… I decided to quit my job and move to Ithaca, N.Y. At the time, the city was looking for a director of sustainability to give life to the Ithaca Green New Deal (IGND), which, in … I realized, not sufficient to take on this challenge. Around the same time, I applied to Yale’s FDCE program. I had learned about it just a few weeks before the deadline while … a Difference Luis Aguirre-Torres (Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate '22, Yale Clean and Equitable Energy Development Certificate '24) About a year into the pandemic, …
… the years, and I can tell you this: what they lack in personality they more than make up for in intelligence. " Maybe IP attorneys score low on the charisma scale because they—like … it—and that I’d learn at least as much from other members of the cohort as I would from the formal course materials. At the first of the live sessions in the Clean Energy Policy … issues and made connections that I had never thought of. And this has been the case for the 16+ other live sessions since then. It’s also been true for the dozens of times I’ve …
… One year ago, I was considering whether I should apply to Yale’s Finance and Deployment of Clean Energy program. As an energy analyst and energy … today I was in last year. So I dug up that list of questions to see what answers I have for my younger self. Question 1: Will the program be helpful to someone already working in … The people I have connected with are truly impressive and generous with their time. And Yale does a good job of making me feel part of the Yale community, offering resources, …
… the years, and I can tell you this: what they lack in personality they more than make up for in intelligence. Maybe IP attorneys score low on the charisma scale because they—like … it—and that I’d learn at least as much from other members of the cohort as I would from the formal course materials. At the first of the live sessions in the Clean Energy Policy course … issues and made connections that I had never thought of. And this has been the case for the 16+ other live sessions since then. It’s also been true for the dozens of times I’ve …
… in my career I had spent most of my time in the field in support of EPC projects. I was comfortable with my responsibilities as a Construction Manager and loved all the great people I … my interactions with the new peer group, it was time to start pushing myself outside my comfort zone and seek new opportunities. By chance, one of the guys in that peer group (shout … online learning. Not to mention I was always the type of student that needed to put forth a tad more effort. As we started our Orientation Session, Coral Bielecki lead the new …
… inbox? The answers to these and other questions helped me frame much more than my goals for this certificate program, so definitely useful. Then we began the energy policy coursework. For 8 weeks we covered a multitude of historical and present-day aspects of energy policy, … break to finally begin the much-awaited, much-anticipated, much-doubted, and much-hoped-for 8-week energy project financing coursework. I had heard during orientation that this …
… In our first week of orientation of the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program, Yale lecturer Peter Boyd posed the seemingly simple question “Why are you here?” This got me … the North Park Village Nature Center. The Nature Center has been my community and sanctuary for over half my life. I started as a junior camp counselor, eventually working my way up to lead my own beekeeping classes for high schoolers. When my …
… investors, private equity professionals, and hedge fund managers with a proven track record for success. Some of the purported advantages of SPACs over a traditional IPO include the … transition to a low-carbon economy. For more background on SPACs, check out this article by Yale lecturer and SPAC investment officer Dan Gross. To dive deeper into the world of SPACs, … if companies are able to positively differentiate their products from others on the market. Eventually, it will help to establish long-term contracts with retailers, as the …
… Have you ever felt that cool concepts get mired in complex vocabulary? It’s a problem for many students, staff, and faculty at Yale, particularly those who are branching out from their background to explore … projects. This week, CBEY has joined forces with the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) to create a new multimedia site, Beyond the Buzzwords , which clarifies …
… equivalent to the next solar panel,” said Dharia. Without much confidence, the co-founders eventually decided it would not hurt to “just send it.” Turns out, their recyclable EcoRain … , people around the world produce 300 million tons of plastic annually, and half that is for single-use items. That’s equal to the weight of the entire human population, which means … this would have been tricky without the support of environmental innovation grants through Yale’s Center for Business and the Environment. Placing a large order for packaging? They …