… Today, the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) opened its new certificate in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy. With a cohort of 75 online learners … Vero Bourg-Meyer, Program Director, Clean Energy and Conservation Finance, Brad Gentry, the newly appointed Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor in the Practice of Forest Resources … key contributors at CBEY’s main office. Bourg-Meyer, who is leading the development of this new certificate, is incredibly excited about the unique collaborative nature of this …
… utilities are beginning to reimagine their relationships to the participants – both old and new – of a modern, smart grid. At the Smart Energy Summit in Austin on Feb. 18-19, energy … sessions reinforced the value proposition of increasing connectivity for improved customer engagement and grid management, they also revealed concerns within the industry about the … convert advanced analytics into more reliable and flexible grid operations, as well as more personalized customer service and bill savings, with the help of machine learning, …
… It was early February 2019, and they had spent most of winter break setting up a brand new aquaponic-type system in a warehouse in New Haven’s Newhallville neighborhood. The previous afternoon, they had received a batch of … Foods , Raise Green , and Stake . She told me that she would like to see a more intentional community for entrepreneurs who’ve made it through the early stages of developing an idea …
… Introduction of Solarize and SEEDS II Solarize is a unique community-based program that leverages peers and social networks to encourage residential … non-profit SmartPower, Duke University, Tel Aviv University, Connecticut Green Bank, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and MySunBuddy. The following … Rounds Nine and Ten Seven towns participated in Round 9: Bethel, Canton, Fairfield, Hamden, New Haven, North Haven, and Windham. A total of 137 contracts, out of 766 leads, were signed …
… New technology can change the course of history. In 1769, Scottish inventor James Watt … services, and systems that could redefine energy, transportation, and the use of materials, making a better future possible and attainable. Personally, it’s hard for me to let go of my New England cynicism and ever-skeptical …
… 2018, SEEDS II conducted Solarize campaigns in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, and South Carolina. The campaigns had varying degrees of success, but South … the reasons behind these results to understand why an apparently unstoppable giant-in-the-making performed poorly. Solarize South Carolina During Q2 and Q3 of 2018, SmartPower … a desire to adopt solar. Lessons for the future Our findings suggest the following possible paths forward to improve campaign effectiveness in South Carolina: Instead of organizing …
… and aquaculture, as well as reef restoration, to shed light on opportunities in the “new oceans economy.” While many impact investors and SOCAP have always acknowledged the … . But this paradigm is starting to shift within SOCAP and in the broader-impact investing community. Seven years after the Oceans Track was introduced, I had the honor of … attendees, check out the full schedule for SOCAP15, now available on the conference app, Pathable. Conference attendees can join the SOCAP Pathable community to schedule meetings, …
… bond in the United States was created to address recidivism among juvenile offenders in New York. Investors were only repaid by the government if the intervention helped formerly … the Yale Center for Business and the Environment and the Conservation Finance Network. The new website for this publication is slated to launch in January 2016. Equity and Justice … bond in the United States was created to address recidivism among juvenile offenders in New York. Investors were only repaid by the government if the intervention helped formerly …
… published a report on land-based strategies for a plastic-free ocean . And under the New Plastic Economy initiative of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation , Nestlé is leading the Pioneer Project SEA within the New Plastics Economy, to build an understanding of the waste management systems in priority … at Nestlé. Vital data on material flows in the global South is now being generated and new insights into the informal sector developed and explored. The debate over biodegradable …
… efforts underway to address the problem. Plastic enters the environment through several paths (see The Plastic Problem ). In early 2015, research led by University of Georgia … has come since, was immediate and expansive. Media worldwide jumped on the article. Sky News, in partnership with WWF, launched a full-fledged campaign, Sky Ocean Rescue ; Sky News … EU Plastics Strategy based on the concepts of a circular economy. This strategy proposes making recycling profitable for business by setting up new rules on packaging, focusing on …