non-Roof, and SSc10: Joint Use of Facilities.