HOUGHTON - By swapping solar photovoltaics for coal, the United States could prevent 51,999 premature deaths a year, potentially making as much as $2.5 million for each life saved, so says a study by Michigan Technological University. The study - Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.119) - was conducted by a team from MTU that
ALLENDALE - Grand Valley State University has again received gold status after completing a sustainability assessment developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) gauges the progress of colleges and universities toward sustainability in all sectors, including education and research, operations, innovation and planning,
ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan has been awarded a five-year, $20 million grant from the federal government to form a research institute focused on sustainable management of the Great Lakes. The Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, which will be hosted by UM and funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, represents
GRAND Rapids - Purily is a finalist in the recent Erie Hack initiative that was hosted at TechTown Detroit. Purily's goal is to connect residents, restaurants, and charities to promote water conservation. They plan to do this by tracking residents’ water usage and providing residents estaurant discounts or other promotional incentives for conserving. They would like to use
NOVI – If you live near power lines in Southeast Michigan and hear helicopters hovering next week it might be ITC’s semi-annual aerial patrols of its high-voltage transmission towers and lines. Weather permitting, the helicopter patrols are conducted to provide an overall status of the overhead transmission system that is operated by ITC’s Michigan operating
DETROIT - A group of Michigan organizations has launched LiTES, a three-year initiative supported by the Department of Energy aimed at reducing energy usage in commercial buildings and help business owners save money through the deployment of connected lighting controls. LiTES was developed by NextEnergy, in partnership with Michigan Advanced Lighting Controls Training Program (MALCTP),
ANN ARBOR - Freshwater researchers from the Great Lakes region and around the world will gather at Cobo Center in downtown Detroit May 15-19 for the 60th annual conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research. More than 1,000 participants, including many University of Michigan researchers, will spend the week in Detroit networking with
WASHINGTON DC - TechConnect invites entrepreneurs to submit innovative technology ideas and proposals to address the new energy challenges for funding and partnership through its GameChanger program. Shell will be meeting with prospective entrepreneurs at the TechConnect World Innovation Conference, May 14-17 in Washington, D.C. Shell GameChanger is soliciting early-stage innovative technology solutions and proposals
HOUGHTON — Vulnerabilities in the power grid are one of the most prevalent national security threats. The technical community has called for building up the resiliency of the grid using distributed energy and microgrids for stabilization. Power production from multiple sources increases the difficulty of triggering cascading blackouts, and following an attack or natural disaster,
HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University partnered with the US Forest Service to provide education modules designed at Michigan Tech and shared through the Climate Change Resource Center. Scientists have long known that the Earth’s climate is changing, but finding interactive and up-to-date information about why it’s changing and what can be done to mitigate
