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2024
Yang, X., Zhang, C.*, Li, X., Cao, Z.*, Wang, P., Wang, H., Liu, G., Xia, Z., Zhu, D. and Chen, W.Q.*, 2024. Multinational dynamic steel cycle analysis reveals sequential decoupling between material use and economic growth. Ecological Economics, 217, p.108092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.108092
Liu, Y., Chu, C.*, Zhang, R., Chen, S., Xu, C., Zhao, D., Meng, C., Ju, M. and Cao, Z.*, 2024. Impacts of high-albedo urban surfaces on outdoor thermal environment across morphological contexts: A case of Tianjin, China. Sustainable Cities and Society, 100, p.105038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.105038
2023
Jin, E.*, van Ewijk, S., Kanaoka, K.S., Alamerew, Y.A., Lin, H., Cao, Z., Jabarivelisdeh, B., Ehmann, K.F., Chertow, M.R. and Masanet, E., 2023. Sustainability assessment and pathways for US domestic paper recycling. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 199, p.107249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107249
Lei, N.*, Lu, J., Cheng, Z., Cao, Z., Shehabi, A. and Masanet, E., 2023, November. Geospatial assessment of water footprints for hyperscale data centers in the United States. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 2600, No. 17, p. 172003). IOP Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/17/172003
Wu, T., Ng, S.T.*, Chen, J. and Cao, Z.*, 2023. More intensive use and lifetime extension can enable net-zero emissions in China's cement cycle. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 198, p.107144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107144
Song, L., van Ewijk, S., Masanet, E., Watari, T., Meng, F., Cullen, J.M., Cao, Z.* and Chen, W.Q.*, 2023. China's bulk material loops can be closed but deep decarbonization requires demand reduction. Nature Climate Change, 13(10), pp.1136-1143. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01782-6
Cao, Z.* and Chen, W.Q., 2023. Circular economy strategies to decarbonize China's bulk material cycles. Nature Climate Change, 13(10), pp.1030-1031. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01799-x
Wang, Z., Wiedenhofer, D., Stephan, A., Perrotti, D., Van den Bergh, W. and Cao, Z.*, 2023. High-resolution mapping of material stocks in Belgian road infrastructure: material efficiency patterns, material recycling potentials, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction opportunities. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(34), pp.12674-12688. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c08703
Van Ewijk, S., Ashton, W.S., Berrill, P., Cao, Z., Chertow, M., Chopra, S.S., Fishman, T., Fitzpatrick, C., Heidrich, O., Leipold, S. and Ritter, F., 2023. 10 insights from industrial ecology for the circular economy. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10172438/
He, L.*, Tao, M., Liu, Z., Cao, Z., Zhu, J., Gao, J., Chailleux, E.*, Huang, Y., Vasconcelos, K., Falchetto, A.C. and Balieu, R., 2023. Biomass valorization toward sustainable asphalt pavements: Progress and prospects. Waste Management, 165, pp.159-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2023.03.035
Dombi, M.*, Harazin, P., Karcagi-Kováts, A., Aldebei, F. and Cao, Z., 2023. Perspectives on the material dynamic efficiency transition in decelerating the material stock accumulation. Journal of Environmental Management, 335, p.117568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117568
Watari, T.*, Cao, Z., Serrenho, A.C. and Cullen, J., 2023. Growing role of concrete in sand and climate crises. Iscience, 26(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106782
Dombi, M.*, Fahid, A.F.M., Harazin, P., Karcagi-Kováts, A. and Cao, Z., 2023. Four economic principles of just sustainability transition. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, 2(3), p.e0000053. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000053
Jiang, J., Chu, C.*, Song, L., Gao, X., Huang, B., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Liu, Y., Hou, L., Ju, M. and Cao, Z.*, 2023. From prospecting to mining: A review of enabling technologies, LCAs, and LCCAs for improved construction and demolition waste management. Waste Management, 159, pp.12-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2023.01.017
2022
Xu, X., Huang, B.*, Liu, L., Cao, Z., Gao, X., Mao, R., Duan, L., Chen, Y., Wang, Y. and Liu, G., 2022. Modernizing cement manufacturing in China leads to substantial environmental gains. Communications Earth & Environment, 3(1), p.276.
Watari, T.*, Cao, Z.*, Hata, S. and Nansai, K., 2022. Efficient use of cement and concrete to reduce reliance on supply-side technologies for net-zero emissions. Nature Communications, 13(1), p.4158.
Cao, Z.* and Masanet, E., 2022. Material efficiency to tackle the sand crisis. Nature Sustainability, 5(5), pp.370-371.
