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The Sustainability Hoofprint of Cities: A Spatial Model to Assess Transboundary Urban Consumption
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The United States population consumes more meat per capita than any country except for Australia and roughly 80% of this consumption occurs in U.S. cities. This meat is sourced from distant regions...
Sustainability and Development Conference - Enterprise Funds
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The Sustainability and Development Initiative will focus on sustainable development, utilizing publications, training, and an annual cross-disciplinary Global Conference on Sustainability and Devel...
Travel Behavior Changes and Sustainability Implications of CAV Fleet Deployment
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This study aims to develop life cycle based models to elucidate the environmental impacts of CAV fleets (e.g., energy demand, GHG emission, and criteria air emissions). This study will evaluate the...
Thermal Modification of Blue Stained, Fire Salvaged Timber
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The area of forest killed by wildfires, insect infestations and drought within the interior west has dramatically increased recently. If left standing, these dead trees are quickly attacked by a fu...
Role of Flying Cars in Sustainable Mobility
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This study explored whether vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (VTOLs), or “flying cars” can shorten commute time and play a role in sustainable mobility. Primary energy and greenhouse gas emiss...
Whirlpool Masters Thesis Project - LCA of Dishwashers
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There are several European studies that indicate dishwashing machines are more energy and water efficient than manual dishwashing during their use phase. Energy Star suggests that annually, dishwas...
Green Principles for Responsible Battery Management in Mobile Applications
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Develop a set of green energy storage principles for mobile applications to guide design, deployment, and responsible life cycle management of battery technologies. The Center for Sustainable Syste...
Reimagining Puerto Rico’s Energy and Food Systems Through Community Engagement and Industrial Symbiosis
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Graham Transformation Grant - Graham Sustainability Institute provides up to $200,000 over 2 years for collaborative research initiatives; 1 award per year.
There is an urgent need to...
MASTER'S PROJECT: Scope 3 Emissions Assessment and Circular Economy Protocol Development at Ford Motor Company
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Goals & Objectives:
This project will establish:
Scope 3 emissions Strategy including process mapping for Global Ford Operations by June 2018
Fol...
Profiling Households in the Energy Efficiency Donut Hole
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To research the economics of energy efficiency, by characterizing profiles of households who fall into financing coverage gaps for energy efficiency programs:
Spatial characterization...
MASTER'S PROJECT: 100% Renewable Energy Plan for Leelanau County, MI
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Goals and Objectives:
A ten-year, 100% renewable energy plan for Leelanau County encompassing electricity and thermal (space and water heat) energy. The plan will incorporate the planning...
MASTER's PROJECT: Towards a Global Plastics Protocol: Policy Solutions for Closing the Loop on Plastics
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Goals & Objectives:
This project has two components. Students can focus on one or both to accommodate their interests.
EnviroAction and sustainability culture - EnviroChart is our d...
Navigating Local and Sustainable Foods: Development of an Evidence-based Environmental Sustainability Decision-Making Framework for Institutional Food Service Providers
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Graham Catalyst Grants
Catalyst Grants are offered in the fall and winter to support a range of short-term, small-scale collaborative activities. These grants are intended to help better define...
Understanding Strategies to Influence Environmentally Effective Dietary Shifts: Development of a Research Agenda
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Diet composition is a major determinant of the greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts associated with agriculture and food systems, and proper shifts in the diets of Americans pre...
Eliminating the Path to Energy Poverty: A Multi-State Analysis of Equity in Energy Efficiency Investments
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Energy poverty, or the gap in energy affordability, is a burden on low-income households amounting to millions of dollars in utility arrears. This burden negatively impacts a household’s long-term ...
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Urine Derived Fertilizer
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Overview
This research developed an Excel-based tool to assess the environmental benefits of urine diversion and conversion to useful products (e.g., fertilizer) on a citywide basis to compare them...
Use of Concentrating Solar Power for Water Desalination
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This project will apply low cost solar technologies to provide drinking water to isolated communities in water scarce regions. The project will also use the concepts of Industrial Symbiosis t...
AGCI Energy Research Internship
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The Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) Energy Table was launched in beta form as a public resource on AGCl's website in 2015. It seeks to become a valuable and unique resource of information abou...
Circular Economy: Symbiotic Recycling of Consumer Products
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We will study the value stream, distribution points, and social incentives for consumer participation to define a collection network for optimal recovery. We will solve a key AHP recycling road-block,...
Leveraging Existing Data and Insights into the Policy Process to Accelerate Progress toward Achieving Sustainable Diets in the Global South (EATS)
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Graham Institute Transformation Grant
There is an urgent imperative to reshape human diets to safeguard human health, mitigate climate change, and sustainably use the planet’s natural resources...
Ford Poling: Life Cycle Assessment of Automated Vehicle Sensors
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Two key elements need to be considered when evaluating the sustainability performance of autonomous vehicles relative to non-autonomous vehicles:
1) the differences in vehicle production burden...
A Comprehensive Comparison of Plant-Based and Animal-Based Protien Sources: Beyond Meat's Beyond Burger Life Cycle Assessment
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Project Goal:
The ultimate goal of the proposed project is to advance knowledge on the environmental impact of plant-based protein alternatives by conducting a clear, comprehensive comparison via...
MASTER'S PROJECT: Assessing the Prospects for Renewable Energy (RE)-enabling Technologies
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Goals & Objectives:
This project will review and establish the market outlook (i.e. the policy and regulatory environment, and the economic case) for a technology that enables more efficien...
MASTER'S PROJECT: Meijer Renewable Energy Evaluation and Strategy
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Meijer, Inc. is a growing multi-billion dollar retailer with over 200 stores, five distribution centers, and six food manufacturing plants in six states. With support from a 2015-16 SNRE Master’s Proj...