A5032764409- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Renewable Energy and Sustainability
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Sustainable Industrial Ecology
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Housing Market and Economics
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Urbanization and City Planning
- 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Sharing Economy and Platforms
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Transportation and Mobility Innovations
- Smart Parking Systems Research
Technische Universität Berlin
2022-2024
Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
2024
Yale University
2017-2023
Center for Environmental Health
2017-2023
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2022
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2016
Abstract Material production accounts for a quarter of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Resource-efficiency and circular-economy strategies, both industry demand-focused, promise emission reductions through reducing material use, but detailed assessments their GHG reduction potential are lacking. We present global-scale analysis efficiency passenger vehicles residential buildings. estimate future changes in flows energy use due to increased yields, light design, substitution, extended...
Steady growth in global greenhouse gas emissions from transport is driven by growing demand for car travel. A sizable body of research investigates influences urban form on travel behavior, but few European studies illustrate variation these across multiple cities and countries using disaggregated data. Here, we compare ownership mobility patterns, use gradient boosting decision tree regression models to investigate distances, vehicle ownership, mode choice nineteen diverse cities....
The prospect of irreversible environmental alterations and an increasingly volatile climate pressurises societies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, thereby mitigating change impacts. As global electricity demand continues grow, particularly if considering a future with increased electrification heat transport sectors, the imperative decarbonise our supply becomes more urgent. This letter implements outputs detailed power system optimisation model into prospective life cycle analysis...
Scenario-based assessments are a useful tool to explore unknown futures and inform decision makers the public of consequences different courses action. Scenario developments in industrial ecology have focused on disparate components socioeconomic metabolism case studies, few efforts comprehensive cumulative scenario formulation documented. Many important, empirically derived relationships between material cycles, end-use services, energy use relevant global modeling efforts, for example,...
Abstract Material production accounts for 23% of all greenhouse gas emissions. More efficient use materials—through decoupling services that support human well‐being from material use—is imperative as other emission mitigation options are expensive. An interdisciplinary scientific assessment efficiency and its links to service provision, cycle management, climate policy is needed identify effective strategies help design the framework required their implementation. We present resource...
Abstract Cities and other human settlements are major contributors to climate change highly vulnerable its impacts. They also uniquely positioned reduce greenhouse gas emissions lead adaptation efforts. These compound challenges opportunities require a comprehensive perspective on the public policy of settlements. Drawing core literature that has driven debate around cities over recent decades, we put forward set boundary objects can be applied connect knowledge epistemic communities support...
Stocks of fixed capital play a vital role in fulfilling basic human needs and facilitating industrial production. Their build-up requires great quantities energy materials, generates greenhouse gas emissions other pollution. Capital stocks influence economic production environmental pollution through their construction over subsequent decades use. We perform an footprint analysis total consumption, investment, consumption the United States for 2007 2012. In 2012, accounted 13%, 19%, 40%...
Abstract Annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from residential energy use in the United States peaked 2005 at 1.26 Gt CO 2-eq yr −1 , and have since decreased an average annual rate of 2% to 0.96 2019. In this article we decompose changes US supply GHG over period 1990–2015 into relevant drivers for four end-use categories. The chosen encompass changing demographics, housing characteristics, intensities, generation efficiency intensity electricity. Reductions household size, growth heated...
Is recycling a means for meeting the increasing copper demand in face of declining ore grades? To date, research to address this question has generally focused on quantity, not quality scrap. Here, waste input–output impact assessment (WIO-IA) model integrates information United States (US) economy-wide material flow, various indicators, and production from diverse sources represent quantity flows throughout lifecycle. This approach enables performance against environmental indicators. If...
The evolution of housing stocks determines demand for construction materials and energy, associated emissions greenhouse gasses (GHGs). contribution to building life-cycle is growing as buildings become more energy efficient the supply decarbonizes. A stock model developed counties in United States using dynamic vacancy rates which endogenously influence out- inflows. Stocks three house types 10 cohorts are projected all contiguous US period 2020–60. Inflows outflows then estimated along...
Residential energy demand can be greatly influenced by the types of housing structures that households live in, but few studies have assessed changes in composition stocks as a strategy for reducing residential or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In this paper we examine effects three sequenced federal policies on share new construction type U.S., and estimate cumulative influence those 2015 stock. counterfactual stock without policy effects, 14 million units exist multifamily rather than...
Abstract Each year businesses, governments, and homeowners in the United States invest around one fifth of gross domestic product into creation capital assets such as buildings, machinery, software to enable production consumption. Use is typically included some extent environmental life cycle assessments goods services but not incorporated most environmentally extended input‐output (EEIO) models, including US Environmental Protection Agency's USEEIO. Capital are created years prior their...
Abstract Material production now accounts for 23% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Resource efficiency and circular economy policies promise emission reductions through reducing material use, but their potential contribution to climate change mitigation has not yet been quantified. Here we present a high-resolution approach tracking flows energy use products throughout life cycles, focusing on passenger vehicles residential buildings. We estimate future changes in operational due...
Abstract Air travel generates a substantial and growing share of global greenhouse gas emissions. Reduction efforts partly rely on estimates emissions per passenger, which may be used for carbon budgets, offsets, or taxes. Aircraft are typically allocated to individual passengers through space-based allocation dependent seating arrangements by class. However, the operation aircraft depends profitability, benefits from high fares late bookings, often business high-income travellers....
Material efficiency (ME) can support rapid climate change mitigation and circular economy. Here, we comprehensively assess the circularity of ME strategies for copper use in U.S. housing services (including residential buildings major household appliances) by integrating use-phase material energy demand. Although more intensive floor space extended lifetime appliances reduce primary demand, employing these increases commonly neglected share total requirements during century from 23–28 to...
Understanding why travel behavior differs between residents of urban centers and suburbs is key to sustainable planning. Especially in light rapid growth, identifying housing locations that minimize demand induced CO2 emissions crucial mitigate climate change. While the built environment plays an important role, precise impact on obfuscated by residential self-selection. To address this issue, we propose a double machine learning approach obtain unbiased, spatially-explicit estimates effect...
This is the preprint of peer-reviewed article in Journal Industrial Ecology: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.13122 Scenario-based assessments are a useful tool to explore unknown futures and inform decision makers public consequences different courses action. Scenario developments Ecology have focused on disparate components socioeconomic metabolism case studies, few efforts comprehensive cumulative scenario formulation documented. Many important, empirically derived...
As societies abandon fossil fuels in favor of renewable energy, electric cars and other low-carbon technologies, environmental pressures shift from atmospheric carbon loading to adverse impacts material extraction waste flows, new infrastructure development, land use change, the provision types goods services. We call for interdisciplinary modeling investigate this major change social burdens identify systemic demand-led mitigation strategies that explicitly consider planetary boundaries...