The Department of Environment has a state-of-the-art building built in 2012, with a total covered area of 5500 m2, in addition to c. 3000 m2 peripheral operating areas. The campus is located c. 2.8 km from the city center of Zakynthos.

The building has full electromechanical support equipment such as central systems a/c, automation, fire safety, elevators, power generator, UPS central system, wireless Wi-Fi, video-projectors, and infrastructure for people with mobility difficulties. There are 12 scientific laboratories with state-of-the-art research equipment, small and large classrooms for teaching, an amphitheater which can host large audiences, a drawing studio, a library with reading room, and a student restaurant within the university campus. In addition, there are several offices available for the administration of the Department and for permanent, temporary, or visiting teaching & research staff.

Our laboratory and field scientific equipment are used to support teaching & learning, and our research interests and projects. The scientific equipment that the Department holds includes:

• A network of 14 Meteorological-Environmental Stations along the Ionian Islands
• Photovoltaic generators and wind turbines
• Air tunnel and devices for fluid mechanics
• Equipment for the simulation of the operation of power generation and transmission systems
• Electricity quality analysers
• Computational systems for simulating natural processes
• Chromatographers (Ionic, Gas)
• Mass Spectrometers
• Atomic Absorption system (with flame and graphite oven)
• Total Organic Carbon and Total Organic Nitrogen analysts
• XRF (Portable & Desktop) and Benchtop XRD
• Portable RAMAN system
• FTIR & FTIR Microscopy
• Camera-connected stereoscopes and microscopes for digital photography
• Telemetry transmitters (e.g. GPS data loggers, Geolocators, VHF transmitters)
• Drone to monitor and capture ecosystems
• Birdlife and sound monitoring and recording
• Portable equipment for measuring biotic and abiotic parameters