… arbitrage.” Due to the low marginal cost of renewable energy, electricity from renewable sources is cheaper than from conventional sources, but it is not available all the time. If … power when electricity was dirtier and more expensive. The PowerHouse model combined a software component (the app) and with a hardware component (the battery) to achieve energy … started a company!” 2621 Clean Energy Environmental Innovation Equity and Justice Sabin Stories: PowerHouse … Apr 10, 2018 Sabin Stories: PowerHouse Ben Soltoff (MBA '19, Master of …
… This past February, professionals from the world’s most influential companies gathered in … across a range of companies to campus to discuss their work and professional journeys. The conference reinforced many of the themes that have arisen in that series, while also introducing us to new concepts and ways of thinking. Here are three key lessons that we learned: The private sector is both supporting and leading …
… Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of the world’s largest investment firm, recently noted that long-term corporate prosperity requires not … Matthew Weatherley-White. “As the economy continues to shift from manufacturing and resource extraction to technology and services, intangible assetsare acquiring an increasingly important part of business valuation; it is the foolish …
… Renewable thermal energy is increasingly seen as critical to a low-carbon future in the northeastern US. Residential and commercial buildingsare currently responsible for roughly one-third of regional greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, … available from these programsare generally not consistent acrossstate borders, discouraging information sharing and comparative analysis. Policymakers want metrics that …
… About 8 million tons of plastic waste entersour oceans every year. That’s roughly 500 pounds per second. The result is predictable: plasticsare in everything. They are in Cuvier's beaked whales off the coast of Norway and sperm …
… In the fall of 2017, CBEY, along with Yale University Office of Sustainability, and Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, organized a grant … to reduce methane emissions, to understand more about their idea, approach, and of course, about themselves Concha Aquaponics Members: Victoria Shirriff, Nicholaus Johnson, … idea? Tell us more While we all come from different academic and research backgrounds, we are all interested in finding ways to mitigate the role food systems have as a driver of …
… Current issue articles include: Cary Krosinsky, The Editor’s Word Daniel C. Esty & Todd Cort, … Guide to ESG Data Providers and Relevant Trends Erik Allen, Kevin Lyons & Rodrigo Tavares, The Application of Machine Learning to Sustainable Finance Mark Kriss & Jessica … Review: Doughnut Economics The following is the Guest Editors Introduction to the 2017 Journal of Environmental Investing : Interest in sustainable investing has broadened and …
… The two winners of this year’s $10,000 Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant, disbursed annually by the Yale … Wilcox (F&ES ’18) and Max Messinger (Wake Forest University) uses machine-learning software to automate data collection via drone. By “training” drones to detect customized … disease, evidence of poaching or forest fires—DroneFlow’ssoftware will enable natural resource managers, urban planners, farmers, and more to inexpensively track what matters most …
… Wherever he is, whomever he’s with, Amarjeet Sohi likes to tell the story of a phone call he once … what he could—found her housing, connected her to social services. One year out, her kidsare in school and she’s holding down a job. “But imagine if she hadn’t had that housing,” he … you’re trying to replace public with private, people start to feel you’re not fulfilling yoursocial responsibility.” In part, this responsibility includes repairing and maintaining …
… Carbon pricing – a key tool to combat climate change – is gaining momentum all around the world, including in emerging marketssuch as Brazil. Since … growth in Brazilian corporate adoption and support for carbon pricing as a mechanism to prepare for a climate-constrained future. Three companies from Brazil’s business community sat … energy-intensive sector, Vale faces international pressure to integrate sustainability in our core processes,” Mac Knight explained. "We have also experienced carbon pricing …