… The built environment – essential to a low carbon future Connecticut is one of several New England states that hold lofty ambitions for … electricity market, though the countries have very different energy systems—ranging from Norway’s dependence on electric resistance heating to the widespread use of biomass in … texturedJohn 2485 Equity and Justice Clean Energy Renewable Thermal Heating: Lessonsfrom Scandinavia … Nov 18, 2016 Renewable Thermal Heating: Lessonsfrom Scandinavia …
… most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global,” according to a report [pdf] by the UN Food and Agriculture … to abandon meat consumption. A vast literature on why people make the dietary choices that they do can be summarized simply: price, taste, and convenience. “For the vast majority of … are noting shifts in consumer demand. A recent article in Meat and Poultry highlighted how, “a coalition of 40 institutional investors with a valuation of $1.25 trillion is making …
… many policy mechanisms, financing products and communication campaigns that can be borrowed from the renewable energy world to raise awareness about RTTs and their potential. Integrating best practices from successful campaigns, such as Solarize CT , can bring down high upfront costs and lead … opportunities, and where investment decisions are far less informed, it is rewarding to see how open dialogue in search of a long-term thermal solution can create a new market that …
… Royal DSM executives highlighted internal carbon pricing as an important financial tool for driving business growth in the first of a … as carbon pricing” are needed “to advance the agenda for climate action.” Collective action from the private and public sectors on carbon pricing must be one of the world’s levers for … ambitious climate and energy agenda within and beyond the company. Its internal targets for 2025 include a 45% reduction in GHG emissions per unit of product; an intermediate goal of …
… experience, Boyd embraced a new career: Launch Director and Chief Operating Officer at the Carbon War Room, which advances large-scale business solutions that reduce carbon emissions. “I don’t remember ever seeing a big departure from my current job which looked interesting and exciting, and not taking it,” said Boyd of his work history. This habit, it seems, started after he graduated from Oxford University and set out westward—the U.S., Cook Islands, Australia, Singapore, …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment, along with the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, welcomes Helle Gronli as a newly hired associate research … and designed support for new projects; her experience also spanned a full range of scales—from the installation of individual residential heat-pumps to the development of large-scale district heating infrastructure. Originally from Norway herself, Gronli hails from the small village of Rena, not far from the country’s …
… has once again taken America by storm, and with it comes the incessant quadrennial refrain from candidates about creating jobs. Politicians in all quarters are once again professing … astute observer might ask the following questions: Where have we seen this before, and what lessons can we learn from previous experience; and Are these jobs long-lasting or subject to … current staff, which in certain cases was now facing almost ten times as many projects in a calendar year as they had in the year preceding the Solarize campaign in their town. This …
… participants needed to develop renewable thermal financial incentives are now involved. “From our end, we saw an opportunity to create a much better product,” said Patrick … be important for advancing the state’s efforts to achieve our climate goals,” said Jeff Howard, an environmental analyst at the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. … Thermal Technology Effort Thu, June 23rd, 2016, 4:30 AM EDT — 1:00 PM EDT Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies - Sage Hall, Room 24 … Yale’s Feasibility of Renewable …
… Towards Science Communications with Impact course taught by Paul Lussier at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies culminated in a trip to Paris where we presented our … students were paired with a client to work on a specific project. Three other students from across the university (Yale College, Yale FES and Yale SOM) and myself were excited to … large global companies. We also interviewed IPCC scientists to understand their work and howthey interact with business leaders. From these interviews, we refined a value for both …
… Impact: Environmental Engagement for a Changing World.” The posted syllabus included works from Mike Hulme’s Why We Disagree about Climate Change , George Marshall’s Don’t Even Think … such as a two degree global warming of the Earth. For the first time as a student, I saw how my undergraduate degree in psychology, my MBA at Yale SOM, and my Masters in … planet; there is still so much more that needs to be done. Better prepared and equip with lessons learned from SOM and FES, I know this is just my beginning. 2248 Equity and Justice …