… carbon future Connecticut is one of several New England states that hold lofty ambitions for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. Achieving this low-carbon future will … cheap hydro power, Norway started diversifying into thermal technologies at a later point, making it an interesting example of a recent market development that targeted RTTs. … municipal buildings. Different ownership structures (like third-party ownership) and novel business models (like energy performance contracts ) have supported this development. In …
… how, “a coalition of 40 institutional investors with a valuation of $1.25 trillion is making a businesscase to several multinational food manufacturers for the adoption of alternative proteins …
… system where renewable sources bring value and environmental benefits. Buildings’ demand for heating and cooling—a largely unrecognized energy hog—offers another important avenue. … market mechanisms that can streamline investments. (FORTT is based at the Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment and is part of a larger coalition that includes the Connecticut … solar thermal hot water and biomass heating. Building codes, retrofit rates and energy efficiency measures all proved key in the transition to a clean energy future. While climate …
… executives highlighted internal carbon pricing as an important financial tool for driving business growth in the first of a new webinar series organized by the Carbon Pricing … corporate executives and sustainability practitioners on best practices and the businesscase. Setting the stage for the series, Dominic Waughray of the World Economic Forum … experience with internal carbon pricing as a means to supporting internal decision-making and driving the company’s sustainability goals. Watch the full webinar here: THE …
… In 2007, Peter Boyd found himself with Richard Branson and a group of CEOs at Virgin informally discussing global issues that entrepreneurs ought to tackle. Climate change arose … something that we should be getting hold of as an entrepreneurial community, and as a business opportunity,” said Boyd, who at the time was CEO of Virgin Mobile South Africa. So … 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 …
… The Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment, along with the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, … Gronli worked at Enova, a Norwegian company that provides investment support to energy efficiency and renewable projects across the country. While there, Gronli managed a team …
… of the markets or attributing these outcomes to the acts of agents such as governments, businesses, or even specific politicians, an astute observer might ask the following … to the whims of cyclical demand? To explore these questions further I will analyse two case studies, namely the history of the construction sector in the context of New Zealand, … 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 …
… Yale’s Feasibility of Renewable Thermal Technology initiative (FORTT), which is developing financial models and strategies to advance renewable thermal technologies in Connecticut, recently formalized partnerships with Eversource and The United Illuminating Company (UI), the … some of these technologies,” said Matthew Gibbs, Eversource director of energy efficiency. “And this project helped accelerate and broaden the scope.” Both Eversource and …
… 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 group’s findings to the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Intergovernmental Panel on … will have the opportunity to continue working on the S2B Platform project by pursuing a case study with one of the WBCSD member companies. This presentation was timely given the …
… title of his class, “Towards Science Communications with Impact: Environmental Engagement for a Changing World.” The posted syllabus included works from Mike Hulme’s Why We Disagree … As my classmate describes in more detail in her blog post , my team worked with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Intergovernmental Panel on … humanistic communications to develop a digital platform that would link scientists and business leaders to solve corporate sustainability challenges. This was one of those …