Sustainable Sites Initiative

Certified Projects

The two-year Pilot Program, which began in June 2010, included 162 registered projects. To date 15 projects have achieved SITES certification. An additional 70 projects continue to pursue certification using the 2009 Rating System.

The majority (93%) of certified projects redeveloped previously degraded and/or contaminated sites and were in located in urban (60%) or suburban (40%) areas. Approximately half of projects were located on sites between one and five acres. In addition, 53% of projects were privately funded, 27% were publically funded, and 20% were public/private partnerships. Case studies with more details on each of the certified projects can be found below.

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PROJECT TYPES
• 3 – Open Space/Park (20%)
  
• 3 – Institutional/Educational (20%)
  
• 3 – Commercial (20%)
  
• 2 – Residential (13%)
  
• 3 – Garden/Arboretum (20%)
  
• 1 – Industrial (7%)

CERTIFICATION LEVEL
• 7 – One-star (47%)
  
• 5 – Two-star (33%)
  
• 3 – Three-star (20%)
  
• 0 – Four-star

	Burbank Water and Power - EcoCampus Burbank, California 3.2 acres, Industrial Certification Level: One Star
	Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden at Sarah P. Duke Gardens Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 0.96 acres, Open Space - Garden / Arboretum Certification Level: Two Stars
	Cleveland's Public Garden: Modeling Sustainability in the Rustbelt Cleveland, Ohio 10 acres, Open Space - Garden / Arboretum Certification Level: Three Stars
	Cornell University's Mann Library Entrance Ithaca, New York 0.134 acres, Educational / Institutional Certification Level: One Star
	Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Student Recreation Fields Allendale, MI 45.38 acres, Institutional / Educational Certification Level: Two Stars
	Hunts Point Landing Bronx, New York 1.5 acres, Open Space - Park Certification Level: Two Stars
	Meadow Lake / Main Parking Lot at The Morton Arboretum Lisle, Illinois 27.7 acres, Open Space - Garden / Arboretum Certification Level: One Star
	Novus International Headquarters Campus St. Charles, Missouri 9 acres, Commercial Certification Level: Three Stars
	Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens Escondido, California 1 acre, Commercial Certification Level: One Star
	SWT Design Campus St Louis, Missouri 0.33 acres, Commercial Certification Level: Two Stars
	Taylor Residence Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 1.69 acres, Residential Certification Level: Three Stars
	The Green at College Park at The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas 2.6 acres, Educational / Institutional Certification Level: One Star
	The Woodland Discovery Playground at Shelby Farms Memphis, Tennessee 4.25 acres, Open Space - Park Certification Level: One Star
	Theater Commons and Donnelly Gardens at Seattle Center Seattle, Washington 1.6 acres, Open space-Park Certification Level: One Star
	Victoria Garden Mews Santa Barbara, California 0.25 acres, Residential Certification Level: Two Stars