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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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 ...