Stanford alum Charles Bovet, MS ’14, Civil and Environmental Engineering, shares the work he is doing to build energy-efficient homes with nearly zero waste.
“The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity.” This is one of the reasons Charles Bovet chose to study civil engineering at Stanford and then go to work in residential construction. There are enormous opportunities to improve this industry, specifically from an energy-efficiency perspective, and his team is doing just that. Bovet and his team recently finished construction of a clean, renewable energy home for Mark Jacobson, Stanford professor of civil and environmental engineering. The home uses no gas; it’s purely electric, and the electricity used is generated primarily by sunlight. Here is a direct video link.
In related news, the overwhelming business case for green tech is undeniable too. See: Walmart’s ‘ah ha’moment on climate change:
A joint report published by the World Wildlife Fund and CDP, finds U.S. businesses that commit to annually cutting their carbon emissions can collectively reap as much as $190 billion in savings from reduced energy bills, increased productivity and other associated benefits…Another study found that companies devoted to sustainability efforts are reporting significantly higher mean sales growth, return on assets, profit before taxation, and cash flows from operations compared to sustainability slackers.
In a slow growth global economy, green business is booming.
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