6349 N. Kenmore Avenue

Loyola's new Institute of Environmental Sustainability is Gold LEED-certified and one of the most innovative buildings on the Lake Shore Campus. The facility was completed in Fall 2013 and includes a multitude of classrooms, research and teaching labs, a clean energy lab, an urban agricultural greenhouse, and a green café. It shares common spaces with San Francisco Hall, Loyola's  only green residence hall. Some features include:

• Largest geothermal complex in Chicago, 90 geothermal wells, 500 feet deep, providing over 700 tons of cooling energy
• Rainwater collections and reuse for greenhouse irrigation
• Natural ventilation systems
• Three-story high vertical farming element
• Aquaponics system showcase
• 3,100 square foot ecodome greenhouse
• Sustainable food systems and urban agriculture research projects and production labs
• State-of-the-art laboratory spaces for anthropology, environmental science, ecotoxicology
• A clean energy lab that will allow the biodiesel program to increase fuel production by up to 100,000 gallons per year
• Green case: featuring seasonal, local, and organic produce
• 130,000 square foot residence hall

• Classrooms
• IES 123 & 124

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