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Overview

Eric Masanet is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their work addresses multiple topics within Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Green IT and Sustainability, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, and Smart Grid Energy Management.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Recalibrating global data center energy-use estimates" (2020, Science)
  • "Technologies and policies to decarbonize global industry: Review and assessment of mitigation drivers through 2070" (2020, Applied Energy)
  • "Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being" (2021, Nature Climate Change)
  • "Solar for industrial process heat: A review of technologies, analysis approaches, and potential applications in the United States" (2020, Energy)
  • "High with low: Harnessing the power of demand-side solutions for high wellbeing with low energy and material demand" (2024, Joule)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Nuoa Lei
  • Carrie Schoeneberger
  • Colin McMillan
  • Zhi Cao
  • Enze Jin

Their research has appeared regularly in scientific journals such as:

  • Joule
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Energy

Best Publications

  • Recalibrating global data center energy-use estimates.

    Eric Masanet;Eric Masanet;Arman Shehabi;Nuoa Lei;Sarah Smith

  • Technologies and policies to decarbonize global industry: Review and assessment of mitigation drivers through 2070

    Jeffrey Rissman;Chris Bataille;Eric Masanet;Nate Aden

  • Energy and emissions saving potential of additive manufacturing: the case of lightweight aircraft components

    Runze Huang;Matthew Riddle;Diane Graziano;Joshua Warren

  • United States Data Center Energy Usage Report

    Arman Shehabi;Sarah Smith;Dale Sartor;Richard Brown

  • Life-cycle assessment of pavements. Part I: Critical review

    Nicholas J. Santero;Eric Masanet;Arpad Horvath

  • Life-cycle inventory analysis of concrete production: A critical review

    A. Petek Gursel;Eric Masanet;Arpad Horvath;Alex Stadel;Alex Stadel

  • Material efficiency strategies to reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with buildings, vehicles, and electronics—a review

    Edgar G. Hertwich;Saleem Ali;Luca Ciacci;Tomer Fishman;Tomer Fishman

  • Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being

    Felix Creutzig;Leila Niamir;Xuemei Bai;Max Callaghan

  • A bottom-up model to estimate the energy efficiency improvement and CO2 emission reduction potentials in the Chinese iron and steel industry

    Ali Hasanbeigi;William Morrow;Jayant Sathaye;Eric Masanet;Eric Masanet

  • Renewable Energy in the Context of Sustainable Development

    Jayant Sathaye;Oswaldo Lucon;Atiq Rahman;John Christensen

  • Life-cycle assessment of pavements Part II: Filling the research gaps

    Nicholas J. Santero;Eric Masanet;Arpad Horvath

  • Unlocking the green opportunity for prefabricated buildings and construction in China

    Yuan Chang;Xiaodong Li;Eric Masanet;Lixiao Zhang

  • Product recovery with some byte: an overview of management challenges and environmental consequences in reverse manufacturing for the computer industry

    Charles David White;Eric Masanet;Christine Meisner Rosen;Sara L Beckman

  • Life-cycle comparison of greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption for coal and shale gas fired power generation in China

    Yuan Chang;Runze Huang;Robert J. Ries;Eric Masanet

  • Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future

    Edgar Hertwich;Reid Lifset;Stefan Pauliuk;Niko Heeren

  • Data center growth in the United States: decoupling the demand for services from electricity use

    Arman Shehabi;Sarah J Smith;Eric Masanet;Jonathan Koomey

  • Energy efficiency improvement and CO2 emission reduction opportunities in the cement industry in China

    Ali Hasanbeigi;William Morrow;Eric Masanet;Eric Masanet;Jayant Sathaye

  • Solar for industrial process heat: A review of technologies, analysis approaches, and potential applications in the United States

    Carrie A. Schoeneberger;Colin A. McMillan;Parthiv Kurup;Sertac Akar

  • Energy Technology Perspectives 2017: Catalysing Energy Technology Transformations

    Thibaut Abergel;Adam Brown;Pierpaolo Cazzola;Steffen Dockweiler

  • Life-Cycle Assessment of Electric Power Systems

    Eric R Masanet;Yuan Chang;Anand R. Gopal;Peter Larsen;Peter Larsen

  • Energy Technology Perspectives 2016: Towards Sustainable Urban Energy Systems

    Daniele Poponi;Tyler Bryant;Keith Burnard;Pierpaolo Cazzola

  • Shale-to-well energy use and air pollutant emissions of shale gas production in China

    Yuan Chang;Runze Huang;Robert J. Ries;Eric Masanet

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernst Worrell
Ernst Worrell Utrecht University
Arpad Horvath
Arpad Horvath University of California, Berkeley
Jayant Sathaye
Jayant Sathaye Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lynn Price
Lynn Price Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Umakant Mishra
Umakant Mishra Sandia National Laboratories
Thomas E. McKone
Thomas E. McKone University of California, Berkeley
Roger Sathre
Roger Sathre Linnaeus University
William W. Nazaroff
William W. Nazaroff University of California, Berkeley
Maximilian Auffhammer
Maximilian Auffhammer University of California, Berkeley
Margaret S. Torn
Margaret S. Torn Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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