West Laurel Hill’s Nature’s Sanctuary: A Green Path to Perpetual Care - 1.0 GBCI SITES-Specific CE

Date: April 30, 2019

Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM

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Learn about the innovative strategies implemented to transform a former cemetery dumpsite into a natural burial cemetery. The project design team used a fresh design approach which is in stark contrast to traditional industry standards for burial and perpetual care. In 2018, this new cemetery site was the first cemetery to receive SITES certification and only the 8th in the country to receive SITES Gold certification. Get an in-depth look at individual SITES v2 pre-requisites and credits attained by the project and learn about the certification process and working with GBCI to navigate your project from registration through final review.

The GBCI course ID for this course is 920019137, providing SITES-specific CE hours required to maintain SITES AP credentials. Participants will need to pass the exam at the end of the presentation in order to receive a certificate of completion. Participants will need to self-report CE hours through their credentials account on https://sitesonline.usgbc.org.


Participants will need to pass the exam at the end of the presentation in order to receive a certificate of completion. 

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

1. Identify the pre-requisites necessary for SITES certification.
2. Participants will learn about the stormwater and planting design elements implemented to achieve SITES certification, and how other projects may potentially follow the green design criteria necessary to achieve SITES certification.
3. Identify projects that are suitable for SITES Certification.
4. Participants will learn how Nature’s sanctuary utilized salvaged, recycled and locally sourced materials to earn credits toward SITES certification, and apply similar techniques to their own projects.

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Speaker(s):

• Adam Supplee, RLA, AICP, ASLA, LEED AP, Landscape Architect / Planner, Alta Planning + Design
• Liam Cleary, Associate ASLA, Senior Designer , Alta Planning + Design
• Nancy Goldenberg, President & CEO, West Laurel Hill Cemetery

Moderator(s):

• Kristen Reardon, Student Affil ASLA