Publications
2021
Creutzig, Felix, Leila Niamir, Xuemei Bai, Max Callaghan, Jonathan M. Cullen, Julio Díaz-José, Maria Figueroa, Arnulf Grubler, William F. Lamb, Adrian Leip, Eric R. Masanet, Érika Mata, Linus Mattauch, Jan C. Minx, Sebastian Mirasgedis, Yacob Mulugetta, Sudarmanto Budi Nugroho, Minal Pathak, Patricia Perkins, Joyashree Roy, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Yamina Saheb, Shreya Some, Linda Steg, Julia Steinberger, and Diana Urge-Vorsatz."Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being."Nature Climate Change
(2021). DOI
2020
Masanet, Eric R., Arman Shehabi, Nuoa Lei, Sarah Josephine Smith, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Recalibrating global data center energy-use estimates."Science
367.6481 (2020) 984 - 986. DOI
2019
Masanet, Eric R., Arman Shehabi, Nuoa Lei, Harald Vranken, Jonathan G. Koomey, and Jens Malmodin."Implausible projections overestimate near-term Bitcoin CO2 emissions."
(2019). DOI
2018
Shehabi, Arman, Sarah Josephine Smith, Eric R. Masanet, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Data center growth in the United States: decoupling the demand for services from electricity use."Environmental Research Letters
13.12 (2018) 124030. DOI
2016
Shehabi, Arman, Sarah Josephine Smith, Dale A. Sartor, Richard E. Brown, Magnus Herrlin, Jonathan G. Koomey, Eric R. Masanet, Nathaniel Horner, Inês Lima Azevedo, and William Lintner."United States Data Center Energy Usage Report."
(2016).
Sathre, Roger, Hanna Breunig, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, Peter H. Larsen, Eric R. Masanet, Thomas E. McKone, Nigel Quinn, and Corinne D. Scown."Spatially-explicit water balance implications of carbon capture and sequestration."Environmental Modelling & Software
75 (2016) 153 - 162. DOI
2014
Morrow, William R. III, Anand R. Gopal, Gary A. Fitts, Sarah M. Lewis, Larry L. Dale, and Eric R. Masanet."Feedstock loss from drought is a major economic risk for biofuel producers."Biomass and Bioenergy
69 (2014) 135 - 143. DOI
Shehabi, Arman, Benjamin Walker, and Eric R. Masanet."Energy and Greenhouse Implications of Internet Video Streaming in the United States."Environmental Research Letters
9.5 (2014). DOI
2013
Masanet, Eric R., Yuan Chang, Anand R. Gopal, Peter H. Larsen, William R. Morrow III, Roger Sathre, Arman Shehabi, and Pei Zhai."Life-Cycle Assessment of Electric Power Systems."Annual Review of Environment and Resources
38 (2013) 107-136. DOI
Masanet, Eric R., Arman Shehabi, and Jonathan G. Koomey."Characteristics of low-carbon data centres."Nature Climate Change
3 (2013) 627-630. DOI
Masanet, Eric R., Jiaqi Liang, XiaoHui Ma, Benjamin Walker, Arman Shehabi, Lavanya Ramakrishnan, Valerie Hendrix, and Pradeep Mantha."The Energy Efficiency Potential of Cloud-Based Software: A U.S. Case Study."
(2013).
Sathre, Roger, and Eric R. Masanet."Prospective life-cycle modeling of a carbon capture and storage system using metal–organic frameworks for CO2 capture."RSC Advances
3.15 (2013) 4964. DOI
2012
Sathre, Roger, and Eric R. Masanet."Long-Term Energy and Climate Implications of Carbon Capture and Storage Deployment Strategies in the US Coal-Fired Electricity Fleet."Environmental Science & Technology
46.17 (2012) 9768 - 9776. DOI
Scown, Corinne D., William W. Nazaroff, Umakant Mishra, Bret Strogen, Agnes B. Lobscheid, Eric R. Masanet, Nicholas J Santero, Arpad Horvath, and Thomas E. McKone."Lifecycle greenhouse gas implications of US national scenarios for cellulosic ethanol production."Environmental Research Letters
7.1 (2012) 014011. DOI
2011
Masanet, Eric R., Richard E. Brown, Arman Shehabi, Jonathan G. Koomey, and Bruce Nordman."Estimating the Energy Use and Efficiency Potential of U.S. Data Centers."
(2011).
McKone, Thomas E., William W. Nazaroff, Peter Berck, Maximilian Auffhammer, Timothy E. Lipman, Margaret S. Torn, Eric R. Masanet, Agnes B. Lobscheid, Nicholas J Santero, Umakant Mishra, Audrey Barrett, Matt Bomberg, Kevin Fingerman, Corinne D. Scown, Bret Strogen, and Arpad Horvath."Grand Challenges for Life-Cycle Assessment of Biofuels."Environmental Science & Technology
45.5 (2011) 1751 - 1756. DOI
2010
Shehabi, Arman, Eric R. Masanet, Hillary Price, Arpad Horvath, and William W. Nazaroff."Data center design and location: Consequences for electricity use and greenhouse-gas emissions."Building and Environment
46.5 (2010) 990–998. DOI