"Portfolios with Potential" examines overcoming real and perceived challenges to wind power purchasing.
Results for research on: Energy
Water Resource Risk and Technology Investment under Uncertainty
By John Rice, Peter Adriaens, Gautam Kaul, Christian Lastoskie, Nate Troup, Oneida Ann Watson, and Pu Chen. Faculty Advisors: Professor Peter Adriaens, Professor Gautam Kaul, and Professor Michael Moore. In their research report, Water Resource Risk and Technology...
Detroit Radio Interviews Tom Lyon on Electric Future of the Big Three
Professor Tom Lyon talks about the future role of alternative fuel vehicles with WWJ radio. Hear the Interview:
Erb Interns Interviewed for Climate Corps story and promotional video.
Environmental Defense Fund's Climate Corps: Read the story online
UM Team Wins MIT Clean Energy Prize.
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,...
Boyne Mountain Environmental Sustainability Plan
By Eric Bruski, Leonore Hijazi, Lauren Hoffman, Laurel Martin, Geoff Michael, Imogen Taylor Abstract: Boyne Mountain Resort’s interest in adopting a comprehensive sustainability plan was driven by its history of environmental conservation, the growing risks to the...
Energy Efficiency: Opportunities, Challenges, and Potential Solutions
By Aparna Sundaram. Faculty advisors: Professor Tom Gladwin, Chair Professor Gautam Kaul Abstract: Energy efficiency undertakings create cost savings and public benefits. These cost savings provide owners/managers with opportunities to earn a return on their...
Erb Students win Top Prize for Algal Scientific in Inaugural DTE Clean Energy Competition.
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...
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Environment: A Theoretical Perspective
Thomas P. Lyon, University of Michigan John W. Maxwell, The University of Western Ontario http://issuu.com/erbinstitute/docs/lyon_maxwell_csr_theoperspective_ju?e=3090542/46302667
Steelcase Green Product Development: An Early Stage Life Cycle Analysis Tool and Methodology
By Caroline Conway '08 Abstract: Steelcase, Inc., a U.S. based and globally operating furniture company, has a long history of environmental improvement throughout its processes and products. Because its products are the core source of these impacts, integrating...