ANN ARBOR - Despite advancements in fuel-saving technologies over the last 25 years, on-road fuel economy for all vehicles is up only one mile per gallon during that time. In an update to research conducted two years ago, Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute say that actual, on-road
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum has completed a merger with Michigan's Great Southwest Sustainable Business Forum to create the largest regional organization for sustainable business practitioners in the Midwest. The combined organization, headquartered in Grand Rapids, will serve 220 member organizations and the general community in a 10-county territory that stretches from
SAN FRANCISCO - Last Winter as meteorologists warned of a monster El Nino, researchers at the Nature Conservancy in California prepared to mobilize. El Niño promised to bring in king tides that would raise the sea level by as much as one foot above normal during high tide, causing flooding along the coastline that researchers
LANSING – The Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council, a trade association for renewable energy companies, announced Monday that a new report from the Solar Foundation found that jobs in Michigan’s solar industry jumped by an impressive 48 percent from 2015 to 2016. During that time, Michigan solar companies added more than 1,300 jobs, for a
ANN ARBOR - Climate change is likely to increase U.S. electricity costs over the next century by billions of dollars more than economists previously forecast, according to a new study involving a University of Michigan researcher. The study shows how higher temperatures will raise not just the average annual electricity demand, but more importantly, the
ANN ARBOR - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said it will conduct a preliminary examination of a large dioxane plume in and around Ann Arbor that has gotten in the surface water system to establish if it would qualify for federal Superfund status. The Chicago office of the EPA notified local officials and the
ROYAL OAK — Powerley, the utility-led smart home technology pioneer, has introduced the next generation of its platform at DistribuTech, the power transmission and distribution conference being held this week in San Diego, Calif. Initially launched in 2015, Powerley says its new platform is the first and only smart home solution to provide real-time energy
LANSING - Current utility projects under way now should result in Michigan's electric reliability remaining strong through the summer of 2018, according to a new modeling effort completed by the Michigan Agency for Energy and the Michigan Public Service Commission in collaboration with the Midcontinent Independent System Operator. Officials noted, however, that developing additional resources
HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University is one of 85 partners in a US Department of Energy-funded $70 million energy-saving project called the REMADE (Reducing Embodied-energy and Decreasing Emissions) Institute. The project’s goal is to drive down the cost of technologies needed to reuse, recycle and remanufacture materials such as metals, fibers, polymers and electronic waste.
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will host a luncheon examining climate resilience in West Michigan on Monday, February 13 at the Grand Rapids Public Library. This month’s featured speaker is Jeff Andresen, Professor and State Climatologist for Michigan at Michigan State University. The primary focus of Andresen’s research has been the influence
