… Why do some communities install solar at much higher rates than others? SEEDS found that, for instance, middle-income families installed solar more frequently than low-income families, despite the fact that solar could be a profitable investment for either group. Seeking an answer to why this is, the SEEDS team recently kicked off a new … household income below $50,000 and between $50,000-$75,000, respectively.) LMI communities forego solar for any number of reasons—financing issues, lack of access to capital, limited …
… Alliance Launched by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment to Support Regional Collaboration on Renewable Heating and … activities to harmonize and share best practices in the regional development of markets for renewable heating and cooling technologies across the Northeast. Initiated by Yale … more than 40 percent of the energy demand of residential and commercial buildings is used for heating and cooling purposes. As a result, heating and cooling is both a major source of …
… Powerhouse, a seed stage venture founded by SOM student Katrina Barlow , will offer affordable home batteries and innovative software that allows consumers to measure the price … during expensive, high-peak periods to off-peak periods. Customers would be incentivized, for instance, to charge their batteries during the day — when conditions are more suited to … In addition to a $25,000 cash prize, the business receives automatic entry into the Yale Entrepreneurship Institute Summer Fellowship . One of the finalists, Kitchen Table, which …
… insights into spurring consumer demand. According to the analysis, led by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY), renewable thermals have significant market … cooling of space and the heating of both space and water. Collectively, the use of energy for thermal purposes accounts for roughly one-third of all U.S. energy consumption. In Connecticut, over 60 percent of the …
… The Sabin Stories will introduce you to former winners of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize as they share experiences and reflect on their time as student entrepreneurs at Yale. RedOx is not only the name of a cluster of oxidation-reduction … and Environmental Sciences when they got inspired to develop an innovative technology for chemical desalination of highly contaminated water. With the support of fellow students, …
… Sabin Stories introduce you to former finalists and winners of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize as they share experiences and reflect on their time as student entrepreneurs at Yale. “The Sabin Prize gave us a year to test our ideas ” shares Max … political science major at Yale College took classes at the Law School and the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Disillusioned with the timeline of offered responses, …
… in the world to set a voluntary carbon price on its operations: all business units pay for the carbon they emit, and the revenues are invested in energy efficiency, renewable … the Private Sector” series. The webinar was opened by Emily Farnworth of the World Economic Forum, and featured a conversation between TJ DiCaprio , Microsoft’s Senior Director of Environmental Sustainability and the chief architect behind the carbon fee, and Peter Boyd , Executive …
… space. The alignment with Yale’s core educational mission also helped generate support for the carbon charge. “At Yale, even skeptics of the carbon charge want to see our university as a place for learning,” said Polak. Nonetheless, designing and implementing the program proved a … units and earmarked for energy efficiency investment. This design guaranteed investment in sustainability, but can lead to over- or under-investment. In the information scheme, units …
… carbon future Connecticut is one of several New England states that hold lofty ambitions for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. Achieving this low-carbon future will require, among other things, a transformation of the built environment, which is responsible for around 12.6 million tons of GHG emissions every year due to demand for hot water and …
… system where renewable sources bring value and environmental benefits. Buildings’ demand for heating and cooling—a largely unrecognized energy hog—offers another important avenue. The use of energy for heating water and both heating and cooling space, referred to collectively as thermal energy, accounts for roughly one-third of the total energy consumed in the U.S. Sixty-five percent of total …