Peek into a SITES project: Arthington Mall Plaza

Feature image credit: Joshua Clark/University of Illinois Chicago.

Located in the heart of the city, the SITES-certified University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), is a vital part of the educational, technological and cultural fabric of the region. UIC’s Arthington Mall Plaza serves as an open common area for students, faculty, staff and visitors of the west side of campus.

Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Federal Courthouse

The LEED Gold-certified Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Federal Courthouse was designed and constructed to earn SITESv2 Silver certification as part of the U.S. General Services Administration’s adoption of SITES Silver certification for its capital construction program. It is GSA’s first courthouse project to be SITES-certified under version 2 of the rating system and the first SITES-certified project in South Carolina.

Peek into a SITES project: Richard Moya Eastside Bus Plaza

Feature image credit: Studio Balcones and Patrick Wong.

Once a flat, plain road median, the SITES Silver Richard Moya Eastside Bus Plaza—named for the first Mexican American person elected to public office in Austin—has been transformed. Now a vibrant, ecologically robust refuge for wildlife, the landscape echoes the historic Central Texas ecoregion of the Blackland Prairie, and offers renewed beauty and comfort to more than 600 riders each day.

Reducing GHG emissions through SITES-certified landscapes

Feature image: The Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes. Image credit: Lofty Views.

Sustainable land development provides a critical opportunity for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through material choices, landscape design, construction and maintenance practices, and enhancing a project’s ability to store and sequester carbon with soil and vegetation.