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Scholarly Works
The Landscape Performance Series Scholarly Works are a searchable collection of top student theses and dissertations related to landscape performance. Full papers are available for download in pdf format.
The student research presented here includes research on the benefits of landscape, post occupancy evaluations or analyses of monitoring data, and applications of existing research for existing or proposed projects.
Know of original student research that advances our knowledge of landscape performance? Help build the database by sending your suggestions to lps@lafoundation.org.
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Water conservationA Look into Water Conservation: An Evaluation of Landscape Water Regulations
Joseph Schneider
Kansas State University
Department of Landscape Archiecture/Regional Community Planning
2008The study examines the effectiveness of landscape regulations using three landscape regulations in the city of Colorado Springs, representing city and development landscape regulations and guidelines implemented before and after 1998. The effectiveness of the three regulations is measured from the results of four evaluations (regulation composition, landscape design, landscape installation and maintenance, and landscape water use) that represent the steps necessary for the development and maintenance of water efficient landscapes. The results indicated that regulation changes that occurred in the City Landscape Code and Policy Manual in the late 1990’s effectively created water conserving landscape regulations. The diversity of water-wise principles in the regulations and the balance of citations and enforcement were the major elements that reduced water use and increased conservation in the evaluated landscape tracts.
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A First Year Evaluation of the Energy and Water Conservation of Epler Hall: Direct and Societal Savings
Cathy Turner
Portland State University
Department of Environmental Science and Resources
2005Portland State University’s (PSU’s) Stephen Epler Hall is a 6-story mixed-use building erected in 2003. The building has a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver rating. This study addresses three questions regarding the efficiency and conservation features of Epler Hall: (1) Is the building achieving the anticipated energy and water efficiency? (2) What are PSU’s direct savings from these efficiency features? (3) Does the conservation generate additional societal benefits, beyond the direct PSU savings?
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