Mission
The mission of the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy (LCSE) is to advance sustainable and accessible energy solutions for humanity grounded in fundamental science and engineering.
LCSE is a part of the Earth Institute at the Columbia Climate School and resides in the School of Engineering.
Events
Catalyzing a Sustainable Renaissance of American Mining
Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy Seminar: Dr. Geoffrey Geise
Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy Seminar: Sigurður Gíslason
Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy Seminar: Noah McQueen
Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy Seminar: Marc Porosoff
Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy Seminar: Juerg Matter
The Evolving Climate and Energy Landscape in Greece International Conference
The Alliance Graduate Summer School 2026
The 2026 Geologic Hydrogen Gordon Research Conference
The 23rd International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization (ICCDU 2026)
Ahead of the Curve: Technologies Reshaping the Critical Minerals Landscape
NYC Critical Minerals & Mining Innovation Exchange
Gordon Research Conference: Rock Deformation Exploring Universal Mechanical Behaviors and Underlying Processes in Geological and Other Materials
Columbia Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy (LCSE) Symposium: Sustainable Energy, Resource, and Environmental Solutions
News
Park Group's Former Researcher, Dr. Xiaozhou Sean Zhou, Selected As an Innovator under 35 by The MIT Technology Review
Xiaozhou Sean Zhou, Co-Founder and CEO, Greenore Technology Limited and former PhD Student in EEE Department and a Park Group Researcher, was selected as one of the MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific
Park Group to Conduct Direct Air Capture Research for a Newly Awarded DOE Project
On August 17th, The U.S. Department of Energy announced $24 million in funding for nine research projects to explore and develop new methods of capturing and storing carbon from the air.
Alissa Park - Towards Sustainable Energy and Environment: Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
Alissa Park delivers plenary at the 2019 Goldschmidt Conference titled "Towards Sustainable Energy and Environment: Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage"