… metrics but also carbon impacts.” “The simulation itself is not resulting in emissions reductions, but the increased awareness and understanding of how to introduce carbon pricing within companies will lead to reductions,” Mac Knight emphasized. Through the simulation, businesses are also working … abatement costs to help business units understand whether it is more cost-effective to reduce emissions internally, buy credits, or pay fees to be in compliance with carbon …
… thermal technologies (RTTs) such as heat pumps, solar thermal and biomass could be used to reduce the GHG emissions related to this industrial energy consumption by reducing, recycling and refueling energy streams. The “Feasibility of renewable thermal … programs such as the Superior Energy Performance and the Better Plants programs . Reduce upfront costs Commercial and industrial customers generally face stricter economic …
… of small enterprises in the U.S. shutter in the wake of shock. A new report out of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment explores how the private sector, with its … good,” says Katy Mixter, the report’s second co-author and a graduate of both F&ES and the Yale School of Management. “For example, companies can benefit from continued sales, … spurring new internal innovation.” For a full draft of the report, visit: http://cbey.yale.edu/adaptive-finance Sustainable Finance and ESG Equity and Justice Rethinking the Private …
… Last spring, Sara Harari, a second-year joint degree student at Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Yale School of Management, had a question for CBEY: How can we bring students from across Yale together to consider big challenges in sustainability? On October 7 th , that …
… Yale Center for Business and the Environment, The Yale University Office of Sustainability and Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies are … Campus operations to grow and harvest red macroalgae Asparagopsis taxiformis, a methane-reducing supplement for livestock feed, and sell it to local livestock farmers. As part of …
… The launch of The Yale Center for Business & the Environment ’s new grant program last week, Entrepreneurial Solutions to Climate Change , could not have been timelier. With the Yale Climate Conference taking place against the backdrop of a record-breaking hurricane … added one more voice to the side of hope and leadership. Developed in partnership with The Yale University Office of Sustainability and the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies …
… that private capital flows will play in moving society toward a more sustainable future, Yale University has launched the Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance (YISF). This new academic effort will provide … world, and, more specifically, in the realm of finance. YISF will engage faculty from Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES), Yale School of Management (SOM) and …
… They may support more environmentally friendly technologies. They may encourage efforts to reduce electricity costs as much as possible for consumers. They may support investments in … & Statistical Report [U.S. Electric Utility Industry Statistics]. Retrieved from http://www.publicpower.org/files/pdfs/uselectricutilityindustrystatistics.pdf Clancy, H. (2016, … 3). How the blockchain will disrupt energy markets. GreenBiz . Retrieved from https://www.greenbiz.com/article/how-blockchain-will-disrupt-energy-markets Edison Electric …
… making rooftop solar systems available to more and more homeowners who are interested in reducing their electricity bills and mitigating their impacts on climate change. However, … (LMI) households from installing rooftop solar systems. In a new research project based at Yale, we are testing solar uptake strategies focused on LMI communities. As part of this … (LMI) households from installing rooftop solar systems. In a new research project based at Yale, we are testing solar uptake strategies focused on LMI communities. As part of this …
… their vows to mitigate the impacts of climate change by upholding the greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets outlined in the Paris Agreement. Among the dozen states that have joined … Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island, four northeastern states that have set goals of reducing GHG emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. (Connecticut has set its … 1990.) These states have also targeted renewable thermal technologies (RTTs) as a means of reducing emissions—a noteworthy effort because heating and cooling of buildings represent …