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Life Cycle Optimization for Residential Air Conditioning Replacement
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The electricity consumed by central air conditioners (CACs) currently accounts for 14% of residential electrical use in the United States (DOE, 2001). Population growth in the south (Census Bure...
EFRI-RESIN Final Project Summary: A Multi-Scale Design and Control Framework for Dynamically Coupled Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructures, with Application to Vehicle-to-Grid Integration
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The primary aim of this proposal is to develop a fundamental system science for the design and control of dynamically coupled infrastructures, with the objective of influencing their collective per...
DTE Energy MPSC PHEV Pilot Project
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By providing a cost-effective, practical solution that substantially improves automotive fuel economy and emissions without the limited range of a pure electric vehicle, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Veh...
Life Cycle Assessment Water Bottles
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Develop LCI data for water and wastewater treatment systems, including municipal systems in Oregon. This task includes researching the environmental burdens associated with municipal drinking water...
Household Travel Patterns Study
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Project overview
The Household Travel Patterns Study is a research project sponsored by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) and the Center for Sustainable Systems (CS...
Charting the Course for Sustainability at Aurora Organic Dairy Phase 1 Energy and Carbon Footprint Analysis and Phase 2 Life Cycle Based sustainability Indicators and Assessment
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The overall goal of this research is to provide the Aurora leadership team a framework and tools to measure and improve its sustainability performance. To provide the leadership team with a road...
Development of Steelcase Wood Products Manufacturing Division Environmental Performance
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The Steelcase Wood Products Division is now looking to establish a consistent methodology and set of metrics for quantification of division environmental performance. The measurement and char...
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...
Development of Sustainable Shrimp Aquaculture
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The purpose of this study is to compare the sustainability and environmental impact of two aquaculture systems suitable for adoption in the U.S.: 1) a zero-exchange, recirculating indoor system, and 2...
Sustainable Water Infrastructure in Developing Countries
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The Zambezi River Basin is home to 40 million people who rely on the river for drinking water, fisheries, irrigation, hydropower production, mining and industry, ecosystem maintenance, and other us...
Integration of LCA Elements into Early-Stage Product Development at Steelcase
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Steelcase is recognized as an industry leader in applying life cycle assessment in development, manufacturing, marketing, and product management. To maintain this leadership role, Steelcase i...
Product Environmental Profiles at Steelcase
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Steelcase recognizes the value of enhancing sustainability in design, manufacturing, marketing and product management. In response, Steelcase has developed a database to track both the recycled ...
Collaborative Research: Implications of Greenhouse Gas Policy Instruments on Material Flows - A Life Cycle Approach Integrating Engineering, Public Policy and Market Behavior
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MUSES II
Major industrialized countries around the world and several U.S. states are currently designing, or considering designing, policy instruments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. ...
Case Study of Dana Building for DoE LEED-Certified Project Database
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The S.T. Dana Building is a 100-year old, Beaux Arts academic building that houses the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) at the University of Michigan. In the 1990's, SNRE be...
BLOCK M: Ford U-M Piquette Project Partnership
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Reconfiguring the Vehicle for Optimal Sustainability Performance
The Ford Piquette Project aims at replicating the Model T success creating a new, innovative product and business model for mobility...
Life Cycle Assessment for Enhancing Product Environmental Performance
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Improvement in the environmental performance of office furniture products is a challenging undertaking, due to the diversity of product lines, demanding aesthetic and durability standards, and a custo...
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 ...
Michigan at a Climate Crossroads: Strategies for Guiding the State in a Carbon Constrained World
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The overall project objective is to examine and recommend strategies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the State of Michigan. GHG emissions and economic analyses will serve as a ...
Technological Innovations in an Industrially Designed and Manufactured Modular Housing Concept for Low Energy, Prefabricated, Low-Rise Hybrid-Monocoque, Volumetric Housing Units for Low Income
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The objectives set out in the NSF's solicitation focus on five key interdisciplinary areas. Although it would be possible to concentrate on one specific area that demonstrates innovations that are onl...
Protocol and Preliminary Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory of Steelcase, Inc.
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Steelcase has recently joined the Climate Leaders (CL), an industry-government partnership, created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This initiative commits the company to develop a corpo...