Recent public concern over the environmental pollution and using renewable energy were frontline issues. Environmental issues are increasingly acknowledged as a concern for the social work profession. Hence this paper examines the awareness towards renewable energy in bringing sustainable development and also explores the need of social work intervention. The present study was carried out in Shimoga district of Karnataka state. Descriptive research design was deployed. Simple random sampling technique was adopted with 60 respondents as sample size. Data collection was done through personal interviews with structured questionnaire and analysis. Analysis was carried out by applying simple statistical percentage method. The study found.