Sustainable Buildings

The Williams College campus integrates historically important and newly-constructed buildings in order to meet the evolving needs of our vibrant campus community. Since buildings are among the most enduring and resource-intensive infrastructure on campus, they play an outsized role in meeting the college’s sustainability goals.
Together with Planning, Design and Construction, Facilities Operations and Maintenance, the Provost’s Office and the Office of the VP for Finance and Operations, the Zilkha Center works to embed sustainable building design, operations and maintenance principles into building renovations and new construction. The college also continues to pursue green building certifications such as ILFI Living Building Challenge, and Net Zero Energy certifications, Passive House, and LEED, where suitable and in conjunction with these guidelines.
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