| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 58.96 |
| Liaison | Stephanie Corbett |
| Submission Date | March 2, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Case Western Reserve University
OP-9: Landscape Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.68 / 2.00 |
Total campus area (i.e. the total amount of land within the institutional boundary):
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 | 0 Acres |
| 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 | 200 Acres |
| Area managed using conventional landscape management practices (which may include some IPM principles or techniques) | 385 Acres |
| Total area of managed grounds | 585 Acres |
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):
Approximately 200 acres of the University Farm are unmanaged, natural land, wooded, fields, ponds, etc.
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:
An IPM plan is currently in development
Percentage of grounds managed in accordance with an organic program:
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:
The University farm property has followed organic principles for maintained and farmed land for nearly a decade. The urban University property is creating a Beyond Pesticides, green grounds management plan. Currently six acres of the 185 are being managed without synthetic fertilizers. Minimal synthetic fertilizer is being used on the remainder of campus. All of campus is phasing out Roundup, which has been used minimally, and similar weed prevention products and replacing with organic options.
A brief description of the institution's approach to plant stewardship:
Grounds crews design beds that include drought tolerant and/or native perennial plants and use the Native Plant Society of NE Ohio reference list.
A brief description of the institution's approach to hydrology and water use:
Stormwater is a very important topic in Cleveland on the shores of Lake Erie because of a legacy combined sewer system. We are in a very built out urban environment so much natural hydrology has been lost. However, efforts are made via our building and construction standards for renovation, replacement or new construction to keep stormwater on site via rain gardens, bioswales, pervious concrete, holding tanks, live green roofs and other technologies.
A brief description of the institution's approach to materials management and waste minimization (e.g. composting and/or mulching on-site waste):
All grounds waste is composted and reused on site. Food waste from the campus kitchens is composted at the University Farm.
A brief description of the institution's approach to energy-efficient landscape design:
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):
De-icers and shoveling methods are used in areas that do not have concrete snowmelt technolog or pervious concrete. Increased square feet of pervious concrete, which is brushed only to remove snow, reduces amount of chemical de-icers needed. Currently CWRU uses Hydronic Concrete snowmelt (mixture of anti-freeze and hot water sent through flexible piping embedded in concrete to keep a surface temperature of 40 degrees F); this also elimnates the need for de-icers, improving quality of water run-off.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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