… As you drive around these days, you may notice a growing number of homes installing solar panels on their roofs. In Connecticut alone there are over 23,000 residential solar … years ahead of schedule. [2] But why? Why do people decide to install solar? Over the last four years, Yale’sSolar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies (SEEDS)* team has interviewed …
… Alliance Launched by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment to Support Regional Collaboration on Renewable Heating and … indicate that 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 greenhouse gas emissions and, through the installation of renewable technologies …
… A student-led startup that is creating new energy technology the team says will enable … battery during the evenings with the grid power is more likely to draw from fossil fuel sources. “This gives you a low-cost, clean source of energy whenever the grid turns … to accelerate the transition to renewable energy by designing and implementing large-scale solar projects; and Turboarcjet, which is developing an all-electric jet engine as a cleaner …
… Though a mature technology, renewable thermals occupy a small niche in Connecticut—and in the U.S. at large. A new Yale-led study … In Connecticut, over 60 percent of the energy used in residential and commercial buildings is for space heating and cooling; this demand, combined with the energy used to … electricity, but holds an enormous reservoir of possibility for utilizing local resources to off-set fossil fuels. Like renewable electricity, renewable heating and cooling …
… The Sabin Stories will introduce you to former winners of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize as … sites. The venture made good use of the boutique at the time Yale entrepreneurial resources. The Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant and the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute Summer … experience with start up incubators and the access to a pool of mentors and constructive resources were all good training for the team. The Sabin Prize provided further credibility, …
… Sabin Stories introduce you to former finalists and winners of the Sabin Sustainable Venture … on their time asstudent entrepreneurs at Yale. “The Sabin Prize gave us a year to test our ideas ” shares Max Webster, YC’ 12, co-founder of Weave and a winner of the Sabin … since his early childhood in Mississippi, Max knew he wanted to dedicate his life to building a world where all species thrive. After being displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Max …
… Microsoft is one of the first companies in the world to set a voluntary carbon price on its … and successful execution of the carbon fee. How It All Began “The carbon fee is essentially our own corporate carbon tax, and it is putting us on a path to a net-zero-emissions world,” … perspective—money in, money out—accountability for the pollution associated with our own operations, and resources for our own environmental work, the carbon fee was easily …
… On November 2, 2016, the webinar series “Internal Carbon Pricing: Practical Experiences from the Private Sector” featured a … academic year. The university conducted a pilot project that involved twenty campusbuildings and tested the design and implementation of four different carbon-pricing schemes. In the webinar, representatives from Yale shared the …
… The built environment – essential to a low carbon future Connecticut is one of several New England states that hold … a weak network of suppliers, and a thin competence base. Fortunately, the region has a few building blocks that can be turned into key factors for the successful deployment of RTTs. … heating to the widespread use of biomass in Sweden and district heating in Denmark. Energy sources vary, too: Norway produces 99 percent of its electricity from hydro, Sweden 50 …
… Solar photovoltaics and wind are often spotlighted when we talk about renewable energy. … Electricity production, though, is only one part of the energy system where renewable sources bring value and environmental benefits. Buildings’ demand for heating and cooling—a largely unrecognized energy hog—offers another …