… Six student teams were recently awarded Climate Change Innovation Grants by the YaleCenterfor Business and the Environment (CBEY). Over $13,000 was awarded this year to … dairy but creates very little GHG emissions and uses a fraction of land and water resources to produce, coupled with a low incidence of allergic reaction compared to nut- and … at CBEY and Tsai CITY. Cass Walker-Harvey , Executive Director at First Southwest Community Fund Charissa Rujanavech (MEM ‘13), Creator of Liam, Apple’s first automated …
… Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong proclaimed that he was taking “one giant leap for mankind” as he became the first human being to walk on the surface of the moon. That … a moonshot has also entered rhetoric around climate change. Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and billionaire-politician Michael Bloomberg … a different world, both socially and geophysically. Since 1969, we’ve added an additional four billion people to the planet, and we’ve cranked up global temperatures about 0.5°C …
… Today, the YaleCenterfor Business and the Environment (CBEY) opened its new certificate in Financing and … want to advance their careers as well as the transition to a clean economy. Vero Bourg-Meyer, Program Director, Clean Energy and Conservation Finance, Brad Gentry, the newly …
… -by Stephanie Hsiung (F&ES '19) Smarter and more affordable technologies are leading more and more utilities to rethink the traditional … together to explore the ways in which emerging technologies can and will impact the utility-customer relationship. I attended the conference to find out how the energy industry is … of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in homes, the continued growth of distributed energy resources (DERs), and the rise of the prosumer. Excitement about new opportunities and …
… would eventually support one another in a continuous loop. Waste from the shrimp would nourish the seaweed, and the seaweed would in turn filter the water going back to the shrimp. … a squad of undergraduate interns, and the team’s first full-time employee, a recent Yale engineering graduate named Jonathan Simonds (YC 18). When I visited Symbrosia in … Foods , Raise Green , and Stake . She told me that she would like to see a more intentional communityfor 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 solar adoption through a group pricing strategy. Solarize campaigns … volunteer leadership (“solar ambassadors”) who are passionate about solar energy. The Yale Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies (SEEDS) II team has designed, implemented …
… New technology can change the course of history. In 1769, Scottish inventor James Watt created an improved version of the … has led to global warming and local air pollution. As a dual degree student at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Yale School of Management , I spend … will support students through the process of hatching a new idea. Students will work with a community of passionate, similarly minded peers, while also learning from knowledgeable …
… passed its landmark energy bill. Act 236, also known as the Distributed Energy Resources (DER) program, which created a net-metering system permitting residential and … the US Department of Energy, the Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies II (SEEDS II) Yale research project is tasked with understanding strategies and messages that support the … Q3 of 2018, SmartPower facilitated a series of pilot programs in SC. Through on-the-ground community outreach, engagement of solar ambassadors and community leaders in Solarize …
… Photo credit: Blue Forest Conservation Pay for Performance (PFP) Bonds, also known as Pay for Success Bonds or … This article is part of an online publication produced in partnership between the YaleCenterfor Business and the Environment and the Conservation Finance Network. The new …
… to be a continuous intellectual gap regarding awareness that where there is a natural resource issue, there is always a social issue. “The reality is that when you have a deep … . 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 … curriculum at SOCAP. It is part of an online publication produced as a partnership between YaleCenterfor Business and the Environment and Conservation Finance Network. The new …