The Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University focuses on matters relating to energy education, energy policy, efficiency conservation and load management, renewable energy, distributed generation, protection of environmental resources, and the dissemination of useful information on energy alternatives and sustainability to users and providers of energy. The Institute provides an unbiased focus on practical applications and dissemination of information about how to improve energy sustainability in Connecticut and the region.

The Institute is funded by the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund through the Energy Conservation Management Board and the Department of Public Utility Control. The Institute also receives grants, and contracts for services from organizations, including the US EPA, US DOE, CT Office of Policy and Management, CT Department of Environmental Protection, the CT Clean Energy Fund, and the CT Green Building Council.

Visit the Institute’s website at http://www.sustainenergy.org