Grounds Care: Sustainable Strategies
Part 1: Grounds Care: Bioswales Offer Water-Management Benefits
Part 2: Grounds Care: Resources for Sustainable Strategies
Grounds Care: Resources for Sustainable Strategies
By Dan Hounsell, Editor - March 2011 - Grounds Management
O’Donnell spotlighted key resources managers can consult for guidance in incorporating sustainable landscape features, as well as in earning recognition for their departments’ efforts:
• Green Globes, an online assessment protocol, rating system, and guidance for green building design, operation and management.
• Audubon Green Leaf Eco-Rating Program, which provides assurance that audited lodging facilities have met environmental best-practice standards.
• Audubon Lifestyle Landscapes, which provides direction, technical assistance, public attention, and national recognition for landscapes that incorporate conservation techniques.
• The Green Star Award, a recognition-only program from the Professional Grounds Management Society that aims to recognize individual professional efforts that lead to high maintenance standards and high-quality appearance of landscapes.
• Sustainable Sites Initiative, which are technically strong voluntary guidelines that aim to promote sustainable land development and management practices on sites with and without buildings.
