The TCD Centre for the Environment was established in September 1998, developing from the Environmental Science Unit which was founded in 1979. Its primary role is to encourage and facilitate interdisciplinary research and teaching in the environment. The Centre has its own support staff and relies on academic contributions from affiliated staff members ,primarily in the Faculty of Science. In addition to formal research contracts with Government Agencies and the European Union, members of the Centre have also been contracted to do work for numerous state and semi-state bodies and private companies. The Centre is situated on the northside of the College at 187-190 Pearse Street.
Accommodation includes student workrooms, seminar rooms, staff offices and laboratories.
An analytical laboratory is equipped to process a wide range of ecological and environmental materials. The Centre also owns air and water samplers and a range of field monitoring equipment. All members of the Centre have access to the College libraries and to the technical resources of other Science departments.