Waste Generation

Develop LCI data for water and wastewater treatment systems, including municipal systems in Oregon. This task includes researching the environmental burdens associated with municipal drinking water...

Project tasks included creating an Industrial Ecology database in Microsoft Access and an Industrial Ecology web page.  The database contains information on IE projects and programs throughout...

The University of Michigan (UM) Digital Library Initiative has been at the forefront of promoting the use of electronically published books and journals.  Our 2000/2001 AT&T fellowship foc...

Current Work This project focuses on the application of the Life-Cycle-Assessment (LCA) methodology to enhance metrics and tools for assessing buildings' environmental impacts. These objectives...

Development and maintenance of factsheets that illustrate current unsustainable patterns of providing various services to society in the United States (e.g., food, personal transportation, housing)...

Evaluating Environmental Performance: A Case Study in the Flat Panel Display Industry develops a four step framework for evaluating environmental performance and explores how a manufacturer of flat pa...

At 7.1 million volumes, the University of Michigan (UM) Library is one of the country's largest.  Its Digital Library Initiative has been at the forefront of promoting the use of electronically p...