Position:
Core Staff
Assistant Professor
Email:
treames@umich.edu
Office Location:
2538 Dana, 440 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041
Degrees:
Ph.D., Public Administration, University of Kansas, 2014
Master of Engineering Management, Kansas State University, 2007
B.S. Civil Engineering, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 2002
Research Interests:
Tony G. Reames conducts research in the emerging field of energy justice, which investigates fair and equitable access to affordable, reliable, and clean energy technology. His research employs energy analysis, geographic information systems (GIS), and policy analysis tools to study disparities in urban residential energy dynamics focusing on the production and persistence of spatial, racial, and socioeconomic inequality. To watch an interview on how his research interests evolved, visit: https://seas.umich.edu/news/dr-tony-reames-brings-community-approach-ene...
His is recipient of the Harvard School of Public Health, JPB Foundation Environmental Health Fellowhip 2018-2021.
Projects:
- CNAP: Heating with Justice: How can we make electrified space heating equitable?
- Eliminating the Path to Energy Poverty: A Multi-State Analysis of Equity in Energy Efficiency Investments
- Expanding the Renewable Energy Policy Initiative (REPI)
- MASTER'S PROJECT: An Analysis of Waste Management and Zero Waste in Detroit, Michigan
- MASTER'S PROJECT: Building Energy Democracy into City Commitments to 100% Renewable Energy
- MASTER'S PROJECT: Improving Institutional Access to Clean Energy Incentives through Research and Education
- MASTER'S PROJECT: Roadmap to Water Security
- Profiling Households in the Energy Efficiency Donut Hole
- Reducing Barriers to Residential Energy Security through an Integrated Case-management, Data-driven, Community-based approach
- The Cumulative Burden of Air Pollution Health Impacts & Energy Inefficiency in Southeast Michigan
- Unlocking Widespread Solar Adoption: Understanding Preferences of Low- to Moderate-Income Households to Create Scalable, Sustainable Models
Publications:
- A community-based approach to low-income residential energy efficiency participation barriers
- An incandescent truth: Disparities in energy-efficient lighting availability and prices in an urban U.S. county
- Cooling Detroit: A socio-spatial analysis of equity in green roofs as an urban heat island mitigation strategy
- Optimizing Solar-Plus-Storage Deployment on Public Buildings for Climate, Health, Resilience, and Energy Bill Benefits
- Recognition of and response to energy poverty in the United States
- Targeting energy justice: Exploring spatial, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in urban residential heating energy efficiency
- The Intersection of Energy and Justice: Modeling the Spatial, Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Patterns of Urban Residential Heating Consumption and Efficiency in Detroit, Michigan
- Understanding the residential energy efficiency financing coverage gap and market potential
Press:
- National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy to deliver Wege Lecture
- 19th annual Peter M. Wege Lecture features ‘A Conversation with Gina McCarthy: Just and Sustainable Climate Solutions’
- University of Michigan offering residents $200 to participate in home heating study
- Issues Of The Environment: Addressing Energy Poverty And Finding Sustainable Solutions
- ‘That’s Violence’ — Corporations Can Turn Off Electricity For Past-Due Bills Starting Tuesday In Texas
- U-M Energy Equity Project to Develop First Standardized Tool for Driving Equity in Clean Energy Industry
- What's The Best Way To Help The Climate And People, Too? Home Improvement
- What’s The Best Way To Help The Climate And People, Too? Home Improvement
- KU alumnus appointed as adviser for US Department of Energy
- Cleveland Wants 'Climate Justice.' Can The Biden Administration Help?
- DOE Welcomes New Biden-Harris Appointees
- Tackling ‘Energy Justice’ Requires Better Data. These Researchers Are On It
- Partnership aims to help drive equity in clean energy industry
- Michigan utilities should prioritize public health inequities in retirement plans, regulator says
- Dr. Tony Reames is Working to Eliminate Energy Poverty
- Texas’ blackouts may come at a steep cost
- SEAS Projects Chosen for U-M Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program Awards in First Round
- Ann Arbor using grant funds to launch new program to help low-income seniors
- University, community partners tackle energy insecurity
- “Born for this”: Meet the first black woman to launch a community solar company
- U-M, community partners tackle energy insecurity in three Detroit neighborhoods
- Report: Low-Income City Residents Face High Energy Burden
- GreenHome Institute elects new board
- Energy justice towards racial justice
- This prof is shedding light on energy injustice — and how to fix it
- Clean energy programs can help address some racial disparities, advocates say
- Fighting Energy Injustice and Coronavirus in African American Communities
- Earth Day @ 50: Insights from a pandemic
- Affordable, safe drinking water for all Michiganders essential to slow spread of COVID-19: U-M experts
- 2 Flint residents, 21 others picked for state environmental justice advisory council
- Issues Of The Environment: The Relationship Between Environmental Justice And Winter Health
- San Jose Becomes the Largest City in the US to Ban New Natural Gas Lines
- Why Low-Income Households Need to Be Part of the Clean Energy Revolution
- Catalyst grant awards support new partnerships, analyses, and tools to advance sustainability
- Grist 50: 2019 He flips the switch on energy deserts
- UM’s Graham Sustainability Institute Offers New Research Grants