Assuming intermediate efficiency, photovoltaics covering 0.4% of U.S. land area would generate as much electricity as the nation uses.
Marty C. Heller
Position:
Research Fellow
Email:
mcheller@umich.edu
Projects:
- Charting the Course for Sustainability at Aurora Organic Dairy Phase 1 Energy and Carbon Footprint Analysis and Phase 2 Life Cycle Based sustainability Indicators and Assessment
- CSS Factsheets
- Life Cycle Assessment of a Willow Agriculture and Biomass Energy Conversion System
- Life Cycle Based Indicators for Sustainable Agriculture
- Renewable Energy from Biomass
- US Fluid Milk beyond Carbon LCA Study
Publications:
- Assessing the sustainability of the US food system: a life cycle perspective
- CSS Factsheets, U.S. Food System
- Exploring a Water/Energy Trade-off in Regional Sourcing of Livestock Feed Crops
- Life cycle assessment of a willow bioenergy cropping system
- Life cycle energy and environmental benefits of generating electricity from willow biomass
- Life Cycle Energy and Greenhouse Gas Analysis of a Large-Scale Vertically Integrated Organic Dairy in the United States
- Life Cycle-Based Sustainability Indicators for Assessment of the U.S. Food System
- Life-cycle energy and greenhouse gas analysis of a large-scale vertically integrated organic dairy in the U.S. [proceedings]
- Life-cycle water use, nutrient cycling and solid waste generation of a large-scale organic dairy
- Resource Management Implications of a Large-scale Organic Dairy in the U.S.: A Life-Cycle Perspective