Pitzer College's New Residence Halls - An Illustrated Guide (pdf)
View the tour brochure for the new residence halls, highlighting the green and sustainable features.
With the Residential Life Project, Pitzer is taking a bold step forward in defining the liberal arts college of the 21st century.
Building Green
 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is the national standard for sustainable buildings created by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
The first phase of Pitzer College's Residential Life Project has been awarded Gold LEED certification by the USGBC. Pitzer is the first Claremont College to receive Gold LEED certification for its residence halls and is among the few colleges and universities in the nation to achieve this major milestone. Upon completion of its three-phase construction project in progress, Pitzer will likely become the first college in the nation to have all Gold LEED-certified residence halls.
"Upon completion of the Residential Life Project, we will be one of the few liberal arts colleges in the nation to raze and completely rebuild our student housing. Our aim is nothing less than to re-envision and reinvent the student residential housing experience. This new housing will be designed so that our students will enjoy a wholly integrated living and learning environment, and working together we will complete this next phase in the history of the College," President Laura Skandera Trombley said on the occasion of Pitzer's 40th anniversary.
The iconology selected for the second largest construction project in the College's history represents student life, learning and leading on campus and the future as global citizens of the world. An agave appears on one of the tiles symbolizing one of Southern California's most sustainable plants; learning is strategically placed in the center; and the eagle spreads its wings upward into the future.
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