Allie Goldstein and her master's project team attended the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Doha, Qatar. Her return to the States with unusually warm weather and a mind buzzing with reflections made her reconsider whether or not her and her...
Aaron Desatnik, Erb '15 examines the work of recent speaker, Sheryl Connelly and the various tasks futurists' must do to stay ahead of market trends. "At Ford, Sheryl’s “in charge of helping the company stay two to 20 years ahead of the trends outside the industry...
Students: 1. Adam Byrnes, MBA/MS 2014 Sustainable Systems 2. Emilia Sibley, MBA/MS 2014 Sustainable Systems 3. Sabrina Sullivan, MBA/MS 2014 Sustainable Systems 4. Jimmy Ward, MBA/MS 2014 Sustainable Systems Faculty advisor(s): Scott Noesen and Michael Gordon Client...
Announced by Governor Rick Snyder, research teams kicked off the first phase of their two-year research project last month with support from: the Graham Sustainability Institute, the Erb Institute, the Energy Institute and the Risk Science Center. Industry...
Identity, Sustainability, and Local Setting at U.S. Botanical Gardens New paper published by Erb Faculty Affiliate, Victoria Johnson. Victoria thanks the Erb Institute for the research grant that made her paper possible. "In the last decade, an increasing number of...
$10,000.00 - awarded summer 2012 Michael Moore and Arnab Mitra are investigating the three subscription mechanisms commonly employed in green electricity programs: the voluntary contribution mechanism, the green tariff mechanism, and the all-or-nothing green tariff...
Erb Institute Executive in Residence, Tom Catania, talks energy infrastructure, policy, and consumer incentives in the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Journal article....
Berry Kennedy ('14) reflects on her summer internship in the Walmart Sustainability Department. "As a summer MBA intern in the Walmart Sustainability Department, I had an amazing and rare opportunity. I was able to put into practice the sustainability rhetoric that’s...
IBM Funded Erb and World Environment Center Partnership to Fund 8 Erb-WEC Fellows The partnership strengthens the University of Michigan’s leadership role in the advancement of sustainability concepts and practices for future graduates. WEC will provide students...
Presentation sponsored by the Environmental Law and Policy Program Clean tech is tough right now. Vestas pulled out of the U.S. A123 went bankrupt. Solyndra is a bust. Carbon legislation is the new living dead. Low natural gas prices have killed the financials of...