Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.18
Liaison Jean-Michel Champagne
Submission Date June 28, 2018
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STARS v2.1

HEC Montréal
OP-9: Landscape Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 2.00 Jean-Michel Champagne
Sustainable Development Officer
Infrastructure - Sustainability Office
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Total campus area (i.e. the total amount of land within the institutional boundary):
3.40 Hectares

Figures required to calculate the total area of managed grounds:
Area (double-counting is not allowed)
Area managed in accordance with an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program that uses a four-tiered approach 1.68 Hectares
Area managed in accordance with an organic land care standard or sustainable landscape management program that has eliminated the use of inorganic fertilizers and chemical pesticides, fungicides and herbicides in favor of ecologically preferable materials 0 Hectares
Area managed using conventional landscape management practices (which may include some IPM principles or techniques) 0 Hectares
Total area of managed grounds 4.15 Hectares

A brief description of any land excluded from the area of managed grounds (e.g. the footprint of buildings and impervious surfaces, experimental agricultural land, areas that are not regularly managed or maintained):

The total number of hectares indicated represent the gross campus area. Net ground surface is 1.68 hectares (area excluding parking, roads and building)


Percentage of grounds managed in accordance with an IPM program:
100

A copy of the IPM plan or program:
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A brief description of the IPM program:

HEC Montréal is managing its land in accordance with the four-tiered approach. First, pest control activities are conducted only when the presence of pest is detected, using homologated pesticide in accordance with the Québec Code de gestion des pesticides. No HEC staff uses regulated pest control product except the one identified as low impact pest control product for weed control. Hazardous pest control product, such as mouse or insect biocide, are use only when other non-artificial means, such as prevention and engineering improvement, failed to prevent pest. Ash trees are also identified and submitted to preventive treatment for emerald ash borer. Infected ash tree are rapidly identify and eliminated in accordance with local regulation.


Percentage of grounds managed in accordance with an organic program:
0

A brief description of the organic land standard or landscape management program that has eliminated the use of inorganic fertilizers and chemical pesticides, fungicides and herbicides in favor of ecologically preferable materials:
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A brief description of the institution's approach to plant stewardship:

Due to the location of the campus and the environmental sensitivity related to Montréal’s Mont-Royal, HEC is managing its natural feature in the most natural, ecosystemic way. Specifically, the Cote-Sainte-Catherine building is built directly in a part of the Mont-Royal forest, and tree protection was integrated in the building design and shape. A specialized gardener is hired to ensure the tree and plants maintenance is done in a way to protect and reproduce the natural local ecosystem.


A brief description of the institution's approach to hydrology and water use:
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A brief description of the institution's approach to materials management and waste minimization (e.g. composting and/or mulching on-site waste):
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A brief description of the institution's approach to energy-efficient landscape design:
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A brief description of other sustainable landscape management practices employed by the institution (e.g. use of environmentally preferable landscaping materials, initiatives to reduce the impacts of ice and snow removal, wildfire prevention):
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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