Green business

MIT signs Compact for Sustainable Future with City of Cambridge and Harvard

May 6, 2013

Akamai to join universities and city in new agreement; others encouraged to follow suit.

Also labeled: Cambridge, Boston and region, Climate change, Collaboration, Energy, Environment, Going green, Government, Harvard, Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Research, President L. Rafael Reif

At MIT, Gov. Deval Patrick highlights clean-energy achievements

April 26, 2013

Earth Day talk details Massachusetts’ accomplishments since the governor’s MIT speech five years ago, and outlines new goals.

Also labeled: MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), Special events and guest speakers, Cambridge, Boston and region, Energy, Government, Manufacturing, Policy, Renewable energy, Cape Wind, Earth Day, Energy efficiency, Going green, Greenhouse gases, President L. Rafael Reif, Solar, Wind

Michael Liebreich sees shift to cleaner energy as inevitable

January 17, 2013

Chief executive officer of Bloomberg New Energy Finance says clean energy will eventually be the norm.

Also labeled: Alternative energy, Climate change, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Global economy, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), Policy, Politics, Renewable, Solar, Technology and society, Business, Business development, Environment and energy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)

Sanergy, led by Legatum Center alumni fellows, wins social innovation award

December 5, 2012

Aims to develop sustainable sanitation services in urban slums

Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Developing countries, Development, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), International development, Legatum Center, Sanitation, Business

In profile: Chris Zegras

September 13, 2012

MIT urban planner builds tools that help designers make cities cleaner and greener.

Also labeled: Cities, Environment, Faculty, Going green, Urban studies and planning, Engineering Systems

CloudTop takes top $100K competition prize

May 17, 2012

A record 215 teams competed in this year’s business plan competition.

Also labeled: Business development, Cloud computing, Contests and academic competitions, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Graduate, postdoctoral, Health care, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), MIT $100K competition, Special events and guest speakers, Startups, Students, Technology, Venture capital

Clean energy could lead to scarce materials

April 9, 2012

Rising demand for wind turbines and electric vehicles could strain supplies of some rare earth metals.

Also labeled: Energy, Engineering Systems, Manufacturing, Materials science, Recycling, Sustainability

Preventing contamination in recycling

March 6, 2012

New study examines ways to prevent accumulation of impurities in recycling aluminum.

Also labeled: Energy, Engineering Systems, Manufacturing, Materials science, Recycling, Sustainability

Energy answer: Blowing in the wind?

May 25, 2010

MIT researchers say wind power can make sense for utility companies, starting now

Also labeled: Alternative energy, Economics, Energy, Wind

Reporter’s Notebook: How to spur energy storage innovations

December 17, 2009

Proposed X-Prizes for energy storage could produce key enabling technologies to make renewable energy development more practical

Also labeled: X-Prize, Batteries, Energy, Going green, Grid, Students, Reporter's Notebook

MIT Sloan Management Review Editor to Headline at Opportunity Green conference at UCLA Nov. 7

November 3, 2009

Opportunity Green 2009 and MIT Sloan Management Review Announce Panel Presentation on MIT SMR's New Global Study Special Report, "The Business of Sustainability," Featuring Nike as Case Study.

Also labeled: Business and management, Going green, Sloan Management Review, Special events and guest speakers, Sustainability