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Sustainable Procurement Key to Lowering Carbon Footprint

As more companies focus on reducing their carbon footprint, there’s one element that… Continue Reading →

YSE Class of ‘21 Peter Berrill’s Doctoral Research on Energy Hits the Right Notes

Once a student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Peter Berrill '21 PhD set aside… Continue Reading →

Compostable Packaging Company Wins Startup Yale 2021 Prize

EcoPackables, which sells compostable mailers made from corn starch and PBAT, earned the Yale… Continue Reading →

What is Driving Reductions in Residential Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the U.S.?

A study led by PhD student Peter Berrill finds smarter home construction and decarbonization… Continue Reading →

Turning Wood Into Plastic

A research team, led by YSE professor Yuan Yao and Liangbing Hu from the University of Maryland,… Continue Reading →

Powering paper recycling with fossil fuels hampers climate benefits, researchers say

A recent study published in Nature Sustainability, co-authored by postdoctoral associate Stijn… Continue Reading →

Rising Star in Industrial Ecology Joins F&ES Faculty

Yuan Yao, whose research examines the environmental and economic impacts of emerging technologies… Continue Reading →

Improving Innovation: Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Emerging Technology

How can we anticipate and design out environmental impacts of new technologies… Continue Reading →

Can Wood Construction Transform Cities From Carbon Source to Carbon Vault?

A new Yale study predicts that a transition to timber-based wood products in the construction… Continue Reading →

Welcome to Perspectives

To solve “wicked problems,” a group of Yale students is learning how to think… Continue Reading →

Professional Symbiosis

Over the past three decades Marian Chertow has advanced the growing field of industrial ecology… Continue Reading →

Capital Costs: Yale Research Offers Truer Calculation of ‘Footprint’ of Purchases

Researchers at Yale have created a model that enables more accurate calculations of the environmental… Continue Reading →

Chertow Awarded Society Prize for Impacts on Field of Industrial Ecology

Marian Chertow, associate professor of industrial environmental management at F&ES,… Continue Reading →

Study to Examine Human-Robot Collaboration to Reduce Recycling ‘Bottleneck’

During a four-year study, funded by the National Science Foundation, researchers will examine… Continue Reading →

F&ES Graduate Honored with Presidential Early Career Award

Nedal Nassar ’11 M.E.Sc., ’14 M.Phil., ’15 Ph.D. was recently named a recipient… Continue Reading →

Water Scarcity and Inflexible Demand Puts World’s River Basins at Risk

A new analysis of global water usage, co-authored by Yale’s Julie Zimmerman, builds… Continue Reading →

The Complicated Future of Offshore Wind Power in the U.S.

In recent years the U.S. Department of Energy laid out an ambitious plan to grow the U.S.… Continue Reading →

Rwanda Had Different Plans: Yale Partners with Environmental ‘Rising Star’

Rwanda has become a global leader in sustainability and environmental stewardship.… Continue Reading →

When it Comes to Smartphone Lifespan, Brand Name Matters More than Hardware

The environmental costs of smartphones are often exacerbated by the relatively short lifespans… Continue Reading →

Where Does Our Trash Go? Study Picks Through Pieces — and Value — of Waste

New Yale research provides an insightful new measurement of just what is found in the more… Continue Reading →

Journal Explores Database that QuantifiesEnvironmental Impacts in a ‘Global’ World

In a special issue, Yale’s Journal of Industrial Ecology examines a new global database… Continue Reading →

Safer by Design: ‘Meta’ Review Examines Expanding Branches of Green Chemistry

Two decades after Paul Anastas introduced the 12 principles of green chemistry, a new review… Continue Reading →

Does Metal Use Slow When a Country’s Wealth Grows? Maybe Not, Study Shows

In a new study, a Yale-led team of researchers found that GDP remains intrinsically linked… Continue Reading →

Climate Benefits of Wind and Solar Outweigh Costs of ‘Hidden’ Emissions

Even low-carbon energy technologies like solar cells and wind power plants have associated… Continue Reading →

‘Scholarship for Sustainability’: Student Honored for Research
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