Certification Status: EcoDistricts Certified Pending

Location: Germiston, South Africa

Neighborhood Type: Industrial

Size: 395 Acres

Last year, co-owners, JSE listed diversified REIT Redefine Properties and Abland Property Developers established the S&J Industrial Estate EcoDistricts Steering Committee (SJEDSC) with the intention to create the initial framework to progress towards a model rooted in community sustainability, ecological...Read More

Certification Status: EcoDistricts Certified

Location: Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Neighborhood Type: Mixed-Use

Size: 0.48 Square Miles

Sharpsburg, PA, is a densely built urban municipality known for its close-knit community, historic Main Street business district, and riverfront along the Allegheny. Like many Pittsburgh-area communities, Sharpsburg experienced economic distress following the collapse of the steel industry, but is...Read More

Certification Status: EcoDistricts Certified Pending

Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Neighborhood Type: Mixed-Use

Size: 5 Square Miles

Broadway-Slavic Village, on Cleveland’s southeast side, is one of the city’s most diverse and historic neighborhoods. Commercial and industrial growth in the 1800’s in the area, especially along Mill Creek and the Cuyahoga River, including the establishment of several steel...Read More

Certification Status: EcoDistricts Certified

Location: Etna, Pennsylvania, United States

Neighborhood Type: Mixed-Use

Size: 0.79 Square Miles

Etna, PA is a proud rivertown in the Pittsburgh area that is undergoing a grassroots revival. Through periods of economic distress and environmental threat, Etna rebounded as a resilient community that is dedicated to improving quality of life for all...Read More

Certification Status: Registered

Location: Minneapolis - Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Neighborhood Type: Mixed-Use

Size: 370 Acres

Towerside is a 370-acre district at the heart of the Twin Cities’ 3.5-million-person metro area. The Innovation District extends from the University of Minnesota on the west to the Creative Enterprise Zone on the east spanning two cities and two...Read More

Certification Status: Registered

Location: San Diego, California, United States

Neighborhood Type: Mixed-Use

Size: 2625 Acres

Pacific Beach is a neighborhood in San Diego, bounded by La Jolla to the north, Mission Beach and Mission Bay to the south, Interstate 5 to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. “P.B.” as it is known as by San Diegans, is a relaxed neighborhood by the beach, popular...Read More

Certification Status: EcoDistricts Certified

Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Neighborhood Type: Mixed-Use

Size: 585 Acres

The MetroHealth System spearheaded the first hospital-led certified EcoDistrict in the country. This collaborative effort included multiple partners and residents all seeking to make the most meaningful positive impact on Clark-Fulton, the neighborhood the hospital has anchored for 150 years....Read More

Certification Status: Registered

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States

Neighborhood Type: Mixed-Use

Size: 3.4 Square Miles

The Central District is on the east side of Capitol Hill and is considered one of the oldest surviving residential neighborhoods in the city. Throughout its history it has seen many changes in demographics and politics, but has recently seen a period...Read More

Certification Status: Registered

Location: Miami, Florida, United States

Neighborhood Type: Mixed-Use

Size: 3.5 Square Miles

The culturally vibrant Little Haiti neighborhood is approximately 3.5 square miles in size, and is ideally located within the City of Miami, Florida. Less than five miles north of the bustling downtown Miami development scene and nestled adjacent to world...Read More

Certification Status: EcoDistricts Certified Pending

Location: Portland, Oregon, United States

Neighborhood Type: Mixed-Use

Size: 410 Acres

Since 2011, the Lloyd EcoDistrict has operated as an ecodistrict; we have served as a convener, aggregator, champion, cheerleader, and educator primarily to the business community and property owners of the Lloyd District. The business community initiated the Lloyd EcoDistrict...Read More

Certification Status: Registered

Location: Denver, Colorado, United States

Neighborhood Type: Mixed-Use

Size: 80 Acres

The Sun Valley EcoDistrict Trust (SVED) is the master developer entity structured to lead the district-wide implementation and sustainable redevelopment of Sun Valley. SVED is a nonprofit entity, separate from the City and County of Denver and the Denver Housing...Read More

Certification Status: Registered

Location: Denver, Colorado, United States

Neighborhood Type: Mixed-Use

Size: 1 Square Miles

Located just north of downtown Denver, RiNo includes a remarkable concentration of creative businesses, including architects, art galleries, designers, furniture makers, illustrators, painters, media artists, photographers, sculptors, and an array of studio spaces. RiNo is “Where Art Is Made” in...Read More

Certification Status: Registered

Location: Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States

Neighborhood Type: Residential

Size: 46 Acres

The Talbot-Norfolk Triangle Eco-Innovation District (TNT EID) is a comprehensive sustainable development initiative spanning 13 blocks of Codman Square, a historic area in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, MA. Codman Square boasts a long history as one of Boston’s major...Read More

Certification Status: Registered

Location: Rochester, New York, United States

Neighborhood Type: Mixed-Use

Size: 322 Acres

Located in Rochester, New York, the High Falls Ecodistrict is a model for ambitious sustainability standards grounded in equity, resilience, and climate protection. As the first Ecodistrict in the state of New York, High Falls will be a visible representation...Read More

Certification Status: EcoDistricts Certified

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States

Neighborhood Type: Mixed-Use

Size: 525 Acres

The Capitol Hill Ecodistrict is a neighborhood-based sustainability initiative serving the most densely populated urban village in the Pacific Northwest. It is led by Capitol Hill Housing, a community development corporation and public development authority with nearly four decades of...Read More

Certification Status: EcoDistricts Certified

Location: Millvale, Pennsylvania, United States

Neighborhood Type: Mixed-Use

Size: 448 Acres

Once a thriving community in the heart of America’s steel country, Millvale has felt the negative economic and environmental impacts left behind when industry left the region. After being devastated by massive floods in 2004 and 2007, the community rallied...Read More

Certification Status: Registered

Location: College Park, Georgia, United States

Neighborhood Type: Industrial

Size: 4750 Acres

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is 4,750 acres and is currently the busiest and most efficient airport in the world. In 2016, 104 million passengers traveled through ATL and the number of passengers is expected to increase in 2017....Read More

Certification Status: Registered

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Neighborhood Type: Commercial

Size: 60 Acres

Located on a 60-acre site directly east of Toronto’s downtown core, East Harbour is the largest commercial project currently planned in Canada. Once complete, this 13-million square foot, unique mix of office, retail, and institutional developments will employ more than 50,000 workers. With...Read More