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Reflecting on her time at Yale Reda said, " I had a great experience at FES and SOM. Both are unique places that allow students to forge their own path and both provide a lot of support. The schools also have an incredible alumni network filled with passionate people who are accessible and approachable."
In 2005, Yale University took the bold and important step of committing to reducing its total greenhouse gas emissions to 10% below 1990 levels by 2020. Conservation, green construction, power plant and distribution efficiency, and renewable energy were all part of the University’s strategy for achieving its ambitious goal, but even taken together the University’s planners recognized that these measures were not going to get Yale to where it needed to be. Thus, enter the carbon offset market, through which Yale can purchase carbon offsets to mitigate the University’s greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, electricity use, and other sources.
The new Yale Climate and Energy Institute, under the direction of IPCC Chairman Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, will host its 1st annual symposium called Clean Energy Innovation: Overcoming Barriers to a New Energy System.
April 23-24, 2010 at Yale University in New Haven, CT.
In its 3rd year, the Carbon Finance Speaker Series at Yale, announces the 2009-2010 series called "MegaWatts on Main Street". This series will look at how households can lead the transition to a clean energy economy.
The speaker series will be following the U.S. Department of Energy and California Energy Commission best practices of holding free online webinar presentations for national public access.
Yale University provides a wide variety of courses in business and the environment. This semester's featured courses include:
- ARCH 163 - Environment, Energy, Building (Addington);
- ECON 331 - Economics of Energy and Climate Change (Nordhaus);
- ENAS 485 - Wind Energy (Smith, Gomez, Kindlmann);
- F&ES 80116 - Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services (Gentry and Ashton);
- F&ES 80189 - Green Markets: Can We Buy and Sell Our Way Out of the Environmental Crisis? (Kotchen);
- F&ES 90108 - Business Strategy and Industrial Ecology (Chertow);
- F&ES 96018 - Green Engineering and Sustainable Design (Eckelman);
- LAW 21566 - Law of Climate Change (Kysar);
- MGT 846 - Microfinance and Economic Development (Sheldon); and
- MGT 864 - CSR: Social Venture Management (Koppell).
For those interested in energy, climate change, development, technology, strategy, marketing, law and policy, design, and other courses at the business-environment interface, see what courses we are currently offering for the Spring of 2010.
Students will have an opportunity to apply their knowledge of business and environmental issues to real-life situations faced by outside organizations. The Clinic provides a unique opportunity for students to manage a real-life consulting client engagement and make recommendations based on market research and financial analyses. The clinic is open to both FES and SOM students. The intent is to provide a “capstone” experience, calling for the application of skills and tools learned from previous classes.
For more information on the consulting clinic - click here.
