… What is hindering the availability of public capital and financing options for distributed solar? To some in structured finance, it seems like a great fit: solar … securitization. SAPC has led that charge. In the past two years, the group has published guidelines, written technical reports, worked with rating agencies, and fostered a network …
… Originally posted on the Clean Energy Finance Forum Imagine you could design the electricity market in … are no pre-existing programs to satisfy and no political baggage to consider. Your only guideline is to allow the continued growth of solar power and distributed generation. You’re … What Actions Can States Take? Real-time energy pricing, comprehensive assessments of the social and private costs of electricity, market transformation from regulated monopoly to …
… On a night when most of Connecticut fretted about the bleak, snowy forecast, 15 residents of Avon considered a bright, sunny future. They were gathered … state over the last three years, is a community-based program that leverages the power of social interaction to motivate rooftop solar installation. Specifically, the program relies …
… On April 15 th , students, professors from Duke and Yale Universities, and executives from non-profit … and the installer through word of mouth, local publications, signs around the community and social media. SmartPower helped coordinate a series of intimate educational events including solar …
… The process of sowing the seeds of electric vehicle infrastructure – and thereby creating a backbone of … font-size:13px; line-height:20.0063px; height:216px; width:300px; float:left","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]Our work has indicated that this is not …
… I returned to graduate school almost three years ago planning to transition to a career in corporate sustainability. Understanding the economic benefits that corporate environmental … of their expertise in information technology to contribute to sustainable development and social progress. In 2011, Honda Motor Co. created the Environmental Business Development …
… On a recent Friday I stood in a second floor conference room behind a glass wall, watching seven individuals manage the flow … Green Bank, SmartPower, Duke, and Yale, conducts research focused specifically on how social and behavioral factors—things like the influence of social networks and peer …
… Somehow we’re nearing April, and on campus, students are heading back from spring break … the new website to supporting student-initiated courses, hosting webinars, diving into the entrepreneurial experience, and bringing leaders from every corner of the business and … can drive shared value from the bottom up http://cbey.yale.edu/events/multi-national-corporations-marketing-bop-scaling-social-impact Together with YCELP, CBEY hosted a …
… The Executive MBA program at Yale launched in 2005. Less than a year ago, the program was designed to cater to professionals with full-time careers … on the notion that a broad shift has arisen between making sustainability not a question of corporate sustainability but one of corporate success . “The shift includes a perspective …
… At the turn of last century, John Wanamaker, the prolific US department store merchant, was lamenting his … on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” Over 100 years later, corporate sustainability communication suffers the same problem: it is prolific and … the environment and failing to meet environmental regulation standards. There are numerousguidelines but no universally mandatory standards describing how to describe these topics. …