• USED ELECTRONICS? UPCYCLE TODAY

    Donate your used electronics and put sustainability in action! Do you have used iPods, Video Games, Blu-Ray and other DVD’s? Please click the DONATE NOW (www.causesinternational.com/upcycleforcharity/ies) button, find your items, fill in the pre-paid shipping label and donate today! Your electronic...

  • Green2Growth

    Over 300 community members recently attended the Green2Growth summit and were involved in visioning and designing a sustainable energy future for the city of Worcester. You could join one of the existing teams and help them create Worcester’s smart energy future. Fill in the participation form...

  • Technology Innovation

    IES has put together a Technology Innovation Committee, to serve as a driver of communication, ideas, and development for clean technology related innovations that combines faculty and student research, industry innovation centers, and public/private investment.  The Technology Innovation Committee...

IES MISSION AND SERVICES





The Institute for Energy & Sustainability (IES) is central New England’s green business zone. Our mission is to attract clean energy technology and renewable energy companies to the region. We are building on the region’s assets and reputation as an incubator of innovation. Our priority is to create an environment for those seeking economic opportunity and advantage in this sector and to support the growth of jobs establishing a zone of world class clean technology companies


Assistance for start-up phase • Business Incubation • Funding assistance • Business plan development • Government Introductions • Local, state, and federal incentives guidance and support • Assistance in business development • Project coordination and management • University/industry research and development collaboration • Lead generation and referral • Community outreach and education • Networking and business to business opportunity • Hosting, organizing and facilitating business events • Shared work space • Collaboration and multi-stakeholder development • Technical support

How ARPA-E Creates the Future of Energy In a keynote interview at the VERGE conference in Boston today, Cheryl Martin of the Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) discussed how her agency is boosting the bleeding edge of energy technology. “We’re learning things that we didn’t think were possible,” Martin said...

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Emily Micucci Worcester Business Journal Jump-starting the green energy industry in the United States was a goal of the Obama Administration when it took office in 2009, and federal incentives designed to meet that goal have buoyed green energy companies in Central Massachusetts and beyond. But recent changes and reductions to those incentive programs...

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