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Pilot projects by SITES put sustainable landscape rating system into action

May 28, 2010—The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) has selected pilot projects to test a national rating system for sustainable landscape design, construction and maintenance. The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture, New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward...

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