… Driven by student commitment to innovation in sustainable architecture, Yale will field its first team in the Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition. Led by Yale … work. We can't wait to see the finished project, and we'll post updates over the next two years as the students go through the process. Perhaps the house will even become coveted … McMillan's project and the Solar Decathlon over at YaleNews 2170 Clean Energy Circularity First Yale Team wins coveted spot in DOE Solar Decathlon competition … Sep 30, 2014 First …
… More good news from Yale students! Just weeks after their fellow Yalies garnered a spot in the Department … take top DOE Better Buildings honors for 2nd year in a row Minna Brown More good news from Yale students! Just weeks after their fellow Yalies garnered a spot in the Department … Read more about their experience on the FES blog . … Minna Brown … More good news from Yale students! Just weeks after their fellow Yalies garnered a spot in the Department …
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… Sustainability Venture Prize. After careful deliberation, the panel, made up of authorities from real estate ( Dan Emmett ), green banks ( Bryan Garcia ), venture capital ( Rosemary … in water and blood. Right now, it takes multiple days for water samples to come back from a lab. Armed with patented chip technology developed at Yale, the Alpha-Screen team … their SOL Hydration drink is packed with electrolytes and nutrients derived solely from organic, GMO-free ingredients. According to them, SOL is "Organic sports hydration. …
… all things I ache for after a tough New Haven winter. This year has been just as rich as my firstfirst – my classes have been challenging, I’ve gone to incredible talks, and my … all the backpacking and cycling I’ll get to do in the nearby Adirondacks . I am far from the exception at Yale. The summer experiences of my fellow “Jointies,” are just as … and social outcomes. Desirée believes that having a joint degree distinguishes her from her peers and gives her “credibility for being part of a select, frontier thinking …
… Council for Sustainable Development will address the successes, disappointments, and lessons learned from decades of experience with precisely this challenge. Conference discussions will range … sustainability into the daily operations of an organization—be it a Fortune 500 company or a small, local government—and then taking these efforts to scale. In addition to …
… delegated to engineers, electricians, and plumbers. The rules of the road are taught to us from an early age, with a powerful enforcement arm ensuring compliance. Taxes are performed … and there exists an army of specialists to assist us with this task. The exercise of responsible consumption and disposal choices is just as complex as these other systems, and … and there exists an army of specialists to assist us with this task. The exercise of responsible consumption and disposal choices is just as complex as these other systems, and …
… students Brendan Edgerton , Susannah Harris , Sarah Wilson (Smith), and Heather West went from writing final papers to participating in real world sustainability planning with … announce that, as runners-up in the Nespresso MBA Sustainability Challenge , the team went from submitting their carbon reduction proposal this spring, to being selected as … look at how the Nespresso process works, and got to try many cups of the final product. From farm to packaging, highlights of their proposal include: Filling a new capsule with …
… the Sustainable Brands San Diego Conference 2014 , sustainability and marketing executives from top companies around the world gathered to discuss what their companies are doing to … The depth of the sustainability programs represented varied from the deep green, like Patagonia and Buycott, to 3M, which had Forest Ethics protesting its use of the infamous … to deeply challenge conventional wisdom. Winston explained these strategies in one of the first plenaries of the conference and they were echoed in speeches and conversations all …
… Through a fellowship with the Alcoa Foundation this summer, I’m experiencing the challenges first-hand. Though the city does not measure it, Boston’s commercial recycling rate is known … summer, I’m looking to change that. I recently hit the pavement and spoke to store owners from Allston to Jamaica Plain and (almost) all neighborhoods between to enroll businesses in … varied space challenges in urban areas? Finally, the At-Home Recycler : down the street from the pizza shop, a home goods store owner opts to take her waste and recycling home in …