At face value, the Vineyards at Porter Ranch is a retail and dining center meant to serve the local Porter Ranch community. Prior to its construction, many residents sought retail and entertainment opportunities outside the community, making Porter Ranch, largely, a bedroom community. However, there was a great interest in keeping business dollars local, and with an ever-increasing awareness of traffic's environmental impacts, the community sought opportunities to keep retail and entertainment local.

Midtown, historically known as Houston's second neighborhood, flourished in the 1930s and 40s, but experienced urban decline as suburban alternatives grew in the following decades. As part of a larger renaissance in the City of Houston to reclaim and enliven vacant and public spaces, a public-private partnership was formed to create a premier park destination in the Midtown district. 

The SITES Silver-certified Minneapolis Convention Center Plaza is the first SITES project in Minnesota, and the first SITES-certified project at a convention center.

The Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center is a new construction project at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. The college is one of only four higher education campuses to achieve carbon neutrality in the United States as of 2022, and plans to use the Sustainable SITES Initiative as its campus landscape standard for all major projects moving forward.

The SITES Gold certified Campsite at Shield Ranch is a 100% off-grid facility comprised of an open-air pavilion, 11 screened sleeping shelters, a trail system, and outdoor gathering spaces. It serves as the new home for Camp El Ranchito, a scholarship-based nature overnight camp. El Ranchito started in 2007 as a primitive campsite with the mission to connect children with the natural world by providing an extraordinarily fun and inspiring nature-immersion experience.