Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability

The Robert Redford Conservancy is a living learning research and teaching facility dedicated to tackling climate change and launching sustainability initiatives in partnership with our local community. Located on 12 acres just north of Pitzer’s main campus, the Conservancy held its first full semester of classes and programming in the spring of 2018 following a year-long renovation of the historic Claremont Colleges infirmary. That top-to-bottom renovation turned an abandoned, nearly 90-year-old facility into a showcase for responsible, collaborative green building. In addition to earning USGBC’s highest LEED certification in the New Construction and Major Renovation category, the Redford Conservancy is on track to becoming The Claremont Colleges’ first net-zero energy building, meaning it produces as much energy as it uses over the course of the year.