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PV-BILD: A Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Assessment Tool for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Installations
(1999-12-20)
An elegant application of photovoltaic (PV) technology is in building-integrated designs (BIPV), in which the PV modules become an integral part of the building envelope. BIPV systems perform the traditional architectural ...
Environmental Assessment of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles in Michigan: Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Criteria Air Pollutants, and Petroleum Displacement
(2011-01-11)
The environmental and electric utility system impacts from plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) infiltration in Michigan were examined from years 2010 to 2030 as part of the Michigan Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) ...
Life Cycle Based Sustainability Metrics
(2006)
Sustainability challenges confronting society in the 21st century include global climate change, declining fossil resources, persistent organic pollutants, freshwater scarcity, ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss, ...
Community Materials Flow Analysis: A Case Study of Ann Arbor, Michigan
(2000-08)
Materials move through communities in the form of products and raw materials to satisfy human needs such as shelter and transportation. Though the flows of materials into and out of communities provide benefits, inefficient ...
Life Cycle Energy and Environmental Analysis of the NextEnergy Microgrid Pavilion
(2004-06-30)
This study develops a framework and analytical model based on life-cycle assessment (LCA) for NextEnergy to evaluate the environmental and energy life cycle performance of its Microgrid Pavilion (hereafter "the microgrid"). ...
Wet Weather Benchmarking Report
(2009-12-11)
In the fall of 2008, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MI DEQ) Water Bureau Director established a wet weather program designed to improve the understanding of rules, policies and regulations related to the ...
A Microsimulation of Energy Demand and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Use
(2012-05-06)
A population of drivers was simulated using a microsimulation model. Consistent with the 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), a wide range of daily driving distance was observed. This heterogeneity implies that ...
Expanding the Renewable Portfolio Standard for Michigan: A Study
(2015-01-13)
Twenty-nine states have binding Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), which have served as key drivers for renewable energy development. In 2008, Michigan adopted the Clean, Renewable, and Efficient Energy Act (P.A. 295), ...
Life Cycle Assessment modeling of an institutional building: Evaluation of the BEES 2.0b software
(2001-11-05)
Project Objectives:
1. Test the use of BEES 2.0 b on a state-of-the-art commercial building, and combine BEES’ per-unit outputs with the building materials inventory in order to generate an overall environmental profile ...
PV-BIDPAT: An Evaluation and Design Tool for Building Integrated Photovoltaic Installations
(1999)
This paper discusses the development of a software tool called PV-BIDPAT, that is used to evaluate, design, and plan building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) installations. The tool consists of life cycle inventory and life ...