Landscape Carbon Benchmarking Study receives two CSLA awards

Landscape Carbon Benchmarking Study received two prestigious awards from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA): a National Award in the category of Research, and the Jury’s Award of Excellence.

The study began with a focused question: how carbon intensive are the landscapes being reviewed through Toronto’s development application process? Commissioned by the City of Toronto, it creates a practical starting point for municipalities, practitioners, and policymakers to better understand lifecycle carbon in landscape design and move toward lower-carbon development landscapes across Canada.

“The jury felt that this Study truly advances the science, the practice and art of landscape architecture. The jury was particularly impressed with how the case study findings are communicated in a simple and clear language, to be widely understood and accessible to those outside of our profession. This will inspire others to apply the practical, yet science-based, principles to projects across Canada, resulting in measurable impacts to climate change. Most notably, this benchmark un-complicates carbon reduction and sequestration in urban landscapes and positions landscape architects as leaders of that change.”

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