… A little over a year ago I was introduced to a few co-workers outside my department who I never had much of an opportunity to interact with day to day. … about a year ago. At the end of last year, I started a new position within my company in Corporate Development where I get to put into practice all the lessons I’ve learned in the …
… Last year was dubbed the year of the special-purpose acquisition company (“ SPAC ”) and the … product both stronger and more climate-friendly. CarbonCure has worked on projects with corporationssuch as Amazon, Infosys, LinkedIn, and McDonald's, and it has raised US $29 … and the science of requiring extensive commercial, legal, and increasingly Environmental Social, and Governance (“ ESG ”) due diligence on a company’s past, present, and future. No …
… 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 … with the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) to create a new multimediasite, Beyond the Buzzwords , which clarifiessome of the opaque vocabulary often used …
… Are you considering applying to the Yale program in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy (FDCE) and … is The FDCE curriculum is designed to give the working professionals in the program immediately applicable knowledge and skills in clean energy policy, finance, and technology. … are limitless moving forward. - Emily Long , FDCE ‘20 How energizing the program feelsSocial and purpose-driven learning is undoubtedly one of the key aspects of the program that …
… Five student teams were recently awarded Climate Change Innovation Grants by the Yale Center for … year to help further innovative ideas to address climate change and its environmental and social impacts. The Center has awarded these grants for the past four years in an effort to … the judges who helped select the recipients. They include Yale alumni and a past leader in entrepreneurship at CBEY and Tsai CITY. Noah Walker , (MEM ‘14), Director of Product and …
… Now in its 10 th year, the Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures has awarded $10,000 grants to … Since 2011, David Sobotka (BA ’78), CBEY advisory board member, hassupported entrepreneurs and innovative thinkers who want to build ventures addressing the needs of … Justice Performance Index seeks to fulfill the unmet need for data and metrics to evaluate corporations on environment justice performance. Judges in this process included: Kyle …
… The SEEDS II team examined the correlation between grid congestion and household income. We analyzed … database pulls variables from the Census American Community Survey (ACS) databases. We used median household income at the block group level and used 100% Area Median Income (AMI), or the middle income of all the incomes in the area as defined by the …
… 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. … residential solar installations in LMI communities. These straightforward findings can be incorporated into future Solarize campaigns to improve their effectiveness in spurring solar …
… The popularity of solar energy skyrocketed in South Carolina (SC) with the introduction of net metering in … and community leaders in Solarize communities, and utilization of traditional and social media, SmartPower led Solarize campaigns in 11 towns. The purpose of these campaigns … SCANA, Santee Cooper, and consumers. Currently, Dominion Energy is planning to buy SCANA Corp. Dominion Energy’s plan moving forward will lower consumers’ energy bills but would not …
… A common story in the world of heating and cooling is that households tend to wait until their old system breaks before they install a new one. … and comfort. Campaigns and messages have to be tailored to these different segments and incorporated into a comprehensive, long-term effort to transform residential heating and …