By Nemanja Babic, Amanda Bednarz, Sidney Brown, Clair Leighton, Ashwina Mahanti, Mike Sintetos Abstract: The role of institutions is critical to both climate change adaptation and development. Institutions bring in external resources, utilize location specific...
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...
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...
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...
By Richard Bole '06 Abstract: The energy efficiency of the average clothes washer in the United States improved by 88.4% from 1981 to 2003 (AHAM 2005). Replacement of old vertical-axis washers with new horizontal-axis washers results in decreased operating costs, both...
By Howard Lin '05 Abstract: The Returning Reclaimed Farmland to Lake and Resettling to New Town policies were implemented in the Poyang Lake Region in Jiangxi, China after the massive 1998 flooding. The main motivation of these policies was to increase the storage...