Green Roofs - Living Architecture Monitor - Summer 2016 - 26
Photo courtesy of Lance Davis
POLICY
SUPPORTING POLLINATORS ON U.S.
COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS ROOF,
WASHINGTON DC
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA)
INTRODUCES POLLINATORS POLICY
WRITTEN BY LANCE DAVIS
In June of 2014, the President
issued the Presidential
Memorandum-Creating a Federal
Strategy to Promote the Health of
Honey Bess and Other Pollinators.
This memorandum called on
Executive departments to take
immediate measures to support
pollinators.
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T
he U.S. General Services
Administration (GSA)
released in the 2015 Facilities Standards P100, a new
section for Pollinators. The intent of this section is to provide
opportunities for pollinators to
thrive through the intentional
design and management of
Federal landscapes. During early
project planning stages, project
teams shall identify known
pollinators in their immediate
subject area and pollinators
native to or likely to inhabit
their region and climate zone,
and identify design strategies for
creating and preserving viable
foraging and nesting areas to the
maximum extent feasible.
The pollinators section focuses on design aspects including nesting and foraging.
By carefully considering
the design of a facility and its
landscape, the impact to nesting
pollinators is minimized and
can be enhanced. The foraging
section focuses on native plants
in a landscape with diverse color,
shapes, sizes and bloom times
that span the growing season.
To achieve these results,
GSA is requiring a new submit-
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