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.

Image courtesy of the Obama Center

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.

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.

Land use in the U.S. is largely governed at the local level. Since infrastructure is on everyone's lips right now, it's a great opportunity to talk locally about green infrastructure, and the interdisciplinary, integrated approaches to sustainable and resilient site development.  

A great way to begin local discussion is by proposing landscape guidelines to be adopted by local town councils.

How does SITES work for a project within a larger campus? Can SITES apply to a master plan? My project will take years to build out, so can I apply SITES to a multi-phased project? Yes, yes and yes. Read on for the breadth of projects SITES can help with.