Integrated pest management is advanced pest control
Integrated pest management (IPM) is an approach to pest control that utilizes regular monitoring to determine if and when treatments are needed and employs physical, mechanical, cultural, biological and educational tactics to keep pest number low enough to prevent intolerable damage or annoyance. Least-toxic chemical controls are used as a last resort. (Olkowski, W. and S. Daar. 1991. Common sense pest control. Taunton Press. 715 pp.)
Pestec applies the precautionary principle to all the services we offer by openly weighing the benefits and risks of various treatment options and excluding those that are unneeded or may be avoided by non-chemical measures. Pestec is a Green Shield Certified and EcoWise Certified IPM provider, 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 Green Shield Certified, and the other locally EcoWise Certified.
Pestec's certified integrated pest management services can earn new and existing buildings LEED Green Building points.
For more information about Pestec's innovative pest management services or information about building an IPM plan for your building or facility please contact us
For more information on integrated pest management check out our IPM resources page and please visit the University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program and the IPM Institute of North America, Inc..
For more information on IPM certification please visit EcoWise Certified and Green Shield Certified
