Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 71.76
Liaison Mike Versteege
Submission Date Oct. 10, 2014
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STARS v1.2

University of Alberta
OP-T2-48: Weather-Informed Irrigation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Ray Dumouchel
Associate Director, Buildings and Grounds Services
Operations and Maintenance
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Does the institution use weather data or weather sensors to automatically adjust irrigation practices?:
Yes

A brief description of how weather data or sensors are used:

UAlberta collects data on: wind speed, evapotranspiration, heat index, humidity (inside and outside) and rainfall. By coupling this information with a soil-based sensor, we can determine how much irrigation is actually needed versus blanket irrigating, thereby decreasing our water dependency.


The website URL where information about the practice is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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