By Yale Environment 360 March 4, 2011 ACEEE , Al Gore , American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy , An Inconvenient Truth , Barack Obama , bottom line , Cambridge University , carbon dioxide emissions , carbon taxes , carbon trading programs , compact fluorescent light bulbs , demand shifting , Department of Energy , DOE , efficient lighting , energy alternatives , energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product , energy efficiency , energy efficiency measures , energy policy , energy savings , Energy Star , energy-saving mode , European Union , fossil fuel , General Motors , Google , greenhouse gas emissions , Harvard University , Hunt Allcott , hybrid diesel trucks , insulation , LED , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , McKinsey & Co , National Academy of Sciences , National Research Council , negawatts , NRC , oil shock , Paul Rak , peak load shaving , price signals , R. Neal Elliott , ROI , Sendhil Mullainathan , Siemens , smart grid , smart meters , split incentives , Steven Chu , The Hidden Forest: Biography of an Ecosystem , triple-glazed windows , VeriForm Inc , Wal-Mart , Washington D.C.
Among the many measures the world can take to wean itself off fossil fuels, few match the benefits of making homes, business, and cars more energy-efficient. But financial and psychological barriers have kept individuals, businesses, and governments from realizing efficiency’s great potential.
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green marketplace economicsConsumers now have little information about the true ecological impacts of what they buy. But that may be about to change, as new technologies that track supply chains are emerging and companies as diverse as Unilever and Google look to make their products more sustainable.
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Greenopia has released an environmental sustainability rating that ranks the nation’s 100 largest universities according to a comprehensive set of criteria that includes: green building design, waste program, food selection, campus vehicle fleet, water conservation measures, climate performance, renewable energy usage, and the overall environmental transparency of the school. The top rated ranking of four out of four was achieved by the University of Washington located in Seattle, Washington and by the University of California at Santa Barbara.
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The Sustainability Science Program at Harvard University’s Center for International Development offers doctoral, post-doctoral, and mid-career fellowships in Sustainability Science. The fellowships are tenable at the Center for International Development during Harvard’s academic year beginning in September 2010. Fellowships are available for 10 months (September 2010-May 2011), 12 months (September 2010-August 2011), the fall semester (September-December 2010), the spring semester (February-May 2011), or for two academic years (post-doctoral fellows only) (September 2010-August 2012).
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Last week, Sierra Magazine named the nation’s top 20 “coolest” schools for their efforts to stop global warming and operate sustainably. The magazine’s September/October cover story spotlights the schools that they believe are making a true impact for the planet, and marks Sierra’s third annual listing of America’s greenest universities and colleges. The […]
