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.

Image credit: Colby College.

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.

Feature image credit: Mariusz Blach, Adobe Stock.

There are multiple opportunities to connect with the SITES team this fall in San Francisco, California. First, join the team for the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, the world’s largest green building and business conference, Nov. 1–3. Then, meet SITES the following week for ASLA’s 2022 Conference on Landscape Architecture from Nov. 11–14.

Feature image credit: City of Missoula Parks and Recreation.

Are you planning to achieve SITES certification for your project by the end of 2022? Plan ahead and stick to a timeline to complete all the key steps in your SITES certification process.

First, understand the timelines associated with each step in the certification process. Here is an overview of the review process and timeline associated with each review path.