Projects

This research aims to advance the current practice of developing Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) databases into a faster, less expensive process that still generates reliable LCI data. The research will...

ABSTRACT This research aims to advance the current practice of developing Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) databases into a faster, less expensive process that still generates reliable LCI data. The rese...

Distributed energy resources – most prominently solar PV, but also other forms of small-scale localized generation – have been growing as a share of U.S. electric generation. In the last several ye...

This research represents the practicum requirement for the MS degree, and is being done for a client, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in India. The objective of this research is to explor...

Goals & Objectives: This project will accomplish an analysis of waste management and zero waste options for the city of Detroit, Michigan including: Case study of successful zero wa...

Fifteen faculty project teams were awarded support through a water research capacity building initiative from the University of Michigan Water Center. Each team received up to $20,000 to enhance wa...

Goals & Objectives: This project has two components for the student team to research: First, students will assess the post-consumer waste and potential recovery of Amcor's flexible pac...

Master's Project Goals & Objectives: This project aims to determine the environmental and fiscal consequences of sourcing the required volumes of water for brewing beer in the event that wa...

The State of Michigan passed Act 270 in 2010 allowing local units of government to establish a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program. On November 17, the Leelanau County commission voted to...

Environmental footprinting of foods is at a critical and exciting stage of development: public and corporate interest in the information is at an all-time high, and the quantity and quality of comp...

This project will develop an integrated systems modeling framework for examining food-energy-water (FEW) nexus for urban areas to improve urban sustainability.  

Building HVAC systems can be used to provide ancillary services to the electric power grid. A recent experimental study found that buildings consume more energy when providing ancillary services th...

Project Objectives & Activities:   This project seeks to understand how individual dietary choices contribute to health and environmental outcomes, and how such choices can be modified b...

3-D printing technology has made great strides in recent years. Building construction, however, has remained complex, time consuming, and generates significant construction waste. A challenge of 3-...

The objective of this project is to investigate the environmental impacts of using distributed energy storage (DES) for power system reserves and to develop operational strategies to mitigate the e...

This doctoral dissertation research project will focus on the factors that shape how stormwater managers have redefined the uses and value of stormwater. In both arid and humid regions, the treatme...

Several hundred cities in the US and abroad, including 40 of the world's most populous cities (the C40 cities) have announced goals that include environmental sustainability, health, climate-resili...

With dramatic growth of urban areas and the majority of the world’s population now living in urban settings, cities have become dominant demand drivers in global food-energy-water (FEW) cycles. Glo...

Made possible by The Dow Chemical Company, the University of Michigan’s Dow Sustainability Fellows Program supports full-time graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who are committed to findin...