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Join a cast of over 100 performers on Saturday April 23 in St. Nicholas’ Church, Galway for the world premiere of Paper Boat - a community opera for Galway.

YSE Class of ‘21 Peter Berrill’s Doctoral Research on Energy Hits the Right Notes It’s not uncommon for doctoral students at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) to be well traveled upon arrival. Peter Berrill ’21 PhD is a good example: from Ireland, with stops in the Netherlands, Austria, Japan and Norway through his studies.       Berrill left the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2009 to join a new degree program in energy engineering at the National University in Gal...

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The humble street curb is an undervalued asset. People need small grocers, so what’s holding them back? Another study shows that housing is healthcare. Curb your enthusiasm: Most cities around the country are focused on the “analog curb,” a curb designed predominantly for parking. But they aren’t pricing parking based on actual value, and regulations are inadequately enforced. If cities were to focus on the “digital curb,” which is multimodal, flexible, and used by all types of vehi...

Carbon emissions from US households have been falling since 2005, but not fast enough May 11, 2021 Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from U.S. households have been falling since 2005, according to a new study. But the analysis also reveals hidden patterns that could block the emissions reductions necessary to limit climate change. Researchers from the Yale School of the Environment gathered figures from various government databases and calculated energy consumption and GHG emissions associated wit...

Study Identifies Drivers of Reduction in US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Written by AZoCleantechMay 6 2021 In 2005, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from residential energy use hit an all-time high in the United States. Each year since, emissions have dropped at an average annual rate of 2 percent. In a study published in Environmental Research Letters, "Drivers of change in US residential energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, 1990-2015," a team of researchers from the Yale School of the ...

 E-Mail In 2005, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from residential energy use hit an all-time high in the United States. Each year since, emissions have dropped at an average annual rate of 2 percent. In a study published in Environmental Research Letters, "Drivers of change in US residential energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, 1990-2015," a team of researchers from the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) outlined several factors that have contributed to this decrease, highlightin...