… knew that she lacked the capacity to build the venture on her own, so she assembled a team with complementary skills and expertise. For instance, Ben Serrurier (FES ’17), brought … All the team members were individuals whom Katrina knew and had previously worked with. She understood that a strong, well-rounded team would be fundamental to a strong … an entrepreneur. She appreciated having an opportunity “where you can literally walk in, without a business plan and just an idea and say ‘I have three months and a thousand dollars …
… a considerable market opportunity for low-carbon solutions. This blog post is to start a conversation around which metric, when openly accessible and consistently defined and … and build new business models. These interests are particularly acute in a nascent market with low awareness. Public support, through incentives and policies, is an industry concern, … a considerable market opportunity for low-carbon solutions. This blog post is to start a conversation around which metric, when openly accessible and consistently defined and …
… Wherever he is, whomever he’s with, Amarjeet Sohi likes to tell the story of a phone call he once received from a Canadian … she’s holding down a job. “But imagine if she hadn’t had that housing,” he said in a recent conversation at Yale. “What a loss for her, a loss for her children, a loss for society.” … to succeed, then infrastructure is the foundation for that.” Watch the video: Related Events A Conversationwith Amarjeet Sohi, Canada’s Minister of Infrastructure and …
… in a recent market potential report . These results are instead summarized below, along with challenges facing industrial customers and potential solutions. Promising Sectors The … the marketplace; immature installer business models; and limited access to expertise. Along with these challenges, the industrial sector faces a few specific challenges: The sector’s … can be converted partly to grants if the industrial customer decides not to go through with the project. Cultivate an industry Commercial and industrial customers described the …
… bills and mitigating their impacts on climate change. However, many constraints prevent low- and moderate-income (LMI) households from installing rooftop solar systems. In a … on LMI communities. As part of this research, we have been studying the barriers that prevent low-income families in the U.S. from adopting solar and the solutions that may help … set by rooftop solar developers or financing companies. Third, low-income customers with low tax bills cannot claim tax incentives for solar projects. And fourth, many …
… where they can pursue multiple projects at once. (Soft costs refer to costs unassociated with hardware, such as those incurred searching for new installation sites and customers.) … energy demand from renewable sources by 2025. The Office of Energy Resources is co-charged with fulfilling this executive order. And while Rhode Island has not offered many incentives … and cooling in general is not a service that homeowners and building operators engage with on an intimate level. And because people generally just consider their heating and …
… file-default"}}]] Source: Leventis, G., Fadrhonc, E. M., Kramer, C., Goldman, C., 2016. Current Practices in Efficiency … less than a dollar saved today . [1] (This is unreasonable because it indicates that even with zero-interest loans, people may still hesitate to install RTTs even when the costs are … in question, negotiate a volume discount with installers, and encourage new entrants, eventually scaling up the market. Solarize campaigns from Portland to Houston have taken the …
… But these markets and policies vary from state to state — sometimes even between utilities within a state — and this means the costs and payback periods also vary. The NEM Question … resources while maintaining a vibrant solar market for its customers. They replaced NEM with a new “Value-of-Solar” (VOS) rate. Austin solar customers are now billed for their use … megawatts in 2016. This looks promising: the rate of solar adoption continues to accelerate with compensation that’s ostensibly fair for utilities, solar developers, and customers. But …
… Headquartered in Mumbai, the Mahindra Group is a $17.8 billion federation of companies with a presence in over 100 countries and operations that span more than 20 industries, … Mahindra & Mahindra became the first Indian company to adopt an internal carbon price. In conversationwith Yale School of Management’s Senior Associate Dean For the Executive MBA, … And stay tuned for the fifth webinar in this series by checking the CBEY website . Related Events Internal Carbon Pricing - Practical Experiences from the Private Sector: Mahindra & …
… U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative to develop more effective ways to communicate with low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities about solar. (These were defined as annual … newsletters, friends or neighbors, town leaders, town websites, and attendance at an event. Very few LMI solar adopters (<10%) received information from online media articles, a … solarizect.com, YouTube, or letters to the editor. These findings indicate that having a conversationwith someone can very effectively transfer information. In both income groups, …