Publications: Cities
"Consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions accounting with capital stock change highlights dynamics of fast-developing countries." Nature Communications 9.1 (2018). .
"Investigation of a “coupling model” of coordination between low-carbon development and urbanization in China." Energy Policy 121 (2018) 346 - 354. .
"2015 China Green Low-Carbon City scorecard." ECEEE Summer Study 2017 2017. .
"Estimating China’s Urban Energy Demand and CO2 Emissions: A Bottom-up Modeling Perspective." 2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Pacific Grove, CA, 2016. .
"Towards the Optimal Development of Low-Carbon Community Energy Systems." 2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 2016. .
Low-Carbon City Policy Databook. 2016. LBNL-1006326. .
The Role of Chinese Cities in Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction. Stockholm Environment Institute and Bloomberg Philanthropies, 2015. .
The Role of Chinese Cities in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction. 2015. LBNL-1001680. .
"Comparative Study of Commercial Building Energy-Efficiency Retrofit Policies in Four Pilot Cities in China." European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency, June 1-6, 2015. 2015. .
"Promoting Energy Efficiency as the First Fuel Through Enabling Local Government Action in China." European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency, June 1-6, 2015. 2015. .
"ELITE Cities: A Low-carbon Eco-city Evaluation Tool for China." Ecological Indicators 48 (2015) 448-456. .
"Low Carbon Development for Cities: Methods and Measures." Handbook of Clean Energy Systems. . Vol. 6. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015. 1-23. .
"Urban form as a “first fuel” for low-carbon mobility in Chinese cities: strategies for energy and carbon saving in the transport sector." European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency, June 1-6, 2015. European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, 2015. .
"Energy-Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policy Options: Assisting Chinese Cities in Prioritizing and Choosing Strategies to Implement to Become a Sustainable Community." American Council for An Energy-Efficient Economy 2014 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency 2014. .
"Is Your City Really Sustainable? A Tale of Jinan City Using Quantitative Low- Carbon Eco-city Tools." 2014 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Building 2014: 119-130. .
"China's Pilot Low-carbon City Initiative: A Comparative Assessment of National Goals and Local Plans." Sustainable Cities and Society 12 (2014) 110–121. .
"ELITE Cities: A low-carbon Eco-city Evaluation Tool for China." ECEEE 2013 Summer Study 2013. .
An International Review of Eco-City Theory, Indicators, and Case Studies. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2013. LBNL-6153E. .
"Quantifying the potential impact of energy efficiency and low carbon policies for China." the European Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s 2013 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency 2013. LBNL-6161E. .
"Direct Allocation of Emission Allowances for Industrial Sectors — Experience from California's Cap-and-Trade Program (in Chinese)." Journal of Science and Management 5 (2013). .
"Establishment of California Carbon Emission Trading Market and Recommendations for China (in Chinese)." Journal of Science and Management 4 (2013). .
Strategies for Local Low-Carbon Development. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2012. LBNL-6004E. .