President Richard C. Levin will lead a Yale University contingent to the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change at the University of Copenhagen on March 10-12, 2009.Sustainability Director Julie Newman, faculty members William Nordhaus, Mark...
When it comes to getting to work, it’s arriving on time, not the journey itself, that usually matters most to employees, but Holly Parker, director of Yale’s Transportation Options program, is working to get the University’s carbon-consuming commuters to...
Yale’s Amistad Street Building has been awarded LEED Gold certification for its environmentally sustainable construction and features, the university has announced.In addition to its green design, the building includes state-of-the-art research facilities...
Yale University Properties welcomes to one of its Community Investment Retail Properties in downtown New Haven, Blue State Coffee (84 Wall Street), a socially responsible coffee company that donates 5% of sales to local and national causes. The Grand...
Yale School of Architecture has selected five pioneering projects to receive the inaugural grants from the Hines Research Fund for Advanced Sustainability in Architecture.The $5 million endowment fund was set up in 2008 by Gerald D. Hines, founder and...
John Mackey, founder and CEO of the supermarket chain Whole Foods, will be making two public addresses at Yale on February 10.At 11:45 a.m., he will discuss “Conscious Capitalism” in the General Motors Room of Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Ave. At 4:30 p.m...
Representatives from Yale outlined their efforts to develop a sustainability plan for the University’s athletics program at the recent National Collegiate Athletic Association convention in Washington, D.C. Sara Smiley Smith, a doctoral candidate at the...
Many Americans have already taken action to reduce their energy use and many others would do the same if they could afford to, according to a national survey conducted by Yale and George Mason universities. Roughly half of the 2,164 American adults...