University Of Waterloo Faculty Of Environment
The Faculty of Environment is one of six faculties at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
The faculty was established in 1969. During its 40th anniversary at the start of the Fall 2008 term, its name was changed from Faculty of Environmental Studies to the current name, Faculty of Environment. The reason for the name change was because the faculty does more than just study the environment, and works towards "Smart, Green, Solutions", and that its professors and students are engaged in hands-on research projects across Canada and internationally. With the name change, the buildings formerly known as ES1 and ES2 have been renamed EV1 and EV2. Recently completed is a third building, appropriately named EV3. EV3 consists largely of the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) and the School of Planning, as well as a lecture hall. The newly constructed building is targeting LEED® Platinum status. In order to obtain this goal there are many green features. From a two-story high living wall to a constructed wetland that deals with wastewater to solar panels and energy efficient technology, Environment 3 was built with sustainability in mind.
There was some student resistance with this name change, which came in the form of disagreements whether there should be a "the" in the new name, and problems with the commonly used 'ES' abbreviation throughout the Faculty. This was rectified by changing the meaning of 'ES' from 'Environmental Studies' to 'Environment Students'. The new abbreviation for the faculty is ENV, and is pronounced "envy".
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