Publications

How are companies reducing emissions? An LLM-based approach to creating a carbon emissions reduction levers library at scale

Published in NeurIPS 2024. Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning Workshop, 2024

Authors: Varsha Gopalakrishnan, Shaena Ulissi, Andrew Dumit, Krishna Rao, Katherine Tsai and Sangwon Suh

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ATLAS: A spend classification benchmark for estimating scope 3 carbon emissions

Published in NeurIPS 2024. Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning Workshop, 2024

Authors: Andrew Dumit, Krishna Rao, Travis Kwee, Jonathan Glidden, Varsha Gopalakrishnan, Katherine Tsai and Sangwon Suh

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Nature-Based Solutions Can Compete with Technology for Mitigating Air Emissions Across the United States

Published in Environmental Science & Technology, 2019

Authors: Varsha Gopalakrishnan, Guy Ziv, Satoshi Hirabayashi, and Bhavik R. Bakshi

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Role of vegetation in mitigating air emissions across industrial sites in the US

Published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry And Engineering, 2019

Authors: Varsha Gopalakrishnan, Bhavik R. Bakshi, and Guy Ziv

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Including nature in the food-energy-water nexus can improve sustainability across multiple ecosystem services

Published in Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2018

Authors: Rebecca J.Hanes, Varsha Gopalakrishnan, Bhavik R.Bakshi

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Air quality and human health impacts of grasslands and shrublands in the United States

Published in Atmospheric Environment, 2018

Authors: Varsha Gopalakrishnan, Satoshi Hirabayashi, Guy Ziv, and Bhavik R. Bakshi.

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Synergies between industry and nature–An emergy evaluation of a biodiesel production system integrated with ecological systems

Published in Ecosystems Services, 2018

Authors: Fabrizio Saladini, Varsha Gopalakrishnan, Simone Bastianoni, and Bhavik R. Bakshi

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Ecosystems as unit operations for local techno‐ecological synergy: Integrated process design with treatment wetlands

Published in AIChE Journal, 2018

Authors: Varsha Gopalakrishnan and Bhavik R. Bakshi

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Including Nature in Engineering Decisions for Sustainability.

Published in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies, 2017

Authors: Varsha Gopalakrishnan and Bhavik R. Bakshi

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Biosolids management with net-zero CO2 emissions: a techno-ecological synergy design

Published in Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2017

Authors: Varsha Gopalakrishnan, Geoffrey F. Grubb, and Bhavik R. Bakshi

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Synergies and trade-offs in renewable energy landscapes: Balancing energy production with economics and ecosystem services

Published in Applied Energy, 2017

Authors: Rebecca J.Hanes, Varsha Gopalakrishnan, and Bhavik R. Bakshi.

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Assessing the capacity of local ecosystems to meet industrial demand for ecosystem services

Published in AIChE Journal, 2016

Varsha Gopalakrishnan, Bhavik R. Bakshi, and Guy Ziv