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Lightweighting Benefits for EVs
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Electrification is a key corporate strategy and is motivated chiefly by sustainability concerns for the conventional technology. The research results from the project will better define the sustainabi...
Life cycle carbon footprint analysis and improvement strategies for US maple syrup production
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Project purpose
Maple syrup producers can influence greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with production practices. We will conduct a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of maple syrup production, focus...
Analysis of SEMCOG’s Flooding Risk Tool: Incorporating Equity into Transportation Planning
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Multiple flood risk tools are available that address problems for different economic sectors, institutions, and geographic domains. A common goal among the majority of these tools is assistance with i...
CAS-Climate: Coupling Decarbonization of the Power System with Advance Planning for Integrating Negative Emission Technologies
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Electric power system utilities are engaged in work to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions intensity of electricity generation. The ultimate aim is to reach near-zero carbon dioxide emissions. Effe...
Hydrogen Roadmap for the State of Michigan Workshop
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The University of Michigan Office of Research and the Center for Sustainable Systems are hosting the Hydrogen Roadmap for the State of Michigan Workshop on the UM Ann Arbor Campus.
Hydrogen Roadmap...
Calculating Avoided Food Waste from the Cold Chain
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This project will quantify avoided food waste/loss emissions associated with cold chain services, net of emissions of the equipment needed to refrigerate foods.. The purpose of the project will be to ...
Sustainability Implications of the Rural-Urban Digital Economy Divide
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The rural-urban divide refers to a range of disparities associated with access to a variety of services, livelihood opportunities, and income within urban and rural communities. In addition to creatin...
Material and Vehicle design for High‐Value Recycling of Aluminum and Steel Automotive Sheet
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Problem Statement: The embodied energy of vehicles is growing as energy-intensive materials such as aluminum auto body sheet (ABS) are used to deliver improved performance. This presents an opportu...
A Roadmap to Participatory Design of Nuclear Energy Infrastructure
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Nuclear energy’s powerful potential to advance decarbonization of the energy sector is compromised by a number of legacy issues. Historically, developers have failed to engage host communities as p...
Mapping and Bridging Barriers in Knowledge Flows of How Solar Photovoltaics Affect Rural Community Economies
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The Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) at the Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) funds research and development in three technology areas: photovoltaics (PV),...
Innovative Model to Help Urban Resource Managers Stop Stream Water Quality Degradation Before It Starts
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Graham Catalyst Grant
The grants provide support for small-scale, collaborative, and interdisciplinary sustainability research.
Innovative Model to Help Urban Resource Managers Stop Stream ...
Scope 3 Purchased Goods Emissions Accounting
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The University of Michigan’s GHG emissions can be broken into three categories: Scope 1 (those generated on-site), Scope 2 (those associated with purchased electricity); and Scope 3 (those resulting f...
CNAP: Heating with Justice: How can we make electrified space heating equitable?
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Graham Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program (CNAP)
Carbon neutrality is a global imperative and a top university priority initiated by U-M President Mark Sc...
Creating rapid, transparent, and updateable material flow analyses
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The goal of this project is to improve the speed at which material flow analysis (MFA) is performed and to transparently communicate and reduce the uncertainty in the results, thus enabling a routi...
CNAP: Evaluating Thermal Energy Storage for Deep Decarbonization
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Graham Sustainability Institute’s Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program (CNAP)
This emerging energy storage solution could offer the best of both worlds—supporting deep decarbonization and kee...
Sustainability of Electrified Light-Duty Trucks
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Ford Alliance
MASTER'S PROJECT: Post COVID remote work impacts on travel demand and sustainability
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The objective of this project is to evaluate the impact of the global pandemic on future travel and associated energy use, emissions, and cost ramifications. The project will characterize and qu...
MASTER'S PROJECT: Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Scope 3 Inventory and Corporate Climate Strategy for Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc
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According to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting standard, Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions constitute emissions that result from indirect a...
Life Cycle Assessment of a High-Protein Ramen
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The Center for Sustainable Systems at University of Michigan conducted for Borealis Foods a “cradle to grave” life cycle assessment of Chef Woo (CW) instant ramen noodle, a unique product that supp...
Reducing Barriers to Residential Energy Security through an Integrated Case-management, Data-driven, Community-based approach
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SCC-IRG Track 1
The goal of this Smart and Connected Communities (SCC) project is to explore the efficacy of new social-technological paradigms to reduce residential energy insecurity for low- ...