Daniel B Müller
Biographic Data
| ID | 6568305 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel B Müller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel B |
| FAMILY NAME | Müller |
| SIGNATURE | MÜLLER D B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7747-9011 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The more you have, the more you want? Analysis of household material stocks and footprints
A large share of material flows and stocks in modern economies serve household needs, either directly through consumption or indirectly through supporting infrastructure and services. We show how household stocks (dwellings, holiday homes, and cars) correlate to household material footprints, combining accumulated material stocks with input-output analysis for footprints in a cross-sectional framework. Larger household stocks are associated with …
Crushing it…? A first national mapping of the Norwegian construction aggregates system using Material Flow Analysis
Norway produces and consumes construction aggregates—sand, gravel, and crushed rock—at one of the highest per capita rates in Europe while increasingly challenged by local resource constraints, longer transportation, and inefficient material use. Yet, the national system governing aggregate management has remained largely unexplored. This study applies a national-scale Material Flow Analysis to quantify the production, use, and end-of-life pathwa…
Influence of construction practices, regulatory changes, and geometric factors on historical wood use in timber frame stud walls
The building sector accounts for a significant share of global material stocks and embodied greenhouse gas emissions. Material intensity (MI), defined as construction materials per unit floor area, is a key metric for understanding resource use and environmental performance. Existing approaches estimate MI for specific building types and cohorts but rarely explore additional factors that influence the structural element requirements. This study r…
Exploring the relationships between building and transportation stocks to meet climate change mitigation goals
The building and transportation sectors contribute significantly to global direct and indirect carbon emissions. However, they are often treated separately when calculating carbon emissions and devising mitigation strategies. This separation overlooks the spatial and functional relationships between building and transportation stocks. Studying their complex relationships is thus crucial for developing effective climate change mitigation strategie…
Approaching building lifetimes and hazard rates through demolition patterns
Despite their relevance in building stock modeling, building lifetimes are poorly understood and tend to form the weakest link in forecasting energy use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, waste generation, and resource use. Here, we develop a methodology to trace building lifetimes for cohorts in two central areas built up after fires in the 1840s. Using Geographical Information System (GIS) data of the current building stock and archival material,…
The “nature” and “nurture” of product lifetimes in dynamic stock modeling
Product life extension is often portrayed as one of the pillars of the circular economy since longer lifetimes slow down material turnover rates and thus decrease resource use and associated emissions. Strategies for product longevity can involve addressing the product “nature” (inherent product durability) or “nurture” (external factors). Yet, in most dynamic material flow analysis (dMFA) studies, lifetime is an intrinsic property of the cohort …
Linking socio‐economic metabolism models and simulation games
Simulation models of socio‐economic metabolisms (SEM) are increasingly used to address questions regarding environmental issues. SEM studies often focus on target audiences such as researchers and decision‐makers by means of scientific articles, reports, and oral presentations. In this contribution, we study the linkage of SEM models and simulation games (SGs) (i) to widen the audience of SEM research to include the general public, who, through t…
Material system analysis
Lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) will play a crucial role in achieving decarbonization and reducing greenhouse gases. If the EU wants to be competitive in the global market of LIBs, it has to ensure a sustainable and secure supply of the raw materials needed for the manufacturing of these batteries. Limited understanding of how the battery material cycles are linked with raw materials supply chains may hinder policy measures targeting the set‐up of a…
A product–component framework for modeling stock dynamics and its application for electric vehicles and lithium‐ion batteries
Models that study the socio-economic metabolism often apply a lifetime approach to capture the stock dynamics of products. The lifetime is usually obtained empirically from statistical information and is assumed to describe the dynamics of the product and its components. However, for new types of products for which historic outflow data is limited, or in cases where a critical component plays a significant role in determining product end-of-life,…
A general framework for stock dynamics of populations and built and natural environments
Sustainable development involves a responsible management of the interactions between humans and their built and natural environment. From a physical perspective, the interactions can be characterized as stocks and flows of energy and matter within and between these spheres. Understanding the dynamics of the stocks is essential to enable their responsible management. A large number of independent disciplines study the dynamics of individual stock…
Estimating stocks and flows of electric passenger vehicle batteries in the Norwegian fleet from 2011 to 2030
Retired passenger battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are expected to generate significant volumes of lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs), opening business opportunities for second life and recycling. In order to evaluate these, robust estimates of the future quantity and composition of LIBs are imperative. Here, we analyzed BEV fate in the Norwegian passenger vehicle fleet and estimated the corresponding battery capacity in retired vehicles from 2011 to 2…
Sustainability of the global sand system in the Anthropocene
Pathways toward a carbon-neutral Swiss residential building stock
Current policies to reduce energy consumption and CO 2 emissions associated with buildings focus on technological developments such as energy efficiency, renovation rates and renewable energies. While technological developments are effective at mitigating climate change, the omission of lifestyle changes such as lower floor area per capita and indoor temperatures as well as disruptive measures (e.g. replacement of highly energy-consuming building…
A general data model for socioeconomic metabolism and its implementation in an industrial ecology data commons prototype
Until this day, data in industrial ecology (IE) have been commonly seen as existing within the domain of particular methods or models, such as input–output, life cycle assessment, urban metabolism, or material flow analysis data. This artificial division of data into methods contradicts the common phenomena described by those data: the objects and processes in the industrial system, or socioeconomic metabolism (SEM). A consequence of this scatter…
Contributions of sociometabolic research to sustainability science
Toward a Practical Ontology for Socioeconomic Metabolism
The complexity of data and methods in industrial ecology (IE) keeps growing, and the demand for comprehensive and interdisciplinary assessments increases. To keep up with this development, the field needs a data infrastructure that allows researchers to annotate, store, retrieve, combine, and exchange data at low cost, without loss of information, and across disciplines and model frameworks. A consensus‐building debate about how to describe the c…
Investigating Cross‐Sectoral Synergies through Integrated Aquaculture, Fisheries, and Agriculture Phosphorus Assessments
Future phosphorus (P) scarcity and eutrophication risks demonstrate the need for systems‐wide P assessments. Despite the projected drastic increase in world‐wide fish production, P studies have yet to include the aquaculture and fisheries sectors, thus eliminating the possibility of assessing their relative importance and identifying opportunities for recycling. Using Norway as a case, this study presents the results of a current‐status integrate…
Socioeconomic Metabolism Takes the Stage in the International Environmental Policy Debate
A General System Structure and Accounting Framework for Socioeconomic Metabolism
A wide spectrum of accounting frameworks and models is available to describe socioeconomic metabolism (SEM). Despite the common system of study, a large variety of terms and representations of that system are used by different models. This makes it difficult for practitioners to compare and choose a model or model combination that is fit for purpose. To facilitate model comparison, we analyze the system structure of material flow analysis (MFA); …
The Ferrous Find
A detailed understanding of material stocks in use is essential for anticipating future scrap availability, identifying critical drivers for material use, and developing strategies for resource efficiency. Here, we present a bottom‐up assessment of iron and steel stocks in use in urban and rural China for the years 2000 and 2010, including >250 subcategories of products and components, and grouping them into five main end‐use categories (i.e., bu…
Carbon Emissions of Infrastructure Development
Identifying strategies for reconciling human development and climate change mitigation requires an adequate understanding of how infrastructures contribute to well-being and greenhouse gas emissions. While direct emissions from infrastructure use are well-known, information about indirect emissions from their construction is highly fragmented. Here, we estimated the carbon footprint of the existing global infrastructure stock in 2008, assuming cu…
Transforming the Norwegian Dwelling Stock to Reach the 2 Degrees Celsius Climate Target
Residential buildings account for about one‐third of the final energy demand in Norway. Many cost‐effective measures for reducing heat losses in buildings are known, and their implementation may make the building sector one of the largest contributors to climate change mitigation. To determine the sectoral emission reduction potential, we model a complete transformation of the dwelling stock by 2050 by applying both renovation and reconstruction …
The role of in-use stocks in the social metabolism and in climate change mitigation
Books
Multilevel Anthropogenic Cycles of Copper and Zinc
Contemporary cycles for copper and zinc are coanalyzed with the tools of exploratory data analysis. One‐year analyses (circa 1994) are performed at three discrete spatial levels‐country (52 countries that comprise essentially all anthropogenic stocks and flows of the two metals), eight world regions, and the planet as a whole‐and are completed both in absolute magnitude and in per capita terms. This work constitutes, to our knowledge, the first m…
Contributions of sociometabolic research to sustainability science
The role of in-use stocks in the social metabolism and in climate change mitigation
Pathways toward a carbon-neutral Swiss residential building stock
Current policies to reduce energy consumption and CO 2 emissions associated with buildings focus on technological developments such as energy efficiency, renovation rates and renewable energies. While technological developments are effective at mitigating climate change, the omission of lifestyle changes such as lower floor area per capita and indoor temperatures as well as disruptive measures (e.g. replacement of highly energy-consuming building…
Long‐term Coordination of Timber Production and Consumption Using a Dynamic Material and Energy Flow Analysis
A dynamic model for wood and energy flows is used to analyze regional timber management. The model combines a sitequality‐dependent forest‐growth module with modules for the timber industry, timber products use, waste management, and energy supply. The model is calibrated with data of a Swiss lowland region for the period of 1900–1997. Scenarios are developed for the period until 2100 in order to discuss possible future roles of domestic timber. …
Multilevel Anthropogenic Cycles of Copper and Zinc
Contemporary cycles for copper and zinc are coanalyzed with the tools of exploratory data analysis. One‐year analyses (circa 1994) are performed at three discrete spatial levels‐country (52 countries that comprise essentially all anthropogenic stocks and flows of the two metals), eight world regions, and the planet as a whole‐and are completed both in absolute magnitude and in per capita terms. This work constitutes, to our knowledge, the first m…
Stock dynamics for forecasting material flows—Case study for housing in The Netherlands
Books
Carbon Emissions of Infrastructure Development
Identifying strategies for reconciling human development and climate change mitigation requires an adequate understanding of how infrastructures contribute to well-being and greenhouse gas emissions. While direct emissions from infrastructure use are well-known, information about indirect emissions from their construction is highly fragmented. Here, we estimated the carbon footprint of the existing global infrastructure stock in 2008, assuming cu…
Transforming the Norwegian Dwelling Stock to Reach the 2 Degrees Celsius Climate Target
Residential buildings account for about one‐third of the final energy demand in Norway. Many cost‐effective measures for reducing heat losses in buildings are known, and their implementation may make the building sector one of the largest contributors to climate change mitigation. To determine the sectoral emission reduction potential, we model a complete transformation of the dwelling stock by 2050 by applying both renovation and reconstruction …
The role of in-use stocks in the social metabolism and in climate change mitigation
Socioeconomic Metabolism Takes the Stage in the International Environmental Policy Debate
A General System Structure and Accounting Framework for Socioeconomic Metabolism
A wide spectrum of accounting frameworks and models is available to describe socioeconomic metabolism (SEM). Despite the common system of study, a large variety of terms and representations of that system are used by different models. This makes it difficult for practitioners to compare and choose a model or model combination that is fit for purpose. To facilitate model comparison, we analyze the system structure of material flow analysis (MFA); …
The Ferrous Find
A detailed understanding of material stocks in use is essential for anticipating future scrap availability, identifying critical drivers for material use, and developing strategies for resource efficiency. Here, we present a bottom‐up assessment of iron and steel stocks in use in urban and rural China for the years 2000 and 2010, including >250 subcategories of products and components, and grouping them into five main end‐use categories (i.e., bu…
Toward a Practical Ontology for Socioeconomic Metabolism
The complexity of data and methods in industrial ecology (IE) keeps growing, and the demand for comprehensive and interdisciplinary assessments increases. To keep up with this development, the field needs a data infrastructure that allows researchers to annotate, store, retrieve, combine, and exchange data at low cost, without loss of information, and across disciplines and model frameworks. A consensus‐building debate about how to describe the c…
Investigating Cross‐Sectoral Synergies through Integrated Aquaculture, Fisheries, and Agriculture Phosphorus Assessments
Future phosphorus (P) scarcity and eutrophication risks demonstrate the need for systems‐wide P assessments. Despite the projected drastic increase in world‐wide fish production, P studies have yet to include the aquaculture and fisheries sectors, thus eliminating the possibility of assessing their relative importance and identifying opportunities for recycling. Using Norway as a case, this study presents the results of a current‐status integrate…
A general data model for socioeconomic metabolism and its implementation in an industrial ecology data commons prototype
Until this day, data in industrial ecology (IE) have been commonly seen as existing within the domain of particular methods or models, such as input–output, life cycle assessment, urban metabolism, or material flow analysis data. This artificial division of data into methods contradicts the common phenomena described by those data: the objects and processes in the industrial system, or socioeconomic metabolism (SEM). A consequence of this scatter…
Contributions of sociometabolic research to sustainability science
Pathways toward a carbon-neutral Swiss residential building stock
Current policies to reduce energy consumption and CO 2 emissions associated with buildings focus on technological developments such as energy efficiency, renovation rates and renewable energies. While technological developments are effective at mitigating climate change, the omission of lifestyle changes such as lower floor area per capita and indoor temperatures as well as disruptive measures (e.g. replacement of highly energy-consuming building…
A general framework for stock dynamics of populations and built and natural environments
Sustainable development involves a responsible management of the interactions between humans and their built and natural environment. From a physical perspective, the interactions can be characterized as stocks and flows of energy and matter within and between these spheres. Understanding the dynamics of the stocks is essential to enable their responsible management. A large number of independent disciplines study the dynamics of individual stock…
Estimating stocks and flows of electric passenger vehicle batteries in the Norwegian fleet from 2011 to 2030
Retired passenger battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are expected to generate significant volumes of lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs), opening business opportunities for second life and recycling. In order to evaluate these, robust estimates of the future quantity and composition of LIBs are imperative. Here, we analyzed BEV fate in the Norwegian passenger vehicle fleet and estimated the corresponding battery capacity in retired vehicles from 2011 to 2…
Sustainability of the global sand system in the Anthropocene
Material system analysis
Lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) will play a crucial role in achieving decarbonization and reducing greenhouse gases. If the EU wants to be competitive in the global market of LIBs, it has to ensure a sustainable and secure supply of the raw materials needed for the manufacturing of these batteries. Limited understanding of how the battery material cycles are linked with raw materials supply chains may hinder policy measures targeting the set‐up of a…
A product–component framework for modeling stock dynamics and its application for electric vehicles and lithium‐ion batteries
Models that study the socio-economic metabolism often apply a lifetime approach to capture the stock dynamics of products. The lifetime is usually obtained empirically from statistical information and is assumed to describe the dynamics of the product and its components. However, for new types of products for which historic outflow data is limited, or in cases where a critical component plays a significant role in determining product end-of-life,…
Linking socio‐economic metabolism models and simulation games
Simulation models of socio‐economic metabolisms (SEM) are increasingly used to address questions regarding environmental issues. SEM studies often focus on target audiences such as researchers and decision‐makers by means of scientific articles, reports, and oral presentations. In this contribution, we study the linkage of SEM models and simulation games (SGs) (i) to widen the audience of SEM research to include the general public, who, through t…
Exploring the relationships between building and transportation stocks to meet climate change mitigation goals
The building and transportation sectors contribute significantly to global direct and indirect carbon emissions. However, they are often treated separately when calculating carbon emissions and devising mitigation strategies. This separation overlooks the spatial and functional relationships between building and transportation stocks. Studying their complex relationships is thus crucial for developing effective climate change mitigation strategie…
Approaching building lifetimes and hazard rates through demolition patterns
Despite their relevance in building stock modeling, building lifetimes are poorly understood and tend to form the weakest link in forecasting energy use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, waste generation, and resource use. Here, we develop a methodology to trace building lifetimes for cohorts in two central areas built up after fires in the 1840s. Using Geographical Information System (GIS) data of the current building stock and archival material,…
The “nature” and “nurture” of product lifetimes in dynamic stock modeling
Product life extension is often portrayed as one of the pillars of the circular economy since longer lifetimes slow down material turnover rates and thus decrease resource use and associated emissions. Strategies for product longevity can involve addressing the product “nature” (inherent product durability) or “nurture” (external factors). Yet, in most dynamic material flow analysis (dMFA) studies, lifetime is an intrinsic property of the cohort …
The more you have, the more you want? Analysis of household material stocks and footprints
A large share of material flows and stocks in modern economies serve household needs, either directly through consumption or indirectly through supporting infrastructure and services. We show how household stocks (dwellings, holiday homes, and cars) correlate to household material footprints, combining accumulated material stocks with input-output analysis for footprints in a cross-sectional framework. Larger household stocks are associated with …
Economics (18 works) · Environmental Impact and Sustainability (18 works) · Engineering (16 works) · Ecology (13 works) · Environmental Science (13 works) · Business (12 works) · Industrial ecology (11 works) · Material flow analysis (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Natural resource economics (9 works)