… Attention innovators! Did you know that funding is available to students thinking about creative solutions to … year, and hope that even more teams apply this time. We are inspired by the creativity of our community and know that there are ideas bubbling up that will have real impact, and we … apply for this grant, Alexia goes on to say "This grant opens the door to a multitude of resources and mentors who are ready to support your vision." Receiving the seed grant gave us …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is announcing a very generous and transformative donation … The Gift The gift will help CBEY expand its rapidly growing focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, develop an online certificate program in clean energy finance, and … 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, …
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… Industry accounts for 10 percent of total energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions … data. [2] , [3] The screening was based on the value of shipments [4] per U.S. employee for 2015, the number of employees in varioussectors in Connecticut in 2016, and energy … 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 …
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… Yale Center for Business and the Environment, The Yale University Office of Sustainability and Yale Institute … and doctoral programs,” says Cass Walker, Program Director of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship at CBEY. “We are quite pleased to have received such a strong, competitive … and cues they need to protect their children, and take action to cut emissions acrossour cities, buildings, and streets. 2. Firoz Academy by co-founders, Wazhma Sadat (Yale Law …
… The launch of The Yale Center for Business & the Environment ’s new grant program last week, Entrepreneurial Solutions to … season , the week served as a magnifier of both the most hopeful and troubling aspects of our current societal response to climate change: immense leadership, clarity and bravery … Plan 2025 , and kicks off a newly established focus within CBEY on Climate Change Entrepreneurship. This new effort is driven by a belief in the increasingly critical role …
… 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 continued to rise, making rooftop solar systems available to more … 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 …
… 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 … those questions, 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 …
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