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Green Building to Move Outdoors
Press conference at ASLA EXPO to announce new sustainable design initiative
WHAT: The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the University of Texas at Austin’s Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and the United States Botanic Garden are collaborating to develop a rating system for sustainable landscape design, called the Sustainable Sites Initiative. Just as the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® rating system measures a building’s environmental impact, the Sites Initiative will measure the sustainability of designed landscapes of all types, including public, commercial, and residential projects. The U.S. Green Building Council is lending its support to this project and plans to adopt the Sustainable Sites metrics into its LEED® system once they are finished.
WHY: Sustainable landscape design can save billions of dollars in infrastructure and environmental costs while reducing individual maintenance and utility bills. However, no rating system exists to guide development beyond building construction. This new initiative will help balance the built and natural environments for the long-term health of communities nationwide.
WHO: Nancy Somerville, Executive Vice President and CEO of ASLA
Frederick R. Steiner, FASLA, Dean of the University of Texas School of Architecture
WHEN: Saturday, October 6 at 10:30 AM
WHERE: Room 111 of the Moscone Center
747 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
For more information and press credentials, please contact Jim Lapides at 202-216-2371 or 314-707-8823 (cell).
About ASLA
Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association
for landscape architects, representing more than 17,600 members
in 48 professional chapters and 68 student chapters. Landscape
architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis,
planning, design, management, preservation, and rehabilitation.
ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances
the practice through advocacy, education, communication, and
fellowship. Members of the Society use their “ASLA”
suffix after their names to denote membership and their commitment
to the highest ethical standards of the profession.
Learn more about landscape architecture online at www.asla.org.
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