Lakeside Golf Course

Current Sustainable Practices

Below are the initiatives Lakeside Golf Course has completed on the Green Check scorecard.

Sustainability Management and Green Team

• Develop a written comprehensive sustainability plan.
• Designate a Sustainability Coordinator or Green Team responsible for managing sustainability initiatives.
• Hold quarterly Green Team meetings.
• Provide time for quarterly updates from Sustainability Coordinator in upper management meetings.

Awareness, Education, and Outreach

• Provide a sustainability information board in a common area such as a break room or kitchen.
• Promote sustainability accomplishments in external marketing materials.
• Highlight sustainability efforts or initiatives at career fairs or career days.
• Provide volunteers for community environmental events annually.
• Host an environmental event at your location.
• Attend a sustainability workshop.

Energy Efficiency

• Assess, track and document energy consumption.
• Establish a power-down policy and checklist that includes items such as shutting off lights at night.
• Replace incandescent or CFL lights with LED lights – 76-100% replacement.
• Establish a regular filter maintenance policy for your HVAC system.
• Have the HVAC system evaluated every 2 years by a certified service provider.
• Install programmable thermostats and use them to adjust temperature during unoccupied hours.
• Install occupancy sensors in bathrooms, meeting rooms and other infrequently used areas.
• Take measures to insulate HVAC system and duct work to minimize heat loss.
• Daylight work spaces wherever possible.

Waste Reduction and Recycling

• Implement a basic recycling program.
• Provide clearly marked recycling bins at work stations and/or in common areas. Recycling bins are paired with a waste bin.
• Train and require janitorial service or staff responsible for cleaning to segregate waste and recyclable materials.
• Use reusable mugs and dishware instead of disposable plates, cups, and utensils.
• Establish an electronic waste policy that diverts all e-waste away from landfill.
• Create a landfill diversion goal.

Water Conservation

• Assess, track and document water consumption.
• Conduct a water audit.
• Installed water efficient toilets in all of the restrooms.

Water Quality

• Establish a policy of proper hazardous waste and chemical disposal.
• Perform a stormwater pollution survey on your property.
• Establish preventative maintenance program for sanitary sewer lateral lines on your property.
• Coordinate or participate in a community litter clean-up.
• Install outdoor ash trays to prevent cigarette litter.

Urban Forestry and Landscapes

• Participate in a community reforestation project.
• Establish a native species only plant replacement policy for tree and shrub planting.
• Remove all invasive species from property.
• Plant a pollinator garden.
• Plant a rain garden.
• Audit irrigation system for leaks (within last three years).
• Audit irrigation system to water during cool periods.

Sustainable Purchasing

• Establish a policy for reducing the toxic chemicals/materials in your workplace.

Innovation

• Assists with Friends of Jacobson Park cleanups.
• Established a riparian buffer in coordination with Friends of Jacobson Park.
• Participates in annual butterfly count.
• Uses controlled burns to manage land.
• Certified as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf.