Once a flat barren road median, the Richard Moya Eastside Bus Plaza – named for the first Mexican-American 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.
Feature image: EYP project in Hackensack, New Jersey. Photo credit: Halkin Mason Photography.
Feature image: Washington Canal Park in Washington, DC.
Do you want to better understand how your completed project is performing and demonstrate its success? Do you have an existing park, campus, government facility or other outdoor space that you would like to earn SITES certification? Are you interested in informing and influencing the next SITES certification tool?
Administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the Sustainable SITES Initiative (SITES) promotes sustainable and resilient landscape development. SITES can be used for development projects located on sites with or without buildings to enhance their sustainability, implement green infrastructure strategies and improve resilience.
Feature image photo credit: Bai'etan.
The Bai’etan Exhibition Center in Guangdong is the first project to achieve SITES Platinum certification in China. This major urban regeneration project is nestled in the heart of China's thriving Great Bay area, one of the country's most densely populated regions, where modern industry and rapid urbanization have taken hold over the past few decades.
The site of what is now the Bai’etan Exhibition Center was a large-scale warehouse area with a long industrial history in Guangzhou, originally built in the 1970s. The once prosperous warehouse had moved away from its past uses, and the original functions of the warehouse could no longer meet the needs of modern urban development.
Fort Missoula Regional Park was envisioned as a destination park, to serve the greater Missoula area, county and region.
Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. has opened the Daiwa House Group MIRAI KACHI KYOSO Center in Nara, Japan. This facility is a place where all generations, from children to adults, can learn, think, and grow together, and where human resources who co-create the values of the future can be nurtured together with society. The outdoor space is always open to the public, and anyone can freely stroll around and feel the seasons.
Feature image: Grant Park Gateway has LEED, SITES and Parksmart certifications. Photo credit: Dorian Sky.
As a commitment to Arizona State University’s overall sustainability goals, Orange Mall Green Infrastructure Project is the first to be submitted for Sustainable SITES certification. Located in the core of ASU’s Tempe Campus, the project replaces a former section of roadway and cul-de-sac with a new pedestrian mall and multi-use plaza for programmed events and informal social gatherings by students, faculty and staff.