Jonathan Cullen

Professor of Sustainable Engineering

Jonathan Cullen is the Professor of Sustainable Engineering at the University of Cambridge and the President of Fitzwilliam College.

He leads the Resource Efficiency Collective (www.refficiency.org) and has a reputation for top-down studies of resource systems, bringing skills in developing new metrics to reflect both energy and emissions consequences of materials production. Jonathan currently leads C-THRU: carbon clarity in the global petrochemical supply chain, and is a co-investigator on: S2uPPlant: Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging from Plants, TransFIRe: Foundation Industries Research and Innovation Hub, UK FIRES: Locating Resource Efficiency at the heart of Future Industrial Strategy, CCG: Climate Compatible Growth.

He is a Lead Author for the IPCC AR6 Industry Chapter, an Expert Adviser to the IEA Technology Roadmaps, and co-authored the book Sustainable Materials: with both eyes open, which pioneered the concept of material efficiency for energy-intensive industries.

Publications from Elements

Journal articles

2024 (Published online)

Cullen, L., Meng, F., Lupton, R. and Cullen, JM., 2024 (Published online). Reducing uncertainties in greenhouse gas emissions from chemical production Nature Chemical Engineering, v. 1
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s44286-024-00047-z

2024

Meng, F., Brandão, M. and Cullen, JM., 2024. Replacing Plastics with Alternatives Is Worse for Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Most Cases. Environ Sci Technol, v. 58
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c05191

Cullen, L., Marinoni, A. and Cullen, J., 2024. Machine learning for gap‐filling in greenhouse gas emissions databases Journal of Industrial Ecology, v. 28
Doi: 10.1111/jiec.13507

Cervantes Barron, K. and Cullen, JM., 2024. Using open-source tools to project bulk and critical material demand and assess implications for low-carbon energy and transport systems: Introducing Mat-dp model tools Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 209
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107803

Islam, S., Jameel, H. and Cullen, JM., 2024. Multi-stage MFA for evaluating sustainable waste potential for bioplastics conversion in the circular economy: An examination of UK wastes to produce cellulose nanofibre Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 482
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.144166

Cullen, L., Marinoni, A. and Cullen, J., 2024. Machine learning for gap‐filling in greenhouse gas emissions databases Journal of Industrial Ecology, v. 28
Doi: 10.1111/jiec.13507

Bauer, F. and Cullen, JM., 2024. Reaction: Circular chemical imaginaries Chem, v. 10
Doi: 10.1016/j.chempr.2024.06.027

Murray, JW., Jin, X., Cleaver, CJ., Azevedo, JMC., Liao, Z., Zhou, W., Cullen, JM., Allwood, JM. and Clare, AT., 2024. A review of principles and options for the re-use of machining chips by solid, semi-solid or melt-based processing Journal of Materials Processing Technology, v. 331
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2024.118514

2023 (Accepted for publication)

Drewniok, M., Gao, Y., Cullen, J. and Cabrera Serrenho, A., 2023 (Accepted for publication). What to do about plastics? Lessons from a study of UK plastics flows Environmental Science and Technology (Washington),
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c00263

Islam, S. and Cullen, JM., 2023 (Accepted for publication). Criteria for Assessing Sustainability of Lignocellulosic Wastes: Applied to the Cellulose Nanofibril Packaging Production in the UK Polymers,
Doi: 10.3390/polym15061336

2023

Xiao, C., Zhou, J., Meng, F., Cullen, J., Wang, X. and Zhu, Y., 2023. Regional characteristics and spatial correlation of haze pollution: Interpretative system analysis in cities of Fenwei Plain in China. Sci Total Environ, v. 869
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161779

Cannone, C., Allington, L., Cervantes Barron, K., Charbonnier, F., Zachau Walker, M., Halloran, C., Yeganyan, R., Tan, N., Cullen, JM., Harrison, J., To, LS. and Howells, M., 2023. Designing a zero-order energy transition model: How to create a new Starter Data Kit. MethodsX, v. 10
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102120

Watari, T., Cao, Z., Serrenho, AC. and Cullen, J., 2023. Growing role of concrete in sand and climate crises. iScience, v. 26
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106782

Meng, F., Wagner, A., Kremer, AB., Kanazawa, D., Leung, JJ., Goult, P., Guan, M., Herrmann, S., Speelman, E., Sauter, P., Lingeswaran, S., Stuchtey, MM., Hansen, K., Masanet, E., Serrenho, AC., Ishii, N., Kikuchi, Y. and Cullen, JM., 2023. Planet-compatible pathways for transitioning the chemical industry Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 120
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2218294120

Drewniok, MP., Azevedo, JMC., Dunant, CF., Allwood, JM., Cullen, JM., Ibell, T. and Hawkins, W., 2023. Mapping material use and embodied carbon in UK construction Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 197
Doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107056

Song, L., van Ewijk, S., Masanet, E., Watari, T., Meng, F., Cullen, JM., Cao, Z. and Chen, WQ., 2023. China’s bulk material loops can be closed but deep decarbonization requires demand reduction Nature Climate Change, v. 13
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01782-6

Watari, T., Giurco, D. and Cullen, J., 2023. Scrap endowment and inequalities in global steel decarbonization Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 425
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139041

Song, L., van Ewijk, S., Masanet, E., Watari, T., Meng, F., Cullen, JM., Cao, Z. and Chen, WQ., 2023. Author Correction: China’s bulk material loops can be closed but deep decarbonization requires demand reduction (Nature Climate Change, (2023), 13, 10, (1136-1143), 10.1038/s41558-023-01782-6) Nature Climate Change, v. 13
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01866-3

Watari, T., Cabrera Serrenho, A., Gast, L., Cullen, J. and Allwood, J., 2023. Feasible supply of steel and cement within a carbon budget is likely to fall short of expected global demand. Nat Commun, v. 14
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43684-3

Bitting, JJ., Gast, LT. and Cullen, JM., 2023. Pairing Quantity and Quality in a Mass Balance of Water in California Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, v. 9
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1061/jswbay.sweng-483

Yang, J., Meng, F., Zhang, L., McKechnie, J., Chang, Y., Ma, B., Hao, Y., Li, X., Pender, K., Yang, L., Leeke, GA. and Cullen, JM., 2023. Solutions for recycling emerging wind turbine blade waste in China are not yet effective Communications Earth and Environment, v. 4
Doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-01104-w

Rigby, A., Lindley, B. and Cullen, J., 2023. An exergy based assessment of the efficiency of nuclear fuel cycles Energy, v. 264
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.126160

2022

Bauer, F., Nielsen, TD., Nilsson, LJ., Palm, E., Ericsson, K., Fråne, A. and Cullen, J., 2022. Plastics and climate change breaking carbon lock-ins through three mitigation pathways One Earth, v. 5
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.03.007

Creutzig, F., Niamir, L., Bai, X., Callaghan, M., Cullen, J., Díaz-José, J., Figueroa, M., Grubler, A., Lamb, WF., Leip, A., Masanet, E., Mata, É., Mattauch, L., Minx, JC., Mirasgedis, S., Mulugetta, Y., Nugroho, SB., Pathak, M., Perkins, P., Roy, J., de la Rue du Can, S., Saheb, Y., Some, S., Steg, L., Steinberger, J. and Ürge-Vorsatz, D., 2022. Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being Nature Climate Change, v. 12
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01219-y

Cannone, C., Allington, L., Barron, KC., Charbonnier, F., Walker, MZ., Halloran, C., Yeganyan, R., Tan, N., Cullen, JM., Harrison, J., To, LS. and Howells, M., 2022. Designing a zero-order energy transition model: a guide for creating a Starter Data Kit
Doi: http://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1403613/v1

Xiao, C., Zhou, J., Shen, X., Cullen, J., Dobson, S., Meng, F. and Wang, X., 2022. Rural Living Environment Governance: A Survey and Comparison between Two Villages in Henan Province of China Sustainability (Switzerland), v. 14
Doi: 10.3390/su142114136

Cannone, C., Allington, L., Barron, KC., Charbonnier, F., Walker, MZ., Halloran, C., Yeganyan, R., Tan, N., Cullen, J., Harrison, J., To, LS. and Howells, M., 2022. Designing a zero-order energy transition model: a guide for creating a Starter Data Kit
Doi: http://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1403613/v2

Creutzig, F., Niamir, L., Bai, X., Cullen, J., Díaz-José, J., Figueroa, M., Grübler, A., Lamb, W., Leip, A., Masanet, E., Mata, E., Mattauch, L., Minx, J., Mirasgedis, S., Mulugetta, Y., Nugroho, S., Pathak, M., Perkins, P., Roy, J., Can, SDLRD., Saheb, Y., Steg, L., Steinberger, J. and Ürge-Vorsatz, D., 2022. Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of wellbeing Nature Climate Change,
Doi: 10.1038/s41558-021-01219-y

Cervantes Barron, K., Hakker, ME. and Cullen, JM., 2022. Material requirements for future low-carbon electricity projections in Africa Energy Strategy Reviews, v. 44
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2022.100890

Cervantes Barron, K. and Cullen, JM., 2022. Mat-dp: An open-source Python model for analysing material demand projections and their environmental implications, which result from building low-carbon systems. Journal of Open Source Software, v. 7
Doi: 10.21105/joss.04460

Islam, S., Manning, L. and Cullen, JM., 2022. Systematic assessment of food traceability information loss: A case study of the Bangladesh export shrimp supply chain Food Control, v. 142
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109257

Michalakakis, C. and Cullen, JM., 2022. Dynamic exergy analysis: From industrial data to exergy flows Journal of Industrial Ecology, v. 26
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13168

Carmona, LG., Whiting, K. and Cullen, J., 2022. A stock-flow-service nexus vision of the low carbon economy Energy Reports, v. 8
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.10.086

Qiao, Y., Wang, Z., Meng, F., Parry, T., Cullen, J. and Liu, S., 2022. Evaluating the economic and environmental impacts of road pavement using an integrated local sensitivity model Journal of Cleaner Production,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133615

Cullen, JM. and Cooper, DR., 2022. Material Flows and Efficiency Annual Review of Materials Research, v. 52
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-matsci-070218-125903

2021 (Accepted for publication)

Upadhyayula, VKK., Gadhamshetty, V., Athanassiadis, D., Tysklind, M., Meng, F., Pan, Q., Cullen, JM. and Yacout, DMM., 2021 (Accepted for publication). Wind Turbine Blades Using Recycled Carbon Fibers: An Environmental Assessment Environmental Science & Technology,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05462

2021

Fuchs, D., Steinberger, J., Pirgmaier, E., Lamb, W., Brand-Correa, L., Mattioli, G. and Cullen, J., 2021. A corridors and power-oriented perspective on energy-service demand and needs satisfaction Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, v. 17
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2021.1912907

Masanet, E., Heeren, N., Kagawa, S., Cullen, J., Lifset, R. and Wood, R., 2021. Material efficiency for climate change mitigation Journal of Industrial Ecology, v. 25
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13137

Islam, S., Manning, L. and Cullen, JM., 2021. A hybrid traceability technology selection approach for sustainable food supply chains Sustainability (Switzerland), v. 13
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3390/su13169385

Islam, S., Cullen, JM. and Manning, L., 2021. Visualising food traceability systems: A novel system architecture for mapping material and information flow Trends in Food Science and Technology, v. 112
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2021.04.020

Barron, KC., Hakker, M. and Cullen, J., 2021. Future low-carbon electricity in Africa: how much material is needed?
Doi: http://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1160025/v1

2020 (Accepted for publication)

Cullen, J., Azevedo, JMC., Craglia, M., Bitting, J. and Westbroek, C., 2020 (Accepted for publication). Global material flow analysis of glass: From raw materials to end of life Journal of Industrial Ecology,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13112

Dunant, CF., Shah, T., Drewniok, MP., Craglia, M. and Cullen, JM., 2020 (Accepted for publication). A new method to estimate the lifetime of long‐life product categories Journal of Industrial Ecology,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13093

Haugen, M., Paoli, L., Cullen, J., Cebon, D. and Boies, A., 2020 (Accepted for publication). A fork in the road: Which energy pathway offers the greatest energy efficiency and CO2 reduction potential for low-carbon vehicles? Applied Energy,

Islam, S. and Cullen, JM., 2020 (Accepted for publication). Food traceability: A generic theoretical framework Food Control, v. 123
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107848

Bitting, J. and Cullen, JM., 2020 (Accepted for publication). Creating a Water Quality Scale Methodology Using California as a Case Study Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, v. 7
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1061/jswbay.0000937

Michalakakis, C., Fouillou, J., Lupton, R., Gonzalez Hernandez, A. and Cullen, J., 2020 (Accepted for publication). Calculating the Chemical Exergy of Materials Journal of Industrial Ecology,

2020

Craglia, M. and Cullen, J., 2020. Do vehicle efficiency improvements lead to energy savings? The rebound effect in Great Britain Energy Economics,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104775

Cao, Z., Myers, RJ., Lupton, RC., Duan, H., Sacchi, R., Zhou, N., Reed Miller, T., Cullen, JM., Ge, Q. and Liu, G., 2020. The sponge effect and carbon emission mitigation potentials of the global cement cycle. Nat Commun, v. 11
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17583-w

Craglia, M. and Cullen, J., 2020. Modelling transport emissions in an uncertain future: What actions make a difference? Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, v. 89
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2020.102614

2019 (Accepted for publication)

Dunant, CF., Skelton, AC., Drewniok, M., Cullen, JM. and Allwood, JM., 2019 (Accepted for publication). A marginal abatement cost curve for material efficiency accounting for uncertainty Resources, Conservation and Recycling,

Craglia, MAM. and Cullen, JM., 2019 (Accepted for publication). Do technical improvements lead to real efficiency gains? Disaggregating changes in transport energy intensity Energy Policy,

Paoli, L. and Cullen, J., 2019 (Accepted for publication). Technical limits for energy conversion efficiency Energy,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116228

2019

Michalakakis, C., Cullen, JM., Gonzalez Hernandez, A. and Hallmark, B., 2019. Exergy and network analysis of chemical sites Sustainable Production and Consumption, v. 19
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2019.07.004

Hernandez, AG. and Cullen, JM., 2019. Exergy: A universal metric for measuring resource efficiency to address industrial decarbonisation Sustainable Production and Consumption, v. 20
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2019.05.006

2018 (Accepted for publication)

Gonzalez Hernandez, A., Lupton, R., Williams, C. and Cullen, JM., 2018 (Accepted for publication). Control data, Sankey diagrams, and exergy: assessing the resource efficiency of industrial plants Applied Energy,

Gonzalez Hernandez, A., Cullen, JM., Skelton, ACH. and Cooper-Searle, S., 2018 (Accepted for publication). Leveraging material efficiency as an energy and climate instrument for heavy industries in the EU Energy Policy,

Paoli, L., Lupton, RC. and Cullen, J., 2018 (Accepted for publication). Useful energy balance for the UK: an An uncertainty analysis Applied Energy,

Dunant, CF., Drewniok, M., Eleftheriadis, S., Cullen, J. and Allwood, J., 2018 (Accepted for publication). Regularity and optimisation practice in steel structural frames in real design cases Resources, Conservation and Recycling,

Dunant, CF., Drewniok, MP., Sansom, M., Corbey, S., Cullen, JM. and Allwood, JM., 2018 (Accepted for publication). Options to make steel reuse profitable: An analysis of cost and risk distribution across the UK construction value chain Journal of Cleaner Production,

2018

Levi, PG. and Cullen, JM., 2018. Mapping Global Flows of Chemicals: From Fossil Fuel Feedstocks to Chemical Products. Environ Sci Technol, v. 52
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b04573

Cullen, J., 2018. Towards a circular materials economy Materials Research Society (MRS) Bulletin, v. 43
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2018.37

Olivetti, EA. and Cullen, JM., 2018. Toward a sustainable materials system. Science, v. 360
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat6821

Grubler, A., Wilson, C., Bento, N., Boza-Kiss, B., Krey, V., McCollum, DL., Rao, ND., Riahi, K., Rogelj, J., De Stercke, S., Cullen, J., Frank, S., Fricko, O., Guo, F., Gidden, M., Havlík, P., Huppmann, D., Kiesewetter, G., Rafaj, P., Schoepp, W. and Valin, H., 2018. A low energy demand scenario for meeting the 1.5 °C target and sustainable development goals without negative emission technologies Nature Energy, v. 3
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0172-6

Gonzalez Hernandez, A., Cullen, JM. and Paoli, L., 2018. How resource-efficient is the global steel industry? Resources, Conservation and Recyclcing, v. 133
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.02.008

2017

Densley Tingley, D., Cooper, S. and Cullen, J., 2017. Understanding and overcoming the barriers to structural steel reuse, a UK perspective Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 148
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.02.006

Bocken, NMP., Olivetti, EA., Cullen, JM., Potting, J. and Lifset, R., 2017. Taking the Circularity to the Next Level: A Special Issue on the Circular Economy Journal of Industrial Ecology,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12606

Cullen, JM., 2017. Circular Economy: Theoretical Benchmark or Perpetual Motion Machine? Journal of Industrial Ecology, v. 21
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12599

Sousa, T., Brockway, PE., Cullen, JM., Henriques, ST., Miller, J., Serrenho, AC. and Domingos, T., 2017. The Need for Robust, Consistent Methods in Societal Exergy Accounting Ecological Economics, v. 141
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.05.020

Dunant, CF., Drewniok, MP., Sansom, M., Corbey, S., Allwood, JM. and Cullen, JM., 2017. Real and perceived barriers to steel reuse across the UK construction value chain Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 126
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.07.036

2016

Serrenho, AC., Mourão, ZS., Norman, J., Cullen, JM. and Allwood, JM., 2016. The influence of UK emissions reduction targets on the emissions of the global steel industry Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 107
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.01.001

Summerbell, DL., Barlow, CY. and Cullen, JM., 2016. Potential reduction of carbon emissions by performance improvement: A cement industry case study Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 135
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.155

Kopec, G., Allwood, J., Cullen, J. and Ralph, D., 2016. Corrigendum to: A general nonlinear least squares data reconciliation and estimation method for material flow analysis: data reconciliation for MFA (Journal of Industrial Ecology, (2016), 20, 5, (1038-1049), 10.1111/jiec.12344) Journal of Industrial Ecology, v. 20
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12530

Kopec, GM., Allwood, JM., Cullen, JM. and Ralph, D., 2016. A general nonlinear least squares data reconciliation and estimation method for material flow analysis Journal of Industrial Ecology, v. 20
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12344

2013

Cullen, JM. and Allwood, JM., 2013. Mapping the global flow of aluminum: from liquid aluminum to end-use goods. Environ Sci Technol, v. 47
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1021/es304256s

Bajželj, B., Allwood, JM. and Cullen, JM., 2013. Designing climate change mitigation plans that add up. Environ Sci Technol, v. 47
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1021/es400399h

2012

Ma, L., Allwood, JM., Cullen, JM. and Li, Z., 2012. The use of energy in China: Tracing the flow of energy from primary source to demand drivers Energy, v. 40
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2012.02.013

Cullen, JM., Allwood, JM. and Bambach, MD., 2012. Mapping the global flow of steel: from steelmaking to end-use goods. Environ Sci Technol, v. 46
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1021/es302433p

Ma, L., Allwood, JM., Cullen, JM. and Li, Z., 2012. The use of energy in China: Tracing the flow of energy from primary source to demand drivers Energy,

2011

Cullen, JM., Allwood, JM. and Borgstein, EH., 2011. Reducing energy demand: what are the practical limits? Environ Sci Technol, v. 45
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1021/es102641n

Milford, RL., Allwood, JM. and Cullen, JM., 2011. Assessing the potential of yield improvements, through process scrap reduction, for energy and CO<inf>2</inf> abatement in the steel and aluminium sectors Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 55
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.05.021

2010

Cullen, JM. and Allwood, JM., 2010. Theoretical efficiency limits for energy conversion devices Energy, v. 35
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2010.01.024

Cullen, JM. and Allwood, JM., 2010. The efficient use of energy: tracing the global flow of energy from fuel to service Energy Policy, v. 38
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2009.08.054

Allwood, JM., Cullen, JM. and Milford, RL., 2010. Options for achieving a 50% cut in industrial carbon emissions by 2050. Environ Sci Technol, v. 44
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1021/es902909k

2009

Cullen, JM. and Allwood, JM., 2009. The role of washing machines in life cycle assessment studies: the dangers of using LCA for prioritization Journal of Industrial Ecology, v. 13
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-9290.2009.00107.x

Conference proceedings

2024

Colverd, G., Bardhan, R. and Cullen, J., 2024. Benchmarking Domestic Energy Consumption using High-Resolution Neighbourhood Energy Data and City Clustering in the UK Proceedings of the 11th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation,
Doi: 10.1145/3671127.3698183

2022

Islam, S., Manning, L. and Cullen, JM., 2022. Selection criteria for planning cold food chain traceability technology enabling industry 4.0 Procedia Computer Science, v. 200
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2022.01.370

2019

Craglia, M. and Cullen, J., 2019. The quality rebound effect in transportation Eceee Summer Study Proceedings, v. 2019-June

2018 (Accepted for publication)

Michalakakis, C., Gonzalez Hernandez, A., Cullen, J. and Hallmark, B., 2018 (Accepted for publication). Exergy efficiency of ammonia production eceee Industrial Summer Study proceedings,

2018

Michalakakis, C., Hernandez, AG., Cullen, JM. and Hallmark, B., 2018. Exergy efficiency of ammonia production Eceee Industrial Summer Study Proceedings, v. 2018-June

2017

Paoli, L., Lupton, RC. and Cullen, JM., 2017. Probabilistic model allocating primary energy to end-use devices Energy Procedia, v. 142
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.180

Hernandez, AG., Lupton, R., Williams, C. and Cullen, J., 2017. From control data to real-time resource maps in a steel-making plant Energy Procedia, v. 142
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.170

Hernandez, AG., Paoli, L. and Cullen, J., 2017. Resource efficiency in steelmaking: Energy and materials combined Energy Procedia, v. 142
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.178

Craglia, M., Paoli, L. and Cullen, J., 2017. Fuel for thought: Powertrain efficiencies of British vehicles Energy Procedia, v. 142
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.505

2016

Hernandez, AG. and Cullen, JM., 2016. Unlocking Plant-level Resource Efficiency Options: A Unified Exergy Measure Procedia CIRP, v. 48
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2016.03.111

2013 (No publication date)

Cullen, JM., 2013 (No publication date). Mapping the material and energy flows of global steel and aluminium production

Cullen, JM., 2013 (No publication date). Making metal products more efficiently: exergy maps of global steel and aluminium flows

Cullen, JM. and Allwood, JM., 2013 (No publication date). From liquid metal to products: mapping the global flow of steel and aluminium

Cullen, JM. and Allwood, JM., 2013 (No publication date). Engineering fundamentals of energy efficiency (keynote)

2009

Allwood, JM., Cullen, JM. and Milford, RL., 2009. Non-destructive recycling: a latent opportunity for meeting the 2050 carbon targets in industry

Cullen, JM. and Allwood, JM., 2009. Determining the best options for improving global energy efficiency

Cullen, JM. and Allwood, JM., 2009. Engineering fundamentals of energy efficiency

2007

Cullen, JM. and Allwood, JM., 2007. Fundamental analysis of carbon emissions for manufacturing with aluminium and steel

Datasets

2023 (No publication date)

Drewniok, M., Gao, Y., Cullen, J. and Cabrera Serrenho, A., 2023 (No publication date). UK Plastics Flows

2021 (No publication date)

Drewniok, M., Cullen, J. and Cabrera Serrenho, A., 2021 (No publication date). UK Plastics Flows

2017 (No publication date)

Levi, PG. and Cullen, J., 2017 (No publication date). Supporting information for global (petro)chemical mapping - Revision A

Levi, PG. and Cullen, JM., 2017 (No publication date). Supporting information for global (petro)chemical mapping - Revision B

Levi, PG. and Cullen, JM., 2017 (No publication date). Supporting information for global (petro)chemical mapping - Revision C

Gonzalez Hernandez, A., Cullen, JM. and Paoli, L., 2017 (No publication date). Global average resource flow data for the steel industry

Levi, PG. and Cullen, JM., 2017 (No publication date). Supporting Information (SI): Global flows of chemicals: from fossil fuel feedstocks to chemical products

Reports

2023

Cervantes Barron, K., Dhir, S. and Cullen, JM., 2023. The geopolitics of critical materials and minerals and implications for the low-carbon transition
Doi: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7548640

2022

Cervantes Barron, K., Cullen, JM., Assicot, C., Keomanivong, A., Blanchet, P-M., Phommachanh, S., Vilaida, X., Nanthavong, K., Hirmer, S., Trotter, P., Finkbeiner, L. and Tennyson, EM., 2022. Resource efficiency in Lao PDR industry: guidelines for a sustainable industrial development
Doi: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7328812

Cleaver, C., Azevedo, J., Horton, P. and Allwood, JM., 2022. Materials & Manufacturing: Business growth in a transformative journey to zero emissions

Drewniok, M., Cullen, J. and Hibbert, A., 2022. Low Carbon Concrete Technologies (LCCT): Understanding and Implementation, EPSRC IAA Final report

2021

Drewniok, M., Cullen, J., Cervantes Barron, K. and Azevedo, J., 2021. Resource Use in Poland in 2019: Challenges and Opportunities

2020

MacKay, D., Bock, M., Cebon, D., Doig, K., Drewniok, M., Cullen, J., Gustafsson, J., Guthrie, P., Hibbert, A., Smith, S., Swallow, P., Symons, K., Tzokova, P. and Williams, B., 2020. Energy Cost Metric. Energy Design Guide for the Civil Engineering Building in West Cambridge. Part 1: Early stage design decisions

Drewniok, M., Cullen, J. and Cabrera Serrenho, A., 2020. THE ‘P’ WORD – Plastic in the UK: practical and pervasive … but problematic

2019

Allwood, J., Azevedo, J., Clare, A., Cleaver, C., Cullen, J., Dunant, C., Fellin, T., Hawkins, W., Horrocks, I., Horton, P., Ibell, T., Lin, J., Low, H., Lupton, R., Murray, J., Salamanti, M., Serrenho, AC., Ward, M. and Zhou, W., 2019. Absolute Zero

2011

Cullen, JM., Allwood, JM., McBrien, M., Milford, RL., Carruth, MA., Patel, ACH., Cooper, DR. and Moynihan, M., 2011. Prolonging our metal life: making the most of our metal services

Cullen, JM., Allwood, JM., McBrien, M., Milford, RL., Carruth, MA., Patel, ACH. and Cooper, DR., 2011. Taking our metal temperature: energy and carbon savings by managing heat in steel and aluminium supply chains

Cullen, JM., Allwood, JM., Carruth, MA., Cooper, DR., Milford, RL., Patel, ACH. and McBrien, M., 2011. Going on a metal diet: using less liquid metal to deliver the same services in order to save energy and carbon

Cullen, JM., Allwood, JM., Cooper, DR., Milford, RL., Patel, ACH., Carruth, MA. and McBrien, M., 2011. Conserving our metal energy: avoiding melting steel and aluminium scrap to save energy and carbon

Theses / dissertations

2023

Bitting, J., 2023. Pairing Quality and Quantity in a Mass Balance of Water in California

2022 (No publication date)

Islam, S., 2022 (No publication date). Reengineering food traceability systems

2021 (No publication date)

Michalakakis, C., 2021 (No publication date). Resource Efficiency in the Chemical Industry

Cervantes Barron, K., 2021 (No publication date). Adequate service provision as the guide for energy transitions and international development

2020 (No publication date)

Paoli, L., 2020 (No publication date). The role of end-use energy conversion efficiency as a climate mitigation tool

Craglia, MAM., 2020 (No publication date). The role of technical improvements in decarbonising passenger transport

2013 (No publication date)

Cullen, JM., 2013 (No publication date). Engineering Fundamentals of Energy Efficiency

Cullen, JM., 2013 (No publication date). Technologies for the reuse of printed paper in the office

2009

Cullen, JM., 2009. Engineering fundamentals of energy efficiency
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.13974

Book chapters

2021

Islam, S., Manning, L. and Cullen, JM., 2021. Advances in traceability systems in agri-food supply chains

Other publications

2014

Cullen, JM., 2014. 2‐25913‐5, $99.00. ... Journal of Industrial Ecology, v. 18
Doi: 10.1111/jiec.12127

Internet publications

2013 (No publication date)

Cullen, JM., Carruth, MA., Moynihan, M., Epstein, D. and Allwood, JM., 2013 (No publication date). Reducing embodied carbon through efficient design. Learning Legacy: lessons learned from the London 2012 Games construction project

Books

2011 (No publication date)

Cullen, JM. and Allwood, JM., 2011 (No publication date). Sustainable Materials: with both eyes open

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