Collaborating for a Sustainable Future

Photo: Members of the 13N Workforce Development Taskforce meeting at SyracuseCoE in October 2009.

SyracuseCoE engages in a wide range of collaborative efforts to address global challenges in clean and renewable energy, indoor environmental quality, and water resources. Visit our members page to learn more about the 200+ companies and institutions who are a part of the SyracuseCoE federation.

Featured collaborative efforts include:

Industry Collaborations, where SyracuseCoE works to:

• Coordinate and channel the research, development, and production of new environmental technologies and solutions;
• Build on the Central Upstate New York's cluster of world-class educational programs, research and development, and engineering and manufacturing;
• Create new jobs and position Central Upstate New York as a leader in indoor environmental quality research and product development.

The Sustainable Enterprise Partnership (SEP), which links the extraordinary resources of three Central New York institutions to offer world-class education and research on sustainable enterprise and provide an in-depth understanding of sustainability policy and practice.

Engagement with Syracuse's Near Westside neighborhood, where SyracuseCoE is currently involved in projects that try to decrease energy use in homes and increase indoor air quality; help find environmentally-friendly solutions to storm water management; promote deconstruction practices; and create green collar jobs.

The Clean Tech Center is a NYSERDA supported initiative to grow world class renewable clean energy companies in New York State. It offers support for entrepreneurs and early stage companies through incubation, acceleration and retention.

New York's Creative Core is a brand that communicates the regional strengths of the 12-county Central Upstate New York region. The Creative Core regional identity highlights Central Upstate’s assets in academia, business innovation, natural resources, and quality of life.

iBox is an interdisciplinary, intercollegiate, industry-university, sustainable design consortium that seeks to augment SyracuseCoE’s mission to create innovations in environmental and energy systems, create jobs and wealth through collaborations in research, development, and education, and earn international recognition for knowledge and products designed for built and urban environments.