The newly renovatedCincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Cat Canyon is the venue's seventh facility and first animal exhibit to receive LEED-Gold certification, furthering the zoo's quest to become the most sustainable facility of its kind in the U.S.
While refurbishing the canyon and associated Night Hunters Building, project team members reduced water usage for irrigation by 50%, diverted more than 90% of construction waste to recycling and introduced low-VOC adhesives, sealants, paints and carpeting into interior spaces.