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‘LEED’ For Buildings. ‘SITES’ For Landscapes.

While green-building standards associated with LEED have expanded sustainable development, a more recent program called the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) has been developed and implemented to address outdoor landscapes and environments. Like LEED, sites can earn points through a rating system for … Continue reading

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Paved, but Still Alive

Parking lots have become the bane of every urban planner’s existence. The mere thought of a parking lot has gotten every planner, designer and architect’s stomach in a knot. According to Eran Ben-Joseph, a professor of at M.I.T., “some U.S. cities, … Continue reading

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