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Common practices to pursue
This credit encourages environmental best management practices for pest management and landscaping. Its minimal cost impacts and focus on practices that can be employed at any building site make it one of the most commonly pursued credits.
Expand and formalize your practices
It is not difficult to achieve SSc3 as long as key best practices are thoroughly incorporated in vendor contracts and the building’s standard operating procedure (SOPA standard operating procedure (SOP) manual can be used to document routine operations and maintenance practices, and to encourage use of standardized best practices.) language. Most project buildings already...
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11 Comments
LEED EBOM 2008 vs. 2009
Will you be able to help with EBOMEBOM is an acronym for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance, one of the LEED 2009 rating sytems. 2008 specific documentation questions and issues? Is this tool focused on the v3 2009 versions of the rating systems?
Tristan Roberts replied Editor – LEEDuser, BuildingGreen, LLC Apr 05 2010
Sal, the LEEDuser tool is focused on LEED v2009, including LEED-EBOMEBOM is an acronym for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance, one of the LEED 2009 rating sytems.. However, the 2008 and 2009 versions of LEED-EBOM are quite similar, and so our tool should be able to help with that. If you have any specific questions, don't hesitate to post here on the forum.
Pest Management
If all of our pest management practices are outsourced and their are no chemicals stored on site, how is one to document this credit.
any ideas?
Thanks
Tristan Roberts replied Editor – LEEDuser, BuildingGreen, LLC May 03 2010
Have you reviewed the steps discussed above in the Getting It Done tab? One point is that even if you have vendors, you need to integrate the credit requirements into their contract language. Also, the credit goes beyond integrated pest managementIntegrated pest management (IPM) is the coordinated use of knowledge about pests, the environment, and pest prevention and control methods to minimize pest infestation and damage by the most economical means while minimizing hazards to people, property, and the environment.. Be sure to also cover erosion control and landscape management.
Pesticide Log
Few of the pesticides used by our client do not have an EPA registration number but fall under WHO class III pesticides.Is it mandatory to put the EPA registration number in the log.Please advise.
Shira Norman replied YRG sustainability Jul 16 2010
Shilpi,
If you can record the WHO identification number or another identification number akin to the EPA registration number, you should be able to meet the log requirements. The key is to provide documentation demonstrating that when you use pesticides in or around the project building, you keep a log of the ID numbers to ensure that if occupants come to you with questions, you can easily look up the toxicity and hazard information for them. Additionally, when you issue universal notificationUniversal notification means notifying building occupants not less than 72 hours before a pesticide is applied in a building or on surrounding grounds under normal conditions, and within 24 hours after application of a pesticide in emergency conditions. Use of a least toxic pesticide or self-contained nonrodent bait does not require universal notification; all other pesticide applications do. for the use of non-least toxic pesticides, you'll want to provide enough information to building occupants to allow them to research the pesticide on their own.
Pesticides with cancelled EPA registration
If the project is using any pesticides wherein the EPA registration has been cancelled , can we still mention it,if a universal notificationUniversal notification means notifying building occupants not less than 72 hours before a pesticide is applied in a building or on surrounding grounds under normal conditions, and within 24 hours after application of a pesticide in emergency conditions. Use of a least toxic pesticide or self-contained nonrodent bait does not require universal notification; all other pesticide applications do. has been provided before application?
Shira Norman replied YRG sustainability Jul 16 2010
Shilpi,
As long as you issue universal notificationUniversal notification means notifying building occupants not less than 72 hours before a pesticide is applied in a building or on surrounding grounds under normal conditions, and within 24 hours after application of a pesticide in emergency conditions. Use of a least toxic pesticide or self-contained nonrodent bait does not require universal notification; all other pesticide applications do. prior to using the pesticides, you can use them. Of course, it's always better to use non-toxic or least-toxic options before using such pesticides.
pest management control
my client has existing pest management control policies but not as detailed as in the attached template (specific means of treating each pest - from ants, rodents, etc). will this be acceptable or does it need to address all items as in the sample template?
Shira Norman replied YRG sustainability Jul 16 2010
Pablo,
The pest-specific language is intended as guidance for building operators when they run into certain common pests. This language is not a required component of a LEED-compliant IPM plan. The required elements are written in black text and even some of those sections are not absolutely crucial (i.e., teams are not required to follow the LEED-EBOMEBOM is an acronym for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance, one of the LEED 2009 rating sytems. Plan model for IPM as this document is intended to be a technical and trade-specific).
Pablo Fortunato Suarez replied Principal ESD Consultant/Architect, GreenArc Sustainable Building & Architecture Jul 16 2010
Thank you Shira. Regards
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