Publications
X Author: Arman Shehabi
2026
Zuberi, Jibran, Haitam Laarabi, Sarah Josephine Smith, and Arman Shehabi."Can AI be energy positive in cement manufacturing? Evaluating AI-driven efficiency through a first-order framework and case study."Energy and AI
25 (2026) 100789. DOI
Smith, Sarah Josephine, Alex Hubbard, Alexander Newkirk, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Billie Holecek, Dale A Sartor, Michael Mills, and Arman Shehabi."United States Data Center Energy Usage Report: 2025 Update."
(2026).
Masanet, Eric R, Thomas P Hendrickson, Aven Satre-Maloy, Sarah Josephine Smith, Jennifer Stokes-Draut, Kaiyu Sun, Jibran Zuberi, and Arman Shehabi."Maximizing the benefits of “Buy Clean” policies for building materials: Six key priorities."Resources, Conservation and Recycling
229 (2026) 108830. DOI
Peng, Peng, Tae Lim, Fabian Rosner, Hanna Breunig, Prakash Rao, and Arman Shehabi."The need to consider regional supply chains and water usage in H2–steel transition."Green Energy & Environment
11.1 (2026) 23-35. DOI
Hendrickson, Thomas P, Jibran Zuberi, Kaiyu Sun, Aven Satre-Meloy, Arman Shehabi, Jennifer Stokes-Draut, Sarah Josephine Smith, Peng Peng, and Eric R Masanet."A rapid embodied carbon assessment tool for priority materials."Environmental Research Communications
8.4 (2026) 041003. DOI
2025
Fuchs, Heidi, Unique Karki, Arman Shehabi, Tiana Nishime, and Prakash Rao."Geographic, sectoral, and constituent characteristics of US off‐site manufacturing wastewater disposal."Journal of Industrial Ecology
29.6 (2025) 2442-2456. DOI
Office, U.S Department of Energy Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization, Jibran Zuberi, Unique Karki, Prakash Rao, Peng Peng, Tae-Hwan Lim, Arman Shehabi, and Heidi Fuchs."Transformative Pathways for U.S. Industry: Unlocking American Innovation."
(2025). DOI
Kirchstetter, Thomas W, Sarah Josephine Smith, Arman Shehabi, and Dale A Sartor."DOE Data Center Load Flexibility Workshop Summary."
(2025).
2024
Zuberi, Jibran, Arman Shehabi, and Prakash Rao."Cross-sectoral assessment of CO2 capture from U.S. industrial flue gases for fuels and chemicals manufacture."International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
135 (2024) 104137. DOI
Shehabi, Arman, Sarah Josephine Smith, Alex Hubbard, Alexander Newkirk, Nuoa Lei, Md AbuBakar Siddik, Billie Holecek, Jonathan G Koomey, Eric R Masanet, and Dale A Sartor."2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report."
(2024). DOI
2023
Sartor, Dale A, Bo Shen, and Arman Shehabi."Repurposing coal assets for a decarbonized digital economy."
(2023).
Greenblatt, Jeffery B, and Arman Shehabi."Energy estimates of non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) internet - Data network infrastructure in a connected economy."
(2023).
2022
Gursel, Aysegul Petek, Michael Logue, Arpad Horvath, William R Morrow III, and Arman Shehabi."Assessing Opportunities for Circularity in Buildings."
(2022).
Peng, Peng, and Arman Shehabi."Regional economic potential for recycling consumer waste electronics in the United States."Nature Sustainability
(2022). DOI
2021
Siddik, Md AbuBakar, Arman Shehabi, and Landon Marston."The environmental footprint of data centers in the United States."Environmental Research Letters
16 (2021). DOI
Hasanbeigi, Ali, William R Morrow III, and Arman Shehabi."Embodied carbon in the U.S. manufacturing and trade."
(2021).
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
Fuchs, Heidi, Arman Shehabi, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Brian Lim, Kurt Roth, and Allen Tsao."Comparing datasets of volume servers to illuminate their energy use in data centers."Energy Efficiency
13 (2019) 379-392. DOI
Mills, Evan, Norman Bourassa, Leo I Rainer, Jimmy Mai, Arman Shehabi, and Nathaniel Mills."Toward Greener Gaming: Estimating National Energy Use and Energy Efficiency Potential."The Computer Games Journal
8.3-4 (2019) 157 - 178. 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
2017
Fuchs, Heidi, Arman Shehabi, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Brian Lim, Kurt Roth, and Allen Tsao."Characteristics and Energy Use of Volume Servers in the United States."
(2017).
Ganeshalingam, Mohan, Arman Shehabi, and Louis-Benoit Desroches."Shining a Light on Small Data Centers in the U.S.."
(2017).
DeForest, Nicholas, Arman Shehabi, Stephen E Selkowitz, and Delia J Milliron."A comparative energy analysis of three electrochromic glazing technologies in commercial and residential buildings."Applied Energy
192 (2017) 95 - 109. DOI