… Attention innovators! Did you know that funding is available to students thinking about creative solutions to … even reverse, the effects of climatechange. Now in itssecond year, this program has attracted interest from a diverse set of students across Yale’s campus. “Last year we had 23 … Yale College,” saysSophie Janaskie, Environmental Innovation Fellow at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY). “We were delighted to get so much excitement in its …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) will conduct research into how Small Business Innovation … Energy or Department of Defense; Identify, access, and analyze data sets that allow for comparison of the efficacy of SBIR programs at different agencies; Synthesize information into …
… When Sophie Janaskie entered Yale College she had it figured out: she would find work doing … efforts around campus. “I found I really enjoyed that type of work,” Janaskie says—the fact that it wasstudent-driven, that it focused on the environment, that it bore fruit on a relatively short timeline. She stayed at the Office through her junior year and eventually switched her major to environmental engineering. She had found a new path. Upon …
… Each year the Yale Center for Business and the Environment gives teams applying to the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize the … their ideas in front of a panel of judges and compete for the prize of $25,000. Visit our event website for more details. … our incredible community of mentors and coaching a sustainable venture team, please contactSophie Janaskie . Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and …
… What exactly is conservation finance? Why is it increasingly relevant to environmental conservation … of some basic concepts and orient themselves within this evolving and exciting field. What is conservation finance? Conservation can be broadly defined as the stewardship, …
… Solarize is a solar adoption program in which a community pairs with a solar installer to … installer, who is vetted and chosen by the town, often provides fixed, advantageous contracting rates to customers and simplifies the process, encouraging high rates of adoption. … The strength of the Rhode Island solar market makes it a very attractive place to do business, and the state has consequently generated “buzz” in the solar installation world. …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is announcing a very generous and transformative … of new initiatives—including the ClimateChange Entrepreneurship Program and a Net Zero action group—all of which are designed to elicit creative solutions to persistent problems,” …
… Our national production of food and fiber comes almost exclusively from agricultural giants, according to the United States Department of … nourishment during the hungry times of the Great Depression. The largest 15 percent of farm businesses receive over 85 percent of farm subsidies. To remain competitive with one … community and lower levels of violence . This led to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reviewing greening as a tool for violence prevention . Sustainable Soils …
… As the residential solar market continues to grow, how proponents communicate the benefits of the technology can impact adoption rates and has implications for solar diffusion among low- and moderate-income … An Evidence-Based Guide for Accelerating the Adoption of Residential Solar,” Center for Business and the Environment at Yale Connecticut’s most recent Solarize campaign, its eighth …
… Katrina Barlow (SOM ’17) came to Yale interested in starting a company. “There’s no better time to start a company than while you’re at school,” she says. “What do you have to lose?” The first thing she needed was the right idea, and she found it … In thissituation, Katrina saw the opportunity for a viable and environmentally sustainable business model. Over the next year and a half, she developed this idea into Powerhouse, …