… designed to mitigate flooding is old and underfunded, while natural barriers, like wetlands, have been stripped away by coastal development. Extreme weather events and rising … students— Julie Andress , Meaghan McGrath , Heather West and Sarah Wilson —devised a Flood Mitigation Bond to draw $200 million of private capital into coastal ecosystem restoration. … firms like AECOM and CH2M Hill to then build these large infrastructure projects—mainly wetlands and oyster reefs. Two entities that would help pay for this bond would be the Army …
… corporate sustainability. Understanding the economic benefits that corporate environmental programs had, I was excited to contribute to a company’s bottom line by discovering … its second (and much more powerful) wave. Companies have mobilized to reduce environmental risks, optimize resource consumption and minimize costs, and even captured a growing market … corporate sustainability. Understanding the economic benefits that corporate environmental programs had, I was excited to contribute to a company’s bottom line by discovering …
… * * * I started working on Solarize CT and the Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Study (SEEDS) during my first week of graduate school, in the fall of 2013. As part of the … Behavioral economists have long observed that people do what their friends do. SEEDS is studying how homeowners who see solar PV systems cropping up in their communities reach out … dirty load and spreading the clean energy gospel, one household at a time. Related Programs Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies (SEEDS) Related Events Financing the …
… radical and powerful progress. “I think the most change is going to come from startups and entrepreneurs, from the students who come into the Center and create things the way they … radical and powerful progress. “I think the most change is going to come from startups and entrepreneurs, from the students who come into the Center and create things the way they … radical and powerful progress. “I think the most change is going to come from startups and entrepreneurs, from the students who come into the Center and create things the way they …
… while they start planning the Sustainability Conference with Yale in November. Related Programs Yale GreenLight Related Events GreenLight Workshop: Alcoa Wed, January 21st, 2015, …
… spoke at SOM about how water, energy, and data form a nexus for sustainable develomplemt risks and opportunities … A panel discussion of the impacts and risks of hydraulic fracturing on water resources brought together FES professor Jim Saiers, … As a part of YEI and CBEY’s growing focus on entrepreneurship, we helped to organize a workshop on lean startup metholdologies … As a part of YEI and CBEY’s growing focus on entrepreneurship, we helped to organize a workshop on lean startup metholdologies …
… Ty Jagerson, founder and CEO of Village Power Finance, to learn more about the challenges facing medium-scale green energy development. They discussed what Village Power Finance is … on our platform. Every project that we do is a project LLC. For institutional or other loan programs, we create a program LLC that provides the aggregating function. But what is very … ways people can find to subsidize renewable energy projects. Related Events Secondary Markets: A Sustainable Capital Source for Energy Efficiency? Tue, March 10th, 2015, 8:00 AM …
… As the energy efficiency finance market grows and matures, are robust secondary markets inevitable, necessary, or even appropriate? This is the question that State and … paper, “ Accessing Secondary Markets as a Capital Source for Energy Efficiency Finance Programs: Program Design Considerations for Policymakers and Administrators .” Clean Energy … processes for assessing risk, bundling loans together, and communicating clearly about risks to investors. “Energy efficiency is very fragmented in a number of different …
… quantifies trees in a forest using smartphones and satellite imagery. This year, as Yale entrepreneurship offerings expanded, we built a new CBEY Entrepreneurship Team and doubled down with our prospective finalists to ensure they put … including expert mentorship, extensive informational resources, and funding. Related Programs Sustainable Venture Prize Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures Related …
… scholarship to a global audience. For instance, The New York Times recently featured wetlands mitigation research carried out by two joint-degree alumni. The promotion of student voices … scholarship to a global audience. For instance, The New York Times recently featured wetlands mitigation research carried out by two joint-degree alumni. The promotion of …