… landscape by analyzing a wide variety of technologies. The process will be student-driven, with advice and guidance from CBEY staff. The research will lead to a framework that can help shape and inform the growing conversation around climate tech. Issue Summary The route to mitigation goes through … known as climate tech . New technology needs to complement existing solutions, deployed immediately. But the IPCC pathways make clear that solving climate change depends, to some …
… The second Open Climate Collabathon kicked off the 2020 year on April 22-24 with an Open Climate Dialogues series , an online event that included an international panel … climate accounting system designed to track accountability to carbon budget pledges. With topics ranging from next-gen technologies to government and civic group impact, the … time the organization is taking on a different dimension,” points out Martin Wainstein, founder and lead scientist behind the Yale Openlab and the Open Climate project. In 2019 …
… are considered as our control block groups. We then matched these block groups with the 2018 Block-Group Level Planning Database . 1 This database is produced by the U.S. … database pulls variables from the Census American Community Survey (ACS) databases. We used median household income at the block group level and used 100% Area Median Income (AMI), or the middle income of all the incomes in the area as defined by the …
… at Yale. This blog post is a brief compilation of the wisdom I have learned at Yale, along with the wisdom of other innovators who have utilized some of the spaces, programs, and courses we have on campus. As a first-year, getting involved with innovation was pretty intimidating, but hopefully, this guide can illustrate that there … interest in a project-oriented environment with people who may very well become your co-founders or partners in endeavors beyond the intensive. Personally, I participated in the …
… from arts and culture to health and housing. Yale is piloting this prize among its students with the hope that, if it proves successful, student teams from across the community will … Haven Civic Innovation Prize which was developed to directly connect student innovations with the city of New Haven. A dozen teams submitted applications for consideration, and four of the most promising will compete for the cash award and the opportunity to work with New Haven. The student-led innovations making the final round include: DreamKit is a …
… on certain circuits that are under stress from demand growth. For those of you not familiar with electricity system jargon, circuits are the last-mile electricity delivery networks … The Yale-based Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies (SEEDS II) team along with the non-profit organization SmartPower, ran ten ground-breaking “Solarize” campaigns at … capacity and are high-value feeders for the grid. Each treatment circuit was matched with a similar control circuit where no campaigns were implemented. Comparing each set of …
… and business owners the cost savings and reduced greenhouse gas impacts associated with the installation of renewable heating and cooling systems. Primary applicant: Clean … registration required). Awarded every fall, the RTA Seed Innovation Grant was created with the support of NYSERDA and Connecticut Green Bank; it is managed by the Yale Center for … and business owners the cost savings and reduced greenhouse gas impacts associated with the installation of renewable heating and cooling systems. Primary applicant: Clean …
… opportunities as a result of having started Poda Foods.” -Kenny Cloft, Poda Foods Co-founder (Sabin Winner 2015) In anticipation of this year’s upcoming Sabin Sustainable … Venture Prize pitch competition, CBEY's Entrepreneurship and Innovation team checked in with past winners of the Sabin Prize to see how their ventures have transformed since … inspiration to start? Sybrosia: We are inspired by seaweed’s potential to uptake CO2, bioremediate ocean water, and produce important secondary metabolites. After coming across …
… a pace that matches the urgency of the climate crisis,” says Ben Christensen (MEM ’20), co-founder of Cambium Carbon. “By partnering with cities to invest in urban mills and improving how they manage their existing trees, we … our beta pilot this winter where we are launching dozens of systems across the country with the help of our partners to finish validating our technology,” says David Dellal (Ph.D. …
… for Business and the Environment and Tsai CITY. “It gives me hope to see students come up with such multi-faceted solutions to the climate crisis. A wicked problem like climate … year, students show that they’re up to the task.” "It gives me hope to see students come up with such multi-faceted solutions to the climate crisis." -Ben Soltoff, Environmental … system for iPhone recycling Kathryn Wright (MEM ‘13), Senior Associate at Cadmus, Co-Founder of MySunBuddy Ruth Metzel (MEM/MBA ‘16), Co-founder and Executive Director at …