The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) is a non-profit organization, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, which is committed to sustainable development and urban communities.

[2] CNT received the award for its use of research to improve the quality of life in urban neighborhoods, including car sharing and energy audits.

[3] CNT led the mitigation research team for the Chicago Climate Change Task Force that developed the report.

Its goals are to reduce flooding, cut stormwater treatment and energy costs, and protect rivers, lakes, and vital landscape.

[11] In October, 2008, CNT collaborated with the Water Environment Federation (WEF) to organize the building of a rain garden in Pulaski Park.

Areas of focus include developing tools to map and analyze the values of green infrastructure, researching and demonstrating stormwater management practices, and promoting changes in local, regional and national policy.

Its work has led to the creation of the I-GO car sharing program, and a number of tools created to increase awareness of the importance of transportation planning and promote improved mass transit.

They then joined with another member of the Lake Street Coalition, Bethel New Life, in an effort to revitalize and rehabilitate the area surrounding the 'L' station; initiating a neighborhood planning process.

[17] CNT launched in 2010, an online application that uses the H+T Index to show users their H+T scores graphically on a map while giving average cost of transportation figures.

In the March 18-19, 2009 Federal hearing on "Livable Communities, Transit Oriented Development, and Incorporating Green Building Practices into Federal Housing and Transportation Policy", CNT's work (some of it through CTOD) was cited several times in the testimonies of the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Secretary, Shaun Donovan, and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary, Ray LaHood as they announced the creation of an interagency partnership to promote sustainable communities through coordinating housing and transportation policy and investments.

[20] During the 1990s, with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and others, CNT began a research project with the Greener Cleaner to develop and test the viability of wet cleaning technology.

Working with industry trade associations and others, CNT staff were able to promote the use of wet cleaning and help create pollution prevention recognition and certification programs.

The project is part of a community economic development strategy, and seeks to narrow the digital divide by operating in underserved areas.