Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.29
Liaison Kathleen McCaig
Submission Date Dec. 22, 2011
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STARS v1.0

Berea College
Tier2-4: Snow and Ice Removal

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Derrick Singleton
VP Operations and Sustainability
Operations and Sustainability
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Has the institution implemented technologies or strategies to reduce the environmental impacts of snow and ice removal?:
Yes

A brief description of the snow and ice removal program, policy, or practice:

Berea College has approximately 8 miles of sidewalks, 2 miles of roads, and 8 acres of parking lot that are maintained for snow and ice. During inclement winter weather, sidewalks are cleared by 2 to 3 mechanical sweepers, focusing on priority routes first. Building entryways and stairs are hand cleared and salted as needed with MgCl salt. Roads and parking lots are plowed and salted with NaCl rock salt. Throughout the weather event crews are checking all routes and repeating as necessary. If the weather forecast dictates a need for pre-treating, high traffic and high risk safety areas are salted with the above mentioned products, respectively.


The website URL where information about the program, policy, or practice is available:
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