Welcome Texas Agri Life Research and Extension Center

Welcome Texas Agri. Life Research and Extension Center at Dallas

United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service Workshop funding provided by a grant from USDA / Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service

“How can green buildings reduce the long-term need for pesticides and pest control intervention through better design? ”

Workshop Method: Learning from each other

Today’s Agenda • Wednesday, Feb. 13, 1: 00 PM – Intro of Participants (Janet Hurley; Texas Agri. Life Extension, Dallas) • 2: 00 PM Introduction to US Green Building Council and the LEED rating system – Michael Kawecki; North Texas U. S. Green Building Council • 3: 00 PM Field trip to Hector Garcia Middle School, Dallas ISD, green school site • 7: 00 PM – Hosted Dinner at local restaurants

Thursday morning • Thursday, Feb. 14, 8: 00 AM • Presentations on school design and IPM issues (30 mins. each) – The Role of the Architect in Green School Design • Paul Romano; New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Architecture and Building Science Research, Newark, NJ – The Role of the Engineer in School Design and Construction • James Mc. Clure; Estes, Mc. Clure and Associates, Tyler, TX – Green Building Design Meets IPM: An entomologist’s perspective • Al Greene; General Services Administration, Washington, DC – Commercial Building Design: A Pest Control Company’s Perspective • Frank Meek and Paul Hardy; Orkin Pest Management, Atlanta, GA – School Maintenance Department’s Perspective: “A TEAMS Approach to School IPM” • Victor Melton and Tom Bell; Carrollton-Farmer’s Branch ISD, TX • Panel and group discussion

Thursday afternoon • 12: 00 PM, Working Lunch • 12: 00 -6: 00 PM Workshop breakout sessions to develop recommendations Group A. Outdoor features: rodents, birds, wildlife, etc. Group B. The building envelope: birds, bats, bees Group C. Foundation and drainage issues: termites, etc. Group D. Interior areas and doors: crawling pests, ants, flies, rodents – Group E. Food service areas: cockroaches, rodents, flies – – • 6: 00 Adjourn; transport to hotels; dinner on own

Friday morning • Friday, Feb. 15, 8: 00 AM Group presentations and discussion – Group facilitators • 11: 00 AM Wrap up and dismissal – (except for members of Southern Region IPM workgroup) • 11: 00 AM Southern Region IPM Workgroup: IPM training manual and development of IPM plans for key pests – Plans for e. Xtension web content on school IPM • Faith Oi, University of Florida – Review content and format of IPM plans • Mike Merchant, Texas Agri. Life Extension, Dallas • 12: 30 PM Project assignments & Wrap Up

Develop multistate training manual for school IPM coordinators • Manual for Texas school IPM coordinators first developed 1995, revised 2004

IPM plans

What is IPM? • A strategy that aims for – long-term suppression of pests – by combining the best control tactics, – minimizing negative impacts of pesticides on people and the environment, and – being economical.

Components of an IPM program • Pest identification • Knowledge of pest biology • Monitoring and thresholds • Integrated controls • Communication/ cooperation with stakeholders

The IPM pyramid Physical / Mechanical controls Pesticides Biological controls Cultural / Sanitation Practices

Key ecological principle behind IPM • Pests will thrive in human environments when provided with the necessary requisites for survival • “Reduce a requisite and reduce the pest” Page 7 The pest triangle

Pest prevention • Single most important component of pest management program • Pest-proofing, repair, maintenance of buildings is most important and most overlooked aspect of IPM

How does IPM differ from conventional pest control? It’s inspection-based It’s threshold-based It’s preventive It’s knowledgeintensive • It’s a community effort • •

Pest Prevention: Through behavior modification

Good design can help modify behavior

Pest Prevention: Through Design • Paved foundations as replacements for foundation plantings JJ Pearce H. S. - Richardson ISD

IPM-positive features usually in line with other green goals • Reduced light pollution has pest management benefits • Well-sealed buildings have energy conservation benefits • Effective and sanitary waste handling facilities usually less attractive to pests

Good IPM design is not always intuitive Mc. Kinney 1 st Baptist Church, Mc. Kinney, TX, May 1995

Good IPM design involves combination of biological information and engineering know-how black field crickets, Lennox Square Plaza, Richardson, TX September 1998

Changing your pest control program to IPM