The 9,290-square-metre Energy Research Centre (ERC) houses Ontario Tech's unique-in-Canada energy science and engineering programs, including courses in wind, solar, hydrogen, hydraulic, geothermal and nuclear energy.

Featuring lecture halls and leading-edge labs including the Nicholas Sion Brilliant Energy Laboratories, the four-storey ERC enables research in clean and green energies and technologies to meet the world’s current and future needs.

It also promotes Canada's entrepreneurial advantage through public-private research and commercialization partnerships. ERC is also home to the Brilliant Catalyst business startup incubator and experiential learning centre; the Brilliant Energy Institute, and the Shop Ontario Tech campus retail store.