… a backbone of charging stations that can support these vehicles – is still in its infancy. This report outlines the technologies and business models necessary to ramp up growth in … of increased EV ownership, governments have instituted policies to encourage consumers to buy EVs. The prices of EVs are declining. Their ranges are becoming longer. And distributed … is the low current rate of EV ownership and the resulting limited usage of public chargers. Building up higher station usage is necessary for EV infrastructure to become more …
… market demand for environmentally-sensitive products. Generally, these corporations have done well by doing less bad. We are now paddling into the third (and most powerful yet) wave of sustainability. According to Suzanne Benn, Dexter Dunphy, and Andrew Griffiths, this third wave represents the “transformation” that businesses make to become a “sustaining … issue ( Nest ) or strongly embed a sustainability ethos into the company culture ( Patagonia ). Companies that have proven this model successful include Seventh Generation , …
… names and, every so often, neon orange lines became lime green. Glancing intermittently at this screen, each operator simultaneously managed eight monitors detailing weather patterns, … Notably absent from the list: solar. Our hosts explained that projects under 5 MW don’t register in the system and larger solar production facilities are so sparse in New England that they don’t contribute a significant percentage of total generation. The largest utility-scale …
… but before we know it, exams will be wrapping up. With the constant hubbub of the academic calendar, sometimes we forget to take stock of everything that happens here through CBEY. We wanted to just take a moment to look back at this fall and winter. From launching the new website to supporting student-initiated … hard to organize recently. As always, there’s more to come. Keep an eye out on the events calendar , social media , blog , and newsletter for details. A new website First and …
… challenges, a growing number of players in the industry are beginning to recognize this untapped potential. Village Power Finance, based in Palo Alto, Calif., uses a model … We start initially with the community and we see how much the community can invest or donate. If they don’t have enough resources internally, then we go to external investors and … is that they’re hard to scale to get them to be as big as a solar project for any given building size. They’re just not big enough to bother financing. In our case, we’re already …
… grows and matures, are robust secondary markets inevitable, necessary, or even appropriate? This is the question that State and Local Energy Efficiency Action Network’s (SEE Action) … to be smaller and faster to turn around than revenue bonds or asset-backed securities, but don’t offer the advantage of bonds in achieving liquidity and lowering the cost of capital … to be smaller and faster to turn around than revenue bonds or asset-backed securities, but don’t offer the advantage of bonds in achieving liquidity and lowering the cost of capital …
… 17 th . But, the March 25 th application deadline is fast approaching! Mark your calendars. Every year, the Sabin Prize awards $25,000 to the most promising Yale venture at … which identifies and quantifies trees in a forest using smartphones and satellite imagery. This year, as Yale entrepreneurship offerings expanded, we built a new CBEY Entrepreneurship … funds has enabled us to really jump in and start experimenting and growing. We just started building our first prototype at Yale'e West Campus and hope to have our first harvest in 8 …
… Anastas , the Faculty Director of the Sustainability Curriculum. To continue catalyzing this shift, leading institutions like Yale are realizing that Executive education can help … resources for executive professionals particularly interested in business training. "This is a powerful way for our students to differentiate themselves as leaders. … for Executive MBA and Global Programs at the Yale School of Management. Who comprises this inaugural cohort? Vani and the rest of the admissions team recruited 10 professionals …
… He concluded that “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” Over 100 years later, corporate sustainability communication suffers … Cerrejόn coal mine, Colombia, on the management of community relations issues at the mine.” This divergence in credibility undermines the usefulness of sustainability reporting to … in Istanbul, Rodney Irwin explained that non-financial reporting needs to talk more about building resilience rather than just managing risks. This is most evident in the power …
… is rarely analyzed through the lens of asset allocation and portfolio strategy. To address this topic, a unique case study was developed at Yale, which engaged top MBA programs from … is rarely analyzed through the lens of asset allocation and portfolio strategy. To address this topic, a unique case study was developed at Yale, which engaged top MBA programs from … is rarely analyzed through the lens of asset allocation and portfolio strategy. To address this topic, a unique case study was developed at Yale, which engaged top MBA programs from …