The Research Center for Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment (Puslit ILB) was established in 1985, and is currently supported by around 74 research members from all faculties at ITS. Puslit ILB is one of the research centers under the Directorate of Research and Community Service (DRPM) of the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) which functions to develope research activities, collaborations, and science and technology services in subject field of infrastructure and sustainable environment. Research centers under the DRPM have the following functions: carry out research / community service that is cross-disciplinary or cross-departmental, utilize and develop the ability of experts from inside and outside ITS and implement a system of guarantee and control the quality of research / community service.

We move to carry out research and community service with the aim of creating sustainable infrastructure, sustainable infrastructure provision and management which includes four main pillars, namely environmental sustainability including resilience to climate change, economic, social and financial sustainability, and institutional sustainability. On a national scale, our Research Center is a member of the Coordinating Board for the Indonesian Center for Environmental Studies (BKPSL) Indonesia which consists of all centers of environmental studies in Indonesia, totaling about 100 study centers.