Category: Education

Effects of Health Risk Information on Addictive Goods Consumption: A Case of Tobacco, Alcohol and Betel Nuts in Taiwan

By CostBenefit on Jun 28, 2010 | In Air, Health, Education, Academic Study/Journal Article, China, Costs and Benefits, Socio-Political-Cognitive-Economics

Abstract: This paper empirically investigates the relationship between the dissemination of information about the health risks of tobacco, alcohol, and betel nuts and their consumption in Taiwan. To estimate cross-elasticities, the paper uses the Central… more »

Ada's Initiative Helps Take the Heat Off Energy Use

By CostBenefit on May 15, 2010 | In Energy, Education, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Academic Study/Journal Article, Massachusetts, Savings, Costs and Benefits

Last year, when Kerry Valentine, a senior Ada Comstock Scholar, was challenged to come up with an environmentally sustainable project that could be applied to Smith College, she kept her cool. That is, Valentine set to work researching an energy-savin… more »

Sustainable Containers: Cost-Effective Student Housing

By CostBenefit on May 13, 2010 | In General, Energy, Education, Green Buildings, Europe, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Real Estate Construction Housing, Academic Study/Journal Article, Costs and Benefits, Free Report at Time of Entry

Caroline Uittenbroek and Will Macht write:Developing student housing is challenging because the low rents students can afford does not support the high operating expenses and construction costs usually encountered. The deficit in the balance of trade b… more »

New York City Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein Announces "Trayless Tuesdays" - an Initiative to Replace Lunch Trays with Environmentally Friendly Paper Containers - Trayless Tuesdays Will Divert 2.4 Million Polystyrene Trays from Landfills Every Month

By CostBenefit on Apr 20, 2010 | In Education, Government Report, New York City, Waste & Recycling, Costs and Benefits, Press Release (May be biased)

On March 16, 2010 New York City Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein and the Department of Education’s Office of School Food announced the launch of “Trayless Tuesdays,” a pilot program to replace polystyrene trays with paper containers. The goal of the prog… more »

Lackawanna Schools select Johnson Controls for second phase of district-wide energy efficiency overhaul: Enhancements to schools, administrative building expected to save additional $2 million over 18 years

By CostBenefit on Mar 17, 2010 | In Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Education, Upstate, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Savings, Costs and Benefits

Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), ... is helping the Lackawanna City School District further reach its environmental goals through the second phase of an aggressive energy savings program.The second phase of the program is anticipated to save the distric… more »
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