The Golisano Institute for Sustainability at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) serves as a living laboratory for scientific discovery and experimental learning that could serve as the Western Gateway to RIT. The Institute for Sustainability complex is 84,000-square-feet and comprised of a four-story research and three-story academic and office building connected by a four-story galleria. It houses laboratories, classrooms and office space, with high-performance design features that make it a living laboratory of sustainability. Designed by SWBR Architects and built by LeChase Construction, the Golisano Institute is among the first in the world to offer a Ph.D. program in sustainability.