Eicipgh | workforce development | Pittsburgh Driving the future of energy learning and work. HOME ABOUT LEADERSHIP EVENTS INFRAST ACADEMY More About The Energy Innovation Center Institute is an independent 501 c 3 organization whose mission is to help solve the world39s most intractable problems by transforming how humans learn work and power ourselves in more sustainable and resilient ways. We are the program arm of the Energy Innovation Center and our charter places preeminence on helping those in the most vulnerable populations throughout the Appalachian Region We break cycles of poverty by connecting the stranded talent in our regional disadvantaged communities to the highroad jobs around them and to which they are often excluded. We also have significant activities that advance the understanding science policy and commercial application of technologies that will help rapidly move the U.