… 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 … and mandatory connection for certain categories of buildings near district energy networks. Good timing. Small-scale thermal loops that connect a limited number of buildings together … municipal buildings. Different ownership structures (like third-party ownership) and novel business models (like energy performance contracts ) have supported this development. In …
… Meat makes for curious math: about 25 calories is required to create just 1 calorie of beef. The ratio … food. Bruce Friedrich , Founding Trustee at New Crop Capital and Executive Director at The Good Food Institute , likens the consumption of chicken to tossing eight plates of pasta in … wherein 800 percent of what is grown is thrown away,” he said at a September 29 talk at the Yale School of Management. “That is just one of the reasons that animal agriculture is …
… system where renewable sources bring value and environmental benefits. Buildings’ demand for heating and cooling—a largely unrecognized energy hog—offers another important avenue. … investigating 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 …
… Royal DSM 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 Leadership Coalition in partnership with the World Economic Forum and Yale University. The series aims to spotlight leading examples of internal carbon pricing by … Unilever and Ecofys Wed, February 7th, 2018, 5:00 AM EST — 6:15 AM EST Online Related News Internal Carbon Pricing at Yale … Anja Nikolova … Ryan Laemel … Royal DSM executives …
… 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 … he said. Fortunately, he finds this conviction heartily reinforced through his work at Yale. “What I love about coming here is the energy, passion, intelligence and lack of …
… The Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment, along with the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, welcomes Helle Gronli as a newly hired associate research …
… Obama’s Green Jobs plan was centred on the fact that it promised two things: (1) support for the fledgling green sector of the economy; and (2) a source of relatively high-paying … of the construction sector in the context of New Zealand, and the experiences of the Yale SEEDs (Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion studies) team throughout the Solarize … Academia.edu Related Programs Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies (SEEDS) Related News Cracking a Solar Conundrum Solar Research Wins “Project of Distinction Award” at PV …
… Yale’s Feasibility of Renewable Thermal Technology initiative (FORTT), which is developing … models and strategies to advance renewable thermal technologies in Connecticut, recently formalized partnerships with Eversource and The United Illuminating Company (UI), the …
… 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 Climate Change (IPCC). As part of the course, … 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 work with WBCSD to develop a …
… 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 … hooked and came back to class each week to learn more. Paul Lussier, the professor/visiting Yale lecturer, ought to be introduced first. A 1982 Yale College graduate, Paul has had a … her blog post , my team worked with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), applying humanistic …