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Building Energy Smart Technologies (BEST) Center
Engineering the Cities of Tomorrow

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

Partner with us to advance energy systems through university-industry partnerships to engineer the intelligent and efficient cities of tomorrow.

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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 projects funded by the BEST Center.

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Faculty Publication Round Up, Spring 2024

Here are the latest BEST Center faculty publications from 12/2023-6/2024: CU Boulder CCNY NREL...

RMH Group Selected for CU Geothermal Electricity and Heat Generation Project

RMH Group, an associate member of the BEST Center Industry Advisory Board, was selected to...

CU Boulder part of $160M NSF-funded effort to promote climate resilience

From CU Boulder Today: “The National Science Foundation today announced the Colorado-Wyoming...