… Clean energy technologies often face several barriers to adoption, both from market conditions and consumer … thermal technologies (RTTs) used for heating and cooling, such as air- and ground-source heat pumps (ASHP and GSHP, respectively) and solar hot water (SHW) systems are no … expand. However, since RTTs are a relatively recent addition to the energy transition toolbox, installers and program administrators have not yet collected sufficient data to …
… If you’ve ever considered installing solar panels on your roof, you’ve probably asked two basic questions: How … power line congestion can all change the VOS calculation. Higher penetrations of solar can impact each of these variables in different ways. In its current Reforming the Energy Vision …
… Headquartered in Mumbai, the Mahindra Group is a $17.8 billion federation of companies with a presence in over 100 countries and … operations; and Anirban Ghosh, chief sustainability officer. A Sustainability Journey At an investor meeting in 2008, the issue of triple bottom line was raised, prompting … in the company’s operations and vision, as reflected in its “Rise” mission slogan. “Our approach to business is not just about market share and the bottom line, but a purpose …
… As you drive around these days, you may notice a growing number of homes installing 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 … low-income customers who chose to install or signed a contract saw information from 2.1 sources, and those that did not saw information from only 1.8. The moderate-income group had …
… Alliance Launched by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment to Support Regional Collaboration on Renewable Heating and … 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 … private capital, securitization, and the potential for issuing Green Bonds is essential for bringing deployment to scale. John B. Rhodes, President and CEO, NYSERDA said, “Renewable …
… Though a mature technology, renewable thermals occupy a small niche in Connecticut—and in the U.S. at large. A new Yale-led study … electricity, but holds an enormous reservoir of possibility for utilizing local resources to off-set fossil fuels. Like renewable electricity, renewable heating and cooling … than what currently is found competitive. The second part of the study, more behavioral in nature, revealed existing barriers and drivers that influence whether or not consumers …
… 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 … Hurricane Katrina, Max founded an NGO called Climate Voices to highlight the human rightsimpacts of climate change. Seeking solutions to environmental challenges, the political …
… 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,” … plants, and employee business travel. To achieve this, Microsoft needed to make the impacts of energy consumption visible. Because tons of carbon reduction was a foreign metric … Watch the full webinar here: 2577 2657 Equity and Justice Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Clean Energy Microsoft’s Carbon Fee: Going Beyond Carbon Neutral … …
… On November 2, 2016, the webinar series “Internal Carbon Pricing: Practical Experiences from the Private Sector” featured a … project that involved twenty campus buildings and tested the design and implementation of four different carbon-pricing schemes. In the webinar, representatives from Yale shared the … representative of the diverse uses and budget types to assess how a carbon charge would impact the university as a whole. The remaining 280 buildingsserved as control group. Three …
… The built environment – essential to a low carbon future Connecticut is one of several New England states that hold … 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 … processes through networks of hot and cold water pipes and today are transitioning to a fourth generation. This new generation of smart thermal energy grids will tackle the …