Phipps Observatory Center for Sustainable Landscapes, courtesy of the Sustainable Sites Initiative Engaging in LEED, Living Building Challenge and meeting the rigorous standards of today’s environmental regulations can go a long way toward qualifying your development or campus project for Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) certification. … [Read More]
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Atlanta Beltline Goes for Gold: Another SITES v2 Project!
Take one part industrial greyfield, one part invasive kudzu “farm” and one part utility scale transmission line. Mix in economic and recreational investment from the Atlanta Beltline, Inc. (ABI) and the creative design team led by Agency Landscape Planning and Perkins + Will, and you get Boulevard… [Read More]
Atlanta Proud! Atlanta Beltline Registers First Sustainable SITES Project
The Atlanta Beltline has an impressive list of accomplishments: 33 miles of multi-use trails, 1,300 acres of parks, 5,600 units of affordable housing, and more than $10 billion in economic development. Next on the list of accomplishments is the registration of the $7 million… [Read More]
Studioverde Leads Colby College Launch of SITES Certification Process
Getting started on any project can be daunting, but working with experts can make the process smoother. Colby College reached out for insight on the multi-year SITES certification process for its $200 million Athletic Complex. As the SITES expert and advisor on the project team,… [Read More]
SITES Certification: a Perfect Match for Small Projects with Big Ideas
Administered by the GBCI (Green Business Certification), the Sustainable Sites Initiative’s SITESv2 is the rating system that aligns land development and management with innovative sustainable design. And, unlike LEED, SITES certification is accessible to small projects with limited budgets. Today a variety of projects in the… [Read More]
Is Your Renewable Energy Project SITES Certifiable?
Meeting the rigorous standards of today’s environmental regulations can go a long way toward qualifying your wind or solar energy project for Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) certification. Development of wind and solar energy projects has increased exponentially over the past twenty years, which is the… [Read More]
NYU SITES Guest Lecture: A Teachable Moment that Worked Both Ways
Teaching a new land design and development rating system (SITESv2 or “LEED for Land ) to fourteen diverse, motivated, yet possibly sleepy urban design students in 45 minutes might be a challenge. But as an evening guest lecturer at NYU’s Urban Design and Architecture Studies (NYU UDAS),… [Read More]
SITES: How to Create New Energy Around Green Design
Pictured here left to right: Danielle Pieranunzi , GBCI; Will Howard, PLA, and Krisjan Hiner, Stack Rock Group; Steve Birch, Hewlett-Packard; Hunter Beckham, PLA; Lisa Cowan, SITES AP, Studioverde. We attended GreenBuild 2017 in Boston and as a GreenBuild first timers, we were not sure… [Read More]
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Ecological Restoration Class
On October 23, 2015, Lisa Cowan, PLA will be leading a one day workshop at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Titled “Introduction to Ecological Restoration Techniques and Methods”. Ecological restoration is the practice of renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in… [Read More]