… Katrina Barlow (SOM ’17) came to Yale interested in starting a company. “There’s no better time to start a company than while you’re at school,” she says. “What do you have to lose?” The first thing she needed was the right idea, and she found it when she learned about the potential for households to benefit from a sort of “energy arbitrage.” Due to the low marginal cost of renewable energy, …
… future in the northeastern US. Residential and commercial buildings are currently responsible for roughly one-third of regional greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, representing a … options. In the residential, commercial, and industrial market, RTTs tend to suffer from a deficit of customer awareness when compared to conventional solutions. Easily … and comparative analysis. Policymakers want metrics that measure progress. Policymakers are responsible for the design and implementation of policies supporting federal, state, or …
… whomever he’s with, Amarjeet Sohi likes to tell the story of a phone call he once received from a Canadian mother of three. Sohi was a member of the Edmonton City Council at the time, … called to explain that mental health and addiction issues had her on the verge of eviction from a homeless shelter. She had nowhere to go. She was struggling. Could he help? Sohi did … investment in Canada’s infrastructure. The money will be dispensed over the next 12 years primarily through grants, with roughly eight percent funneled into the formation of …
… dominant manufacturing industries in thermal energy demand (NAICS codes in parentheses.) From an economic perspective, transportation equipment is the dominant manufacturing … allow the customer to realize industry specific values, such as integrating excess heat from the cooling process in drying milk . Companies can integrate resources from other industrial companies, exemplified with growing tomatoes with waste heat and CO2 …
… Residential solar power in the U.S. has grown rapidly in the last decade, from around 23,000 homes in 2006 to over 920,000 by the end of 2015. [1] This number has … Customer-Specific Barriers Lower-income households face several financing barriers . First, they are often less able to afford the upfront cost of a solar contract. Second, … can reduce additional barriers. In conclusion, although state and local programs in recent years have attempted to encourage LMI households to participate in residential solar …
… it’s useful to understand the policies that got us to where we are today. Where did we come from? Connecticut does not have a long history of offering rebates or other incentives that … and economic potential. Massachusetts, through the Department of Energy Resources (DOER), first published its guiding strategy document on RTTs in 2014, three years ahead of the other states profiled here. The Commonwealth Accelerated Renewable …
… Clean energy technologies often face several barriers to adoption, both from market conditions and consumer behavior. Renewable thermal technologies (RTTs) used for … a “thermalize” campaign is the HeatSmart Tompkins program in Tompkins County, New York, the first of its kind in the US. HeatSmart offers EE measures such as insulation and … heat pump provider based in Waterloo, Ontario. Incorporated in January 2015, the company mostly focuses on the Toronto region and offers vertical, closed-loop GSHPs for …
… bill savings are also being tested across the country. But these markets and policies vary from state to state — sometimes even between utilities within a state — and this means the … metering (NEM), which allows customers to simply subtract the energy their panels produce from the energy they have to buy from their utility. Currently, 39 US states and the … may not be compensated enough. Valuing Solar Dozens of organizations over the past several years have published studies that attribute quantitative value to distributed solar …
… more than 20 industries, including automobiles, IT, finance and real estate. The flagship company, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., is one of the largest tractor companies in the world and … of Management’s Senior Associate Dean For the Executive MBA, David Bach, three executives from Mahindra recently discussed the process that led to the adoption of a carbon price, lessons learned, and next steps. This took place as part of the “ Internal Carbon Pricing: …
… end of 2022. By 2015, the Green Bank had supported over 80MW of installed capacity, seven years ahead of schedule. [2] But why? Why do people decide to install solar? Over the last … consumers have been telling us about solar? We examined over 2,400 online survey responses from Connecticut residents and focused on those who self-reported as LMI. The data raised … On average, low-income customers who chose to install or signed a contract saw information from 2.1 sources, and those that did not saw information from only 1.8. The moderate-income …