Produced for and published by Vermont Energy Investment Corporation and written by David Fribush, Erb '10, Scudder Parker, and Shawn Enterline. Summary: In many ways, the U.S. electric grid is a product of evolution. Originating in the laboratories of Nikola Tesla and...
"The Michigan Experiment: Rust Belt Strives for a Green Makeover."
Erb Faculty Member, Thomas P. Lyon, University of Michigan and John W. Maxwell, Indiana University ABSTRACT We develop an economic model of “greenwash,” in which a firm strategically discloses environmental information and an activist may audit and penalize the firm...
Professor Tom Lyon talks about the future role of alternative fuel vehicles with WWJ radio. Hear the Interview:
Husk Insulation won $200,000 to advance their clean energy enterprise. Read more "Husk Insulation’s patented innovation converts plant-based agricultural waste into thin, high-grade insulation that delivers up to 10 times the insulative effectiveness of conventional,...
Jeff LeBrun ('08) and John Rice ('09) wrote the business plan for doctoral candidates Geoff Horst and Robert Levine's technology for "greening" waste water treatment, winning $65,000 in seed money. A third Erb student, Elizabeth Uhlhorn ('10) received second place for...
High Performance Hospitality was published by the Erb Institute, Sustainable Conservation, and the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation and is the work of three Erb students: Jackie Pitera, Amisha Parekh, and Michele Diener....
Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan and Erb Faculty Member was published in Organization & Environment 2008 21:390, with Rebecca Henn, University of Michigan. Abstract: The green building movement has overcome formidable, technical, and economic hurdles in...
Living Homes: Teaching Case (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on Global Lens (Case study #1-428-714) - published 1/2008, 38 pages By: Andy Hoffman and Rebecca Henn. Description: LivingHomes manufactures modern, pre-fab, LEED Certified homes designed by world...
By Brewster Boyd '08, Nina Henning '08, Emily Reyna '08, Daniel Wang '08, Matthew Welch '08 This report explores trends and lessons learned from hybrid organizations pursuing environmental sustainability missions. It hypothesizes that hybrid organizations, defined...