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Duke Student Entrepreneurs Solve Energy Challenges
by Dan Chow, MEM/MBA ’15 Dan Chow is a Duke graduate student pursuing dual Master’s degrees in Environmental Management and Business Administration. In this column, Dan shares his experiences pursuing environment-related entrepreneurial ventures at Duke. Ideation I first became interested … Continue reading
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Tagged cleantech, Duke Start-Up Challenge, entrepreneurship
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Crossing the Climate Line
This op-ed first appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer on May 21, 2013. by Daniel Vermeer Earlier this month, a remote monitoring system in Hawaii recorded the first time in human history that the daily average for carbon dioxide … Continue reading
Three Stages in Corporate Sustainability Strategy
by Daniel Chow, MEM Class of 2014 At Duke, students are taught why companies across all industries are pursuing sustainability, what barriers exist for different businesses, and what tools are necessary for organizations to achieve their goals. Kristina Ronneberg (MEM … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate sustainability, strategy, sustainable business
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Learning Energy Basics
by Josh Seidenfeld, MEM/MBA Class of 2015 Last week, EDGE co-sponsored one of the year’s most popular Duke student-organized events: Energy Industry Fundamentals. This two-day seminar featured sessions by Duke faculty and alumni playing leading roles in the today’s energy … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy Industry Fundamentals (EIF), EnerNOC, Eric Toone, Richard Newell
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Food vs. Fuel: State of the Debate
by Carol Healy, MEM/MBA Class of 2014 and Dan Vermeer, Executive Director of EDGE Food security is back in the news. According to estimates, this summer’s drought is the second most costly natural disaster in US history, after Hurricane Katrina … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, biofuels, food, sustainable development
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Graduate students: Join us at the Energy Industry Fundamentals workshop!
Students: Welcome (back) to Duke and EDGE! The summer heat is beginning to wane, and students are back on campus. This time of year is full of promise – so many new events, people, classes, and projects – but it … Continue reading
Duke Places Third at Annual Renewable Energy Case Competition
On February 3rd, the team of Jake Thomsen ’13 (MPP/MBA), Johnny Fu ’13 (MBA), Kent Truckor ’13 (MEM/MBA), Rotimi Thomas ’13 (MEM/MBA), and Tim Dertzbaugh ’12 (MEM/MBA) placed third (out of 16 teams nationally) at the 2012 Renewable Energy Case Competition organized … Continue reading
Market mechanisms needed to drive energy efficiency
This essay by student Kent Truckor, MEM/MBA Class of 2013, was selected to represent Fuqua School of Business in the TIME/Fortune 2011 “Energy for Tomorrow” competition. As the winner of Fuqua’s essay competition, Kent earned the opportunity to join EDGE, … Continue reading
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Tagged energy efficiency, Fuqua School of Business, MEM/MBA
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New Energy Industry Fundamentals workshop for Duke graduate students
Current and incoming Duke graduate students are invited to join the Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment (EDGE) and the Duke MBA Energy Club for a 2-day workshop on Energy Industry Fundamentals (EIF) on Sept. 1-2, 2011. The EIF … Continue reading
CFO Survey: Rising Fuel Costs Spur Companies to Embrace Green Solutions
Among the findings of June 2011 Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook survey of chief financial officers (CFOs): eighty percent of CFOs in the U.S. say the high price of oil is negatively affecting their firms, with 61 percent describing … Continue reading