Projects

A team from the Center for Sustainable Systems (CSS) at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) has been awarded a research grant from the CGLR Foundation as part...

Our goal for this project is to develop a framework including key sustainability metrics, drivers, and parameters throughout the lifecycle of the battery. We will also highlight trade-offs in battery ...

Michigan’s forests provide critical ecosystem services and contribute substantially to the state’s socio-economic fabric. However, they face unprecedented environmental change, driven by climate chang...

Project SummaryThe Center for Sustainable Systems (CSS) at the University of Michigan is collaborating with the Department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering on the Michigan Maritime Strat...

This project is part of the wider EARNEST Consortium: https://earnest.stanford.edu/. The project aims to inform the design of Ann Arbor's Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) by 1) understanding how the r...

Water security is of paramount importance in the Indo-Pacific Region, a vast area that includes 38 nations and 60% of the world's population. The availability of water varies widely, especially i...

The project aims to assess the feasibility of green hydrogen and ammonia deployment across ten potential pathways in India, focusing on three key applications: ammonia co-firing, captive generation, a...

The proposed life cycle assessment (LCA) seeks to elucidate key parameters across the battery supply chain, from mineral extraction and processing to manufacturing, and material recovery at vehicle en...

Hydrogen, an attractive energy carrier due to its high energy content per unit mass, offers multiple promising pathways towards significant global decarbonization efforts. While traditional hydrogen p...

This project was conducted by five graduate students from the School For Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) in University of Michigan as a master’s capstone project to assist Meijer in evaluating t...

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This project examines the barriers to implementing sustainability for food service businesses in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Data were collected in two stages: first, a survey sent out to the entire restaura...

This project, conducted on behalf of Merit Network in collaboration with the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability, aimed to address the challenges of digital equity and e...

Electrification of light duty vehicles is a key decarbonization strategy for the transportation sector, and the landscape of electric vehicles is rapidly evolving. Decarbonization for electric vehicle...

We will conduct a cradle-to-grave comparative life cycle assessment of medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks of different powertrains. Specifically, we will compare battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hy...

The use of heat pumps is becoming more common in residential buildings and newer electric vehicles (EVs) because of their dramatic potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Air-sourced heat pumps ...

To achieve carbon neutrality, residential energy needs—including for space heating—must be fully electrified. How electrification will affect the shape, peak, and total consumption of electricity in r...

Inefficient residential energy use, which often occurs in conjunction with low-quality housing, raises greenhouse gas emissions and negatively impacts health. Residents may face the “heat-or-eat” dile...

Wind and solar energy both generate power intermittently. To allow these renewables to proliferate while maintaining grid stability, significant energy storage must be developed. The National Renewabl...