Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.04
Liaison Jennifer Kleindienst
Submission Date Oct. 14, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Wesleyan University
OP-T2-48: Weather-Informed Irrigation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 David Hall
Grounds and Events Manager
Physical Plant - Facilities
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Does the institution use weather data or weather sensors to automatically adjust irrigation practices?:
Yes
+ Date Revised: Jan. 17, 2014

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A brief description of how weather data or sensors are used:
Wesleyan has rain sensors on its irrigation system for Usdan University Center. Wesleyan investigated installing weather-informed irrigation at other locations several years ago, but it was too expensive at the time. All of the athletic fields (with the exception of the Wadsworth fields), the President’s house yard, Chapel/92 Theater area, both sides of College Row, around Usdan University Center and the parking lot west of Beckham Hall, 70 and 74 Wyllys Avenue and both side of Wyllys Avenue from World Music Hall south entrance to the corner of Mt. Vernon are currently irrigated.
+ Date Revised: Jan. 17, 2014

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The website URL where information about the practice is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Wesleyan investigated installing weather-informed irrigation several years ago, but it was too expensive at the time. All of the athletic fields (with the exception of the Wadsworth fields), the President’s house yard, Chapel-92 theater area, both sides of College Row, around Usdan University Center and the parking lot west of Beckham Hall, 70 and 74 Wyllys Avenue and both side of Wyllys Avenue from World Music Hall south entrance to the corner of Mt. Vernon are currently irrigated.

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