Serve as a subject matter expert to update the SITES AP exam
Feature image: The SITES Gold Ellinikon Experience Park in Athens. Photo credit: George Fakaros.
The Ellinikon Experience Park
Located in the Athenian Riviera, 8 km from Athens’ city center, The Ellinikon Program covers a vast 6.2 sq. km (2.4 sq. miles) on the former grounds of the International Airport of Athens, which has been vacant since 2001. As one of Europe's largest urban regeneration projects, the development is intended to be a paradigm of integrated sustainable living for visitors.
The Ellinikon program promotes four main goals:
Join SITES and USGBC at the U.N. Biodiversity Conference in Cali, Colombia
Feature image photo credit: Emmanuel, Adobe Stock.
SITES v2 rating system addenda now available
Feature image photo credit: Danielle Pieranunzi.
GBCI has released the first addenda to the SITES v2 rating system. Addenda are official updates to the rating system and are now available on the SITES resources webpage.
SITES at Greenbuild 2024
Feature image: The SITES-certified Phipps Conservatory. Photo credit: Paul G. Wiegman.
KOA - Terramor Outdoor Resort
Terramor Outdoor Resort, a new brand from Kampgrounds of America, Inc. (KOA) opened in 2020 in Bar Harbor, Maine. It achieved SITES Gold certification, and is the first SITES for Existing Landscapes project in the United States.
Join SITES at the ASLA 2024 Conference on Landscape Architecture in Washington, D.C.
Feature image: ASLA Center for Landscape Architecture in Washington, D.C. photo credit: Ana Ka'ahanui.
Join the world’s largest gathering of landscape architecture professionals and students heading to the 2024 ASLA annual conference in Washington, D.C. From Oct. 6 to 9, you can choose from over 100 education sessions and explore hundreds of new products, services, technology applications and design solutions on the expo floor.
Advancing the global biodiversity agenda
Feature image: The SITES Gold and LEED Silver Grant Park Gateway in Atlanta. Photo credit: Dorian Sky.
Europe’s first SITES-certified landscape project in Milan [USGBC+]
Feature image photo credit: Alberto Fanelli.
This article was originally posted on July 3, 2024, on USGBC+ as "Europe's first SITES-certified landscape project is a green heartbeat in the center of Milan.” Read the full article.
Using SITES to design sustainable outdoor furniture: Amy Syverson-Shaffer, SITES AP
Feature image: The University of Michigan Gerstacker Grove project. Image courtesy of Landscape Forms.