| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 50.87 |
| Liaison | Cesar Nanni |
| Submission Date | Nov. 26, 2021 |
Universidad de Monterrey
OP-9: Landscape Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.74 / 2.00 |
Leslie
Cardoza Eng. Sustainability Office |
Total campus area:
Figures required to calculate the total area of managed grounds:
| Area (double-counting is not allowed) | |
| Area managed organically, without the use of inorganic fertilizers and chemical pesticides, fungicides and herbicides | 0 Hectares |
| Area managed in accordance with an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program that uses selected chemicals only when needed | 39.57 Hectares |
| Area managed using conventional, chemical-based landscape management practices | 13.78 Hectares |
| Total area of managed grounds | 53.35 Hectares |
A brief description of any land excluded from the area of managed grounds:
Percentage of grounds managed organically:
A brief description of the organic landscape management program:
N/A
Percentage of grounds managed in accordance with an IPM program:
A copy of the IPM plan or program:
A brief description of the IPM program:
Universidad de Monterrey has vendors that utilice an Integrated Pest Management Plan in all campus. Reports from vendors are send periodically to our Maintenance and Construction department.
Our service provider determines applicable locations and identify the level of insects and infestations, always notifying UDEM. All pesticides used shall hold no harm to out plans.
A brief description of the institution's approach to plant stewardship:
The plantting palette was developed in conjunction with Prohabitat and the UDEM Horticultural deparment. The prevaling planting strategy is to ude indigenous materials reducing the need for unnecesary water use. The native and/or Naturalized plant palette considers:
Shade: The planting of many large shade trees adjacent to pedestrian circulation and integrated with open spaces establish confortable micro-climates in critical areas.
Lawn: water thirsty lawns are confined to specific funtion areas. Drought tolerant species such as red Fescue and Korean Bunch Grass are to be used to reduce the need for additional irrigation and respect the regional landscape. Lawn shoul not be used as ground cover on slopes exceeding 30%.
Fertilizer and pesticide use is used at minimum level on efforts to protect the land and water resources.
A brief description of the institution's approach to hydrology and water use:
Whenever possible best management practices should be apply to allow natural percolation of storm water for increase drainage on-site. This is achieve by both slowing the flow rate of storm water and collecting, storing, and cleansing water.
A brief description of the institution's approach to landscape materials management and waste minimization:
All organic materials such as leaf and wood are managed but "Area Verde" whom also are in charge of compoting all materials.
A brief description of the institution's approach to energy-efficient landscape design:
N/A
A brief description of other sustainable landscape management practices employed by the institution:
N/A
Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable landscape management program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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