Projects

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...

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...

Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. is in the early stages of developing a new climate change strategy and set of goals, and the student team will support designing the program, conducting a GHG inventory...

A wide range of automated last mile and final 50 feet package and food delivery technologies and systems are under development and testing.  The energy and GHG emissions for package and product d...

Research question: The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) is promoting a campaign with a target of 50% reduction in meat and dairy consumption. To support this campaign, CBD is interested in...

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 ...

The benefits of engineered and commodity plastics to society are clear and well established, including their specialized functional performance across a wide range of applications and sectors (e.g....

This research evaluated the potential of renewable natural gas, hydrogen fuel cell electric, and battery electric vehicles to reduce the carbon footprint of heavy-duty diesel linehaul trucking. Resear...

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...

Cities account for over 70% of greenhouse gas emissions and consume over two-thirds of the world’s energy.  With the continued rise of urbanization, 68% by 2050 as projected by the UN, cities ...

There are currently no established national benchmark averages for water use consumption in buildings. This leaves local governments and districts to create their own methods for establishing a wat...

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...