image: Rick Fisher Photography
For those of you who have been contemplating the connections between sustainable campus planning and landscape design; then wondering how the rating systems relate…this is for you.
Mark Hough, ASLA, Duke University, has written an article that is posted in the April 2013 issue of College Planning & Management that discusses the differences between LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES), their strengths and weaknesses relative to campus work, and their potential for the future. I for one had never really taken the time to understand what Mark has so easily laid out. While my focus still continues to be on whole campus planning, systems, issues, and sustainable problem solving – as opposed to site-specific thinking and scoring – I agree that there is much to be learned from both LEED and SITES.
Creating Sustainable Campus Landscapes by Mark Hough, ASLA
(this links to the entire magazine. To quickly jump to the article, click the title in the lower right hand corner of the cover)
by Cathy Blake, ASLA, Stanford University
I thought Mark’s article was excellent and to the point.