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Benefits
advantages
- World-class urban energy researchers, technologies and facilities
- Multidisciplinary collaborations under one roof
- Integration of research and commercialization
- Research and cost-effective testing for real-world applications
- Objective, academically driven innovation
- Evidence-driven approach to big-picture issues
- Committed to supporting incubation and entrepreneurship
addressing your needs:
- Have a pressing energy problem to solve
- Need access to pioneering research and innovative development
- Have a grid-scale prototype or project to test under real-world conditions
- Want customized energy education for professional development
- Would like to sponsor research, mentor a student or support awards
- Has world-class researchers with urban-energy expertise
- Collaborates across disciplines and industries to develop energy solutions
- Merges research, innovation and commercialization
- Is nonpartisan, objective and evidence-based
- Generates and demonstrates real-world impact
our stakeholders model
utilities
benefit from access to cost-effective research, testing and innovation.
industry
benefits from a pool of highly qualified personnel.
students
benefit from working and/or training directly with industry partners.
government
benefits from policy and technical implementation, white papers, reports and a vision for whole energy systems.
society
benefits from efficient, accessible electricity and a cleaner environment.
people
8 principal investigators
facilities
6 labs, including the Schneider Electric Smart Grid Lab