Projects

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...

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...

As a retailer with business activities, including procurement, distribution, manufacturing, and retail operations in over six U.S. states, Meijer has a vast and complex value chain. In order to expand...

With a recent global push to rapidly decrease emissions for mitigating climate change, the University of Michigan has established the PCCN to develop a framework for achieving carbon neutrality by 203...

While global extrication from humanity’s fossil fuel dependency is critical, the United States' clean energy transition cannot take place without a long duration energy storage solution operating in t...

Today, there are just seven offshore wind turbines in the United States. The offshore wind industry is poised to expand in the U.S Oceans to reach President Biden’s goal of 30 GW of offshore wind by 2...

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) serves as the sponsor for the project. As NREL engages with various stakeholders in the clean energy landscape, they seek to better understand particula...

DOWNLOAD THE RESEARCH SUMMARY  Graham Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program (CNAP) Carbon neutrality is a global imperative and a top university priority initiated by U-M President Mark Sc...

With support from the U.S. Climate Alliance (USCA), CSS provided a seconded employee to work with Michigan EGLE.

Graham Catalyst Grant The grants provide support for small-scale, collaborative, and interdisciplinary sustainability research. Innovative Model to Help Urban Resource Managers Stop Stream ...

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), co...

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...

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...