Earlier this month, Green Business Certification Inc.—the certification body for the LEED rating system of the U.S. Green Building Council—announced it is accepting applications for project certification under the Sustainable Sites Initiative Version 2 rating system for greener landscapes. The USGBC's GBCI, formerly known as Green Building Certification Inc., recently acquired SITES, the world's first eco-landscape certification system, from its developers—the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas and the United States Botanic Garden.