Bringing High-Tech Learning to Water Education
Client Ecolab
Location Naperville, IL
Size 19,500 SF
Project Type Full Scope Life Sciences
Ecolab is a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and the resources vital to life.
After previously completing a successful strategic programming and master planning project at their Naperville Campus, EcoLab returned to Whitney Architects for their latest endeavor, a new customer experience center.
Water University is a 9,400 RSF high-tech learning environment dedicated exclusively to water education. Through interactive experiences and hands-on learning, total water solutions come to life as students embrace ways to reduce, re-use, and recycle water.
The University features a functional wet lab as well as customized equipment and control technologies designed to support pretreatment, boiler, cooling, process, and post-treatment applications. The Water Safety section of the University showcases methods for controlling water borne pathogens and provides a back-drop for understanding water health standards. An additional 10,100 RSF was transformed into an auditorium and event space.