1976
The history of the Institute is connected with the establishment of the Environmental Engineering course in 1976 at the then Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture. It was in 1976 that the Institute of Environmental Engineering was established by the decision of His Magnificence the Rector of the Lodz University of Technology. The Building Installations Team, which was part of the Institute of Thermal Engineering and Refrigeration at the Faculty of Mechanics, was transferred and incorporated into the newly established Institute.
1992
This structure lasted until 1992, when by the order of His Magnificence the Rector regarding organizational changes in the structure of the Lodz University of Technology, the Institute of Environmental Engineering was divided into five departments. This is how the Department of Geotechnics and Engineering Structures, the Department of Geodesy, Environmental Cartography and Descriptive Geometry, the Department of Heating and Ventilation Technology, the Department of Water Supply and Sewage Systems and the Department of Environmental Engineering were established.
2010
In 2010, the Departments of Environmental Engineering and Water Supply and Sewage Systems merge to create a new organizational unit under the old name of the Institute of Environmental Engineering.
2013
At the beginning of January 2013, the aforementioned Institute merges with the Department of Heating and Ventilation Technology to create a new unit under the name of the Institute of Environmental Engineering and Building Installations. By the decision of His Magnificence the Rector of the Lodz University of Technology, Prof. Dr. Hab. Eng. Henryk G. Sabiniak becomes the Director of the Institute.
2016
As a result of organizational and natural changes, another change in the organizational structure becomes necessary. At the beginning of January 2016, the Department of Geodesy, Environmental Cartography and Descriptive Geometry joins the Institute. At the end of September of that year, two independent employees leave, and a new independent employee is employed in October.
2020
At the end of the academic year, the Departments cease to exist, and in their place are established the following Scientific Teams: Building Installations, Atmosphere Protection and Indoor Air Quality, Water Protection Techniques and Hydrology of Urban Areas, Sewage Treatment and Waste Management Technologies, Spatial Management and Geomatics. At the beginning of October of that year, by the decision of His Magnificence the Rector of the Lodz University of Technology, the Director of the Institute is Dr. Hab. Eng. Robert Cichowicz, professor of the university.
Currently, the Director of the Institute is: Dr. Hab. Eng. Robert Cichowicz, professor of the university.
The Deputy Director for Education is: Dr. Dorota Gryglik