Sustainable Sites Initiative
The Sustainable Sites Initiative is an interdisciplinary effort
by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the United States Botanic Garden
to create voluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction
and maintenance practices.
The Sustainable Sites Initiative Guidelines and Performance Benchmarks – Draft 2008 is available.
Sustainable Facts
An estimated 32 million tons of construction and demolition wood waste are generated each year in the United States, 14 million tons of which are potentially available for recovery.
~ McKeever, 1996
SUSTAINABLE SITES CASE STUDY:Point Fraser Precinct Development
Point Fraser Reserve, a significant redevelopment in the Perth Central Business District, is constructed on a previously undeveloped area of reclaimed river foreshore with the aim of improving the health of the Swan River and connecting the...
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