Beamish-Munro Hall (ILC)

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History This state-of-the-art building, which opened in 2004, is a living textbook and home to the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. In 2005 it was selected as one of the most environmentally advanced buildings in Canada.

Fun Facts Innovation and entrepreneurship are in abundance at Queen's. Started by engineering students, and located here in the ILC, the Tea Room is a prime example. Founded on three pillars—environmental responsibility, community education, and fiscal sustainability—The Tea Room produces zero consumer waste and is carbon neutral.

Academics and Student Life In keeping with the integrated learning component for engineering students, this 'live building' serves as a resource to broaden awareness of green building design and environmental sustainability. The facility itself is instrumented as a working laboratory – where students can see structural elements of the building that are usually hidden and monitor systems like air quality, heating, lighting, and cooling using specially designed software – showing how sustainable practices can be incorporated into building design. It also boasts a design studio and a prototyping centre, group rooms, a multimedia facility, a site investigation facility, active learning centre and plazas or lab facilities. The ILC is also the home of the Engineering Society and is very student-focused with many spaces for clubs and group meetings.

Accessibility The main entrance is accessible and there is an elevator through the lobby and to the left (look for the exposed elevator shaft). There are accessible washrooms on each floor.