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 US Green Building Council.
Pitzer College is pursuing the highest level of green certification for the Residential Life Project, and a preliminary review of likely LEED points suggests that the College will be able to earn a Gold rating from the US Green Building Council.
"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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