Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai was published in Environmental Science & Technology A Decision Support Framework for Developing Regional Energy Strategies In an effort to reduce “carbon pollution” as well as prepare the U.S. for the impacts of climate change,...
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Travelers Insurance: Focusing on Climate Change and Natural Catastrophe Risk
Travelers Insurance: Focusing on Climate Change and Natural Catastrophe Risk (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study # 1-429-347)– published 07/2013, 28 pages. Developed by: Jonathan Huynh ('13), David Wang ('15), Jay Wolfgram ('15), and...
How will “Disruptive Challenges” in the Electric Markets Impact Michigan’s Energy Decisions?
Energy experts converge in Ann Arbor to discuss industry trends, forecasts for Michigan Erb Executive in Residence, Tom Catania, featured on panel discussing, Innovative Utility System Resources Read the Blue paper below...
Consumer-perceived risks and choices about pharmaceuticals in the environment: a cross-sectional study
Do consumer’s care about the environmental consequences of over-the-counter and prescription drugs? Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai published in Environmental Health There is growing concern that pollution from pharmaceuticals used in human medicine and agriculture...
Case Study: Blueprint for Ford’s Future: From Personal Automobiles to Mobility
Developed under the supervision of Andrew Hoffman by graduate students Rhiannon Haller, Brandon Tirrell, Courtney Yan, and Connie Yu (Erb ’15) Ford Motor Company’s Social Sustainability Manager and Erb EAB emeritus, David Berdish, faces the challenge of positioning...
Case Study: Jamba Juice and the Foam Cup
Developed under the supervision of Andrew Hoffman by graduate students Wesley Allred (Erb ’14), Heather Croteau, Fareed Hussain, Melisa Ongun and Sheena VanLeuven (Erb ’15) Jamba Juice CEO James White must determine how to respond to an online petition started by a...
Case Study: SC Johnson and the Greenlist Backlash
This case was developed under the supervision of Andrew Hoffman by graduate students Alice Appleton, Cara Bastoni, Kara Davidson (Erb ’13) and Yuan Zhang. SC Johnson developed the ingredient improvement process, called Greenlist™ to reduce the negative environmental...
Environmental assessment of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles using naturalistic drive cycles and vehicle travel patterns: A Michigan case study
Environmental assessment of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles using naturalistic drive cycles and vehicle travel patterns: A Michigan case study (html) Authors: Brandon M. Marshall, Jarod C. Kelly, Tae-Kyung Lee, Gregory A. Keoleian, Zoran Filipi Publication: Energy...
Scaling Up Payments for Watershed Services – Opus winner!
Scaling Up Payments for Watershed Services gives readers recommendations for increasing participation in watershed conservation for non-industrial private forest landowners in the Sebago Lake Watershed, Maine. This book was the Erb Institute 2012 Best Opus Project...
Why only one third of Americans polled support federal efforts to address Climate Change…
Erb Alum, Doug Glancy ('07) explores the strategic marriage of behavioral economics and technology as a means of increasing public motivation for action on climate change: What Smoking and Marriage Equality Can Teach Activists About Efforts to Catalyze Climate Action...