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MASTER'S PROJECT: From Home Energy Audit to Retrofit and Beyond
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This was a collaborative master’s project between our team of graduate students at the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) and DTE Energy, the gas and electr...
Developing a Spatially-Explicit Agent-Based Life Cycle Analysis Framework for Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Bioenergy Systems
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Life cycle analysis (LCA) is a useful tool to quantify the environmental impacts of a product or process in an effort to improve its environmental profile. LCA is easiest to implement on esta...
Integrated Assessment of Feasibility and Deployment of Offshore Wind Technologies in the Great Lakes
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Purpose The principal purpose of this project is to advance the body of knowledge that will allow successful offshore commercial wind ...
CAREER: Creation of a Predictive and Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment Tool
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1. Objectives
The goal of this research is to create a framework for a predictive and dynamic Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool. LCA quantifies the environmental impacts of a product or process...
EFRI HyBi: The Science and Engineering of Microalgae Hydrothermal Processing
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Global climate change, finite petroleum reserves, and geopolitical instability all point to the wisdom of developing transportation fuels from renewable sources. Bio-ethanol from corn and biodiesel...
MASTER'S PROJECT: Dynamic Pricing Tariffs for DTE's Residential Electricity Customers
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Detroit Edison, a subsidiary of DTE Energy, considered introducing residential dynamic pricing rates, rather than the customary flat retail rate for residential customers, to incent customers to sh...
2009 CMS Energy Internship
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Summer internship project to calculate the energy and carbon footprint of CMS facilities in order to evaluate options for reducing costs associated with facility operations and prepare for a national ...
Measuring irradiance, temperature and angle of incidence effects on photovoltaic modules in Auburn Hills, Michigan
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United Solar Ovonic (USO) installed a photovoltaic (PV) module testing system in Auburn Hills, Michigan (Latitude 42.6978, Longitude -83.2419) in March of 2010 for the purpose of evaluating the impact...
MASTER'S PROJECT: Evaluating Renewable Energy Options for BHP Billiton's Global Assets
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Objectives
BHP Billiton is seeking to leverage strategic and potential cost advantages associated with renewable energy and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction. The Erb Team will aid in de...
Integrating Resource Assessment, Economics, and Public Policy to Optimize Renewable Electricity Generation
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Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute - Energy, Science, Technology and Policy (ESTP) Award
Energy use and climate change are two of the most critical areas for sustainability research in ...
Further Analysis of Energy Security from Clean Energy Technologies
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The over-all objective of this research is to determine the future potential of PV technology in generating electricity in the U.S, by integrating energy, environmental and economic facets of the tech...
MASTER'S PROJECT: Demand Analysis and Optimization of Renewable Energy: Sustainable Rural Electrification of Mbanayili, Ghana
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The Government of Ghana created an electrification initiative, the National Electrification Scheme (NES), which intended to provide electricity to all villages with more than five hundred inhabitan...
Life Cycle Modeling and Improvement of United Technologies PureCell - 200 Power System
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The overall objective of this project is to analyze the energy and environmental performance of the PureCell - 200 Power System using life cycle assessment (LCA). LCA is an analytical technique ...
Alcoa Foundation's Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship Program: Enabling Technology for a Sustainable Energy Future through Interdisciplinary Research and Training
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The goal of the University of Michigan Alcoa Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship Program (ACSFP) is to develop an innovative interdisciplinary research initiative that addresses the link bet...
Analysis & Market Planning for Distributed Hydrogen Energy Stations
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The Department of Energy and DTE Energy opened the Hydrogen Technology Park, a first-of-a-kind facility that produces hydrogen and fuel cell electricity, all located in a residential neighborhoo...
Large Scale Solar Photovoltaic Demonstration Project at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
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This project addresses the general lack of understanding about the benefits of large-scale photovoltaic systems by the general public. Therefore, the design, installation and operation of a 3...
Curriculum Development for a Master of Science Degree in Alternative Energy Technology
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Alternative Energy Technology (AET) will dominate Michigan’s industrial and technology landscape for the coming decades, as evidenced by the tremendous amount of investment that the Federal government...
Technology Assessment and Evaluation for the NextEnergy Zone Microgrid System
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The objective of this project is to undertake a technology assessment of the Microgrid System to both describe and quantify its benefits in terms of life-cycle performance, energy efficiency and en...
CSS Factsheets
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Development and maintenance of factsheets that illustrate current unsustainable patterns of providing various services to society in the United States (e.g., food, personal transportation, housing)...
Life Cycle Assessment of a Willow Agriculture and Biomass Energy Conversion System
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Current energy systems that rely primarily on fossil fuels are not sustainable because of the finite nature of fossil fuels and the environmental impact of their use. Biomass is emerging as a...
Renewable Energy from Biomass
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This project was sponsored by Dupont's Educational Aid Program, 2000 - 2001 Science and Engineering Grant. It served as a pilot for subsequent funding of a two-year project on willow bioma...
Life Cycle Design of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems
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BACKGROUND
A very small percentage of U.S. electricity is currently generated from renewable, potentially sustainable sources (hydropower - 8.6%, wood - 1.1%, geothermal - 0.5%, wind - 0.1%, so...
Cleaner Products through Life Cycle Design (Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaics)
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Photovoltaic modules (PV), devices that convert solar energy into electricity, are emerging as an important alternative to electricity generating systems based on nonrenewable fossil fuels. This li...