… Originally posted on the Clean Energy Finance Forum Imagine you could design the electricity market in … There are no pre-existing programs to satisfy and no political baggage to consider. Your only guideline is to allow the continued growth of solar power and distributed … Association (SEPA) posed to energy stakeholders in its 51st State Initiative . This crowdsourcing competition, launched in 2014, sought to encourage constructive conversations about …
… interrupt fish runs. Seawalls hold back sediment that starve beaches of sand. This, of course, has not gone unnoticed by the conservation community. But perhaps these thoughts are a bit unfair. We enjoy the benefits of dams and … and deliver new products and solutions. They seek to create innovative solutions by building on a base of established evidence. Bringing these disciplines together can result …
… their town. Solarize, which has unrolled across the state over the last three years, is a community-based program that leverages the power of social interaction to motivate rooftop … to see how this relationship works (or doesn’t) in person. On March 4th, I drove the hour up Interstate 91 from New Haven to Avon and slipped into the back row of the library to … on a ladder and explained how the tool he held detects obstacles, like trees or neighboring buildings, that might limit daylight exposure. Handsshot up. Barbara recognized a clean-cut …
… especially when 90 percent of charging happens at home and market participants are building chargers in states where the government hasn’t done so,” said Eitan Hochster, a researcher at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment and one of the report’s authors. “What is clear … rather than direct subsidies. “True scale is only possible with wise policies to encourage network development,” according to Jeffrey Schub, executive director of the Coalition …
… On April 15 th , students, professors from Duke and Yale Universities, and executives from non-profit marketing firm SmartPower and the … program. Since 2010, 58 Connecticut towns have participated in five rounds of this unique community-based marketing campaign, designed to motivate solar adoption among homeowners. … events including solar workshops, live-installations for the public and community tours of homes that already had solar. As more people signed up, the price fell further. A …
… stations and consumer purchases of EVs. EVs are becoming an increasingly large part of our clean energy economy and are a vital element of sustainable transportation. Because of … is the low current rate of EV ownership and the resulting limited usage of public chargers. Building up higher station usage is necessary for EV infrastructure to become more … is the executive summary of a research report published by Clean Energy Finance Forum at Yale Center for Business and the Environment. 2239 2274 Equity and Justice Clean Energy …
… shapes how the money ultimately flows. In addition to a framework like Enlightened Finance, buildingcommunity also matters. The conversations this year at the USSIF conference provided … conversations to mature in coming decades. With all the communication tools available at our fingertips, it issometimes important to sit in a room with peers and remind ourselves …
… Craigslist ad?" And then there's the kind of invisible trust that we don't even recognize. Our trust that the lights will turn on when we flip a switch, or that water will flow from a … for information. As a PR firm, Edelman seeks to help clients tackle these concerns by building and rebuilding trust. To them, there are five key pathways to trust: Integrity … problems with trust in science, Lynn said. First, the IPCC has a dedicated, well-funded community actively trying to undermine trust, and second, scientists themselves lack many of …
… A good time was had by all—up in the rugged mountains of Central Asia, out two weeks in stealthy pursuit of a snow leopard. “That’s Andy’s idea of a fun vacation,” said Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) Program Director Stuart DeCew, referring … one of fourSabin finalists, pitches its business idea.","style":"height: 267px; width: 350px; … of five judges and a standing-room audience backed against the rear wall of the auditorium. First to present was Grovio, a company that uses drones to finely target fertilizer …
… optimistic. Through the 2015 Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge , a team of fourYale F&ES and SOM students— Julie Andress , Meaghan McGrath , Heather West and Sarah Wilson … which would go down if there were an oyster reef or wetlands protecting a really high-value community. This is kind of like monetizing future savings for these agencies and using that …