Syracuse Center of Excellence engages collaborators at 200+ companies and institutions to address global challenges in clean and renewable energy, indoor environmental quality, and water resources. Our members conduct targeted research, demonstrate new technologies, commercialize innovations, and educate the workforce.
Syracuse Center of Excellence members are pursuing multiple opportunities, including new biofuels, improved technologies to produce power from sun and wind, processes to reduce emissions from traditional fuels, innovations to increase energy efficiency, and workforce skill development in multiple energy related fields.
Since 1998, SyracuseCoE members have collaborated to build internationally recognized capabilities for Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) research, development, and innovation, including unique facilities and an extensive portfolio of projects at firms and academic institutions.
The quality and security of water resources are critical issues across the region and around the world. Syracuse Center of Excellence Members have exceptional capabilities to analyze the complex dynamics of entire watersheds and to develop innovations that promote healthy ecosystems.
Registration Open for the 10th Annual SyracuseCoE Symposium, Sept. 27-28
Registration is open for the 10th Annual SyracuseCoE Symposium on Environmental and Energy Systems. "Restoring Healthy, Sustainable Communities" will explore ways in which professionals working in research, industry, and the community are creating scaleable innovations to address human and environmental well-being in SyracuseCoE's focus areas of clean and renewable energy, indoor environmental quality, and water resources.
SyracuseCoE's green roof not only provides important green infrastructure to reduce stormwater runoff and reduce the urban heat island effect – it's also a test site for researchers at Syracuse University. Currently, the team is looking at both the effects of the green roof on water quality and its stormwater retention/detention capabilities. Parameters being tested include pH, nutrients, metals, and dissolved inorganic and organic carbon. The team is also investigating the effect of the pollution from heavy traffic flow on Interstates 81 and 690 on the green roof.
The Syracuse Center of Excellence Headquarters Building
This iconic, high-performance, LEED-Platinum designed "living laboratory" is the realization of a dream shared by leaders in government, industry, and academia to create a world-renowned location for collaborations that address global challenges in clean and renewable energy, indoor environmental quality, and water resources.
