Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 75.40
Liaison Mary-Lee Townsend
Submission Date Jan. 16, 2025

STARS v3.0

Western University
OP-4: Ecologically Managed Grounds

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.33 / 5.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

4.1 Organic landscaping/grounds services

Do the institution’s landscaping/grounds services employ a written Integrated Pest Management (IPM) protocol that follows a four-tiered approach?:
No

Online location of the institution’s IPM protocol:
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Copy of the institution’s IPM protocol:
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Do the institution’s landscaping/grounds services publish, on at least an annual basis, an inventory of the synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides used on campus grounds?:
No

Online location of the institution’s chemical inventory:
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Copy of the institution’s most recent chemical inventory:
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Do the institution’s landscaping/grounds services manage one or more sites or pilot projects without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, or herbicides?:
Yes

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s organic landscaping/grounds policies and practices:
Yes, these include:
Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre
Springett & FRAM Lands
Baldwin Flats
Gibbons Lodge
 
 
 

Have the institution’s landscaping/grounds services eliminated their use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides?:
No

Online resource affirming the organic status of the institution’s landscaping/grounds services:
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Document affirming the organic status of the institution’s landscaping/grounds services:
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The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator OP 4.1:
0.50

4.2 Ratio of ecologically managed green space to total managed green space

Total area of managed green space:
482 Hectares

Area protected or restored:
49 Hectares

Area of tree canopy:
101 Hectares

Area managed organically:
49 Hectares

The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following four figures:

Ratio of areas protected or restored to total managed green space:
0.10

Ratio of tree canopy to total managed green space:
0.21

Ratio of areas managed organically to total managed green space:
0.10

Points earned for indicator OP 4.2:
0.83

Optional documentation

Notes about the information provided for this credit:

13 hc gibbons

9.27 hc baldwin flats

0.02 hc live stake planting

2.64 hc medway/thames area

3.45 hc west bank of the thames, north of UDR

3hc west bank, south of UDR

14.5 hc adjacent to Medway Valley ESA

2.63 medway creek behind north residence

0.7hc, IGAB woods

measured using COL maps:  https://maps.london.ca/WebDocuments/MapGallery/MapGallery/Index

 

Number shown for tree canopy uses average tree canopy in the City of London (see link below) and applied that percentage to our total area of managed green space.

 


Additional documentation for this credit:
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