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AI agent for landscape architects

Site Sustainability Compliance Calculation Agent

Site design that meets stormwater, canopy and water use requirements

Site Sustainability Compliance Calculation Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

Many sites must meet local rules on impervious area, stormwater, tree canopy and irrigation water use, and late design changes can quietly break compliance. This agent reads the site plan areas and planting data, calculates each required metric using the local method, and compares it with the local requirement or certification target. If a metric falls short, it suggests design options such as permeable paving, more trees or different plant choices, then recalculates once the designer picks one. Whenever the design changes, it reruns every calculation. The landscape architect chooses the design changes and approves the compliance sheet before submittal. Edge case: different jurisdictions measure tree canopy differently, some at maturity and some at planting, so the agent uses the local method rather than one standard formula.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
Yes, continueApprovedNo 1 STARTS WHEN Design update 2 USES A TOOL Read site plan areas and planting data 3 DOES Look up the local requirement or certificationtarget for each metric 4 USES A TOOL Calculate impervious area, stormwater, canopy andwater use 5 CHECKS THE RESULT Does every metric meet the requirement? If not: suggest design changes such as permeable pavingor more trees, then recalculate. Back to step 4. 6 DOES Prepare the compliance sheet with methods andsources 7 YOU APPROVE Landscape architect approves 8 RESULT Compliance sheet
Read the steps as a list
  1. Design update
  2. Read site plan areas and planting data
  3. Look up the local requirement or certification target for each metric
  4. Calculate impervious area, stormwater, canopy and water use
  5. Does every metric meet the requirement?If not: suggest design changes such as permeable paving or more trees, then recalculate. Back to step 4.
  6. Prepare the compliance sheet with methods and sources
  7. Landscape architect approvesThe agent waits here for your OK.
  8. Compliance sheet

How it decides

Each metric must meet the local requirement.

  • Local method used
  • Shortfalls get options
  • Rerun on change

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Jurisdiction rules
  • Metrics
  • Certification target
  • Reports

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Landscape architect approves

Hard limits

  • Never submits to agencies
  • Shows assumptions

It stops when

  • Done: compliant
  • Stop: rules unknown

Set it up

We guide you through the set-up, step by step

Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.

10 minto set it up in your AI
5 AIsChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Grok
  • One set of instructions to paste into your AI, with the clicks for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini and Grok
  • The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
  • A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
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An example run

What happensAfter a design update on October 7, the agent recalculated a 2.4-acre site. Impervious area was 64% against a 60% limit, so the check failed. It suggested permeable pavers for the 3,800-square-foot parking area. With that change, impervious area fell to 58%. Canopy, measured by the local 20-year method, met the 25% target. The landscape architect approved the compliance sheet.

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