San Jose zoo given LEED award
The US$72m (€55, £46m) renovation project of Happy Hollow Park & Zoo in San Jose, California, US. has been awarded LEED gold by the US Green Building Council.
The attraction is one of the first in the country to be certified LEED gold, which is given in recognition that a building project meets the "highest green building and performance measures".
Points towards the award are earned across six categories: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, and innovation and design process.
They Maryland project included renovation of the existing ride areas as well as a 4-acre expansion that houses the new Zoo on the Hill, an Education complex, Entry Plaza complex, two more rides, 11 more exhibits and new play areas totalling 12,800sq ft.
San Jose's Happy Hollow Park & Zoo reopened in March of this year and offers self-guided green tours of the new facility.
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