Partner with CEBE

The Center for Energy and the Built Environment works with public, private, nonprofit, and academic partners on practical research and applied projects related to energy, infrastructure, buildings, and regional development. Our work is designed to help organizations, communities, and decision-makers better understand complex issues, evaluate opportunities, and make informed choices about the systems that shape everyday life.

CEBE brings together research, education, and regional engagement to address questions that rarely fit into one category. Energy decisions affect buildings. Infrastructure shapes economic development. Community needs influence investment priorities. Public policy, technology, workforce, and environmental considerations all intersect. CEBE helps partners make sense of those connections through credible analysis, accessible information, and applied projects grounded in real-world needs.

Whether you are exploring a specific research question, looking for student project support, planning a public program, or trying to better understand an emerging issue, CEBE can help bring credible research, regional insight, and practical analysis to the table. We welcome opportunities to work with partners who are thinking seriously about the future of energy, infrastructure, buildings, and community development in Southwestern Pennsylvania and beyond.

Commissioned Research

CEBE works with partners to develop reports, surveys, policy scans, stakeholder research, and regional analysis on complex energy and infrastructure issues.

Potential project areas include energy systems, building performance, infrastructure investment, community resilience, data centers, distributed energy, stormwater, transportation, housing, and regional economic development.

Student-Led Projects

CEBE connects students with meaningful applied research opportunities that support their professional development while producing useful insights for partner organizations.

Partners may sponsor student-led projects connected to real-world questions in energy, infrastructure, buildings, sustainability, public policy, and community development.

Convenings & Webinars

CEBE hosts webinars, public programs, expert conversations, and stakeholder roundtables on emerging issues across energy and the built environment.

We welcome opportunities to co-host events, feature regional experts, and bring together leaders from industry, government, nonprofits, education, and the community.

Regional Partnerships

CEBE is especially interested in partnerships that help Southwestern Pennsylvania and the surrounding region make better decisions about infrastructure, energy, development, and long-term resilience. As the region navigates new investment, changing energy demands, aging infrastructure, redevelopment opportunities, and evolving community needs, CEBE works to support projects that connect research with real decisions.

Our goal is to produce practical, credible, and accessible work that helps communities and organizations prepare for the next era of regional growth. That means helping partners understand emerging challenges, identify opportunities, evaluate tradeoffs, and develop strategies that support economic vitality, environmental responsibility, and quality of life across the region

Contact us

Have a research question, project idea, or partnership opportunity?

Contact the Center for Energy and the Built Environment to start a conversation.