Life out of PLACE?

Pestec specializes in managing pests

Especially Argentine ants - bed bugs - fleas - flies - German cockroaches - gnats - gophers - mice - mites - mosquitoes - Norway rats - pantry pests - pigeons - roof rats - Yellowjackets and many more.

Environmentally responsible leader

Pestec has proudly practiced innovative integrated pest management (IPM) for over 20 years. In January 2009 the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, an arm of the California Environmental Protection Agency, recognized Pestec as one of four IPM Innovators, making Pestec the first structural pest control operator ever to receive this honor.

IPM is an information based decision making process using a mix of cultural, physical, biological, and reduced-risk chemical strategies to reduce pest populations and harm they do. IPM is now included in the LEED Green Buildings certification for existing buildings.

Pestec has taken the lead in greener lower-impact IPM through its work in California and beyond. We understand pests as life out of place - in the wrong place at the wrong time. By identifying and correcting conditions that attract pests, we improve the quality of life in your homes or business. Our low-impact methods also reduce risk in your community and to climate:

Pestec IPM bed bug (K9/beagle) team

Bed bugs have re-emerged as the pest of the 21st century. Our pest management plans for bed bugs reduce risk and employ economically viable and sustainable practices especially bed bug heat treatment. As opposed to traditional pesticide applications, Pestec uses heat to control every aspect of the bed bug life cycle. A natural bed bug enemy, like heat, is a better solution for bed bug infestations because it promotes a sustainable and healthy habitat for humans.

The stars of the Pestec IPM Bed Bug team are our rigorously trained bed bug K9 units. Our bed bug sniffing dogs were trained at the Florida Canine Academy by master trainer Bill Whitstine. Bed bugs are not easily visible under ideal inspection conditions; however, the acute sense of smell of our beagles and the rigorous training they undergo all year round make them perfect bed bug detectives!

Pestec Mosquito Abatement (Bike) Team

Pestec uses carbon neutral methods for mosquito abatement in the City and County of San Francisco. High quality of life requires mosquito abatement there due to the recent introduction of West Nile Virus to mosquito populations in northern and southern California.

Each member of Pestec's bicycle courier team is capable of monitoring and treating catch basins in multiple neighborhoods per day with a reduced risk microbial larvacide, which is approved by the San Francisco Department of the Environment. The team covers approximately 750 miles per month; by using carbon neutral transport, Pestec depletes CO2 emissions by 4 tons a month over an eight month period or roughly 32 tons of CO2 a year while saving San Francisco money and cutting smog.

To learn more about Pestec and what we can do for you and how fast, call 415-671-0300 or fax us or email.

Green wisdom

Pestec is Green Shield and EcoWise Certified and believes that green technologies and strategies must be shared openly and transparently to increase the adoption of life, energy, and money saving solutions. It is with this desire for transparency that we have partnered with two non-profit IPM certification programs, one nationally, and the other locally.

Parties seeking LEED building certification have a credible partner in Greenshield Certified, EcoWise Certified, and audited integrated pest management providers.

Press coverage

NPR: Company attacks pests with Green techniques
ABC7: Bed bugs invade beds in the Bay Area
The San Francisco Chronicle: Bugs Bounce Back!
Bio-Integral Resource Center: Bugs Bounce Back!
NRDC OnEarth Magazine: Who You Gonna Call?
NRDC Produced: Pestec Video on YouTube
NRDC OnEarth: magazine

2009 events

Pestec will be presenting at the Sixth International IPM Symposium: Transcending Boundaries and the Green California Summit Exposition: Green Solutions for Tough Economic Times (see our brochure outside and inside);