… designing and financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHs are physical facilities equipped with clean energy technologies and strategically located to offer vital services to local communities … investors interested in constructing resilient infrastructure that can provide essential community services–even during disruptions to the electrical grid. As a group of master’s …
… methods of information diffusion. In the first phase, a baseline survey was conducted with 3800 farming households. The survey focused on the socioeconomic characteristics of the … incentives received by the extension agents, and the type of farmer (lead, peer, or none) that the extension agent was supposed to work with. A midline survey was conducted with … of connections overall, and those concentrated in an area — to increase the likelihood that one person will know several seed farmers. This next step involved training the extension …
… by human activities. This will have catastrophic effects on human health, infrastructure, energy, agriculture, fisheries, sea levels, natural ecosystems, and more. For many, the … other environmental, social, and economic disasters — have changed this. Following the US’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on November 4, it is up to corporations to take direct … To cut through the noise, our team from the Yale School of Management narrowed in on one, universal metric that is the single biggest driver of climate change: greenhouse gas …
… industry and conservation professionals. The results indicate that residents attribute monetary value to nonmarket forest goods and services. The present value WTP for drinking … private forestland is $24.84 per year. Average premium for local forest products is 11.5%, with amounts varying across furniture, lumber, honey, maple syrup and Christmas trees. Estimates indicate that there is potential for decision makers to create new markets or policies that create economic incentives for private forest owners by …
… Solar Industry? 2796 6778 2798 2745 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Mobilizing Finance for Land Conservation at the … acres of land per megawatt of generating capacity, solar has a sizable land footprint — one that is only expected to grow as solar and renewables meet a larger share of U.S. energy … unmonetized by the traditional market forces that drive solar project development. Without guidance on how to fully account for the value of ecosystem service generation, …
… This project involved the collection of two energy generation datasets: the hourly wind output profiles and the hourly electricity load data at more than 1000 geographic locations within the Eastern Interconnect of the United States for the years 2004-2006. This data was … utilizes the methodology and results of this research in the “Renewable Technologies” component of the Energy Market Strategy course taught at the Yale School of Management. The …
… first of their kind—indicate that the success of Solarize rests on a few key components. This guidebook clearly maps the process for any town, or individual, interested in solarizing their community. Clean Energy Equity and Justice Solarize Your Community: An Evidence-Based Guide for Accelerating …
… the answer is yes. This simple idea that there are additional benefits to you if everyone else is using the same product is often called a network effect because as more people are ‘connected’ to the network, the benefits increase. More precisely, anytime there is a way that people are connected—whether it is a physical connection or not—the … are used to discuss the potential analogy to the electricity context. 2198 6785 Clean Energy Equity and Justice Network Effect Benefits From Electricity Grid Connections - A …
… in access to basic healthcare. Extreme weather events have intensified all over the planet. The sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report included unprecedented … to be threaded throughout corporations’ highest priorities—not treated as a stand-alone top priority. Business schools are integrating sustainability topics, but students are … Center for Business and the Environment Staff Lead, Business and the Environment Learning Community at Yale School of the Environment Staff In the News "The B-schoolers embracing …
… electric vehicle purchases and allow the private sector to provide charging. At the same time, there are important roles that governments can play in facilitating the development of … also explores policy options for supporting a growing EV and EV charging market. 2274 2239 2379 Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Equity and Justice Financing Electric Vehicle Markets in …