You decided to become a SITES Accredited Professional (SITES AP), you took the exam and you passed. Congratulations!

What's next? Here's a breakdown of what you can do.

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Do you want to earn your SITES AP credential, but are crunched for time to study for the exam? I enjoy learning, but I hate taking tests and am a busy person who doesn't have a lot of time to spend a studying for an exam. Here's the plan I followed to pass the exam on my first try:

Early adopter pricing is available for the SITES AP exam through June 30, 2017. Take advantage of this offer before it expires to become part of an elite group of professional dedicated to elevating the value of landscapes in the built environment. Register for the exam by logging in to your USGBC account.

The SITES Rating System and Scorecard are now available in Spanish and Chinese. SITES is a truly global brand, and its practitioners and advocates are growing more and more diverse. These translated resources allow us to continue to grow the market for SITES and helps sustainable landscape design and development resonate on a global stage. 

Droughts, floods, migration and informal settlements, water quality, climate preparedness, earthquakes...these were just a few of the resiliency challenges discussed by workshop participants at Resilient Cities 2017. Countries as diverse as Jamaica, Vietnam, Palestine, Nigeria, Jordan and the United States came together in Bonn, Germany from May 4–6 for the annual global forum on urban resilience and adaptation.

A SITES certification marks a project’s commitment to sustainability. If you are interested in getting started, find out if your project is eligible or download our free SITES Rating System for more information about prerequisites and credits.

In October 2016, we began offering testing for the SITES AP exam, and we are excited to announce that our first cohort of SITES APs have earned their credentials through GBCI. These newly minted landscape professionals have demonstrated their knowledge, expertise and commitment to the profession to earn the SITES AP designation.

Are you working with your clients on sustainability beyond the building? Need a slide presentation on SITES that you can share? Look no further. GBCI is committed to helping landscape professionals bring SITES to their clients and to the market, and we’ve created a powerful presentation on the value of SITES.

We invite you to join us for our second SITES Quarterly Call of 2017 on May 22 from 3–4:30 p.m. EST. GBCI staff and SITES users will discuss how to jump-start your project with SITES, as well as how pursuing both LEED and SITES in tandem can help you further define, improve or demonstrate the site sustainability aspects of a project.

The SITES team is headed to this year’s 2017 American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention in Orlando from April 27–29. Each year, AIA’s National Convention features leading experts and creative visionaries from the architecture and design industry and covers topics including green building, LEED, resiliency, business management, design and health.