New draft guidelines for sustainable sites released December 22, 2008
Posted by bruce mcgranahan in green building.trackback
The Sustainable Sites Initiative Guidelines and Performance Benchmarks – Draft 2008 is the product of more than two years of work by a diverse group of experts in soils, hydrology, vegetation, materials and human health and well-being. It is expanded and updated from the Preliminary Report which was released in November of 2007. This report focuses on measuring how a site can protect, restore and regenerate ecosystem services – benefits provided by natural ecosystems such as cleaning air and water, climate regulation and human health benefits. This report contains over 50 draft prerequisites and credits that cover all stages of the site development process from site selection to landscape maintenance.
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