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Sustainable Campus

Caltech aims to be one of the world's greenest colleges, conducting research that benefits the planet and piloting sustainable campus solutions for research institutions.

Today:

  • Over one-sixth of the building space on campus is LEED certified Gold or Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council.
  • Drought-tolerant plants cover 17 percent of the campus, saving over a million gallons of water per year compared to turf grass.
  • Energy efficiency projects have allowed Caltech to meet the needs of a growing campus with the same amount of electricity.
  • More than half of the Caltech community walks, bikes, or takes public transit to campus, and some employees work from home.
Explore Caltech's sustainability practices related to buildings, energy use, water and landscaping, transportation, and food.