By Gavin Bodkin, MBA Candidate, College of Management, UMass Boston On October 22, 2015, Austin Blackmon, City of Boston Chief of Environment, Energy and Open Space, spoke at UMass Boston about the city’s Climate Action Plan and its current policies and initiatives to address climate change and advance greater resiliency. Blackmon opened the talk with Read More…
Fuel Cell Technology: Innovation Transforming Markets
By Vesela Veleva, ScD, Codirector, SERC While fuel cells have been around for decades, the technology has experienced rapid development in recent years. According to a recent industry report, in 2013, global fuel cell industry sales reached $1.3 billion with consistent annual growth of over 30 percent. Fuel cells offer clean, cool, quiet, efficient, and Read More…
How Investors Incorporate ESG Factors
By Sandeep Gummadi, Master in Finance Candidate, UMass Boston Sustainable, responsible, and impact investing (SRI) assets increased 76 percent over the past two years for a total of $6.57 trillion, according to a 2014 industry report. What is driving this trend and the growing importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investment decisions more Read More…
The Smart Grid and Clean Energy
By Andrew Bishop, MBA Candidate, UMass Boston What are the challenges and opportunities of upgrading the power grid to cope with growing supplies of distributed, renewable, and intermittent power from solar, wind, and other clean energy sources? On October 28, 2014, the Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness (SERC) at UMass Boston hosted a Read More…
2014 Green Careers Forum
By Vesela Veleva, ScD, SERC Co-Director In collaboration with The Office of Career Services and Internships, The Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness (SERC) at UMass Boston held its annual Green Careers Forum on April 16, 2014, to inform students about career opportunities in the environmental and sustainability fields, and provide them with the Read More…
Hydraulic Fracturing: Understanding the Intersection of Water and Energy
By Vesela Veleva, ScD, Lecturer and SERC Codirector On March 31, 2014, the Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness (SERC) hosted an event on hydraulic fracturing (known also as “fracking”). This event featured a panel of experts who discussed current challenges and opportunities for reducing the environmental impacts of fracking with a focus on Read More…