… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is announcing a very generous and transformative donation … Stanley from Patagonia, Peter Boyd from the Carbon War Room, and Jennifer Molnar from The Nature Conservancy. “This incredibly generous gift will allow us to bring on more experts in … its work on innovation and entrepreneurship, CBEY has established itself as a leading resource on clean energy finance. The new gift will expand this work in two ways. First, CBEY, …
… arbitrage.” Due to the low marginal cost of renewable energy, electricity from renewable sources is cheaper than from conventional sources, but it is not available all the time. If … sustainable business model. Over the next year and a half, she developed this idea into Powerhouse, which won the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize in 2017. Katrina knew that … started a company!” 2621 Clean Energy Environmental Innovation Equity and Justice Sabin Stories: PowerHouse … Apr 10, 2018 Sabin Stories: PowerHouse Ben Soltoff (MBA '19, Master of …
… Renewable thermal energy is increasingly seen as critical to a low-carbon future in the northeastern US. Residential … available from these programs are generally not consistent acrossstate borders, discouraging information sharing and comparative analysis. Policymakers want metrics that … non-financial impacts. The metrics following the stakeholder analysis can be grouped into two main categories: Risks related to the transition to a low-carbon future and the …
… Wherever he is, whomever he’s with, Amarjeet Sohi likes to tell the story of a phone call he once … over the next 12 years primarily through grants, with roughly eight percent funneled into the formation of the Canada Infrastructure Bank . His vision for the investment extends … you’re trying to replace public with private, people start to feel you’re not fulfilling yoursocial responsibility.” In part, this responsibility includes repairing and maintaining …
… Industry accounts for 10 percent of total energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions … could be useful for Connecticut’s climate mitigation efforts. Challenges and OpportunitiesOur field study across the Connecticut market found a few general challenges to renewable … create value streams. Management can be encouraged to integrate these costs and benefitsinto profit and lossstatements through internal carbon pricing, a carbon tax, a carbon …
… Residential solar power in the U.S. has grown rapidly in the last decade, from around 23,000 … customers with low tax bills cannot claim tax incentives for solar projects. And fourth, many lower-income individuals are more likely to rent their homes, creating a split … This research aims to identify more effective outreach strategies and provide insight into the best ways to help lower-income households participate in the solar revolution. That …
… In recent weeks, states have renewed their vows to mitigate the impacts of climate change by upholding the … the U.S. Climate Alliance are Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island, four northeastern states that have set goals of reducing GHG emissions 80 percent below 1990 … technical and economic potential. Massachusetts, through the Department of Energy Resources (DOER), first published its guiding strategy document on RTTs in 2014, three years …
… Clean energy technologies often face several barriers to adoption, both from market conditions and consumer … thermal technologies (RTTs) used for heating and cooling, such as air- and ground-source heat pumps (ASHP and GSHP, respectively) and solar hot water (SHW) systems are no … expand. However, since RTTs are a relatively recent addition to the energy transition toolbox, installers and program administrators have not yet collected sufficient data to …
… If you’ve ever considered installing solar panels on your roof, you’ve probably asked two basic questions: How … studies vary widely, there are a few common themes. Each study breaks the value of solar into its component parts to answer a set of questions: if more solar is installed, to what …
… Headquartered in Mumbai, the Mahindra Group is a $17.8 billion federation of companies with a presence in over 100 countries and … operations; and Anirban Ghosh, chief sustainability officer. A Sustainability Journey At an investor meeting in 2008, the issue of triple bottom line was raised, prompting … in the company’s operations and vision, as reflected in its “Rise” mission slogan. “Our approach to business is not just about market share and the bottom line, but a purpose …