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  1. Enabling sustainable fusion fuel cycles: A comparative life-cycle assessment of emerging tritium extraction and removal technologies for liquid lithium systems

    Article • Environmental Impact Assessment Review, January 2027, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  2. System boundary effects in prospective LCA of CFRP recycling: A comparison of pyrolysis and solvolysis across bin-to-gate and circular economy perspectives

    Article • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, November 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  3. A taxonomy of net energy metrics

    Article • July 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  4. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Infrastructure Destruction in the Gaza Strip

    Article • Journal of Environmental Engineering, July 2026, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  5. Quantifying energy consumption variability in injection molding: A meta-regression analysis

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  6. Civil and Environmental Engineering Perspectives on Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Damage in Gaza

    Article • Environmental Engineering Science, January 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  7. From fossil to biobased: a life cycle assessment of commercial-scale polyol ester lubricant base oils

    Article • RSC Sustainability, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  8. Comparative life cycle energy assessment of lightweight multi-material metal-fiber composite hybrid body-in-white designs

    Article • Composites Part B Engineering, January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  9. Enabling Sustainable Fusion Fuel Cycles: A Comparative Life-Cycle Assessment of Emerging Tritium Extraction and Removal Technologies for Liquid Lithium Systems

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  10. Enabling Sustainable Fusion Fuel Cycles: A Comparative Life-Cycle Assessment of Emerging Tritium Extraction and Removal Technologies for Liquid Lithium Systems

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  11. Cleaner grid or smarter cooling? Environmental impact trade-offs of a data center using the life cycle assessment method

    Article • Cleaner Energy Systems, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  12. Environmental Benefits of using an All-Wood Floor System in midrise office construction: An LCA based comparative case study in the Southeastern United States

    Article • Environmental Research Communications, November 2025, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  13. Assessing the energy demand, carbon footprint and other environmental impacts from mass timber production: a critical review and meta-analysis

    Article • Environmental Research Communications, November 2025, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  14. End-of-life and Beyond Building Life: Carbon Benefits of a Novel Mass Timber Wood Floor System, Evaluating End-of-Life Strategies, Recovery Rates, and Circular Design Implications

    Article • September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  15. Evaluation of the life cycle sustainability of a wastewater treatment plant using the eco-efficiency index for optimizing the energy-economy-environment nexus

    Article • Cleaner Environmental Systems, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  16. Life cycle assessment of an entirely wood floor system designed for carbon negativity, future adaptability, and end-of-life de/re/construction

    Article • Environmental Research Infrastructure and Sustainability, August 2025, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  17. Critical review, meta-analysis and harmonization of life cycle assessment of mass timber construction: reducing variability in environmental impact estimates

    Article • Environmental Research Infrastructure and Sustainability, July 2025, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  18. Comparing Current and Future Ways to Dispose of Fruit Waste: A Life Cycle Case Study

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  19. A critical review and meta-analysis of energy demand, carbon footprint, and other environmental impacts from carbon fiber manufacturing

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  20. Measuring the Impact of Radiation in Life Cycle Studies by Including Radioactive Decay Products

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  21. VIBRATION TESTS ON LONG-SPAN CLT-GLT COMPOSITE FLOORS

    Article • January 2025, Curran Associates, Inc.

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  22. AN ENTIRELY WOOD FLOOR SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR BIOGENIC CARBON STORAGE, ADAPTABILITY, AND END-OF-LIFE DE/RE/CONSTRUCTION – ASSEMBLY DESIGN

    Article • January 2025, Curran Associates, Inc.

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  23. Comparative Life Cycle Energy Assessment of Lightweight Multi-Material Metal-Fiber Composite Hybrid Body-in-White Designs

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  24. Exploring Temporal, Regional and Stakeholder Dimensions of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (Cfrps) Recycling: A Life Cycle Assessment Case Study

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  25. Electricity use in big area additive manufacturing of fiber-reinforced polymer composites

    Article • Scientific Data, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  26. Achieving universal energy access in remote locations using HOMER energy model: a techno-economic and environmental analysis of hybrid microgrid systems for rural electrification in northeast Nigeria

    Article • Frontiers in Energy Research, October 2024, Frontiers

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  27. Author Correction: Electric light-duty vehicles have decarbonization potential but may not reduce other environmental problems

    Article • Communications Earth & Environment, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  28. Electric light-duty vehicles have decarbonization potential but may not reduce other environmental problems

    Article • Communications Earth & Environment, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  29. Performance Analysis of a 50 MW Solar PV Installation at BUI Power Authority: A Comparative Study between Sunny and Overcast Days

    Article • Electricity, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  30. Performance Analysis of a 50 MW Solar PV Installation at BUI Power Authority: A Comparative Study Between Sunny and Overcast Days

    Article • June 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  31. Technical, economic, and environmental feasibility assessment of solar-battery-generator hybrid energy systems: a case study in Nigeria

    Article • Frontiers in Energy Research, May 2024, Frontiers

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  32. To BEV or not to BEV? A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Light-Duty Vehicles

    Article • February 2024, Research Square

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  33. Emerging consensus on net energy paves the way for improved integrated assessment modeling

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  34. New Study Shows Solar Energy as a Viable Solution for Supermarkets in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

    Article • Energies, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  35. Use of life cycle assessment (LCA) to advance optimisation of radiological protection and safety

    Article • Journal of Radiological Protection, September 2023, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  36. Techno-economic Assessment of the Viability of Commercial Solar PV System in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

    Article • August 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  37. Shallow Geologic Storage of Carbon to Remove Atmospheric CO2 and Reduce Flood Risk

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, June 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  38. Editorial: Early-stage quantitative sustainability assessment: Approaches for policy, processes and materials

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainability, January 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  39. The environmental and moral implications of human space travel

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  40. Emerging Consensus on Net Energy Paves the Way for Improved Integrated Assessment Modeling

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  41. Energy Return on Investment of Major Energy Carriers: Review and Harmonization

    Article • Sustainability, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  42. Energy efficiency for the growing South Carolina manufacturing industries. Final Report

    Article • May 2022, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  43. From renewable energy to sustainable protein sources: Advancement, challenges, and future roadmaps

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  44. Comment on Seibert, M.K.; Rees, W.E. Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition. Energies 2021, 14, 4508

    Article • Energies, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  45. The environmental impacts of putting humans in space

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  46. Correction to “Recovery of Critical Metals from Aqueous Sources”

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, October 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale, Valerie M. Thomas

  47. Integration of techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment for sustainable process design – A review

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  48. Could biological biogas upgrading be a sustainable substitution for water scrubbing technology? A case study in Denmark

    Article • Energy Conversion and Management, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  49. Recovery of Critical Metals from Aqueous Sources

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, August 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale, Valerie M. Thomas

  50. Blow wind blow: Capital deployment in variable energy systems

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  51. Assessing the carbon footprint of a university campus using a life cycle assessment approach

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  52. Rolling coal: The greenhouse gas emissions of coal rail transport for electricity generation

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  53. Putting the Biophysical (Back) in Economics: A Taxonomic Review of Modeling the Earth-Bound Economy

    Article • Biophysical Economics and Sustainability, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  54. Metrics

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  55. Questions and Scales

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  56. On the reporting and review requirements of ISO 14044

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  57. When is EROI Not EROI?

    Article • BioPhysical Economics and Resource Quality, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  58. Life cycle assessment of emerging technologies: A review

    Article • Journal of Industrial Ecology, November 2019, Wiley

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale, Sheikh Moni

  59. Life cycle assessment of emerging technologies: Evaluation techniques at different stages of market and technical maturity

    Article • Journal of Industrial Ecology, October 2019, Wiley

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  60. Macro-Energy Systems: Toward a New Discipline

    Article • Joule, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  61. A biobjective chance constrained optimization model to evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of biopower supply chains

    Article • Annals of Operations Research, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  62. Comparative net energy analysis of renewable electricity and carbon capture and storage

    Article • Nature Energy, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  63. Visualizing Relative Potential for Aquatic Ecosystem Toxicity Using the EPA Toxics Release Inventory and Life Cycle Assessment Methods

    Article • The Journal of South Carolina Water Resources, June 2018, Clemson University

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  64. Human-powered gyms - can human power be used to generated electricity renewably?

    Article • BioPhysical Economics and Resource Quality, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  65. Assessing the photovoltaic technology landscape: efficiency and energy return on investment (EROI)

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  66. An extended environmental input–output lifecycle assessment model to study the urban food–energy–water nexus

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, September 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  67. Resource Criticality in Modern Economies: Agent-Based Model Demonstrates Vulnerabilities from Technological Interdependence

    Article • BioPhysical Economics and Resource Quality, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  68. Energy Return on Energy Invested (ERoEI) for photovoltaic solar systems in regions of moderate insolation: A comprehensive response

    Article • Energy Policy, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  69. Life Cycle Assessment

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  70. Comparing Apples to Apples: Why the Net Energy Analysis Community Needs to Adopt the Life-Cycle Analysis Framework

    Article • Energies, November 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  71. Utility-Scale Solar PV in South Carolina: Analysis of Suitable Lands and Geographical Potential

    Article • BioPhysical Economics and Resource Quality, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  72. Food–energy–water metrics across scales: project to system level

    Article • Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  73. Erratum: Global energy modelling — A biophysical approach (GEMBA) part 2: Methodology

    Article • Ecological Economics, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  74. Disease Risk & Landscape Attributes of Tick-Borne Borrelia Pathogens in the San Francisco Bay Area, California

    Article • PLOS One, August 2015, PLOS

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  75. Energy Return on Investment (EROI) of Solar PV: An Attempt at Reconciliation [Point of View]

    Article • Proceedings of the IEEE, July 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  76. Rebuttal: “Comments on ‘Energy intensities, EROIs (energy returned on invested), and energy payback times of electricity generating power plants’ – Making clear of quite some confusion”

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  77. Beyond GDP

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  78. Stocks and Flows of Embodied Energy

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  79. Flows of Direct Energy

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  80. Stocks and Flows of Economic Value

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  81. Next Steps

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  82. Introduction: The End of an Era

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  83. Implications

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  84. Accounting for the Wealth of Nations

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  85. Energy Intensity

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  86. A better currency for investing in a sustainable future

    Article • Nature Climate Change, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  87. How does storage impact wind and solar-PV electricity generation?

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Michael Carbajales-Dale, Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  88. Calculating systems-scale energy efficiency and net energy returns: A bottom-up matrix-based approach

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  89. Energy Balance of the Global Photovoltaic (PV) Industry - Is the PV Industry a Net Electricity Producer?

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, April 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  90. A Comparative Analysis of Energy Costs of Photovoltaic, Solar Thermal, and Wind Electricity Generation Technologies

    Article • Applied Sciences, March 2013, MDPI AG

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  91. The energetic implications of curtailing versus storing solar- and wind-generated electricity

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  92. Meta-analysis of non-renewable energy resource estimates

    Article • Energy Policy, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  93. Global energy modelling — A biophysical approach (GEMBA) part 1: An overview of biophysical economics

    Article • Ecological Economics, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  94. Global energy modelling — A biophysical approach (GEMBA) Part 2: Methodology

    Article • Ecological Economics, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  95. Corrigendum to “Net energy yield from production of conventional oil” [Energy Policy 39 (11) (2011) 7095–7102]

    Article • Energy Policy, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  96. Net energy yield from production of conventional oil

    Article • Energy Policy, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  97. A Dynamic Function for Energy Return on Investment

    Article • Sustainability, October 2011, MDPI AG

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  98. Order from Chaos: A Preliminary Protocol for Determining the EROI of Fuels

    Article • Sustainability, October 2011, MDPI AG

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale

  99. A General Mathematical Framework for Calculating Systems-Scale Efficiency of Energy Extraction and Conversion: Energy Return on Investment (EROI) and Other Energy Return Ratios

    Article • Energies, August 2011, MDPI AG

    Dr Michael Carbajales-Dale