The article presents the work carried out in the Ural Federal University on the development of new technologies in the nuclear and renewable energy, as well as some results of studies on the challenges energy saving in universities, industry and housing and communal services of Sverdlovsk region. The work of scientists UrFU in these destinations are associated with the development of theoretical and methodological foundations of new technologies, development of new systems designs transform natural energy into useful form; development of technologies for the integration of irregular parishes of renewable energy in existing life support systems.