… McMillan, the team will be one of 20 to design and build a fully solar-powered home for exhibition in 2015. Being selected as one of the 20 teams is no small feat - the competition is stiff, with many of the best specialized graduate programs fighting for spots. The Yale Center for Business and the Environment is a proud sponsor of Ponce de Leon and McMillan's work. We …
… of Energy's Solar Decathlon, fellow FES students won Duke's inaugural Energy in Emerging Markets case competition, two teams of FES students came away with wins at the DOE Better … utility solar investment strategies. Team members included: CBEY research assistants Emily Greenlee (MEM '14), Hilary Staver (MESc '14), Rob Youngs (MEM '15), Marley Urdanick (MEM … FES blog . 2170 Clean Energy Circularity FES students take top DOE Better Buildings honors for 2nd year in a row … Sep 30, 2014 FES students take top DOE Better Buildings honors for …
… task, and many think that accomplishing both is wishful thinking. Here at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, we're always seeking to find transformative, effective, … sustainable future.” The work is already getting started. Already in progress - an online course, Natural Capital: Risks and Opportunities in Global Resource Systems, taught by CBEY co-director Brad Gentry. Coming up - targeted internships …
… CBEY is excited to be offering a number of opportunities this year for summer internships linked to our programs at the intersection of business and the environment. In 2014, we launched two … Strategies in Promoting the Diffusion of Solar Energy” is examining community based marketing approaches for solar across a number of Connecticut towns in coordination the …
… The four teams waited anxiously. They had spent months preparing for today, beating out 12 other … careful deliberation, the panel, made up of authorities from real estate ( Dan Emmett ), green banks ( Bryan Garcia ), venture capital ( Rosemary Ripley ), philanthropy (Sabin Prize … lunch or dinner option featuring low-fat Chinese wraps. Serving the growing fast-casual market along the lines of Chipotle and Panera, Chive strives to bring the sustainable, …
… pushed me to think in new and different ways. Summer provides unique opportunities to take our new skills and apply them in real world settings. Prospective students often overlook … will head to San Francisco to work at Sonen Capital , where she will support the private markets team with an emphasis on environmental investment strategies. Heather West will be … embody so many reasons I feel lucky to be at Yale. I just can’t wait to hear everyone’s stories in the fall. Caroline Goodbody is a joint degree MEM/MBA student in the class of …
… thought-leaders from across the university: Paul Anastas, widely known as “The Father of Green Chemistry” and Professor at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, will discuss transformative innovation after a session with Professor Karen Seto on sustainability and urbanization, also of F&ES and a lead author for this year’s … the School of Management in a discussion titled “Creating Competitive Advantage Beyond the Market.” Marian Chertow, Director of the Industrial Environmental Management Program at …
… by public officials require such careful understanding and continuous engagement. For example: the complexities of electricity and water systems have been delegated to … guidance. The point is not to despair at the difficulty. Departments such as Austin Resource Recovery (ARR) are doing amazing work with modest resources. Every week, ARR is on-duty, collecting residential recycling, yard waste, and …
… highlights of their proposal include: Filling a new capsule with shade grown coffee and marketing its social and environmental benefits Implementing an on-farm polyculture biomass … across Nespresso's supply chain by using regionally available materials and sharing resources and waste streams Leveraging Costa Rica's 2021 carbon neutrality goals, thereby aligning the project with both Nespresso and Costa Rica's greenhouse gas reduction desires. Learn more about their process, how the experience fits in …
… At the Sustainable Brands San Diego Conference 2014 , sustainability and marketing executives from top companies around the world gathered to discuss what their … of their brands. The depth of the sustainability programs represented varied from the deep green, like Patagonia and Buycott, to 3M, which had Forest Ethics protesting its use of the … of. The book describes the challenges that businesses will face given an increasingly resource constrained world due to climate change and population growth. It then provides ten …