Speaker(s): Jennifer Dowdell, ASLA | Pippa Brashear, ASLA | Sara Cohen, ASLA | Andrew ten Brink, ASLA

With the proliferation of urban development in coastal cities, landscape architects have an opportunity to design urban infrastructure in a way that can simultaneously bolster aquatic habitat and create great public space. This session compares three case studies: Chicago Riverwalk, Elliott Bay Seawall, and Rebuild by Design: Living Breakwaters.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the relationship between open space design and essential aquatic habitat.
• Examine the responsibility landscape architects have in supporting marine environments in coastal and shoreline development/redevelopment.
• Compare alternative or innovative design methods to enhance or restore aquatic habitat and fish vitality in urban waterways.
• Understand the importance of collaboration between the designer, ecologist, and engineer to create urban aquatic habitat.

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Speaker(s): Justin Winters, ASLA, LEED AP | John Leys, LEED AP, PE | John F. Williams, ASLA

Demand for projects to deliver ecological, financial, and social benefits is peaking with clients looking for measurable results demonstrating the value of their investment. Case studies will highlight emerging methods and technology for data collection, analysis, and incorporating performance metrics to evaluate a project’s success in achieving its sustainability goals.

Learning Objectives:

• Define the state of sustainability in the design industry and consider the complex factors contributing to a truly “sustainable” project, including resource management, ecological resiliency, financial benefit, and cultural value.
• Identify the market drivers that are currently making issues of sustainability more prevalent on projects.
• Identify results that clients are increasingly demanding from high-performance landscape design and the challenges of measuring this data.
• Share diverse strategies and tools employed by SWA, Sherwood, and Autocase for tracking and analyzing performance metrics and achieving sustainability goals.

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Speaker(s): Lee-Anne Milburn, FASLA | Joan Cardellino | Deborah Deets, ASLA

Addressing demands for environmental justice usually requires "greening" of our cities. Desert cities face the contradiction of providing green infrastructure without increasing water consumption. This requires innovation and reconsideration of how we define, collect, clean, and store water, and where and how it is used.

Learning Objectives:

• Define the issues relating to park poverty and providing green infrastructure in developed cities in dry climates, including policy challenges, funding, and design innovation.
• Identify a range of solutions to addressing park poverty and providing green space amenities in dry climates, and be able to articulate both their strengths and weaknesses.
• Understand the potential of linear urban corridors such as roads, channelized streams, utility corridors, transportation corridors, and excess road widths and stormwater management for the creation/design of green infrastructure.
• Understand the principles behind a “One Water” approach to solving drought issues with alternative water sources, including use of dry weather flows, stormwater, recycled water, graywater, and blackwater.

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Speaker(s): April Philips, FASLA | Linette Straus, ASLA, SITES AP | Lisa Kunst Vavro, ASLA | Lisa Cowan, ASLA, SITES AP | CeCe Haydock, ASLA | David Cutter, ASLA, SITES AP | Keven Graham, FASLA

ASLA members may view this presentation for free after logging in and pay a fee for the professional development exam (1.0 PDH LA CES/HSW).

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Section 2.2, conduct a pre-design site assessment, guides the integrated design team in maximizing opportunities for optimal site performance. This section is like the spine for the project through the certification process because at this stage the team looks ahead to determine potential opportunities. It requires a detailed assessment of the site's conditions and allows the integrated team to explore options for sustainable outcomes before the design process begins.

Learning objectives:

• Understand how to map and asses existing site conditions according to the outline in the submittal documentation section.
• Identify opportunities for sustainable outcomes for the project site and how they may affect the design.
• Analyze how the pilot project examples utilized section 2.2 to map out the strategy of their project design with emphasis on particular topics.

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Speaker(s): Katarina Katsma, ASLA

The SITES® Rating System is administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the premiere organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally. The material on which the SITES Rating System is based was developed through a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort of the American Society of Landscape Architects Fund, The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin, and the United States Botanic Garden.

This SITES® AP exam series was developed based off of the information found in the SITES Reference Guide. It is a study tool only and not to be solely utilized for exam preparation. It was not developed based off the actual exam. Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), who is preparing and administering the SITES AP exam, has recommended that all test takers study the Reference Guide and all references to prepare for the SITES AP exam. This webinar reviews Section 1: Site Context of the Reference Guide.

Speaker(s): Linette Straus, ASLA, SITES AP

The SITES® Rating System is administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the premiere organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally. The material on which the SITES Rating System is based was developed through a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort of the American Society of Landscape Architects Fund, The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin, and the United States Botanic Garden.

This SITES® AP exam series was developed based off of the information found in the SITES Reference Guide. It is a study tool only and not to be solely utilized for exam preparation. It was not developed based off the actual exam. Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), who is preparing and administering the SITES AP exam, has recommended that all test takers study the Reference Guide and all references to prepare for the SITES AP exam. This webinar reviews Section 2: Pre-Design Assessment + Planning.

Speaker(s): Curt Millay, ASLA

The SITES® Rating System is administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the premiere organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally. The material on which the SITES Rating System is based was developed through a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort of the American Society of Landscape Architects Fund, The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin, and the United States Botanic Garden.

This SITES® AP exam series was developed based off of the information found in the SITES Reference Guide. It is a study tool only and not to be solely utilized for exam preparation. It was not developed based off the actual exam. Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), who is preparing and administering the SITES AP exam, has recommended that all test takers study the Reference Guide and all references to prepare for the SITES AP exam. This webinar reviews Section 3: Site Design - Water.

Speaker(s): Bradford McKee

The SITES® Rating System is administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the premiere organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally. The material on which the SITES Rating System is based was developed through a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort of the American Society of Landscape Architects Fund, The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin, and the United States Botanic Garden.

This SITES® AP exam series was developed based off of the information found in the SITES Reference Guide. It is a study tool only and not to be solely utilized for exam preparation. It was not developed based off the actual exam. Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), who is preparing and administering the SITES AP exam, has recommended that all test takers study the Reference Guide and all references to prepare for the SITES AP exam. This webinar reviews Section 4: Site Design - Soil + Vegetation.

Speaker(s): Alexandra Hay

The SITES® Rating System is administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the premiere organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally. The material on which the SITES Rating System is based was developed through a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort of the American Society of Landscape Architects Fund, The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin, and the United States Botanic Garden.

This SITES® AP exam series was developed based off of the information found in the SITES Reference Guide. It is a study tool only and not to be solely utilized for exam preparation. It was not developed based off the actual exam. Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), who is preparing and administering the SITES AP exam, has recommended that all test takers study the Reference Guide and all references to prepare for the SITES AP exam. This webinar reviews Section 5: Site Design - Materials Selection.

Speaker(s): Jennifer Reut

The SITES® Rating System is administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the premiere organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally. The material on which the SITES Rating System is based was developed through a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort of the American Society of Landscape Architects Fund, The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin, and the United States Botanic Garden.

This SITES® AP exam series was developed based off of the information found in the SITES Reference Guide. It is a study tool only and not to be solely utilized for exam preparation. It was not developed based off the actual exam. Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), who is preparing and administering the SITES AP exam, has recommended that all test takers study the Reference Guide and all references to prepare for the SITES AP exam. This webinar reviews Section 6: Site Design - Human Health + Well-Being.