Energy and Infrastructure*
*within biophysical limits
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Research Aims
Quantify the ecological costs and benefits of sustainability-oriented energy and infrastructure shifts.
Develop environmental assessment techniques that account for feedback effects from increasing affluence and efficiency.
Frame all research questions in the context of global ecological change and the biophysical limits of our one shared planet.
Describe the policy implications of our research findings.
Degrowth
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John is the Executive Director of Degrowth Institute, a 501c3 nonprofit focused on empowering people to challenge endless economic growth.
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John launched Degrowth Coffee Hour, a colloquium for environmental researchers to discuss and debate post-growth pathways to sustainability.
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John produces Limits to Green, a webcomic about the social and ecological challenges of emerging technology and sustainability trends.
Research Highlights
Bhattacharjee, T., & Mulrow, J. (2024). Rebound effect of decarbonization projects: A methodology to analyze CDP data. CEE 29th Environmental Engineering and Science Symposium. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
2024
LeFever, S., & Mulrow, J. (2024). Do eco-labels accurately convey environmental benefits? A critical assessment of corporate sustainability indexing methods. Purdue Spring Undergraduate Research Conference 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26980.80003
Abazeri M., Mulrow, J., & Ajl, M. (2024). A Degrowth Perspective on Environmental Violence. in Exploring Environmental Violence: Perspectives, Experience, Expression, and Engagement. Cambridge University Press.
Mulrow, J., Jensen, A., & Horen-Greenford, D. (2024). The Affluence–Technology Connection in the Struggle for Sustainability. in Exploring Environmental Violence: Perspectives, Experience, Expression, and Engagement. Cambridge University Press.
Valle, J., Maïga, N., Krishnan, R., Ng, J., & Mulrow, J. (2023). Reconfigurations of Life Cycle Assessment: Valuing Life over Lithium. 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. https://peer.asee.org/44032
2023
Mulrow, J., Bozeman, J. F., Pai, S., Grubert, E., & Derrible, S. (2023). Energy-Material Cycles: A materials-based perspective of vehicle energy systems. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 196, 107039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107039
Mulrow, J., & Grubert, E. (2023). Greenhouse gas emissions embodied in electric vehicle charging infrastructure: A method and case study of Georgia, US 2021–2050. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 3(1), 015013. https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4505/acc548
Mulrow, J., Gali, M., & Grubert, E. (2021). The cyber-consciousness of environmental assessment: How environmental assessments evaluate the impacts of smart, connected, and digital technology. Environmental Research Letters, 17(1), 013001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac413b
2021