Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 59.67
Liaison Luc Surprenant
Submission Date Dec. 23, 2022

STARS v2.2

Université de Montréal
OP-9: Landscape Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Alexandre Beaudoin
Consultant, Biodiversity
Vice rector's office, Finances and Infrastructures
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Total campus area:
180.09 Hectares

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 180.09 Hectares
Area managed in accordance with an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program that uses selected chemicals only when needed 0 Hectares
Area managed using conventional, chemical-based landscape management practices 0 Hectares
Total area of managed grounds 180.09 Hectares

A brief description of any land excluded from the area of managed grounds:

Areas that are not Universite de Montreal's proprety were not considered.


Percentage of grounds managed organically:
100

A brief description of the organic landscape management program:

The City of Montreal has its own regulation that prohibits the use of pesticides on the whole island of Montreal (of which the City itself is a part), except in some few cases where institutions or citizens have sustained important damages.

Otherwise, the city prohibits all kinds of chemical pesticides and the Université de Montréal upholds and complies with the regulation.

Additionally, no fertilizer are use on the university managed ground except for few on-campus permacole gardens (using only natural fertilizers).
http://durable.umontreal.ca/biodiversite/agriculture/pause-udem/


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

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

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A brief description of the institution's approach to plant stewardship:

Our Sustainability unit launched in 2017 a program to remove buckthorn, an invasive specy, from our main campus located on the protected area of mount Royal.


A brief description of the institution's approach to hydrology and water use:

Developing strategies for stormwater management:
- vernal pond development
-Promote vegetated drainage areas
-Retain, treat and control stormwater discharge into a retention pond
-Incorporation of phytotechnologies through these vegetated areas.


A brief description of the institution's approach to landscape materials management and waste minimization:

The University organizes an annual student and staff clean-up to remove litter from the Mount Royal woodlands.


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:

Residual grass cuts is kept and used as natural fertilizer on site. Certain City regulations ensure that the University removes dead leaves from the premises, including all places considered institutionnal parks (trees on grass). When possible, dead leaves are kept on new plantation sites as natural fertilizer.


Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable landscape management program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Other university campuses are located in urban areas and do not have landscaping.


Other university campuses are located in urban areas and do not have landscaping.

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