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On August 26, 2008 the 117,000-square-foot, $37 million Center for the Sciences opened its door to classes. The dramatic new structure offers teaching opportunities with a rooftop renewable energy research area and kiosks that provide live data on the building, among other things. It houses 10 departments and programs and has been under construction since a spring 2007 groundbreaking. The building itself was completed with the installation of the green, vegetated roof.

The building includes more than 50 instructional and research laboratories, a score of class and seminar and conference rooms and 57 student and faculty offices and lounges.

The building is particularly noteworthy for the “green” features which collectively will allow the college to apply for U.S. Green Building Council LEED Platinum Certification. In addition to the green roof, the building’s “green” features include storm-water cisterns for greenhouse watering, native plant landscaping, high recycled content for building materials and furnishings and energy-efficient design management systems and windows. The construction has relied on building materials produced locally and regionally.

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Beloit College's Science Center gets LEED Platinum Nod

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has officially awarded platinum-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) status to Beloit College’s Center for the Sciences. The platinum designation is the highest rating offered by the USGBC, and the science center is one of only three buildings in the state of Wisconsin to receive this distinction. Read More

Center for the Sciences Earns Design Excellence Award

Beloit College’s Center for the Sciences was recognized with a Design Excellence Honor Award in Interior Architecture from the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The award was presented on Oct. 30 at the AIA’s 54th Annual DesignNight 2009, held at Navy Pier in Chicago and attended by more than 700 architects, designers, contractors, and their clients. Read More

Mapping the Green Movement at Beloit College

From the student body to staff to newly installed College President Scott Bierman, the Beloit College community is known for a commitment to doing the environmentally friendly thing. That concern has only grown in recent years.

“Students’ interest in sustainability issues has a long history at Beloit, but has increased significantly over the last decade,” says Kohnstamm Professor of Chemistry Brock Spencer. “We only expect this trend of interest and importance to continue.” Read More

Center for the Sciences Dedication Ceremony

An official dedication ceremony for the new Center for the Sciences was held on Oct. 10, 2008, in the center's spacious public atrium. The dedication—well attended by College trustees, faculty, staff, students, and Beloit community leaders—was followed by a reception and tours of the building. The new 117,000-square-foot, $37 million facility opened for classes this fall and is the single most ambitious building project in the history of the College.

Center for the Sciences on You Tube

Beloit College students Alex Catalan’10, Clara Pfeiffer’10, Alyssa Schultz’10, and Hilary Dixon’11 created this video project as a result of the course "Buildings as Teachers". It highlights the many unique features that make the new Center for the Sciences—a LEED certified green building—such an important part of the Beloit College campus and community. This video was first presented on Dec. 9, 2008.