Site management policy

Intent

To preserve ecological integrity and encourage environmentally sensitive site management practices that provide a clean, well-maintained, and safe building exterior while supporting high-performance building operations and integration into the surrounding landscape.

Requirements

Establishment

Create and implement a site management policy that employs best management practices to reduce harmful chemical use, energy waste, water waste, air pollution, solid waste, and/or chemical runoff for all of the following operational elements on the building and grounds:

• use of low emissions maintenance equipment;
• snow and ice removal;
• cleaning of building exterior, pavement, and other impervious surfaces;
• erosion and sedimentation control (for ongoing operations and for construction activity);
• organic waste management (returned to the site or diverted from landfills);
• invasive and exotic plant species management (through monitoring and eradication);
• fertilizer use (testing soils before using fertilizer to prevent overapplication of nutrients);
• irrigation management (monitor irrigation systems manually or with automated systems at least every two weeks during the operating season for appropriate water usage, system times, leaks, or breaks); and
• storage of materials and equipment.

Performance

None.