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    One Water Strategies For New Braunfels Utilities

    January 1, 2019
    Rapidly growing community reveals new opportunities for demand forecasting In 2018, leaders at New Braunfels Utility (NBU) near San Antonio, Texas grew concerned that the population’s projected annual 6 percent growth rate would push water demand beyond NBU’s capacity. This prompted the Institute for Sustainable Energy to identify and analyze demand management and conservation opportunities […]
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    Carbon Free Boston Summary Report

    January 1, 2019
    Carbon Free Boston requires deep changes in city life As the City of Boston seeks to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, the Institute for Sustainable Energy (now the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability) has quantified the most effective combination of actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across buildings, transportation, energy supply, and waste […]
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    Multi-User Microgrids: Obstacles to Development and Recommendations for Advancement

    November 1, 2018
    The difficulties of (and solutions to) multi-user microgrid development Multi-user microgrids (MUMs) are an emerging approach to electricity delivery that provide neighboring customers more resilient and reliable service, often independent of the local utility’s grid. Despite this, there are few in operation or development. In a whitepaper written in partnership with the Northeast Clean Energy […]
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    Integrated Urban Water Management in Texas: A Review to Inform a One Water Approach for the Future

    April 1, 2018
    Opportunities for a One Water future in Texas Texas is facing serious current and future water management challenges. This is driven by significant urban growth, water scarcity and flooding, aging infrastructure, and a management system based on an outdated cost of water. To address these challenges, the Institute for Sustainable Energy (now the Boston University […]
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    Assessment of Haiti’s Electricity Sector

    March 1, 2018
    The state of electricity in Haiti Improving the quality of life in some of the world’s poorest economies requires greater access to dependable power. To assist entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Haiti—one of the least developed nations in the western hemisphere—the Institute for Sustainable Energy (now the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability) […]