Designate a staff member who can facilitate communication between multiple vendors and ensure that their processes and methods complement one another.
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a multi-faceted approach to pest management that uses chemical controls as a last resort.
Begin by considering both indoor and outdoor pest management activities as two parts of one program. Indoor and outdoor IPM plans are commonly combined and carried out by a single contractor. 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. This also helps avoid redundancies as well as the risk of discrepancies in your LEED project application.
Integrated pest management (IPM)
Provide a clear and detailed description of how each each of your best management practices reduces the environmental impacts associated with conventional practices.
If combining outdoor and indoor IPM programs, use the combined IPM plan submitted as an addenda for this credit and as the guiding document for IEQc3.6 as a starting point for formalizing your program.
The “plan” for this credit may not be a single unified document. Some plans consist of overall building policy supplemented by a vendor-produced IPM plan for the building and a vendor-produced landscape management plan. Working with vendors to document the credit can take the burden off of project teams.
Your plan can be created by in-house staff familiar with and responsible for maintaining the project site. Consequently, there should be minimal costs associated with creating the credit documentation.
Based on environmental best practices already in place and planned for future activities on the project site and grounds, develop a comprehensive plan that adheres to the LEED-EBOM Plan Model. The EBOM Plan Model lays out all of the required components (scope, goals, responsible parties, guidance and resources for implementation, performance measurements, and quality assurance and control processes) for all LEED-compliant plans. Your plan must describe the project building’s approach to the credit requirements.
Developing a plan