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.
ISE Tapped to head Carbon-Free Boston Work
The Green Ribbon Commission and the City of Boston have engaged Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) to use its technical expertise, project management capacity, and knowledge of climate and energy policy to advise the City on its decarbonization effort, including the technical modeling required to make effective strategic decisions. The Institute is now […]
John Helveston, ISE Post-Doctoral Associate, Wins Competition at China Lindy Hop Championships in Beijing
While busily doing research in China, John Helveston also took the opportunity to participate in the Advanced Jack & Jill contest at the China Lindy Hop Championships in Beijing, a competition where one is randomly paired with a partner and completely improvise a dance, John won FIRST place with his partner Banban. Bravo, John! p.s. […]
Sub-national Climate Assistance for the World’s Least-Developed Nations
In collaboration with Oxford University’s Oxford Climate Policy, the Institute is helping the world’s most disadvantaged nations cope with the costs of climate change. The Oxford Climate Policy Subnational Finance Project’s goal is to utilize sub-national financing bodies – mainly states, regions, and provinces that have carbon taxes or cap-and-trade systems – to allocate funds […]
New MA Energy Policy Signed into Law, Informed by ISE Research
Massachusetts has a new state energy policy enacted with the help of Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE). The new policy, signed into law by Governor Charles Baker, calls for the purchase of up to 1600 MW of offshore wind and 1000-1200 MW of onshore renewable energy, including possible hydroelectricity purchases from Canada. The […]