An office and educational building will be built on the Graves Chapple Research Farm in Atchison County. The building will start out as a shell with energy features being added as money can be obtained for them. The building is being designed...

Hydrogen has the potential to provide a clean, storable, transportable and renewable source of energy that can supplement and eventually replace fossil fuels as the primary source of power in the U.S. However, most current ...

Energy is not only the driver for improving the quality of human life but also critical to our survival. To power the planet for a better future, both effective use of energy and development of sustainable and clean energy resources are required...

Planning and implementing actions to maintain the utility's core mission to provide safe, reliable and affordable energy has never been more challenging. The increasing litigation, regulation, legislation and financial impacts on electric utilities...

Cyber-Physical Power Systems consist of significant cyber components that mange the physical electric power infrastructure under distributed control of power electronics devices. This represents a departure from more ...

Genetic engineering plays a unique and important role in improving crop traits. Teaming up with three other laboratories (Drs. Gary Stacey, Xu Dong, and Monty Kerley) at MU and several other institutions in Missouri, we are developing an engineering...

Missouri Industrial Assessment Center is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's IAC program to provide services in energy efficiency for industries in the state. The aim is to promote best practices in energy efficiency, reusable energy, waste...

In response to the inherent complexity of siting, permitting, routing, designing, constructing, and managing large Wind Farms, Burns & McDonnell has developed a Google Earth solution, ONETouchPMTM, which integrates various ...

Highly reliable and cost effective utilities are essential for the University of Missouri (MU) to achieve its academic, research, and outreach missions. MU's Campus Facilities - Energy Management department focuses on three key areas to help meet...

. A major focus of this effort is based on the development of a "new agricultural energy based economy' that will add value to the commodities raised and reduce the input cost for Missouri agricultural producers and agribusinesses and conserve energy...

University of Missouri Extension has developed and is implementing a comprehensive statewide renewable energy production and conservation education program. The research based educational program is being lead by a statewide energy team consisting...

As the outreach arm of the University of Missouri, Extension has worked to improve the critical thinking and decision making skills of Missouri citizens around environmental and energy education within the context of their daily lives. The College...

University of Missouri, Columbia (MU) faculty members are involved in energy efficient projects in China with grant support by both the U.S. and Chinese governments. A large commercial building was selected by the Beijing City Government...

fuels present an immediate obstacle to developing countries necessitating short-term renewable energy solutions. However, over the long-term, developing nations must adopt sustainable, renewable energy solutions in order to keep up with increasing...

University of Central Missouri (UCM) solicited proposals for a performance-based energy savings program that furthers Central's transformation to a nationally recognized, comprehensive institution delivering a world-class university education...

Vigorous debate continues regarding the net energy that can be gained in producing liquid fuels from crop materials. However, it is clear that the net energy gain from the process is small relative to the energy demands of producing the fuel. Thus...

storage conditions. Continual operation of this refrigeration equipment on a nationwide scale accounts for approximately 0.33 quads/yr of electrical energy. Infiltration accounts for over 70% of the refrigeration load in open refrigerated display cases...

This presentation is a case study of a recent guaranteed energy and water efficiency program performed by Burns & McDonnell for the State of Missouri. Kansas City based Burns & McDonnell provided preliminary consulting, facility engineering...

policies have set-up a internal bidding process for lands, crops and water quality, and most alarmingly taxpayers' money is used on both sides of the bidding in the US. This internal bidding in the US are primarily the result of the Energy Independence...