IGS press releases
UK Government & Boston University Release Joint Report on Cities’ Net-Zero Ambitions
City-university partnerships can be a powerful accelerant to our decarbonization transition, supporting the crucial effort to achieve dramatic emissions mitigation in the coming decade to maintain a sustainable future. Contact: Paolo DiFabio British Consulate-General, Boston (617) 245-4512 | paolo.difabio@fcdo.gov.uk Laura Hurley Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy (617) 353-9780 | hurleyl@bu.edu 19 MAY 2021 FOR […]
Boston University Launches Program to Improve Sustainable Investment Metrics and Processes
University Research Institutes and Questrom School of Business Team Up to Equip Investors with More Meaningful Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Metrics to Measure Corporate Impact BOSTON—(September 16, 2020) In response to the rapid growth of impact investing as a mainstream asset management strategy, Boston University (BU) today announced the launch of the Impact Measurement […]
Power after Carbon: Building a Clean, Resilient Grid
“Clearly written, assiduously researched, and never fantastical, Power after Carbon is a delight-filled primer for how to overhaul our electricity grid for the twenty-first century. If Fox-Penner can imagine and explain a carbon free system, then surely we can conceive of a way to build it!”—Gretchen Bakke, author of The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between […]
Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy Develops New City Planning Tools for Electric Vehicle Adoption
“Melting the ICE” provides a first-time analytical framework to guide electric vehicle infrastructural investments BOSTON, MA (June 10, 2019) – With cities at the forefront of electric vehicle (EV) adoption worldwide, Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) is giving municipal decision-makers a detailed blueprint for EV infrastructure planning in the new book Melting the […]
Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy Delivers Comprehensive Analysis of Key Strategies for the City of Boston’s Urban Climate Planning
Carbon Free Boston Report’s state-of-the-art modeling links policies, economics, and emissions to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 BOSTON, MA (May 20, 2019) – Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) in collaboration with the Boston Green Ribbon Commission today released the Carbon Free Boston Technical and Social Equity companion reports, expanding on the prior Summary […]
Released Today: Carbon Free Boston Summary Report
The Carbon Free Boston Summary Report, released today, is the first of three companion reports that extensively uses real-world data to evaluate Boston’s options to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. The report’s comprehensive analysis, led by the Institute for Sustainable Energy in collaboration with the Boston Green Ribbon Commission, evaluates key strategies across the transportation, […]