… 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 spread the knowledge of …
… interface of technology and sustainability. The attendees represented a range of groups: big companies, small companies, start-ups, governments, civil society, and academia. The … Yale students who are interested in applying data science to social and environmental problems can apply for the Data for Impact 101 Intensive , a collaboration between CBEY and … also heard about partnerships among start-ups, governments, and large companies to achieve big changes like electrifying air travel or exponentially improving the potential for …
… The popularity of solar energy skyrocketed in South Carolina (SC) with the introduction of net metering in … the grid. After the introduction of DER, the Palmetto State went from having virtually no solar energy to having an installed capacity of 591 megawatts (MW). Statewide, an estimated 64,865 homes are currently powered by solar energy and approximately 3,000 people depend on solar-related jobs for income. With …
… of several conservation finance professionals. The goal of this effort was to design a more robust curriculum that could introduce the community to broad themes on the natural resource … to considering environmental issues, the impact investing community needs to “think bigger.” To date, the conservation finance community and the broader impact community have … scale, our solutions will have to use larger levers. We have to move away from treating “big” investing as synonymous with “corporate” or “mainstream” investing. The SOCAP …
… past several years as a way to entice private capital to help address challenging social problems. There have been eight PFP deals in the United States so far – with $80 million … performance instruments is their applicability to a wide range of environmental and social problems. These models shift the risk of solving these issues from taxpayers to private … past several years as a way to entice private capital to help address challenging social problems. There have been eight PFP deals in the United States so far – with $80 million …
… posts in this series detail how we got to this point and work underway to address the problem. Here we discuss critical further steps needed to solve the plastics problem. The previous post outlined efforts undertaken by NGOs, private companies, and … Detailed here are several further steps needed to mitigating this acute and global problem. Build infrastructure Plastics in our oceans are only a problem because plastic gets …
… Eight million tons of plastic waste enters our oceans every year. The Plastic Problem details how we got to this point. Here we discuss efforts underway to address the … 19 are from the global South; among the top 10, eight are from Asia. China is the biggest polluter. The fallout from this study, and work that has come since, was immediate … campaign, Sky Ocean Rescue ; Sky News also published an article calling out five of the biggest soft drink companies for using only 7 percent recycled plastic in their products. …
… is an urgent call to the contractor who has an existing connection with the customer. The problem needs to be fixed, and fast. Under conditions like this, customers are likely to buy … in installing heat pumps, mentioned by 47% of surveyed heat pump owners. Installation of solar PV panels (26%) and energy prices (26%) are tied for the second most common trigger … for adopting heat pumps. As it turns out, the share of heat pumps is higher among owners of solar PV (21%) than households without solar PV (13%). Since 2012, nearly 28,000 solar PV …
… Yale Center for Business and the Environment is proud of its alumni and aspires to build a robust entrepreneurial community around sustainability ideas. Patrick Reed (YC ‘16) and Gabe … Yale Center for Business and the Environment is proud of its alumni and aspires to build a robust entrepreneurial community around sustainability ideas. Patrick Reed (YC ‘16) and Gabe … Yale Center for Business and the Environment is proud of its alumni and aspires to build a robust entrepreneurial community around sustainability ideas. Patrick Reed (YC ‘16) and Gabe …
… installers of renewable thermal technologies. Energy Sage, which provides online quotes for solar installers, will be a project partner. Primary applicant: City of Cambridge. A … installers of renewable thermal technologies. Energy Sage, which provides online quotes for solar installers, will be a project partner. Primary applicant: City of Cambridge. A … installers of renewable thermal technologies. Energy Sage, which provides online quotes for solar installers, will be a project partner. Primary applicant: City of Cambridge. A …