HOK Designs LEED-Certified Juvenile Detention Facility

The Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center in San Leandro, Calif., has recently earned LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the first and only juvenile justice center in the nation to achieve the designation.

Built on a 17-acre site, the 360-bed Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center, which opened in April 2007, includes a five-courtroom building plus medical and dental facilities. Public defenders, district attorneys and other officials also have offices within the center.

Several sustainable elements contributed to the project’s LEED designation, including the addition of photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof, post-consumer and post-industrial recycled material contents and a carefully monitored lighting system.

HOK San Francisco led the design on the project.

More information is available at www.hok.com.