Sustainable Site and Landscape
Design
The
work of Brenton Associates offers many examples of projects fulfilling the criteria proposed by the "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 U.S. Botanic Garden to create voluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable landscape design, construction and maintenance practices." This initiative complements the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards for buildings and neighborhood design. Some examples of the application of these criteria in our work are listed below:
1.2 Protect and restore floodplain functions of riparian and coastal zones. Riverdale Glen; Belle's Landing; Moravia Self Storage.
2.1 Conduct a pre-design site assessment. Riverdale Glen, West Schuylkill River Trail, Cobbs Creek Trail Extension.
2.2 Use an integrated design process. Schuylkill Canal Towpath Restoration, Tredyffrin Safe Routes to School.
3.1 Control and manage invasive species. Moravia Self Storage, Canal Towpath Restoration, Tredyffrin Safe Routes to School.
3.2 Use appropriate non-invasive species. Belle's Landing, Myanmar Meditation Society, Tredyffrin Safe Routes to School.
3.3 Preserve special status trees. Steppingstone Museum Access Drive, Howe Residence, Tredyffrin Safe Routes to School.
7.1 Plan for Sustainable Landscape Maintenance- Ashbridge Park Master Plan. |
