… the travel cost method and the contingent valuation method to estimate Southern New England residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for local forest products, clean drinking … funding. Project Outcomes Based on these findings, the investigators have hosted the following landowner workshops: Southern New England land-use history and forest ecology … funding. Project Outcomes Based on these findings, the investigators have hosted the following landowner workshops: Southern New England land-use history and forest ecology …
… The objective of this project was to develop a new economic formula for maximizing present value of net benefits of wind farm investment. This research model offers the following advantages: a) the ability to evaluate the benefit of expenditure on maintenance activities not only in a given year, but also into the future; b) allowance for maintenance costs to vary over time; and c) a flexible design that allows …
… This project explores the mechanisms that allow actors in different settings to coordinate and create the … considerable; and yet, there is significant variance in the strategies followed to create a market and the success of these strategies. What actors agree on across …
… comes to maintaining and creating strong environmental commitments. The circular economy represents one of the biggest environmental and economic opportunities through which companies can lower their environmental footprint and represents an estimated $4.5 trillion dollar … of waste through the continual use of natural resources. This holistic framework allows companies to evaluate the environmental impact of their products from natural resource …
… expands throughout the United States, with an expected land footprint of 3 million acres by 2030,1 there is growing interest across various stakeholder groups in adopting land … for new projects. Pollinator-friendly solar, which incorporates native grasses and wildflowers throughout a solar installation, is one approach to cultivating additional land use … land uses in Minnesota, we developed a solar project finance model alongside a farm cash flow model. The model incorporates environmental externalities — including carbon emissions, …
… Low productivity in agriculture is a significant development challenge, yet many processes … correctly used. Social science and marketing literature on diffusion of technologies has stressed the importance of social networks in technology adoption.This project is designed to … create mulch and/or fertilizer; and 2) Pit Planting (PP), in which seeds are planted in shallow pits to improve moisture retention. The project was designed in two phases to test …
… provides a comprehensive analysis of the feasibility of designing and financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHs are physical facilities equipped with clean energy technologies … for both communities and developers. The provisions in the IRA boost tax credits for low-income areas, tribal land, brownfield redevelopment sites, and communities located near … for both communities and developers. The provisions in the IRA boost tax credits for low-income areas, tribal land, brownfield redevelopment sites, and communities located near …
… worse quality than traditional (non-green) alternatives. In short, this effect appears to result from consumers’ reliance upon a “zero-sum” heuristic, whereby they assume that companies have a fixed amount of manufacturing resources. Thus, resources devoted to “making the product green” come at the expense of making the product …
… these goals due to inherent limitations of a market for RECs. In states with the most aggressive clean energy policies, the shortcomings of RPSs are becoming more acute. In areas of … during the day, but fails to provide energy during the evening hours when demand peaks. The resulting overproduction and waste of renewable energy — and related symptoms of poor … energy integration — call for a dramatic change to clean energy policy development. Our research team proposes a new policy framework called the value-based renewable portfolio …
… SolarizeCT, which began in 2009, is designed to increase the installation of residential solar systems through local campaigns. The results have been stunning. In a threeyear Connecticut campaign (2012–2015), the number of homes with solar grew from about 800 to over 12,500. Research findings based on the campaign—the first of their kind—indicate that the success of …