Dedicated in 2015, the college’s new environmental center is a living laboratory for sustainability and home to the Center for Environmental Studies and the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives.
With a classroom, meeting and study spaces, a reading room, kitchen, and gardens, the center’s development has combined sustainable building practices, historic preservation, and extensive urban agriculture. The college is seeking Living Building Challenge designation for the center, the most rigorous performance standard for sustainable design. To request a tour of the building click here.
Williams' new environmental center
The Sustainable Garden Project was established by the Williams College Sustainable Growers with the assistance of the Sustainable Food and Agriculture Program.
The garden grows more than 80 varieties of vegetables and herbs, including many heirloom varieties donated from neighboring farms.
82 Mission Park Drive Williamstown, MA 01267
Brooks House is the home for the Center for Learning in Action, which cultivates experiential learning opportunities for students by connecting them to the community. One of the programs funded by the Center is Williams Recovery of All Perishable Surplus, which donates leftover dining hall food to local shelters.
It is also student housing for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. There are three common rooms: two on the first floor and one on the ground floor, where the kitchen is located. Brooks is a part of Spencer neighborhood and has 12 doubles and four singles.
Morley Scientific Laboratory houses chemistry and biology laboratories. It is part of the Science Center and supports Williams’ sustainability goals through its roof-mounted PV solar array.
31 Morley Drive
Williamstown, MA 01267
The Williams College Central Heating Plant is a combined heat and power plant that supplies steam for comfort heating and domestic hot water to approximately 90 percent of the college campus. It uses natural gas as a fuel source to produce steam, the excess of which is used to create electricity. The plant is under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety.
50 Heating Plant Drive