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Building Energy Smart Technologies (BEST) Center: Advancing Technologies for Sustainable, Resilient, and Smart Built Environments

The Building Energy Smart Technologies (BEST) Center is a partnership between the University of Colorado Boulder and the City College of New York. The industry-focused research center operates using the National Science Foundation’s Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRC) model.

The BEST Center seeks to advance research of energy systems for the built environment to enhance the adoption of sustainable and intelligent technologies for buildings, communities, cities, and grids of the future.

Learn more about the benefits of becoming an industry advisory board member.
Review the BEST Center’s research themes and learn how we can achieve sustainable and intelligent buildings, communities, and grids.
Discover the research capabilities at CU and CCNY and read about research projects funded by the BEST Center.
Download and share the BEST Center flyer and overview slides.
Thank you for the ongoing support from our industry advisory board members!
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Autumn colors paint the campus at the University of Colorado Boulder. (Photo by Casey A. Cass/University of Colorado)
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