The Born Global Foundation’s Competition for Innovation in Sustainability ($9,000 in total prize money)
Boston University’s College of Engineering is pleased to announce a novel design competition for innovations to impact the global challenge of sustainability, The Born Global Foundation’s Competition for Innovation in Sustainability. The competition is jointly run by the College of Engineering and the Institute for Sustainable Energy at Boston University. The competition is open to […]
Apply Now: New BU Sustainability Innovation Seed Grant Program
Sustainability is a pluralistic and inclusive way of meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The Sustainability Innovation Seed Grant program is an opportunity for students to be part of this balance. With grant funding and resources offered by sustainability@BU and Innovate@BU, students are empowered […]
BU-ISE and UN Economic Commission for Europe Sign MOU and Plan Pathways Work Together
Cooperation expected to benefit UNECE countries as well as countries in other regions.
Hot Off the Press: “The Next Generation of Mobility” by Non-Resident Fellow, Henry Kelly
The New Mobility Service ISE Non-Resident Senior Fellow Henry Kelly’s recent publication explores the nations’ surface transportation system, which is on the brink of a dramatic transformation driven by three revolutions (UC Davis, Institute for Transportation Studies, 2016): New mobility services and new traffic management systems enabled by a nearly ubiquitous high-speed communication system, new analytics and […]
DC welcomes BU Institute for Sustainable Energy
On Tuesday, April 25th the Institute for Sustainable Energy and BU’s Federal Relations office co-hosted a Washington DC reception overlooking the nation’s Capitol to introduce policymakers to ISE. Boston University President Robert A. Brown, ISE Director Peter Fox-Penner, and ISE Senior Fellow Dorothy Robyn addressed more than 65 federal, private sector, and academic officials gathered […]
John Helveston, ISE Post-Doc, wins Best Dissertation Award
ISE Post-doc John Helveston will be recognized at the annual conference of the Industry Studies Association (ISA) for his dissertation work, which was selected for the 2016 best dissertation award. Helveston’s dissertation, “Development and Adoption of Plug-in Electric Vehicles in China: Markets, Policy, and Innovation,” examines the rise of electric vehicles in China and how the government and […]
New Sensors for Smart Lighting
Electrical and computer engineering professor and ISE Affiliate, Thomas Little, is part of a team from the Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications Engineering Research Center (LESA ERC)—a combined effort of Boston University, the University of New Mexico, Thomas Jefferson University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) faculty and graduate students—motion sensor lights and energy efficiency. Funded […]
Just Add Water
Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) has received funding from the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation (CGMF) to identify how Texan municipal water agencies in urban environments can transition to an Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) model. Population growth, increasing demand for water in an area that is already water stressed, and aging infrastructure […]
Standing Rock and nation’s clean-energy future
News— Opinion By Philip Warburg | December 20, 2016 As we face the prospect of a climate-denying Trump presidency, the Sioux Nation’s triumph at Standing Rock is much more than a tentative local victory.
Climate Action Plan Task Force Website Launched
The CAP Task Force website is intended to help BU students, faculty, and staff stay abreast of the process and get involved in developing a plan for the University to reduce its impacts on climate change, and prepare the campuses for what a changing climate will bring.