Nihan Karali

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2026

Khanna, Nina, Nihan Karali, Nihar Shah, and Akshay Sharma. "Space Cooling: Recovery, Reuse, Recycling and Supply Chain Impacts." 2026.

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2025

Shah, Nihar, Nina Khanna, Nihan Karali, Akshay Sharma, Chao Ding, and Won Young Park. An Assessment of the Global Cooling Supply Chain and Implications for Critical Minerals. 2025.

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2024

Park, Won Young, Nihan Karali, and Nihar Shah. Driving the Shift to Energy-Efficient and Climate-Responsible Commercial Refrigeration Equipment in Chile. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2024.

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Karali, Nihan, Nina Khanna, and Nihar Shah. Climate Impact of Primary Plastic Production. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2024.

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2023

Park, Won Young, Nihan Karali, Peng Peng, Sunhee Baik, Nihar Shah, Brian Holuj, and Marco Duran. Model Quality and Performance Guidelines for Off-Grid Refrigerating Appliances. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme, 2023.

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Abhyankar, Nikit, Priyanka Mohanty, Shruti M Deorah, Nihan Karali, Umed Paliwal, Jessica Kersey, and Amol A Phadke. "India’s path towards energy independence and a clean future: Harnessing India’s renewable edge for cost-effective energy independence by 2047." The Electricity Journal 36.5 (2023).

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Abhyankar, Nikit, Priyanka Mohanty, Shruti M Deorah, Nihan Karali, Umed Paliwal, Jessica Kersey, and Amol A Phadke. Pathways to Atmanirbhar Bharat: Harnessing India’s Renewable Edge for Cost-Effective Energy Independence by 2047. 2023.

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2022

Khanna, Nina, Chao Ding, Won Young Park, Nihan Karali, and Nihar Shah. International review of market trends, technologies and policies for commercial refrigeration equipment and implications for China. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2022.

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Shaffie, Ambereen, Nihar Shah, Nihan Karali, Won Young Park, Moustafa Al-Sammany, Brian Holuj, and Leon Becker. Cooling Egypt: Cost and benefits of room air conditioner efficiency improvement in Egypt. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2022.

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Abhyankar, Nikit, Narayan Gopinathan, Aditya Khandekar, Nihan Karali, Amol A Phadke, and Deepak Rajagopal. Freight Trucks in India are Primed for Electrification. 2022.

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Karali, Nihan, Nikit Abhyankar, and Shruti M Deorah. Electricity demand in South Asia – data gaps and pathways for research and modeling. 2022.

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Karali, Nihan, and Nihar Shah. "Bolstering supplies of critical raw materials for low-carbon technologies through circular economy strategies." Energy Research & Social Science 88 (2022).

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2021

Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Tabeel A Jacob, Chao Ding, Nihan Karali, Brian Holuj, and Marco Duran. Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Supporting Information. Paris: United Nations Environment Programme – United for Efficiency initiative, 2021.

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2020

Karali, Nihan, Chao Ding, Won Young Park, Nihar Shah, and Jiang Lin. Energy-Efficiency Improvement Potential of Multi-split Air Conditioning Systems in China. 2020.

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Karali, Nihan, Nikit Abhyankar, and Aditya Khandekar. "EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLIANCE-LEVEL LOAD SHAPE AND DEMAND RESPONSE POTENTIAL IN INDIA." Energy Innovation for a Sustainable Economy 11th-13th February 2020 The Park, Hyderabad, India 2020: 363–370.

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Phadke, Amol A, Nihar Shah, Jiang Lin, Won Young Park, Yongsheng Zhang, Durwood Zaelke, Chao Ding, and Nihan Karali. "Chinese policy leadership would cool global air conditioning impacts: Looking East." Energy Research & Social Science 66 (2020) 101570.

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Karali, Nihan, Nihar Shah, Won Young Park, Nina Khanna, Chao Ding, Jiang Lin, and Nan Zhou. "Improving the energy efficiency of room air conditioners in China: Costs and benefits." Applied Energy 258 (2020) 114023.

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Letschert, Virginie E, Sarah K Price, Ambereen Shaffie, Won Young Park, Nihan Karali, Nikit Abhyankar, Nihar Shah, and Ari Darmawan Pasek. Accelerating the Transition to More Energy Efficient Air Conditioners in Indonesia. 2020.

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2019

Letschert, Virginie E, Nihar Shah, Won Young Park, Nihan Karali, Ambereen Shaffie, Sarah K Price, Nikit Abhyankar, Ari Darmawan Pasek, Edi Sartono, Hari Kusmardianto, and Andi Novianto. "Accelerating Cooling Efficiency in Indonesia." 2019.

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Letschert, Virginie E, Nihan Karali, Won Young Park, Nihar Shah, Gilberto Jannuzzi, Fernando Costa, Roberto Lamberts, Kamyla Borges, and Suely Machado Carvalho. "The manufacturer economics and national benefits of cooling efficiency for air conditioners in Brazil." eceee 2019 Summer Study. Belambra Presqu’île de Giens, France, 2019.

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McNeil, Michael A, Nihan Karali, and Virginie E Letschert. "Forecasting Indonesia’s electricity load through 2030 and peak demand reductions from appliance and lighting efficiency." Energy for Sustainable Development 49.April 2019 (2019).

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Karali, Nihan, Nikit Abhyankar, Ben Sharpe, and Anup Bandivadekar. Improving fuel efficiency for heavy-duty vehicles of 3.5–12 tonnes in India: Benefits, costs, and environmental impacts. Berkeley, CA, 2019.

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Khanna, Nina, David Fridley, Nan Zhou, Nihan Karali, Jingjing Zhang, and Wei Feng. "Energy and CO2 implications of decarbonization strategies for China beyond efficiency: Modeling 2050 maximum renewable resources and accelerated electrification impacts." Applied Energy 242 (2019) 12–26.

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2017

Shah, Nihar, Nina Khanna, Nihan Karali, Won Young Park, Yi Qu, and Nan Zhou. Opportunities for Simultaneous Efficiency Improvement and Refrigerant Transition in Air Conditioning. 2017.

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Karali, Nihan, Won Young Park, and Michael A McNeil. "Modeling Technological Change and Its Impact on Energy Savings in the U.S. Iron and Steel Sector." Applied Energy 202.September 15, 2017 (2017).

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