… After the recession, the RhodeIslandInfrastructureBank (RIIB), a quasi-public state entity, sought to bring much-needed clean-energy finance into the state market. Thiscasestudy describes how thisbankset up the EfficientBuildingsFund (EBF) and is iteratively …
… In August of 2014, Mark Gentry, the Chief Operating Officer of Gifford Pinchot State University (GPSU) Foundation**, called Robert Farrington, a Managing Director at Commonfund. The GPSU student government had just presented the Foundation with a resolution urging … Areas of Focus Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Access the Complete Case … In August of 2014, Mark Gentry, the Chief Operating Officer of Gifford Pinchot State …
… On July 12, 2017, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government bestowed the prestigious Ash award in policy innovation, the "Nobel of policy," upon the Connecticut Green Bank for its role in "sparking the green bank movement." The Green Bank used financial … of Focus Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Equity and Justice Access the Complete Case … On July 12, 2017, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government bestowed the prestigious …
… In 2014, the Connecticut Green Bank released the second edition of its CT Solar Lease program in an attempt to create an … to support the rising demand for residential and commercial solar systems. Thiscasestudy focuses on the residential side of the solar-lease program. The program combined …
… Palm oil is everywhere. Not only is it in the news, it is also an ingredient in roughly half of the … it is in our cookies, our shampoos, and is used as a biofuel. As a versatile plant with efficient, high yields, oil palm, and the oil derived from it has become a … on-the ground progress and the substance of those pledges remains to be seen. About thiscase In the following case materials, we focusspecifically on the Indonesian palm oil …
… During the 1950s, a small band of meteorologists, physicists and chemists began conducting observations and … market. Besides the technical hurdles it was facing, GM’s efforts to introduce more fuel efficient vehicles had run into resistance from consumers, oil companies and the … Areas of Focus Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Access the Complete Case … During the 1950s, a small band of meteorologists, physicists and chemists began …
… Like many countries, Australia has a large existing building stock that is responsible for a substantial percentage of its greenhouse-gas emissions. Given that it will take decades for these buildings to be replaced, the rigorousstandards developed in recent years for new buildings …
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… Before the federal government discontinued the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Qualified Energy Conservation Bond … This broad scope and relaxed requirements allow them to be structured and operated on a case-by-case basis, leaving significant room for creativity and adaptability to different states, …
… NY Green Bank (NYGB), New York State’s $1-billion clean-energy fund, and a young new efficiency company named Sealed signed … the deployment of debt financing to help stand up large-scale generation projects, thiscaseshows how a similar structure can be used for residential energy efficiency. …