IGS press releases
Building a Green Future: Examining the Job Creation Potential of Electricity, Heating, and Storage in Low-Carbon Buildings
IGS and Schneider Electric SRI study reveals over 2 million new jobs can be created during the transition to net-zero buildings.
$1.1 Million Awarded to Joint Study on Impacts of Data Centers in Norway’s Clean Energy Transition
Funding supports research collaboration between NTNU Social Research and Boston University.
Boston University and National Renewable Energy Laboratory Strengthen Partnership, Announce New Joint Appointments and Student Mentorships
The first IGS and NREL joint appointments include IGS Director Benjamin Sovacool and Executive Director Rebecca Pearl-Martinez.
BUSPH, Harvard Chan School Launch Climate and Health Research Coordinating Center
Participating faculty and staff at BU include IGS leadership, plus core and affiliated faculty.
BU’s Institute for Global Sustainability Launches Visualizing Energy Project
New project features data-storytelling on the links between sustainable energy, health, and well-being.
Potential for Net-Zero Industry Is Emerging in United Kingdom
World-leading approach to industrial decarbonization advances policy and technology solutions.
Boston University Partners with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to Recruit Top Research Talent
BU is one of only 18 university partners nationwide to offer joint appointments with NREL.
Boston University’s Benjamin K. Sovacool Elected to The National Academies’ Board on Environmental Change and Society
Dr. Sovacool will help shape The National Academies’ research agenda on the human impacts of sustainability transitions.
Boston University Appoints New Leadership of Institute for Sustainable Energy
Leading scholar on global energy and climate policy named new director of institute BOSTON, MA, January 19, 2022—Boston University (BU) is further strengthening its university-wide commitment to sustainability and climate change research with the appointment of internationally recognized social scientist Dr. Benjamin Sovacool as the new director of its Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE). Dr. […]
New Report Calls for an Integrated National Strategy to Bolster U.S. Clean Manufacturing and Avert Climate Change
WASHINGTON D.C., June 21, 2021—Manufacturing may soon become the sector with the largest greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, yet national plans to achieve net-zero emissions have so far not focused on retooling manufacturing industries. A new report released today by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the Boston University Institute for Sustainable […]