Three Connecticut institutions are part of a winning bid for a $70 million federal energy efficiency innovation investment, according to a White House announcement.
As members of the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition, the United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), the University of Connecticut (UConn), and the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) will receive support from the Department of Energy to boost research that will help manufacturers reduce costs and increase energy efficiency.
The Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute is the ninth manufacturing hub awarded by the Obama Administration.
The Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition will bring together nearly 200 partners to launch the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, focused on accelerating the development and adoption of advanced sensors, data analytics, and controls in manufacturing, while reducing the cost of these technologies by half and improving the efficiency of U.S. advanced manufacturing.
The White House said after a decade of decline from 2000 to 2010, the U.S. manufacturing sector has added over 800,000 jobs since Feb. 2010.
