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Bin Shui

Shui, Bin, Ph.D.  Research Faculty
Office: 128 Torrence Hall
Phone: 615-963-5401
Email: bshui@tnstate.edu

Education:

• Ph.D., Energy and Environmental Policy, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
  Dissertation: Consumer Lifestyles Approach: A Paradigm for Understanding the Role of Consumers in Energy Use and Environmental Impacts (Advisors: Professors Hadi Dowlatabadi, Granger Morgan, Baruch Fischoff, and Lester Lave)
• M.S., Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• M.S. studies, Energy Policy and Economics, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

Research Interest:

Sustainability, Energy Policy, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Sustainable Urban Development, Community Resilience, Clean Energy, ESG, Gentrification, and Underserved Communities

Teaching Experience:

• Sustainable and Resilient Cities (2020 to Present; Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN)
• Capstone Projects in Sustainability (2020 to Present; Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN)
• Introduction to Statistics (2017; Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH)

Selected Professional Experience:
Academia

• Research Faculty, College of Engineering, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
• Adjunct Professor, Institute of Sustainability Practice, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
• Instructor, Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
• Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Human Dimension of Global Change, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Non-Academia (Research)

• Research Scientist & Postdoctoral Research Associate, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD
• Senior Researcher, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Washington DC
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Society and Environment & Advanced Study Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
• Visiting Scientist, Energy Analysis Program, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkely, CA

Selected Grants:

1. Co-PI. Development of Tennessee State University Clean Energy Academy - Phases I and II. U.S. Department of Energy. $500,000. 2024 -2027.
2. Co-PI. Urban and Community Research Center. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. $1M. 2024 – 2027.
3. Co-PI. Clean Energy Education Summer Camp for Local High School Students in the Nashville Metro Areas. U.S. Department of Energy. $40,000. 2024.
4. Co-PI. Household Lifestyles on Energy Use and Carbon Emissions. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. $500,000. 2009-2011.

Selected Publications (Google Scholar)

• Sanquist, T. F., Orr, H., Shui, B., & Bittner, A. C. (2012). Lifestyle factors in US residential electricity consumption. Energy Policy, 42, 354–364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.11.092
• Shui, B. (2012). Greening work styles: An analysis of energy behavior programs in the workplace. American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. http://aceee.org/research-report/b121
• Harriss, R., & Shui, B. (2010). Consumption, not CO₂ emissions: Reframing perspectives on climate change and sustainability. Environment, 52(6), 8–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2010.522461
• Sanquist, T., Shui, B., & Orr, H. (2010). Integrated assessment modeling of energy consumption behavior and carbon emissions. In 2010 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (pp. 208–211). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISI.2010.5484734
• Evans, M., Shui, B., & Delgado, A. (2009). Shaping energy efficiency in new buildings: A comparison of building energy codes in the Asia-Pacific region. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
• Halverson, M. A., Shui, B., & Evans, M. (2009). Country report on building energy codes in the United States (PNNL-17979). Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
• Evans, M., Shui, B., & Somasundaram, S. (2009). Country report on building energy codes in India (PNNL-17925). Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
• Shui, B., & Dowlatabadi, H. (2005). Consumer lifestyle approach to US energy use and the related CO₂ emissions. Energy Policy, 33(2), 197–208. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0301-4215(03)00210-6

Selected Media Impacts:

1. Tennessee State University. (2024, December 13). Tennessee State University Receives $1 Million to Study Housing and Affordability in Nashville [Press release].
2. American Council for an Energy-efficient Economy. (2012, January 10). Report examines how energy behavior programs can help build an energy-efficient culture in the workplace [Press release].
3. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. (2008, December 3). Cracking the Codes of Building Energy Efficiency [Research Highlights].
4. National Center for Atmospheric Research. (2005, December 1). Trade imbalance shifts U.S. carbon emissions to China, Boosts Global Total [Press release].
5. Black, R. (2005, December 19). Trade can 'export' CO2 emissions. BBC.