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Greenlink Analytics is an Atlanta-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to advance a clean energy transition as fast and fair as possible. Our team combines expert knowledge, data analytics, and machine learning to solve the most pressing climate and social issues. AN ATLANTA-BASED 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION Data for Good WHO WE ARE: The clean energy future is here and we want to ensure it’s available to everyone. That requires accurate data, better processes, and policies built from the ground up. At Greenlink Analytics, we draw on diverse backgrounds and knowledge to create the foundations necessary for advancing a safer, healthier, and more just world. Learn More OUR MISSION: Together, we can push forward a fast and fair clean energy transition. OUR WORK: Our advanced data analytics deliver detailed, accurate, and novel insights regarding the economic, social, and environmental impacts of energy use. The data serve as a springboard for empowering change that improves lives, especially for the people most harmed by climate change. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, we partner with community organizations, cities, and other leaders to inspire change from the ground up. Energy Connects Us All Energy underpins the working of modern society. The pollution resulting from the extraction and use of fossil fuel energy sources is causing rapid environmental destruction, harming communities, and driving serious problems like climate change. However, like many challenges, these impacts are not borne evenly by all. THE COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ARE INEQUITABLE BECAUSE HISTORICAL POWER STRUCTURES PRIVILEGED SOME COMMUNITIES OVER OTHERS, RESULTING IN UNFAIR RESOURCE DISTRIBUTIONS THAT CONTINUE TO IMPACT COMMUNITIES THIS DAY. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. People in these communities are more likely to be non-white and experience chronic health challenges, toxic living situations, and severe economic strain. They are also more likely to lack agency over where they live and how they want to live. The result is higher energy burdens, or the percentage of a household’s annual income spent on utility bills, an important indicator used to analyze socioeconomic equity. We can do better. Greenlink works on improving outcomes in the perpetual issues impacting communities across the US, using our skills in energy to improve the economy, create safer environments, produce meaningful employment opportunities, and save lives. We enable community-based organizations, policymakers, local leaders, and corporations to discover a better path forward and help them tell the story. We celebrate data’s unique ability to do good. We work to actualize a more equitable, sustainable future for everyone. Learn More Our Impact 8.98 BMT of CO 2 Avoided $1 Trillion Dollars 24,000+ Lives 175 Equitable Processes We've identified pathways to avoid 8.98 billion metric tons of CO2 emissions We've worked with cities and states to identify ways to save communities over $1 trillion dollars Our clean energy and community research has identified pathways to save over 24,000 lives Our work has enabled cities, counties, and states to engage in 175 equitable processes Learn More Latest News Why Building Codes Matter More Than Ever Apr 23 Greenlink 2024 Annual Impact Report Mar 19 Greenlink Featured on Closer Look Radio Show: Championing a Just Clean Energy Transition Feb 19 Greenlink Predicted Georgia Power’s Rate Hikes — Clean Energy Could Have Helped Jan 23 Read More Our Expertise URBAN SUSTAINABILITY UTILITY RESOURCE PLANNING CARBON FOOTPRINT ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT EQUITY MAPPING Learn More Follow Greenlink on Social Media Read More Our Values SERVICE FOR THE GREATER GOOD ADVANCE INTERGENERATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY PROVIDE FOR EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES SUFFUSE EVIDENCE THROUGHOUT COMMUNICATE CLEAR, ACTIONABLE INSIGHT Learn More

Jellie keeps Greenlink Analytics' community-driven, data-informed orientation front and center. < Back Angelica Chavez Duckworth Director of Community Initiatives Jellie focuses on keeping Greenlink's data-informed, community-driven orientation front and center. She oversees the qualitative research department, grounding policy and program design in lived experiences and environmental justice priorities. She has years of experience as a social scientist and community organizer investigating the nexus of housing, health, energy, and conservation. She is dedicated to deconstructing exploitative and extractive systems of production through research and organizing. Jellie holds a Bachelors in Sociology with an emphasis in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Missouri - Kansas City and will be pursuing a Masters in Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University in the fall of 2025. She is the recipient of the Jensen Scholarship - a nominated, full-ride award administered by Johns Hopkins' Department of Environmental Health and Engineering and EA Engineering. PUBLICATIONS Chavez Duckworth, A. (2023, August 16). Unlikely partnerships… Cool, but how? Atlanta, GA: Greenlink Analytics: Greenlink Equity Map: GEM Stories. https://www.equitymap.org/post/unlikely-partnerships-cool-but-how LivZero & Greenlink Analytics. (2023, June 07). Environmental justice in conservation: Neighborhood impacts of health, housing, and environmental burdens in Kansas City, MO . Atlanta, GA: Greenlink Analytics: Greenlink Equity Map: Publications. https://www.equitymap.org/_files/ugd/4aef44_ddeeb1e17800435885a66d21cac62ca5.pdf Madhavan, S., Chavez Duckworth, A., Cox, W.M., & Gilley, M.W. (2023, March). Impacts of energy burden for Jacksonville - Energy burden impacts: Florida in focus . Atlanta, GA: Greenlink Analytics: Publications. https://www.greenlinkanalytics.org/_files/ugd/4aef44_52ba126b99f249a0ac89b5123b917dee.pdf Madhavan, S., Chavez Duckworth, A., Cox, W.M., & Gilley, M.W. (2023, February). Impacts of energy burden for Orlando - Energy burden impacts: Florida in focus . Atlanta, GA: Greenlink Analytics: Publications. https://www.greenlinkanalytics.org/_files/ugd/4aef44_4b782937567a457fb85845b030d71453.pdf LivZero & Greenlink Analytics. (2022, August 24). Health equity quantitative analysis for Vibrant Health: Health, socioeconomic, and environmental impacts in Wyandotte County, Kansas . Atlanta, GA: Greenlink Analytics: Greenlink Equity Map: Publications. https://www.equitymap.org/_files/ugd/4aef44_85af94b78d9145ad8bb1a05211fc04f0.pdf

Drawing on diverse expertise, Greenlink creates the foundations for a safer, healthier, and more just world. Our team of data scientists, analysts, and community engagement specialists support states, counties, cities, communities, and companies with expert services. Our Services & Tools Our Impacts Are National Greenlink Analytics is the leading energy and equity data, analysis, and consulting 501(c)(3) non-profit in the United States. We enable leaders at all levels—federal, state, city, community, and corporate—to implement energy policies that promote equity and combat climate change. Our data-driven solutions help accelerate an equitable clean energy transition tailored to community needs. With hundreds of clients across the U.S. and Canada, Greenlink has helped: Avoid ~9 billion metric tons of CO2 emissions Save $1 Trillion dollars for communities Prevent 25,000 deaths Engage 175+ equitable processes Our data and guidance enable governmental (federal, state, city), community, and corporate leaders to drive implementable energy and policy solutions that facilitate equity and reduce climate change. Our Services Are Unparalleled Drawing on our diverse expertise, Greenlink creates the foundations for a safer, healthier, and more just world. Our team of data scientists, analysts, and community engagement specialists support states, counties, cities, communities, and companies with expert services, including: Energy Forecasting Clean Energy Plan Development Clean Energy & Equity Consulting Carbon Footprint Accounting Equity Consulting Environmental & Social Impact Assessments Equity Mapping Policy Evaluation Utility Resource Planning Expert Witness Testimony Additional services to support your energy and equity data needs Our Tools Are Industry-Leading We develop cutting-edge analytical tools for cost-effective, energy-saving planning, including: Download Our data science team developed Athenia, a predictive modeling tool that uses machine learning to forecast how energy systems will operate under cleaner scenarios and estimates the impacts to economic development, health, and climate, amongst other things, based on thousands of historical data points. Athenia helps you: Compare business-as-usual versus clean energy impacts Develop clean energy plans Create decarbonization roadmaps Calculate Scope 2 emissions from electricity for company and federal mandates Evaluate the public health benefits of clean energy Assess electricity needs when transitioning buildings and transportation to electric power Learn More Clean Energy Jobs Calculator (CEJC) Greenlink Analytics’ latest groundbreaking tool analyzes community-level data to identify the impact of clean energy investments on local industries and job creation indicating which job titles, occupations, and skills will benefit most. The Clean Energy Jobs Calculator helps you: Determine which industries will benefit from clean energy investments and estimates the number of jobs created Calculate the expected Net Jobs Effect by evaluating the impact of investments on job creation and losses Estimate the expected Net Income Effect by evaluating the economic gains and losses from investments Learn More Download The Greenlink Equity Map (GEM) is a an interactive and easy-to-use web app that illustrates the intersections of health, housing, and environmental inequities. GEM displays social and environmental disparities across neighborhoods and cities to clean up consumption and support equitable decision-making processes and policies. Cities, states, and organizations across the country are using GEM to reduce their carbon emissions, upgrade the grid through energy efficiency and clean power sources, channel funding towards disinvested communities, and advance community-driven processes. Learn More ACES The Advanced Clean Energy Scenario (ACES) dashboard helps show city-specific electricity generation and emissions ranging from business-as-usual scenarios to the cleanest, cost-effective options. Learn More IAM The Impact Analysis Model (IAM) is a building and transportation policy impact calculator that allows a deeper dive into how specific policy decisions will interact with other policies and play out over a decade. Learn More Download Clean Energy Policy Toolkit The Clean Energy Policy Toolkit is an extensive list of policy options cities need to consider when advancing a clean energy agenda to support a thoughtful and thorough approach. Schedule a consultation today, and let Greenlink put our expertise to work for you. Work with Greenlink

Learn about how Greenlink Analytics uses our advanced data analytics to deliver detailed, accurate, and novel insights regarding the social, environmental, and economic impacts of energy use. Our Expertise CARBON FOOTPRINT ACCOUNTING Measure and predict the carbon output of buildings at the local and regional level using our advanced building modeling techniques, as well as a comprehensive understanding of the local electricity grid. URBAN SUSTAINABILITY Use policy knowledge, market insights, and advanced analytics to facilitate achieving sustainability goals related to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean transportation planning. EQUITY MAPPING Pioneered and developed the Greenlink Equity Mapping (GEM) platform to provide neighborhood-scale maps that display critical equity-related issues and answer fundamental questions about disparities across communities. UTILITY RESOURCE PLANNING Provide regulatory and legislative assistance, as well as integrate predictive modeling, advanced data analytics, and market insights to empower the transition to a clean, smart, and reliable electric grid. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Help households, businesses, and cities understand the comprehensive impact of more sustainable choices, including the effects on energy, environment, public health, household and business finances, job creation, labor income, and local economic growth. Our Tools Download Our data science team developed Athenia, a predictive modeling tool that uses machine learning to forecast how energy systems will operate under cleaner scenarios and estimates the impacts to economic development, health, and climate, amongst other things, based on thousands of historical data points. Athenia helps you: Compare business-as-usual versus clean energy impacts Develop clean energy plans Create decarbonization roadmaps Calculate Scope 2 emissions from electricity for company and federal mandates Evaluate the public health benefits of clean energy Assess electricity needs when transitioning buildings and transportation to electric power Learn More Clean Energy Jobs Calculator (CEJC) Greenlink Analytics’ latest groundbreaking tool analyzes community-level data to identify the impact of clean energy investments on local industries and job creation indicating which job titles, occupations, and skills will benefit most. The Clean Energy Jobs Calculator helps you: Determine which industries will benefit from clean energy investments and estimates the number of jobs created Calculate the expected Net Jobs Effect by evaluating the impact of investments on job creation and losses Estimate the expected Net Income Effect by evaluating the economic gains and losses from investments Learn More Download The Greenlink Equity Map (GEM) is a an interactive and easy-to-use web app that illustrates the intersections of health, housing, and environmental inequities. GEM displays social and environmental disparities across neighborhoods and cities to clean up consumption and support equitable decision-making processes and policies. Cities, states, and organizations across the country are using GEM to reduce their carbon emissions, upgrade the grid through energy efficiency and clean power sources, channel funding towards disinvested communities, and advance community-driven processes. Learn More ACES The Advanced Clean Energy Scenario (ACES) dashboard helps show city-specific electricity generation and emissions ranging from business-as-usual scenarios to the cleanest, cost-effective options. IAM The Impact Analysis Model (IAM) is a building and transportation policy impact calculator that allows a deeper dive into how specific policy decisions will interact with other policies and play out over a decade. Download Clean Energy Policy Toolkit The Clean Energy Policy Toolkit is an extensive list of policy options cities need to consider when advancing a clean energy agenda to support a thoughtful and thorough approach. Schedule a consultation today, and let Greenlink put our expertise to work for you. Work with Greenlink

Get the latest news and publications from Greenlink Analytics News & Media Latest News Why Building Codes Matter More Than Ever Buildings use a lot of energy. Think about all the homes, offices, and businesses across the country and then the vast amount of... 6 days ago Greenlink 2024 Annual Impact Report Dive into the Greenlink 2024 Annual Impact Report We’re excited to share the launch of the Greenlink Analytics 2024 Annual Impact Report... Mar 19 Greenlink Featured on Closer Look Radio Show: Championing a Just Clean Energy Transition Matt Cox, the CEO of Greenlink Analytics, was a guest on Tuesday’s edition of “Closer Look.” (Left photo, LaShawn Hudson/WABE ; right... Feb 19 Greenlink Predicted Georgia Power’s Rate Hikes — Clean Energy Could Have Helped At the start of January, Georgia Power customers overwhelmed a utility bill assistance program within the first 10 minutes of... Jan 23 Read More Latest Publications To help the Chicago suburban region achieve their clean energy goals as a means to realizing equitable and sustainable outcomes, ELEVATE has been working with the five municipalities. To develop comprehensive plans, quantitative data about their energy, climate, health, and economy are necessary. However, the five municipalities have very little data to work from and need both to understand their current situation and how the community could develop in the future. To promote the climate prioritization efforts, Greenlink was engaged in the data collection and analytics providing information about existing community electricity usage, clean energy potentials, emissions benefits, job creation potentials, the distribution of various economic, social, and health-associated burdens. Download Using a fixed effects model to isolate the effects of dynamic societal conditions, this research examines the drivers of utility burdens in three U.S. cities at a neighborhood scale. Energy burden reduction opportunities are forecasted through an evaluation of potential energy efficiency technologies using several utility cost tests. A discussion around leveraging current and future energy policies to redress systemic inequities in the residential energy ecosystem concludes. Download In this study, novel datasets and machine learning modeling techniques are applied to evaluate the relationship between urban tree canopy, energy burden, redlining, energy use intensities, population migration, socio-economic indicators, and displacement, among others, at the neighborhood level in three U.S. cities. Download Read More

Matt provides domain expertise for Greenlink’s energy and resource analysis software tools and serves as an expert on energy efficiency strategies, renewable energy deployment, and system operations in the electric power sector. < Back Matt Cox, PhD CEO and Executive Director Matt Cox, PhD, is the CEO and Executive Director of Greenlink Analytics, a clean energy research non-profit based in Atlanta, GA. In this role, Matt provides domain expertise for Greenlink’s energy and resource analysis software tools and serves as an expert on energy efficiency strategies, renewable energy deployment, and system operations in the electric power sector. He is the author of over 100 scientific publications in energy policy, renewable energy, energy efficiency, economic development, and job creation, the social and environmental impacts of energy use, and water policy. His policy recommendations have been adopted by dozens of cities and states, the U.S. government, and 12 other nations. Matt is also on the policy leadership team of the NIST Smart Cities Energy Super Cluster and the USDOE National Laboratories’ US Building Stock Technical Advisory Group. He has been called as an expert witness over twenty times at state public utility commissions and legislative bodies, primarily for city and utility energy policy issues. Matt holds a PhD in climate and energy policy with a minor in sustainable development from the Georgia Institute of Technology. PUBLICATIONS Mantripragada, M., Madhavan, S., McDonald, S., Spratling, D., Manickaraj, K., & Cox, W.M. (2022). Driving displacement: Energy, social, and environmental determinants’ roles in urban gentrification . 2022 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. https://aceee2022.conferencespot.org/event-data/pdf/catalyst_activity_32703/catalyst_activity_paper_20220810191711265_057e24a9_d46c_4838_8189_b4d695a73f37 Brankovic, S., Lacayo, C., McDonald, S., Spratling, D., Gumerman, E., Madhavan, S., & Cox, W.M. (2021). Buffalo, Queen City of the Lakes, decreasing energy burden from 2013 to 2018: A series highlighting most improved cities . Atlanta, GA: Greenlink Analytics. https://www.greenlinkanalytics.org/_files/ugd/4aef44_1fb268e0fad4458eb4864b7a05095e62.pdf Brown, M. A., Soni, A., Lapsa, M. V., Southworth, K., & Cox, W.M. (2020, October 29). High energy burden and low-income energy affordability: Conclusions from a literature review. Prog. Energy 2 (4). http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/abb954 Rudd, M.A., Moore, A.F.P., Rochberg, D. et al. (2018). Climate research priorities for policy-makers, practitioners, and scientists in Georgia, USA. Environmental Management 62 , 190–209 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-018-1051-4

Shelby is the Chief Sustainability Officer and Deputy Director (Climate Action & Climate Equity), Sustainability and Mobility Department for the City of San Diego. She leads the team’s work developing, implementing, and reporting on the City of San Diego’s Climate Action Plan. < Back Shelby Buso Chief Sustainability Officer & Deputy Director Sustainability and Mobility Department City of San Diego Shelby is the Chief Sustainability Officer and Deputy Director of the Sustainability and Mobility Department for the City of San Diego. She leads the team’s work developing, implementing, and reporting on the City of San Diego’s Climate Action Plan. The team coordinates policy development and project management related to decarbonization of the built environment, access to clean and renewable energy, mobility & land use, circular economy and clean communities, resilient infrastructure and healthy ecosystems, and emerging climate actions. Shelby has previously served as the Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Miami and the Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Atlanta, as well as a Director for the US Green Building Council. She holds a Juris Doctorate and Master's Degree of Environmental Policy from Vermont Law School and Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, Environmental Studies, and Spanish from Wake Forest University in North Carolina.

Etan has over 20 years of experience in energy modeling, technical communication, and power sector strategy. < Back Etan Gumerman Director of Analytics Etan is Greenlink Analytics’ Director of Analytics. He comes with over 20 years of experience in energy policy, modeling, and systems analysis. His expertise is in energy modeling, technical communication, and power sector strategy. Etan taught Duke University’s graduate-level course for energy modeling and worked extensively advising graduate students. At Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, he led large and small-scale clean energy and climate policy research projects including Energy Efficiency in the South, an assessment of cost-effective energy efficiency potential in the South. Etan’s background is in engineering and policy. Before joining the Nicholas Institute, he was the lead energy modeler at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. At Berkeley, he led the analysis for the Scenarios for a Clean Energy Future project, coordinating the efforts of scientists at five national laboratories. Etan currently serves on the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance’s policy committee. PUBLICATIONS Brankovic, S. Lacayo, C. McDonald, S. Spratling, D. Gumerman, E. Madhavan, S. Hopkins, M.J. & Cox, W.M. (2022). Oklahoma City, The Big Friendly’s decreasing energy burden from 2013–2018: A series highlighting most improved cities . Atlanta, GA: Greenlink Analytics: Publications. https://www.greenlinkanalytics.org/_files/ugd/4aef44_a56bfc37dfad430e90af7304799232c0.pdf Cox, W.M., Gumerman, E., James, J.-A., & McDonald, S. (2021, May 25). Pathways to rapid reductions in Virginia’s transportation emissions . Atlanta, GA: Greenlink Analytics. https://www.georgetownclimate.org/files/report/Final_VA-Transportation-Policy-Phase2_05212021.pdf Greenlink Analytics. (2021). Michigan’s energy transition: Leading innovation toward Michigan’s 100% clean grid . Atlanta, GA: Greenlink Analytics: Publications. https://www.greenlinkanalytics.org/_files/ugd/4aef44_8f9e6f042abd4bef90fbb5a4edaa0c3f.pdf Gumerman, E. & Vegh, T. (2018, November 15). Modeling energy efficiency as a supply resource: a bottom-up approach. Energy Efficiency, 12 , 1737-1749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-018-9740-7

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John A. “Skip” Laitner is a Tucson-based, long-time international resource economist who has undertaken a variety of projects, research initiatives, and speaking engagements in diverse places as Australia, Japan, China, Russia, Europe, and of course, the United States. < Back John A. "Skip" Laitner Founder Economic & Human Dimensions Resource Associates John A. “Skip” Laitner is an internationally recognized energy and resource economist with more than 50 years of consulting, energy research, energy technology and policy assessments, resource benefit-cost analyses, studies on resource costs and constraints, and valuations of the net employment and macroeconomic impacts of energy and climate policy scenarios. Laitner’s team, Economic and Human Dimensions Research Associates, founded in 2012 and based in Tucson, AZ, develops and evaluates national, state, and local energy programs for their contribution to a robust and sustainable economic activity over the long-term. Author of more than 320 publications, journal articles, reports, and book chapters, Laitner has provided studies, regional assessments, lectures, and technical seminars in diverse places as Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, and Spain as well as many jurisdictions within the United States. Laitner holds a 1988 master’s degree in resource economics from Antioch University. As the senior economist for technology policy at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 1996 to 2006. In 1998, Laitner was awarded EPA's top honor, the Gold Medal, for his work in evaluating the economic impact and benefits of strategies that might assist in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In 2020, he was invited as a guest editor for a special issue of a Russian university journal, Economic Policy. The theme of that special issue was “Institutional Perspectives on the Productive Use of Resources.” Prior to starting his current business, Laitner also served as the Director of Social and Economic Policy for the DC-based American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy from 2006 through 2012. More recently, he was invited to teach a 2022 graduate course for the University of Arizona on Economics for Public Policy.