… team explored ways to ensure that new construction doesn’t lead to excessive waste through three approaches: Preventing waste Incentivizing stakeholders to care about excessive waste … certified” standard, similar to a LEED certification, to prevent waste through incentives for stakeholders to repurpose, dispose of and reduce waste. Deep Energy Retrofit Amelie … double the national average. RE-Flower wants to change that. While food banks and other resources can help, they face limitations such as staffing to provide continued access and …
… Do you want to enact change and justice for the environment? Are you interested in collaborating with like-minded individuals, committed to advancing environmental justice and … racial & economic equity through clean energy? Challenge the energy status quo – secure your seat at the first-ever Yale Clean Energy Conference , Friday, April 1st, and Saturday, …
… About a year into the pandemic, I decided to quit my joband move to Ithaca, N.Y. At the time, the city was looking for a director of sustainability to give life to the Ithaca Green New Deal (IGND), which, in … the development of the City’s strategy to mitigate GHG: we had an idea of the amount and source of emissions that needed to be mitigated. I was then in the process of designing a …
… at an intellectual property law conference in Washington, D.C., then-Senator Orrin Hatch began his keynote remarks with something like this: "Patent lawyers, huh? I’ve met a lot of … the years, and I can tell you this: what they lack in personality they more than make up for in intelligence. " Maybe IP attorneys score low on the charisma scale because they—like … I’d learn at least as much from other members of the cohort as I would from the formal course materials. At the first of the live sessions in the Clean Energy Policy course, the …
… questions about the program and called up a friend in last year’s cohort. Today I’m about three-quarters of the way through the program, and realize others may be in the position … today I was in last year. So I dug up that list of questions to see what answers I have for my younger self. Question 1: Will the program be helpful to someone already working in … policy that wasn’t subtle. There are newer programs, technology and data than in the course materials. But even with moments of specifics feeling dated, the narrative and …
… Our just-released study of 2,035 global business students found students increasingly … Social and Environmental Sustainability , conducted in partnership with the Global Network for Advanced Management, and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, spoke with … corporations’ highest priorities—not treated as a stand-alone top priority. About three-quarters of student respondents said that companies have the majority or an equal role …
… at an intellectual property law conference in Washington, D.C., then-Senator Orrin Hatch began his keynote remarks with something like this: Patent lawyers, huh? I’ve met a lot of … the years, and I can tell you this: what they lack in personality they more than make up for in intelligence. Maybe IP attorneys score low on the charisma scale because they—like … I’d learn at least as much from other members of the cohort as I would from the formal course materials. At the first of the live sessions in the Clean Energy Policy course (which …
… together through a mutual contact who recognized we all had a very similar desire in being “agents of change” within the energy business. Up until that point in my career I had spent most of my time in the field in support of EPC projects. I was comfortable with my responsibilities as a Construction Manager and loved all the great people I … that piqued my interest. I knew that I had substantial knowledge gaps in the mechanics of ourbusiness, and they were a hurdle that I couldn’t research or network my way over. With …
… I was purely interested in the second half of the program: the 16 weeks of applicable coursework on energy project financing. And I just wanted to know: is the financing half of … I thought, “This is fun. My grandpa loved working these puzzles with me. But, how is this going to help me finance energy projects?” And so some skepticism took hold. The very next … inbox? The answers to these and other questions helped me frame much more than my goals for this certificate program, so definitely useful. Then we began the energy policy …