… The built environment – essential to a low carbon future Connecticut is one of several New … that hold lofty ambitions for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. Achieving this low-carbon future will require, among other things, a transformation of the built … 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 …
… Meat makes for curious math: about 25 calories is required to create just 1 calorie of beef. … for meat one of today's most importanttech trends. And why? Friedrich identified four central reasonsthat conventional meat consumption must be reined in. First, food that … 600 pounds in lessthan a year) Despite these problems, people aren’tsimply going to abandon meat consumption. A vast literature on why people make the dietary choicesthatthey do …
… Solar photovoltaics and wind are often spotlighted when we talk about renewable energy. Electricity production, though, is only one part of the energy system where renewable sources bring value and environmental benefits. Buildings’ demand for heating and cooling—a … can bring down high upfront costs and lead to increased market penetration. In addition to this field study, the FORTTteam conducted rigorous analysis and modeling to estimate the …
… Royal DSM executives highlighted internal carbon pricing as an important financial tool for driving … highlighted the role and value of DSM’s internal carbon price. “We wantto future-proof our business,” Sijbesma said. DSM aspiresto be prepared for the day when a carbon price … thanking DSM for its leadership and stressing the importance of starting a conversation atthis point in time. “The next few years may prove to be a watershed moment for carbon …
… In 2007, Peter Boyd found himself with Richard Branson and a group of CEOs at Virgin informally … War Room, which advances large-scale businesssolutionsthat reduce carbon emissions. “I don’t remember ever seeing a big departure from my current job which looked interesting and … Australia, Singapore, the Trans-Siberian Railroad. He circumscribed the world over the course of a year. Most recently, in another promising departure, he reduced his advisory role …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment, along withthe School of Forestry & … Studies, welcomes Helle Gronli as a newly hired associate research scientist. In this position, Gronli will lead the Feasibility of Renewable Thermal Technologies in … Ecology motivated their move to New Haven, and, along withtwo children, the family of four issettling in. “We’re starting to build up our identity,” said Gronli, which mostly …
… Presidential election season has once again taken America by storm, and with it comesthe incessant … promised two things: (1) support for the fledgling green sector of the economy; and (2) a source of relatively high-paying jobsthat do not require a college education. While the … politicians, an 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 …
… Yale’s Feasibility of Renewable Thermal Technology initiative (FORTT), which is developing financial models … renewable thermal technologies in Connecticut, recently formalized partnershipswith Eversource and The United Illuminating Company (UI), the state’s largest electric utilities. … “From our end, we saw an opportunity to create a much better product,” said Patrick McDonnell, the senior director of conservation and load management at UI. “This effort is …
… The TowardsScience Communicationswith Impact course taught by Paul Lussier atthe School … by bringing together leading multidisciplinary scientists and powerful business leaders. This idea became the Science to Business (S2B) platform. Throughoutthe semester, we worked …
… included works from Mike Hulme’s Why We Disagree about Climate Change , George Marshall’sDon’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains are Wired to Ignore Climate Change , and Naomi Oreskes’, Merchants of Doubt as … what he calls “values-based humanistic communications” – the idea that compelling emotional storiesthatspeak to peoples' core values have more impactthan rational scientific data, …