Erb students Miguel Sossa, Dan Gerding and Erb alum, Gabriel Thoumi, worked to create and gain approval for an official panel event at the United Nation's global climate change convention in Durban, South Africa on professional standards in carbon markets. The panel...
Cynthia's company, Wello, based in Rajasthan, India, is aimed at people — most of them women — who must walk long distances to bring drinking water to the home. Her cylinder-shaped product allows women to roll water home from the source rather than carry it on their...
Project: Value of Natural Resources: Deschutes River Corridor and Its Water Client: Trout Unlimited Faculty Advisor: Dr. William Currie Student Group Members: Brian Hartmann, Erb '12 Michael Kasameyer, Erb '12 Nathan Springer, Erb '11 The Deschutes River in Central...
Erb alum, Jackie Pitera, discusses corporate sustainability in employee engagement in Environmental Leader "Aligned Incentives and Engaged Employees Improve Triple Bottom Line Performance."
Equilibrium Capital Group: Investing in Energy Efficiency (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on Equilibrium Capital Group: Investing in Energy Efficiency (Case study #1-429-106) – published 07/2011, 48 pages. By: Professor Thomas P. Lyon and Michael “Kipp”...
Project: Ancillary Service Revenue Opportunities from Electric Vehicles via Demand Response Client: Better Place Faculty Advisor: John DeCicco Student Group Members: Hanns Anders, MBA/MS Sustainable Systems Kripal Kavi, MBA/MS Environmental Policy and Planning Mark...
Project: The Potential for Micro-Algae and other "Micro-Crops" to Produce Sustainable Biofuels Client: National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Faculty Advisor: John DeCicco Student Group Members: Aaron Assmann, MS Conservation Biology Amy Braun, MS Environmental Policy...
Project: Building a Sustainable Community in Africa - Mpala Wildlife Conservancy Client: The Mpala Research Centre and The Mpala Wildlife Foundation Faculty Advisor: Don Scavia, Andy Hoffman, and Abigail Mechtenberg Student Group Members: Melissa Antokal, Erb ’12...
By Stephanie Judd, Erb '13 So, you want to write a blog post for Erb Perspectives but don’t know where to start? Consider these 5 easy steps: Step 1. Brainstorm topic and format Most blog posts can be broken up into 3 primary buckets. Before you begin to write,...
Ryan Flynn and Graham Brown (both Erb '12) offer advise based upon their own recent successes with REFs: "Revolving Energy Funds – Energy Efficiency at (Whatever) Scale" Their REF project (a turnkey solution for financing and implementing energy performance retrofits...