Sustainable Infrastructure  Energy Infrastructure  The
infrastructure we rely upon to generate and transmit electricity
represents one of the largest capital investments made by
society. Energy is the driving force behind almost everything we
do. The generation of electricity also has serious environmental
impacts. Many forms of generation increase the concentration of
greenhouse gasses, create health hazards, create dangerous
wastes, or damage water quality. Energy Infrastructure falls
into two general categories, energy production and energy
transmission.  The decentralization of electricity production
and thus the large scale use of electrical energy became
possible due to the development of alternating Current by Nikola
Tesla. Alternating current is produced by turning a turbine, a
process that now relies on the burning of petroleum, natural
gas, goal, or one of these Other Energy Sources  Though large
scale generation projects dominate the energy landscape, there
is a growing movement towards distributed