Earn SITES CEUs: New case studies demonstrate the value of SITES
Feature image: SITES certified University of Texas at El Paso.
Exploring the value of SITES through seven case studies from around the world.
Now available: New SITES Pilot Credit to assess and improve carbon performance of sites
Assess, quantify and improve the carbon performance of your next SITES project with the new SITES Carbon Pilot Credit.
From LEED ND to SITES: How Austin’s Mueller neighborhood is breaking new ground
Photo credit: Brandon Huttenlocher/Design Workshop
In Austin, Texas, the Mueller neighborhood project was one of the first to achieve LEED for Neighborhood Development certification. Now, Mary Elizabeth Branch Park is providing residents with a newly SITES certified place to gather and play – making Mueller the first project to combine these two rating systems in the world.
Obama Presidential Center Pursues SITES & LEED
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We are delighted and honored that Chicago's Obama Presidential Center has announced its plans to achieve LEED v4 Platinum, SITES Silver, and ILFI Zero Energy certification.
LEED and SITES: New Synergies and Readiness Tool now available
Did you know that LEED projects may qualify for up to 65 points toward SITES certification? Find out where your LEED project stands with GBCI’s new LEED to SITES Readiness Tool that is now available for LEED BD+C v4 and LEED BD+C v2009 projects.
Weigh in on this survey of Sustainability, Sustainable Landscape Metrics and SITES
A research team of landscape architecture educators and practitioners is looking to understand landscape architecture professionals’ knowledge, interest and participation in sustainable landscape design and sustainable landscape metrics.