… 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 … file-default"}}]] Source: Leventis, G., Fadrhonc, E. M., Kramer, C., Goldman, C., 2016. Current Practices in … benefits of the technology in question, negotiate a volume discount with installers, and encourage new entrants, eventually scaling up the market. Solarize campaigns from Portland to …
… If you’ve ever considered installing solar panels on your roof, you’ve probably asked two basic questions: How much does it cost? And how long … of Columbia have some type of NEM policy. While NEM has enabled the solar industry to flourish by providing a straightforward way for customers to earn money from their panels, … 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 …
… 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 … profit,” Goenka explained as the webinar began. “That is why Mahindra has adopted ‘Rise’: our core purpose is to innovatively use all of our resources to drive positive changes in …
… years ahead of schedule. [2] But why? Why do people decide to install solar? Over the last four years, Yale’s Solar 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 … no difference between those who installed and those who did not: both saw 2.4 information sources. Across all LMI groups, the most common sources of information were print newspaper …
… 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 like ground and air source heat pumps, is an important facet of any mitigation strategy. The findings of the … proposals such as offering a $15 million rebate program for the installation of ground-source heat pumps, working with local communities to increase market awareness and confidence …
… electricity, but holds an enormous reservoir of possibility for utilizing local resources to off-set fossil fuels. Like renewable electricity, renewable heating and cooling … that includes the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Eversource Energy, the United Illuminating Company, and the Connecticut Green Bank. CBEY is based … and trusted alternatives to non-renewable technologies. The results can be distilled into four core insights: Public institutions, which tend to be both large property owners and …
… SabinStories introduce you to former finalists and winners of the Sabin Sustainable Venture … on their time as student 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 rights impacts 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 … 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 …
… 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 … 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 … representative of the diverse uses and budget types to assess how a carbon charge would impact the university as a whole. The remaining 280 buildings served as control group. Three …
… 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 … of heat supply to energy efficient buildings and the integration of low-temperature heat sources, such as surplus heat from industrial processes and data centers . Being a latecomer …