SDEWES started as a project co-funded by CORDIS under the FP5 – INCO 2 programme in 2002, when first Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems was organized.
SDEWES začala jako projekt spolufinancován projektem CORDIS v 2002, když byla organizována první konference v Dubrovníku (Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems).