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1ResearchResearch is a key part LAF’s strategy to increase our collective capacity toachieve sustainability through landscape architecture. Since 1986, LAF hasinvested nearly $700,000 in research initiatives.Landscape Performance SeriesThe Landscape Performance Series (LPS) is anonline interactive set of resources that providestools and information for designers, agenciesand advocates to show value, quantify benefits,and make the case for sustainable landscapesolutions. The LPS is designed to grow overtime with user participation and to become ahub for dialogue on landscape performance.The LPS was launched in September 2010with a base set of resources to demonstrate itspowerful search and interactive functionality.For 2011, LAF focused on growing the numberof resources in the series and making thelandscape architecture profession aware of thisnew resource.With help from student research assistantsfrom the University of Virginia and Texas A&MUniversity, LAF grew the number of Fast Factsto 75 and Tools to 30. Several new ScholarlyWorks were added in response to a call touniversities. Through the new Case StudyInvestigation (CSI) initiative [see page 8], thenumber of Case Study Briefs doubled to 38,with new projects from Seattle to Philadelphiato China.LAF also conducted extensive outreach,presenting the LPS in person or via webinarto over 2,000 people at 50 venues sincelaunch, including the American Societyof Landscape Architects (ASLA) AnnualMeeting, GreenBuild, Urban Land InstituteFall Meeting, Transportation Research BoardAnnual Meeting, the Council of Educatorsin Landscape Architecture (CELA) AnnualConference, LABash, several ASLA chapterconferences, and dozens of visits to designfirms, universities, and nonprofit organizations.In April, the Landscape Performance Serieswas recognized with a 2011 Honor Awardfor Communications from the Potomac andMaryland Chapters of the American Societyof Landscape Architects in 2011. The LPSresources received 72,000 page views from 116different countries, with average monthly trafficmore than doubling in the latter half of the yearas the new case studies were released.The Landscape Performance Series is made possible withsupport from Founding Partner: JJR|Roy Fund; AnnualSponsors: AECOM, American Society of LandscapeArchitects, CLASS Fund/Ralph Hudson EnvironmentalFellowship, AILA/Yamagami/Hope Fellowship6 | Landscape Architecture Foundation