能源，民用基础设施和气候（ECIC）计划的目标是教育一批专业人员分析复杂的问题，例如建筑物的能源效率，环保的交通系统设计，建筑材料的内含能源以及从工程，环境，经济和管理的角度来看，可再生能源发电以及生物燃料发电。该分析将用于解决诸如减少温室气体排放和使基础设施适应气候变化等总体社会问题。ECIC还在能源，基础设施和气候科学的交叉领域促进研究。
Energy, climate, and infrastructure systems are closely tied together, and these connections manifest in many forms. Our society cannot function without energy and infrastructure systems. Energy systems with the lowest possible greenhouse gas footprint are a key to mitigating climate change. Civil infrastructure systems are a backbone of society, and they are also major users of energy that needs to be reduced for a more sustainable development.<br><br>The objective of the Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate (ECIC) Program is to educate a cadre of professionals who will be able to analyze from engineering, environmental, economic, and management perspectives complex problems such as energy efficiency of buildings, environmentally informed design of transportation systems, embodied energy of construction materials, electricity from renewable sources, and biofuels, and address such overarching societal problems as mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation of infrastructure to a changing climate. ECIC also promotes research at the intersection of energy, infrastructure and climate science.