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- 01 Jan 2012
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Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
there is more to do.” Carroll’s leadership at Anglo American has significantly influenced the industry by setting new standards for safety and by offering miners, their families, and their communities a thoughtful, long-term outlook. She...
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- 01 Aug 1998
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High Honors
Johnson & Johnson in 1973 and in 1977 joined Standard Brands Incorporated. There she rose to become vice president of marketing for the margarine division. Standard merged with Nabisco in 1981, and in 1987...
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- 01 Sep 2011
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Extraordinary People
This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor have made remarkable contributions to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do. “These five distinguished alumni are role...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Clearing the Air
investor interest is rising in both the public and the private sector: In December, the US Department of Energy announced $3.7 billion worth of programs and prizes meant to further kick-start the industry; In April, payments giant Stripe...
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- 01 Dec 2006
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Green as Gold
lighting, plumbing, and climate control. The interior walls are new; even the furniture is new.” Hamilton Hall is the first building on the HBS campus to obtain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, the U.S....
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
renewables compete very well with expensive oil-based energy and are more reliable. A domestic focus on efficiency and renewables can reduce domestic energy bills and create...
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- 07 Jan 2016
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Helping Property Owners Reduce Their Carbon Footprint
water and energy efficiency in their buildings so they can reduce the carbon footprint that they are causing. We found that many of our customers implement new clean technology to reduce View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
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New Wave
electricity—enough to power approximately 150 households. The turbines are the spinning heart of the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project, an initiative undertaken by Verdant Power, the startup that Smith cofounded in 2000 to...
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- 13 Jul 2020
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Locally Grown
trucks. The systems captured the energy created when braking and applied it to acceleration, reducing the demand on the internal combustion engine. The model was similar to that used in hybrid cars, but the heavier vehicles created more...
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April White
- 01 Mar 2011
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Fast Casual
electrical engineering, who designs the procedures and logistics that ensure smooth, efficient operations. Of PRG and its husband-wife leadership team, Peggy said, “We had to standardize everything from...
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- 01 Mar 2017
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A Healthy Profit
Quelch. New energy efficiency initiatives also saw their greenhouse gas footprint drop by 19 percent between 2005 and 2012. COMMUNITY HEALTH “Royal Caribbean donates a lot of used furniture and household...
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2014
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These Walls Can Talk
(Javier Larrea/Getty Images) Today: Most smart homes connect basic electronic devices such as lights, locks, smoke detectors, security cameras, and thermostats. Tomorrow: Homes will be fully outfitted with smart appliances, which can make View Details
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April White
- 01 Sep 2011
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Making a Difference in the World
“If people want to reduce carbon emissions, they must reduce their energy use.” — Paul Baier (MBA ’94) The residential sector is the single-largest end-use sector for energy, accounting for 25 percent of global demand. If every US home...
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- 21 May 2019
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Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
disease are likely to multiply. If the Midwest is able to maintain its high standards for agriculture, it has an opportunity to supply the needs of growing populations in other parts of the world. The U.S. “needs a long strategy” around...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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Back to the Future
because there are huge business opportunities — worth trillions of dollars — on the clean-tech side.” For his part, thirty years later, Stobaugh still looks to conservation, including energy efficiency, as a top choice for action. Indeed,...
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- 01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down
the energy industry is far more important than the ups and downs of the Internet." Oil Lingo 3-D Seismic: A technique to acquire a three-dimensional image of the earth's interior by projecting sound waves from geometrically spaced points...
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- 28 Mar 2018
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Fueling the Future
they’d ask, ‘Who are you?’ I’d reply, ‘I’m your Schlumberger engineer.’ They’d say, ‘No, you’re not. Send a guy out.’” This was in 1994, and after explaining a replacement would not be coming, Kovatch would get to work. By the end of the job, seeing the quality and...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2011
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HBS Chapel Earns Gold Certification
two-year process toward certification resulted in the chapel cutting energy consumption 49 percent by installing new climate controls, upgrading to more efficient lighting, and insulating basement pipes. New...
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- 19 Jun 2014
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Turning "Black Gold" to Green
calling for using city investments in energy efficiency to generate savings that would be reinvested in solar power. Inspired by their success, Dawe took an 80 percent pay cut and moved to Colorado to work...
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- 01 Jun 2010
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Touting Green Energy’s Potential
he said, to create a green energy industry that has the potential to be much larger than telecom. Key elements are legislation that is raising the fuel-efficiency standards of cars from 25 mpg to 35 mpg;...
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