Projects

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The use of heat pumps is becoming more common in residential buildings and newer electric vehicles (EVs) because of their dramatic potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Air-sourced heat pumps ...

To achieve carbon neutrality, residential energy needs—including for space heating—must be fully electrified. How electrification will affect the shape, peak, and total consumption of electricity in r...

Inefficient residential energy use, which often occurs in conjunction with low-quality housing, raises greenhouse gas emissions and negatively impacts health. Residents may face the “heat-or-eat” dile...

Wind and solar energy both generate power intermittently. To allow these renewables to proliferate while maintaining grid stability, significant energy storage must be developed. The National Renewabl...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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- ...

Problem Statement: Electrification can decarbonize (or reduce carbon emissions from) vehicles if charging uses electricity from low- or zero-carbon sources. Decisions about where, when, and how ele...

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 a...

Graham Catalyst Grants This project received a $10,000 Catalyst Grant in 2019. Additional project support provided M-LEEaD. Project Summary Beginning in July, 2019, the Michigan Public ...

Problem Statement: The relationship between how batteries are operated and their degradation and service life is complex and not well synthesized or communicated. There is a resulting lack of a...

There are a number of U.S. cities making and implementing ambitious commitments to transition to 100% renewable energy; however, many of them are unsure of how to meet their commitments. This resea...

This study set out to examine the relationship between government grid energy use and social well-being status among rural villages in India with access to a microgrid developed by Boond. Our resea...

Graham Catalyst Grant As national concern for climate change grows, federal policy and specific approaches, such as carbon taxes or renewable energy targets, have received the bulk of attention...

The Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) is a non-profit dedicated to furthering the understanding of Earth systems and global environmental change research in service of society. The mission of th...

M-CUBED 3.0 Mcubed stimulates innovative research and scholarship by distributing real-time seed funding to multi-unit, faculty-led teams.  Through this revolutionary research funding program,...