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Working Papers

2024

1. Linking hypothetical extraction, the accumulation of production factors, and the addition of value
   OSF Preprints, Center for Open Science
   See also Journal Article Linking hypothetical extraction, the accumulation of production factors, and the addition of value, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University (2024) (2024)
2. Material and Energy Use in Norway’s Residential Building Archetypes
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science
   See also Journal Article Material and energy use in Norway's residential building archetypes, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University (2025) (2025)
3. Reducing material use and their greenhouse gas emissions in the Greater Oslo
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science
   See also Journal Article Reducing material use and their greenhouse gas emissions in Greater Oslo, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University (2025) (2025)
4. Unseen machines: illuminating equipment’s role in climate change mitigation and resource efficiency
   OSF Preprints, Center for Open Science

2023

5. Addendum to Increased carbon footprint of materials production driven by rise in investments
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (1)

2020

6. Carbon fueling complex global value chains tripled in the period 1995-2012
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (17)
   See also Journal Article Carbon fueling complex global value chains tripled in the period 1995–2012, Energy Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (17) (2020)

2019

7. Environmental co-benefits and adverse side-effects of alternative power sector decarbonization strategies
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (48)
   See also Journal Article Environmental co-benefits and adverse side-effects of alternative power sector decarbonization strategies, Nature Communications, Nature (2019) View citations (49) (2019)
8. Happier with less? Members of European environmental grassroots initiatives reconcile lower carbon footprints with higher life satisfaction and income increases
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science
9. The Carbon Footprint of Material Production Rises to 23% of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (4)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Declining demand and circular transition possibilities of sand, gravel and crushed stone in China
   Nature Communications, 2025, 16, (1), 1-14
2. From single to joint-production under rectangular technology choice
   Economic Systems Research, 2025, 37, (2), 276-305
3. Material and energy use in Norway's residential building archetypes
   Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2025, 29, (4), 1121-1134
   See also Working Paper Material and Energy Use in Norway’s Residential Building Archetypes, SocArXiv (2024) (2024)
4. Reducing material use and their greenhouse gas emissions in Greater Oslo
   Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2025, 29, (1), 390-405
   See also Working Paper Reducing material use and their greenhouse gas emissions in the Greater Oslo, SocArXiv (2024) (2024)

2024

5. Demand-side strategies key for mitigating material impacts of energy transitions
   Nature Climate Change, 2024, 14, (6), 561-572 View citations (3)
6. EXIOBASE energy accounts: Improving precision in an open‐sourced procedure applicable to any MRIO database
   Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2024, 28, (6), 1771-1785
7. Examining global biodiversity accounts: Implications of aggregating characterization factors from elementary flows in multi‐regional input–output analysis
   Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2024, 28, (6), 1422-1434
8. Linking hypothetical extraction, the accumulation of production factors, and the addition of value
   Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2024, 28, (4), 736-750
   See also Working Paper Linking hypothetical extraction, the accumulation of production factors, and the addition of value, OSF Preprints (2024) (2024)
9. Scenario analysis of supply‐ and demand‐side solutions for circular economy and climate change mitigation in the global building sector
   Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2024, 28, (6), 1699-1715 View citations (1)
10. Tracing fossil-based plastics, chemicals and fertilizers production in China
    Nature Communications, 2024, 15, (1), 1-12 View citations (2)

2023

11. Turning point for Europe’s switch to low carbon
    Nature, 2023, 615, (7952), 394-394

2022

12. A mechanistic model to link technical specifications of vehicle end‐of‐life treatment with the potential of closed‐loop recycling of post‐consumer scrap alloys
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2022, 26, (3), 704-717
13. Ageing society in developed countries challenges carbon mitigation
    Nature Climate Change, 2022, 12, (3), 241-248 View citations (31)
    Also in Nature Climate Change, 2022, 12, (6), 593-593 (2022) View citations (30)
14. Decarbonization pathways for the residential sector in the United States
    Nature Climate Change, 2022, 12, (8), 712-718 View citations (21)
    Also in Nature Climate Change, 2022, 12, (11), 1068-1068 (2022) View citations (18)

2021

15. A comprehensive set of global scenarios of housing, mobility, and material efficiency for material cycles and energy systems modeling
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2021, 25, (2), 305-320 View citations (10)
16. Global scenarios of resource and emission savings from material efficiency in residential buildings and cars
    Nature Communications, 2021, 12, (1), 1-10 View citations (39)
17. Linking service provision to material cycles: A new framework for studying the resource efficiency–climate change (RECC) nexus
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2021, 25, (2), 260-273 View citations (5)
18. Material efficiency and climate change mitigation of passenger vehicles
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2021, 25, (2), 494-510 View citations (9)
19. Pricing indirect emissions accelerates low—carbon transition of US light vehicle sector
    Nature Communications, 2021, 12, (1), 1-8 View citations (12)

2020

20. Beyond peak emission transfers: historical impacts of globalization and future impacts of climate policies on international emission transfers
    Climate Policy, 2020, 20, (S1), S14-S27 View citations (11)
21. Capital in the American carbon, energy, and material footprint
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2020, 24, (3), 589-600 View citations (8)
22. Carbon fueling complex global value chains tripled in the period 1995–2012
    Energy Economics, 2020, 86, (C) View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Carbon fueling complex global value chains tripled in the period 1995-2012, SocArXiv (2020) View citations (17) (2020)
23. Quantifying the potential for consumer-oriented policy to reduce European and foreign carbon emissions
    Climate Policy, 2020, 20, (S1), S28-S38 View citations (42)

2019

24. Assessing electric vehicle policy with region-specific carbon footprints
    Applied Energy, 2019, 256, (C) View citations (37)
25. Environmental co-benefits and adverse side-effects of alternative power sector decarbonization strategies
    Nature Communications, 2019, 10, (1), 1-13 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper Environmental co-benefits and adverse side-effects of alternative power sector decarbonization strategies, Post-Print (2019) View citations (48) (2019)
26. Interactive Visualization and Industrial Ecology: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2019, 23, (3), 520-531 View citations (1)
27. Method for endogenizing capital in the United States Environmentally‐Extended Input‐Output model
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2019, 23, (6), 1410-1424 View citations (3)
28. The Environmental Impact of Green Consumption and Sufficiency Lifestyles Scenarios in Europe: Connecting Local Sustainability Visions to Global Consequences
    Ecological Economics, 2019, 164, (C), - View citations (36)
29. Unraveling the Nexus: Exploring the Pathways to Combined Resource Use
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2019, 23, (1), 241-252 View citations (6)
30. Water scarcity risks mitigated or aggravated by the inter-regional electricity transmission across China
    Applied Energy, 2019, 238, (C), 413-422 View citations (12)

2018

31. Choice of Allocations and Constructs for Attributional or Consequential Life Cycle Assessment and Input‐Output Analysis
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2018, 22, (4), 656-670 View citations (8)
32. Environmental Impacts of Capital Formation
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2018, 22, (1), 55-67 View citations (24)
33. Nexus Strength: A Novel Metric for Assessing the Global Resource Nexus
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2018, 22, (6), 1473-1486 View citations (10)
34. Nullius in Verba: Advancing Data Transparency in Industrial Ecology
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2018, 22, (1), 6-17 View citations (12)
35. Prioritizing Consumption†Based Carbon Policy Based on the Evaluation of Mitigation Potential Using Input†Output Methods
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2018, 22, (3), 540-552 View citations (12)
36. Towards demand-side solutions for mitigating climate change
    Nature Climate Change, 2018, 8, (4), 260-263 View citations (107)

2017

37. A technology-based analysis of the water-energy-emission nexus of China’s steel industry
    Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2017, 124, (C), 116-128 View citations (4)
38. Industrial ecology in integrated assessment models
    Nature Climate Change, 2017, 7, (1), 13-20 View citations (64)
39. Life cycle assessment demonstrates environmental co-benefits and trade-offs of low-carbon electricity supply options
    Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017, 76, (C), 1283-1290 View citations (15)
40. Understanding future emissions from low-carbon power systems by integration of life-cycle assessment and integrated energy modelling
    Nature Energy, 2017, 2, (12), 939-945 View citations (59)

2016

41. Accounting for value added embodied in trade and consumption: an intercomparison of global multiregional input--output databases
    Economic Systems Research, 2016, 28, (1), 78-94 View citations (16)
42. Environmental Impact Assessment of Household Consumption
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2016, 20, (3), 526-536 View citations (128)
43. Environmental impacts of balancing offshore wind power with compressed air energy storage (CAES)
    Energy, 2016, 95, (C), 91-98 View citations (36)
44. Life Cycle Environmental and Natural Resource Implications of Energy Efficiency Technologies
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2016, 20, (2), 218-222 View citations (2)
45. The Carbon Footprint of Norwegian Household Consumption 1999–2012
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2016, 20, (3), 582-592 View citations (39)
46. Toward a Practical Ontology for Socioeconomic Metabolism
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2016, 20, (6), 1260-1272 View citations (1)
47. When Do Allocations and Constructs Respect Material, Energy, Financial, and Production Balances in LCA and EEIO?
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2016, 20, (1), 67-84 View citations (7)

2015

48. Dynamic Models of Fixed Capital Stocks and Their Application in Industrial Ecology
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2015, 19, (1), 104-116 View citations (18)
49. Labor Embodied in Trade
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2015, 19, (3), 343-356 View citations (28)
50. Life cycle assessment of transport of electricity via different voltage levels: A case study for Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway
    Applied Energy, 2015, 157, (C), 144-151 View citations (9)
51. Material use for electricity generation with carbon dioxide capture and storage: Extending life cycle analysis indices for material accounting
    Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2015, 100, (C), 49-57 View citations (3)
52. More caution is needed when using life cycle assessment to determine energy return on investment (EROI)
    Energy Policy, 2015, 76, (C), 1-6 View citations (25)
53. Socioeconomic metabolism as paradigm for studying the biophysical basis of human societies
    Ecological Economics, 2015, 119, (C), 83-93 View citations (20)

2014

54. EFFECTS OF SECTOR AGGREGATION ON CO 2 MULTIPLIERS IN MULTIREGIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSES
    Economic Systems Research, 2014, 26, (3), 284-302 View citations (48)
55. Grid infrastructure for renewable power in Europe: The environmental cost
    Energy, 2014, 69, (C), 760-768 View citations (14)
56. HARMONISING NATIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES FOR CONSUMPTION-BASED ACCOUNTING - EXPERIENCES FROM EXIOPOL
    Economic Systems Research, 2014, 26, (4), 387-409 View citations (14)
57. The “Bad Labor” Footprint: Quantifying the Social Impacts of Globalization
    Sustainability, 2014, 6, (11), 1-27 View citations (15)
58. Understanding the Climate Mitigation Benefits of Product Systems: Comment on “Using Attributional Life Cycle Assessment to Estimate Climate-Change Mitigation…”
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2014, 18, (3), 464-465 View citations (9)

2013

59. Environmental evaluation of power transmission in Norway
    Applied Energy, 2013, 101, (C), 513-520 View citations (14)

2012

60. Assessing the life cycle environmental impacts of wind power: A review of present knowledge and research needs
    Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012, 16, (8), 5994-6006 View citations (55)
61. Environmental Damage Assessment of Carbon Capture and Storage
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2012, 16, (3), 407-419 View citations (3)
62. Jevons Paradox or Not? The Myth of Resource Efficiency: The Jevons Paradox by John M. Polimeni, Kozo Mayumi, Mario Giampietro and Blake Alcott Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption edited by Horace Herring and Steve Sorrell
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2012, 16, (3), 453-454
63. Remote responsibility
    Nature, 2012, 486, (7401), 36-37
64. Scenarios for the environmental impact of fossil fuel power: Co-benefits and trade-offs of carbon capture and storage
    Energy, 2012, 45, (1), 762-770 View citations (9)

2011

65. Considering only first-order effects? How simplifications lead to unrealistic technology optimism in climate change mitigation
    Energy Policy, 2011, 39, (11), 7448-7454 View citations (14)
66. Effects of boreal forest management practices on the climate impact of CO2 emissions from bioenergy
    Ecological Modelling, 2011, 223, (1), 59-66 View citations (13)
67. Exploring policy options for a transition to sustainable heating system diffusion using an agent-based simulation
    Energy Policy, 2011, 39, (5), 2722-2729 View citations (37)
68. THE LIFE CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CONSUMPTION
    Economic Systems Research, 2011, 23, (1), 27-47 View citations (27)

2010

69. Energy Cost of Living and Associated Pollution for Beijing Residents
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2010, 14, (6), 890-901 View citations (3)
70. Identifying important characteristics of municipal carbon footprints
    Ecological Economics, 2010, 70, (1), 60-66 View citations (11)
71. Implementing Carbon‐Footprint‐Based Calculation Tools in Municipal Greenhouse Gas Inventories
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2010, 14, (6), 965-977 View citations (6)
72. Norwegian households' perception of wood pellet stove compared to air-to-air heat pump and electric heating
    Energy Policy, 2010, 38, (7), 3744-3754 View citations (36)

2009

73. A Concise Guide to the Biofuels Environmental Conundrum Biofuels for Road Transport: A Seed to Wheel Perspective by Lucas Reijnders and Mark Huijbregts
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2009, 13, (6), 990-991
74. Life cycle assessment of a floating offshore wind turbine
    Renewable Energy, 2009, 34, (3), 742-747 View citations (48)
75. Shifting Trade Patterns as a Means of Reducing Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2009, 13, (1), 38-57 View citations (9)

2008

76. The environmental effect of car-free housing: A case in Vienna
    Ecological Economics, 2008, 65, (3), 516-530 View citations (28)

2006

77. A comment on "Functions, commodities and environmental impacts in an ecological-economic model"
    Ecological Economics, 2006, 59, (1), 1-6 View citations (6)
78. Structural analysis of international trade: Environmental impacts of Norway
    Economic Systems Research, 2006, 18, (2), 155-181 View citations (71)
79. The Importance of Imports for Household Environmental Impacts
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2006, 10, (3), 89-109 View citations (41)
80. The Oslo Declaration on Sustainable Consumption
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2006, 10, (1‐2), 9-14 View citations (4)

2005

81. Consumption and Industrial Ecology
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2005, 9, (1‐2), 1-6 View citations (109)
82. Consumption and the Rebound Effect: An Industrial Ecology Perspective
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2005, 9, (1‐2), 85-98 View citations (94)

2000

83. A Systematic Uncertainty Analysis of an Evaluative Fate and Exposure Model
    Risk Analysis, 2000, 20, (4), 439-454 View citations (5)
84. A Theoretical Foundation for Life‐Cycle Assessment: Recognizing the Role of Values in Environmental Decision Making
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2000, 4, (1), 13-28 View citations (4)

1999

85. Parameter Uncertainty and Variability In Evaluative Fate and Exposure Models
    Risk Analysis, 1999, 19, (6), 1193-1204 View citations (5)

1997

86. Books: Environmental Life‐Cycle Assessment
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 1997, 1, (4), 128-131